Hurricane Connie Death Toll Rises to 27 Across Region
As Connie weakened while moving north along Chesapeake Bay, 27 deaths were confirmed with four still missing. Warnings were lowered along Delaware Bay and upper Chesapeake while storm winds and flooding affected Maryland, New Jersey, and Philadelphia area.
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Baltimore
Connie
Chesapeake Bay
Washington Weather Bureau
Delaware
Eastport
Delaware Bay
Chesapeake
Calvert County
Maryland
Levin J. Marvel
Philadelphia
U. S. Weather Bureau
Harrisburg
New Jersey
Long Island
Ocean City
Coast Guard
Little Egg Inet
New York
Lower Shore Rides Out Hurricane Connie
Maryland's Lower Eastern Shore rode out Hurricane Connie with no serious damage reported as rain and winds eased at dawn. Crisfield and Tower Dorchester faced high water and flooding in low-lying areas along Tangier Sound. waterfront businesses prepared but reported no need to evacuate or close for meat shipping or seafood packing. Cambridge remained cut off from lower Dorchester County with no word on its status.
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Salisbury
Maryland
Connie
Crisfield
Tower Dorchester Canty
Tangier Sound
Bac
Cambridge
Dorchester County
Returned Flier Meets His Son First Time
A returned flier, Daniel Schmidt, meets his son for the first time after 32 months as a prisoner of Chinese Communists. He holds a private, inconclusive conference with his remarried wife Una, who says she married Alford Fine last September. The flier, Auburn-haired, plans three or four more meetings before decisions on marriage. The article also notes a separate incident of a B29 crewman killed over North Korea and a man treated after an automobile crash on South Market Street.
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Nevada
Calift
Daniel Co Schimdt
Hus Son
Waife
Una
Legger Alford Fine
Relef Seiumat
North Korea
William McWilliams
North Beach
George Kellum
Wicomico River
Talnae
Crrard
Annapolis
Baltimore
Goner Meckling
A. W. Kabernagel
Coast Guard
Washington
Mechling
Gary
Tndl
Marvel
J A. Knust
Fairfax
Va Meehling
Aar
Rhee Lifts Ultimatum Deadline in Korea Crisis
President Rhee announced the midnight deadline for neutral nations to leave Korea and urged calm as UNSC members faced removal. He cited assurances from Assistant Secretary Robertson that the U.S. would seek peaceful withdrawal, amid mob assaults on truce team compounds and arrests, with 22 U.S. soldiers injured and thousands of demonstrators in Seoul and coastal towns.
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Syngman Rhee
Korea
Rhee
Asst
Walter Robertson
U. S
Truce Commission
Robertson
UNSC
Truce Team
U.S
Kangnung
Weave
Rainfall Up To 8.5 Inches Across Baltimore Area
Baltimore endured record rainfall as Hurricane Connie dropped up to seven inches in some areas and more than four inches along the Monocacy River Valley. Forecasters warned of heavy overflow in the valley's middle and lower sections, with Baltimore's Friendship International Airport reporting 8.49 inches in 24 hours, a new weather bureau record.
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Baltimore
Marslane
Amonocacy River
Frederick
Fouci
Weather Bureau
Friendship International Airport
Wake of Schooner Levin Capsizes Off Chesapeake Bay
Coast Guard records confirm the schooner Levin capsized near North Beach, Chesapeake Bay, after an attempt to sail with passengers led to the vessel sinking. Owner appeals and regulatory actions followed as officials warned that only sailing vessels of certain sizes require Coast Guard inspection.
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Baltimore
Levin St Marvelott
Coast Guard
Ascateale Sram
Chesapeake Bay
Raberneazel
Madel
Uni
Joan Meehling
John Thomas Evans
Washington
Kabernagel
10 Dead in Chesapeake Bay Schooner Wreck
A storm wrecked the Levin J. Marvel off North Beach Maryland killing 10 people and leaving 4 missing. Thirteen survivors including skipper John Mechting 38 and crew told of the sinking as rescuers searched the rain and heavy seas.
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Chesapeake Bay
Washington, D.C
Levin J. Marvel
Annapolis
Debria
New York
Nest of
Baltimore
John Mechting
Marvel
Stephen Morton
Scchool
Chesapeake
TNE
Morton
Thai Exchange Students Drown After Car Plunge
Four Thai exchange students in the United States were killed when their car collided with another vehicle, plunged down a 20 foot embankment into Rock Creek near Washington. Absorn Devahsiii, of Arlington Virginia, was among the victims. The Bangkok natives Somsak Naramitrek hakarn Sumara Chandra endang and Kamtuan Kirang Sak Tichit were identified as UC Los Angeles students and a Florida Southern University student respectively.
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Thailand
Rock Creek
Park
Absorn Devahsiii
Artington
Bangkok
Somsak Naramitrekhakarn
Sumara Chandraendang
University of California At
Los Angeles
Kamtuan Kirang Sak
Water Blocks State's Roads
Maryland highways were blocked by floodwater after Hurricane Connie. U S 40 and U S 1 faced severe runoff near Baltimore and Laurel while TRS 301, Maryland 26, and multiple secondary roads around Frederick and Prince Georges County were impassable. Bridges and underpasses failed to handle tidal flooding.
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Washington-Baltimore
U.S. 1
Muirkirk
Laurel
Upper Marlboro
Washington
Prince Georges County
Ceresville
Frederick
Walter
Weather ends Connie storm warnings across Chesapeake region
The Weather Bureau halted storm warnings lifted over Chesapeake Bay and Maryland Delaware coastal areas after Hurricane Connie moved away on Tuesday.
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Baltimore
Weather Bureau
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland-Delaware
Record August Rainstorm Deluges New York Area
The New York metropolitan area faced near a foot of rain and 57 mph winds from Hurricane Connie. Nine deaths were blamed on the downpour, with about 1100 New York City dwellings losing power and basements flooded. By 8 a.m. NYC had 11.02 inches of rain for August, surpassing the 1905 10.42 inch record.
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New York
New York City
Manhattan
Long Island
Rockland County
Diane Heads AL no 2 ak LV Us Le1Uat Se
Hurricane Diane moves north northeast in the open Atlantic on a path east of Bermuda. It shows winds near 145 mph with gales extending 25 miles to the northeast and 330 miles southwest. Advisories place the storm about 1,200 miles east of Palm Beach at 10 pm EST and 5 am advisory.
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Fla
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Bermuda
Palm Beach
Weather Bureau
Diane
Battleship King George V Runs Aground Near Gare Loch
The 45 000 ton World War II battleship King George V ran aground at Rosexeath Point Scotland while being towed into Gare Loch Philadelphia. The incident caused a delay in Brooklyn and New York as weather and rain postponed related events and rounds in Baltimore.
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Scotland
Britain
Gare Loch
National
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
New York
Baltimore
Monocacy Flood Threat and Storm Damage Report
Flood warnings were issued as Hurricane Connie dropped heavy rain across the Monocacy basin. Winds peaked 35 mph with gusts to 50, rainfall at Frederick airport 5.10 inches, other totals 6.22 Unionville and 4.90 Pearl, Monocacy river rose to 14.15 feet with 20 feet feared. roads blocked, lines and outages reported, caves inspected near Walkersville as cleanup begins.
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Connie
Unionville
Pearl
Gambrill State Park
Monocacy River
Jug Bridge
Israel's Creek
Maryland
Ceresville
U. S. To Export Some Atomic Fuel
Geneva report says the United States plans to export atomic fuel to select countries to operate power stations. Belgium is expected to be the first recipient. The U.S. has not shipped abroad but has agreed to supply 27 countries with enough 20 percent enriched uranium to run one research reactor. Two court cases were heard in Peoples Court, with guilty pleas and fines for drunkenness and unlicensed operation. A Texas homicide and bombing incident left one union reader dead and another’s home bombed. The Chesapeake Bay storms damaged the City of Norfolk steamer’s quarter near Norfolk.
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Geneva
United States
Belgium
SIFOT
Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
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