Dead fish in mails under postal directive ban
A long, stray report describes a Post Office directive banning sending dead fish through the mail while Three Springs Fisheries owner George L. Thomas Jr. explains live-fish guarantees, attempted odor containment with aluminum foil, and the firm’s nationwide and worldwide shipments. He notes no prior complaints until now and says the postal rule prohibits such parcels despite past practice.
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George L. Thomas Jr
Three Springs
Lilypons
Thomas
New York City
Baltimore
Washington
DuPont
Goodyear
Ini
Eat Less If You Would Lose Weight Reporter advice from investigation
Washington AP report says House Government Operations Committee urges weight loss by eating less. It blames the Federal Trade Commission for slow action and cites about 100 million dollars yearly spent on weight reduction preparations. The committee criticizes FTC for 12 car paralysis in enforcement.
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Washington
House
U.S
House Government Operations Committee
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Five Day Forecast for Maryland Delaware AP Summary
The forecast calls for scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers Tuesday and Wednesday, then generally fair Thursday through Saturday. Precipitation may total a quarter to a half inch. Temperatures average near normal, with 80s in the east and mid-80s elsewhere. Mornings start in the mid 30s in the mountains and rise to the upper 30s in coastal areas. Humidity remains warm and then cools slightly on Thursday before warming again by Saturday.
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Associated Press
Maryland - Delaware
Thiering Crow Steals Cigarettes Off Table
Magistrate Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr gave Vernon Smith two weeks to work and support his wife in court. Smith said he intended to return to his wife and family, while Mrs Smith agreed to help if Smith could stay employed. William W Reynolds, editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, was noted as a longtime local journalist born in Akron.
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Wilbur F. Sheffielé Jr
Vernon Smith
Masustrate
Smith
Cleveland Plain
the Plain Dealer
Akron
Ohio
Hoover celebrates 84th birthday at Greenwich home
Former President Herbert Hoover marked his 84th birthday Sunday with family at his son Allan’s home in Greenwich Connecticut. Messages poured in from around the world to his Waldorf Astoria apartment in New York as friends visited in Greenwich.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
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Greenwich
Conn
Hoover
Waldorf-Astoria
Churchill Living It Up In France On Riviera Yacht
Sir Winston Churchill vacationing in Nice caravanned to Monaco aboard Aristotle Onassis yacht Christina. He lunched with Greta Garbo and played cards on deck with Garbo and Onassis circle. Churchill reportedly smoked five cigars during the afternoon.
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Nice
France
Winston Churchill
Riviera
Christina
Aristotle Onassis
Monaco
Greta Garbo
Onassis
Churchill
Lord Beaverbrook
George Schlee
Miss Garbo
Schlee
Mrs. Onassis
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Foam Rubber Cushion Blamed For Car Wreck
Martinsburg West Virginia AP West Virginia State Police noted a new cause for a weekend crash. A Florida couple riding in the front seat, a foam rubber cushion, blew up against the windshield, causing Mrs William Harper to lose control and crash into a utility pole. Property damage was estimated at 800 dollars. Harper and his wife from New Smyrna Beach were treated for injuries.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
West Virginia
Florida
William
Harper
Xew Smyrna Beach
Pressman Seeks New Probe After Police Board Report
Baltimore attorney Pressman denounces a State Police board report as a whitewash over three unserved warrants in a case tied to Sydney Sappington. He urges Gov MeKeldin to appoint a separate panel, criticizing the board for excluding Alvin Zambrun and calling for full inquiry.
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Atty
Hyman Pressman
Pressman
Me‘Keldin
Europe
Police Board of Inquiry
Alvin J. T. Zambrun
Criminal Justice Commission
Zambrun
Willam H. Weber
Sydney S. Sappington
Corp. Marlin S
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Clevenger
Ritchie Highway
Zumbrun
Man shoots self practicing fast draw in Indianapolis
Philip L Hartmeier, 26, of Kent Village Maryland, visiting a friend, was practicing whipping a .22 caliber pistol from a new holster when he shot himself in the right hip. He was taken to Community Hospital in fair condition and said he previously injured his foot practicing the fast draw in Maryland.
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Indianapolis
Philip L. Hartmeier
Kent Village
Maryland
Withdrawal of Troops Urged by UN Assembly
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and a 75 member delegation prepared for the emergency UN General Assembly session to press for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Lebanon and British troops from Jordan. Gromyko planned to speak early in the debate as Asian neutralists seek a shift of focus to other Middle East issues and a wider UN border observer role.
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United Nations, N.Y
Andrei A. Gromyko
AN. General Assembly
U.S
Lebanon
JordaEn
Gromyka
Moscow
U.N
Jordan
United States
Briain
United Arab
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Kuibyshev
U.A
Syria
Berni
Ahmed Hammoud
Social- National Party
Storm Brews Over Small Island Sale
LONDON AP A storm grows over the future of Stroma a teacup sized island off northern Scotland. CBS plans to give it away on Bid 'n' Buy while Caithness County Council orders a probe into the sale. Local official Mackay questions the owner s right to sell without council consent and urges state and heraldry review. The laird is listed as John C Hoyland who previously offered 12 000 pounds for the island which features a church school lighthouse and a 92000 barber shop among about 50 cottages and seabird habitats.
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London
Scotland
Stroma
Britain
Pentland Firth
Columbia Broadcasting System
Caithness
Mey
J. Arbrach Mackay
Mackay
Secretary of State For Scotland
Lord Lyon Kings of Arms
Jheraldry
Sassenach
John C. Hoyland
Public fleeced in fund drives, Congress told
In a House Veterans Committee report Congress is urged to curb abusive veterans fund drives. It finds funds diverted from charitable use, cites the Disabled American Veterans and other groups, and calls for laws on use of proceeds, mailing lists, and disclosures.
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House
House Veterans Or Committee
Eterans
Congress
Donigress
Disabled ‘American Veterans
National Assn. of Veterans Employment Councils
DAV
DAV Nation
Vivien D. Corbly
American Legion
Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Prodded On Shelters Against Nuclear Attacks
Washington AP report says Congress and the Eisenhower administration have been urged to start a multibillion dollar program to build shelters for nuclear attack protection. A House Government Operations subcommittee warned the country faces grave danger if action is delayed.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower Administration
House
Governmen
Aline Michaelis Beaumont Texas dies noted editor first woman laureate
Aline Michaelis mother of Beaumont society pages editor and 1935 first woman honored as Texas poet laureate died Sunday in Beaumont. She was born in St Louis and previously worked as society editor for the Beaumont Enterprise. Reginald Rent Hammerstein New York veteran stage director dies of heart attack Saturday. He was the younger brother of Oscar Hammerstein II.
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Westen Willis Webb
Poland
Webb
Robert L. Ruth
Robert
Brother Crow
Lo-Ty
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Oscar K
Force Base
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Elia Urban
Tod
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Lgher
the Baselerow
Korea
Aline Michaelis
Beaumont
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Beaumont Enterprise
Reginald K. Hammerstein
Weekend Accident Toll Rises In Maryland
The Associated Press reports weekend accidents killed seven people in Maryland. Five in traffic crashes, one drowning near Cambridge after a boat capsized on the Choptank River, and a missing Cambridge man presumed drowned. James Marvin Seward of Cambridge faces reckless operation charges after his 14-foot boat sank. six others, including Wyatt’s wife and child, were rescued. Additional fatalities occurred near Princess Anne on U S 13, a Thai Embassy clerk Krington Wisuti, a Baltimore passerby Harry Cohen, and others including Mrs. Sarah F. Davis and Herman O’Lynn in Baltimore and Edgewood.
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Cambridge
Elmert Wyatt
James Marvin Seward
Tidewater Fisheries
Commission
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Betty
U. S. 13
Princess Anne
Julio Perez
Othelia
Okeechobee
Fla
Lance Cpl Krington Wisutijphol
Washington
Hillside
Prince Georges County
Harry Cohen
Baltimore
Sarah F. Davis
Glen Burnie
South Baltimore General Hospital
South Baltimore
Herman O' Lynn
Hickory
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Winters Run Creek
Edgewood
Balmore County
Congress probes missile research funding and politics
A Democratic House committee reports U.S. missile R D has suffered from Eisenhower era cuts while GOP members accuse Democrats of political posturing about national defense. The inquiry cites costs rising 1953 to 1958 but spending in 1947 49 dollar terms fell 30 percent 1952 55 and then rose.
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Iap
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Eisenhower
GOP
Charles Ewieson
Soviet Union
Jerse McElroy
Junder
U.S
Wilion Dolars
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Campfire Event With 400 4H Members At Urbana Farm
About 400 to 500 4H club members will gather August 20 at Paul G Geisbert s farm on Baker Valley road near Urbana for the annual campfire meeting. Older Youth committee plans meet at Miss Janet Hobbs s West Third Street home to finalize arrangements. Joseph Smith of the New Starket 4H club is president of the Older Youth. Sarah Ramsburg of Lewistown serves as committee chair with others including John Holter Ralph Ausherman Ann Lovelle and Nancy Thrasher. Miss Ramsburg and Richard Gross nickle were named All Stars at College Park H club week. Hostesses are Miss Dorothy Geisbert and Mrs Selby Black.
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Baker Valley Road
Urbana
Janet Hobbs
West Third Street
Joseph Smith
New Starket
Sarah Ramsburg
Lewistown
John Holter
Ralph Ausherman
Ann Lovelle
Nancy Thrasher
College Park
Ramsburg
All Stars
Richard Gross‘nickle
Liberty Boys Club
Dorothy Geisbert
Mirs
Selby Black
Five Killed on Erie R R in Head on Collision
Two Erie Railroad passenger trains collided head on near Sterlington New York after one train failed to wait for orders. Five people died mainly from train No 50 while at least 22 were injured. The wreck blocked tracks and crews freed victims from a twisted coach.
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Erie Railroad
Monroe
Hoboken
N.J
Sam Nardo
Martin J. Walsh
Charles G. Mitchell
J. Bower
Port Jervis
N.Y
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Here
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Hudson River
New Jersey
New York State Line
George Sutton
Good Samaritan Hospital
Good Sa Maritan Hospital
Tuxedo Hospital
Meir Arrives in London for Middle East Talks
Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir lands in London for talks with Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd on Middle East issues including Israel's ban on airlift over its territory to supply British troops in Jordan. Supplies must travel by sea via the Gulf of Aqaba.
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London
Isaeli
Golda Meir
Middle East
Selwyn Lloyd
Lloyd
Jirs
Meir
Israel
Jordan
Gulf of Aqaba
Khrushchev Sends New Note to Britain on Middle East Talks
Nikita Khrushchev dispatched a new note to Prime Minister Macmillan at the British embassy in Moscow addressing the Middle East crisis and high level East-West talks. British officials offered no content details, saying he had no new settlement proposals or summit ideas beyond a reply to Macmillan’s last note criticizing the Soviet stance at the UN Security Council.
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London
Nikita Khrushchev
Macmillan
Middle East
Khrushchev
Moscow
U.N. Security Council
Frostburg Enrollment Set for Record in Fall Term
Frostburg State Teachers College expects over 700 students this fall, topping the previous high of 619 in 1956-57. Registrar Elizabeth Hitchins notes 220 freshmen in teacher education, 32 in junior college, and 40 nurses taking one semester. Some fees rise: room and board 108 to 133, activities and athletic fees to 25 and 29, junior college tuition 75, out-of-state 200 per semester.
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iFrostburg State Teachers College
Elizabeth Hitchins
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