Local Road Work Among 78 Projects Placed by State Roads Commission
The State Roads Commission listed 78 urgent 12 year program projects costing about 22 million dollars. In Frederick Carroll Howard Montgomery counties detailed items include widening resurfacing bypass Libertytown 2.20 miles and 3.75 miles of new dual highway from Clarksburg to Brink.
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Clarksburg
Brink
Henderson's Corner
Libertytown
State Roads Commission
Associated Press
Frederick County
Maryland
Unionville
U. S. 15
Montgomery County
Carroll County
Westminster
Warfieldsburg
Howard County
Princes Georges County
Patapsco River
U. S. 29
U.S. 40
Washington National Pike
Storms cause widespread damage across Maryland region
A weekend of heavy rain and strong winds disrupted Maryland with debris, toppled trees, and flooded roads. Waterloo recorded 4.53 inches, Baltimore 3.63, Cumberland 2.75, and Frederick 1.85. about 100 telephones were out in Cumberland after an eight hour outage. traffic affected by fallen trees and high water on Ritchie Highway and 354. several cars sank at a road shoulder collapse near Severn. Peace Cross in Bladensburg saw high water halt traffic.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Cumberland
Highiays
Waterloo
Baltimore
F. McHenry
Allegany
Ritchie Highway
Glen Burnie
Severn
Peace Cross
Bladensburg
Disabled American POWs Sail For Home From Tokyo Flight
The first plane carrying disabled Korean War POWs repatriated left Tokyo at 1:07 pm for the United States. The big transport with 17 listed en route men may land at Travis Air Force Base near San Francisco. Passengers included Pic. Andrew Viscuso of Phoenixville Pa Pic. Edward Nothstein of Layton Pa and Pvt. Willie Hatcher of Farmville Va.
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Tokyo
United States
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
Pic
Andrew
Viscuso
Dayton St
Phoenixville
243 Parachute To Safety In Flying Boxcar Crash
In Wiesbaden Germany Aug 10 all 24 airmen who parachuted from a disabled C 119 Flying Boxcar over the Libyan desert late Saturday night have been found alive. Twenty one were located earlier today and the remaining three were spotted later by an air rescue party. The plane crashed 60 miles south of Wheelus Field Tropoli. Survivors were taken to the Wheelus air force hospital.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
U. S. Air Force
Wheelus Field
Tropoli
Route 28 Washout Closes State Road After Weekend Rains
Heavy weekend storms brought cloudburst rainfall across southern Frederick and northern Montgomery counties, washing out a culvert bridge on Route 28 near the A. G. Rolfe farm and closing the road beyond Beallsville. Dickerson reports traffic in undermined lanes between Dickerson and Beallsville. Bennett's Creek surged over old Route 240 A south of Urbana, blocking traffic briefly while a stalled car was recovered downstream. Fire, power and road crews responded as trees toppled, fencing damaged, and surface water flooded county roads. Reservoirs rose, rivers muddied, and rainfall totals reached up to 1.76 inches at the airport. Temperatures ranged from 60 to 77, with no further rain expected in the immediate future.
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Beallsville
Frederick
Montgomery County
Washington
Buckeystown
Dickerson
Darnestown
A. G. Rolfe
Bennett's Creek
Urbana
Fountain Mills-Hyattstown
Broad Run
Bennett's
iCreek
Robert Dayhoff
Potomac Edison Company
Fishing Creek
Monocacy
Potomac River
Maryland
Virginia
Knoxville
Pearl
Jug Bridge
Mehi
Hyatstown
East Street To Be Opened Laté In Week
East 15th and East 16th streets will be connected with East street before the new extension from Eighth to North Market is opened late this week. Mayor Don ald B. Rice said the final inspection by state and federal officials found minor repairs needed.
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East 16Th
East Street
Eighth
North Market Street
Donald B. Rice
State Roads Commission
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Frederick City
L. R. Waesche and Sons
East 16Th Streets
Rice
15Th
W. Raymond Walter
William Selzer
Charles V. Main
Weekend traffic crashes blamed on heavy rains
Five traffic accidents over the weekend injured two people and caused property damage on Route 40 and nearby roads. Barbara Louise Morgan, 19 months, and her mother Mrs. Barbara Morgan of Hagerstown suffered minor injuries when a car was forced onto a rain softened shoulder. Mark Edward Morgan Jr., driver, lost control as a tele phone pole and sign were damaged. Mrs. Morgan treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital for foot lacerations and forehead injury. The baby had head abrasions. Other crashes involved William Anderson Taylor on Route 3, Markham Peacock Jr. of Blacksburg and James Beamer of Forest Hill, and Sgt. Ile Thomas Quail and Jesse Williams near Feagaville with minor damages. No charges were filed in most incidents.
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Barbara Louise Morgan
Barbara Morgan
Hagerstown
Route 40
iShaw Road
Mark Edward Morgan
J. W. Hardy
Honeybee
Will
William Anderson Taylor
Route 3
Airy
Hardy
Feagaville
Markham Peacock, Jr
Blacksburg
James Beamer
Forest Hill
Peacock
Beamler
James Stonesifer
Ile Thomas Quail
Ft. Meade
Ft. Eustis
Rocks
Stonesifer
Jesse Williams
Ballymore
Robert Gouker Doubs
Series Of Minor Mishaps Over Weekend
A weekend brought several injuries prompting ER visits at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Notable cases include Carol Ann Hutchison from Washington bitten on the face by a dog, Mary Lou Thomas of East Sixth street with a knee injury, eleven year old Carroll Lee Hope from Knoxville after a horse fall, Charles Studebaker from Route 2 with a pitchfork injury to his left foot, Lelia A. Kearney of Neville Tennessee who fell down stairs, and Mary Louise Coulter a nine year old Knoxville girl admitted after a fall from a car. All patients were treated. Coulter’s condition was listed as satisfactory.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Carol Ann Hutchison
G. Washington
Mary Lou Thomas
East _ Sixth street
Carroll Lee Hope
Knoxville
Charles Studebaker
Route 2
Lelia A. Kearney
Neville
Tenn
Ralph Merchant
North Market Street
Mary Louise Coulter
Bear Hunters Murder May Have Been Solved
Reports claim the three Pennsylvania bear hunters killed in the Gaspe Peninsula may be solved after police found an automatic pistol and other items in Montreal believed linked to the men. Quebec officials declined to confirm arrests as police tighten information controls.
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Quebec
Gaspe Peninsula
Montreal
Gasper Peninsula
Rivardo
Riviere du Loup
Quebec City
Seventeen POWs Leave Tokyo for Homeland by Plane
Seventeen disabled but happy Americans left Tokyo tonight by plane for the United States, ending grim months in North Korean prison camps. An additional 328 Americans boarded a Navy Transport at Inchon Harbor and will sail home tomorrow, with about 1,900 Marines on board. The Gen. Nelson M. Walker ship carries the returning group, as the big airlift continues with more than 3,000 Americans slated for liberation in the prisoner exchange. The Ha meda Airport departure occurred at 7:07 p.m. local time.
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Panmunjom
Tokyo
United States
Inchon Harbor
U.S
I Nelson M. WalKer
Air Force
Hameda
Dulles Arrives In Denver For Talks With Eisenhower
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles arrived in Denver to report to President Eisenhower on talks with South Korea's President Rhee. He will confer at Lowry Air Force Base with the President, who is vacationing in Colorado for several weeks.
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Denver
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Soughman Rhee
Dulles
Lowry Air Force Base
Dent
Bas
White House
Coil
Robert ‘Schulz
Army
Maj
William G. Drapper
Air Force
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U. S
United Nations
Walter 5. Robertson
Washington
Colorado
Hoover Quietly Marks 79th Birthday Today
Former President Herbert Hoover quietly observed his 79th birthday in San Francisco, planning no celebration and a quiet dinner with friends. He declined interviews but issued a statement on leading Eisenhower’s Commission on Reorganization of the Executive Branch.
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San Francisco
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Eisenhower
Commission
Three Puerto Rican orchard workers shot near Hancock
In Hancock Maryland three Puerto Rican laborers were shot at their camp near an orchard early yesterday. Eddie Irizarry 25 was listed in critical condition with a sabdomeg and right leg wound. Sinforoso Santana 24 and Rogelio Caraballo 28 were wounded in the leg and ankle respectively. Four Hancock men John R Morris Sr 41 John Lee Morris 17 Ernest Morris 39 and Newton Bishop 26 were jailed on open charges as authorities said 16 shots were fired into the workers camp after an argument and gun theft.
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Hagerstown
Hancock
Hanicock
Washington County
Lave Eddie Irizarry
Sinforoso Santana
Rogehio Caraballo
John Holliday
Irizarry
John R. Morris
John Lee Morris
Ernest Morris
Newton Bishop
Holliday
Iman
Beria Purge Approved in Soviet Parliament Trial Planned
Soviet parliament endorsed removing Lavrenty Beria from power and ordered his case sent to the USSR Supreme Court for trial. The decree also stripped Beria of awards and ranks while signaling Malenkov’s inner circle facing scrutiny amid atom weapon claims. A separate Cambridge report says a 60-year-old workman killed himself after despondent health.
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London
Lavrenty P. Beria
Kremlin
Supreme Court
Supreme Council
Moscow Radio
Georgi M. Malenkov
Stalin
Council
Aad
Beria
Ussr
Malenkov
United States
Russia
Frederick Little League All Stars head to regional tourney
Frederick’s Little League All Stars, sectional champions for the second straight year, depart Thursday at about one o’clock for the regional tourney in Audubon New Jersey. They open Thursday evening at six, with Friday and Saturday games to decide the regional winner advancing to the Little League World Series in Williamsport Pennsylvania.
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Frederick
Auoubon
N. J. Fredericks
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
West Virgina
Williamsport
Audubon
Haddon Heights
Hammonton
Philadelphia
James A. Grove
Audubon F
Oil Truck Crashes Into Fence at Camp Detrick
Gary L. Utterback, 63, former Maryland legislator, was injured when a Cities Service Oil Co truck he drove crashed into a fence on government property beyond Camp Detrick’s main gate on the Seventh Street pike. He was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital for elbow and rib injuries. X-rays were planned and discharge expected. Firemen stood by fearing a fire, remaining at the scene for an extended period as the damaged unimproved fence was noted.
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Gary L. Utterback
iMaryland
Cities Service Oil Company
U. S
Camp Detrick
Seventh Street Pike
Utterback
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Missing Cambridge spinster Florence Witteate sought
Cambridge Washington area search continues for Florence Witteate a middle aged spinster missing since Friday Police and civilian volunteers report no trace found in the Crapo area as efforts continue to locate her with assistance from local residents and authorities.
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Cambridge
Crapo
Florence Witteate
Death Of Pvt Kemp Confirmed In Korea
A Jetter confirms the death of Pvt Raymond L. Kemp Jr from Rocky Springs. Officials say he died July 29 1953 in Korea from injuries in an ammunition dump explosion after the cease fire. His parents Mr and Mrs Raymond Kemp Sr will arrange burial in town.
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Korea
Raymond L. Kemp, Jr
Adjutant General
Department of Army
Washington
Raymond Kemp, Sr
Rocky Springs
Kemp
Defense Department
Pvt
Raymond Kemp
Red Cross
Judge Advocate’s Office
William FE. Bergin
U. S. Infantry Division
Weekend Traffic 4 Causes Five Deaths
Weekend traffic accidents in Maryland caused at least five deaths while several pedestrians faced fatal or critical injuries. Victims included Barbara Klunk 19 of Baltimore and Joseph J. Dufty of Baltimore with others struck on foot or by vehicles across Prince Georges and Oxon Hill areas. Police filed multiple charges including improper passing and intoxication as court actions proceeded.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Barbara Klunk
Baltimore
Union Memorial Hospital
John W. Wallace
Prince Georges Hospital
Joseph J. Dufty
James G. Wood
Clinton
Henson Jackson
Oxton Hill
Oxon Hill Road
Indian Head Hichway
Peoples Court
Kenneth D. Poole
Frederick
Andrew J. Wilson, Jr
Hyatts‘ville
Raymond T. Easton
Adamstown
Staley
Stanley d. Shuly
N Dorsey
John YW. Luby
Sergi
Phillips
Richart A. Vaughn
Emmitsburg
James F. Erb
Sykesville
Fee Bender
Trial opens in Md murder case over Shaulis wife killing
State charges Francis Shaulis Jr with fatally shooting his wife Mary Anne Shaulis at their Harundale home claiming the death was not an accident. Defense asserts the shooting was accidental while Shaulis fled with five sons, later surrendering in Hagerstown as the jury pool formed.
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Annapolis
Mary Anne Shaulis
C. Osborne Duvall
Francis Shaulis
Shaulis
Harundale
Ritchie Highway
Duvall
Shankis
Riviera Beach
Shanlis
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Hagerstown
Robert E. Dammeyer
Anng Arundel County Court Court
Douglas F. Lyons
Rangers
Europe
Listie
Maryland
Lillian Cartier
Baltimore
Weekend City Crashes Cause Property Damage In Frederick
Two accidents over the weekend in Frederick City caused property damage with no injuries. A sedan collision on West Seventh Street near North Bentz left both cars damaged. Another rear end on Patrick Street near the Square involved Franklin Kaufman and Mary Abbott with no charges filed.
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Frederick City
West Seventh Street
North Bentz Street
Charles Bare
Seventh Street
Jack W. Joy
Grant Place
Seventh
James M. Roberts
Sharpsburg
Mary E. Abbott
Roanoke
Franklin J. Kaufman
Linwood
Bare
Patrick
Kaufman
Rhee Urges Armistice Training for Offense If Needed
Seoul President Syngman Rhee announced the South Korean Army will use the armistice period to train for an offensive when necessary. He warned that if the postwar political conference fails to unify Korea in 90 days the 16 United Nations including the United States will join in other means to achieve unification.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Korea
United Nations
United States
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