Severe Thunderstorm Impacts Frederick County Area
Frederick county escaped major damage after a severe thunderstorm last night, with more than half an inch in an isolated half hour and lighter effects locally. Across the Potomac in West Virginia, heavy flooding, fires, road washouts, and delayed horse racing at Shenandoah Downs marked the storm’s harsher toll.
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Frederick County
Potomac River
West Virginia
Lovettsville
Purcellville
Hamilton
Brunswick Fire Company
Thomas J. Smith
Route 287
Virginia
Lovellsville
Dorothy Fox
West Virgina
U.S. 340
Halitown
W. Va
Shenandoah Downs
State Roads Commission
Petersville
Hawaian Night Club
Potomac Edison Company
Power Company
Frederick
Point of Rocks
Brunswick
Buckeystown
Dickerson Road
Weather Bureau
Johnsvile
Middletown
Couny
Brunswick RR Layoff Hits 75 Workers at Brunswick Terminal
Seventy five workers at the Brunswick terminal of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad are furloughed under a company order to cut ten percent of the payroll. Most affected are clerical staff, though Brunswick says four office workers are furloughed while yard and other crews are also reduced. All furloughed workers are men, and other county stations remain largely untouched. The spokesman warned recalls possible, with this being the largest layoff in months since the 1939 steel strike.
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Brunswick
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B. and C
Associated Press
B. and O
Baltimore
Frederick
Blaze destroys Boyds home amid severe storm damage
A lightning sparked blaze destroyed the remodeled Metcalf home near Boyds, with losses estimated above 350,000. Four firemen suffered smoke inhalation, one hospitalized, as crews battled through outages and water-line delays during the electrical storm. Additional fires included a barn near Laytonsville and a house on Slidell road.
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Boyds
Larea
Howard Metcalf
Florida
Laytonsville
Montgomery County
Hyattstown
Kenneth Carlin
Slidell Road
Walter C. White
White
Griffith Road
Upper Montgomery County
Gaithersburg
Metcalf
Upper Montad
Thomas Slater
MD. 7
Old Germantown
Slater
Metcalfs
Gaithersburg Company
Seneca Creek
Upper
Montgomery County Fire Company
Clarksburg Post Office Bids Asked
Postmaster Julia M. Hess announced a bidding process by the Office of Postmaster General for a new Clarksburg Post Office building. Bids must be in by September 16, 1960, for a 1537 square foot structure with an outside loading platform and parking area.
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Julia M. Hess
Arthur E. Summerfield
Post Office Department
Clarksburg
Hess
Park Fees Too High Says Houck in Maryland
Baltimore AP An Maryland legislative committee chair William M. Houck D Frederick told a joint session that ten day admission fees at state parks are too high and urged focus on boating swimming and water facilities. Department director Joseph F. Kaylor blamed limited legislative funding and noted a master plan will be released soon.
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Baltimore
Del
William M. Houck
Frederick
Legislative Committee On Forests
Paris
Maryland
Houck
State Forests and Parks Commission
Joseph F. Kaylor
Forest and Parks Department
Washington
Supreme Court
R. Brook Maxwell
Commission
Kaylor
Storm Forces Re-Routing Injured Man
A New York man, Theodore Green, 43, was taken 24 miles to Frederick Memorial Hospital after a compound fracture in a wreck near Halltown, West Virginia, as a severe storm tied traffic on Route 340. Driver George B. Gordon, 21, suffered facial lacerations. Green was aided by Halltown and Harpers Ferry responders and later transported by Brunswick ambulance. Green was listed in satisfactory condition.
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New York
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Theodore Green
Charles Town
W. Va
Frederick
Green
Renault
George B
Gordon
Haitimore
Harry Mumaw
Halltown
Thomas Dailey
Harpers Ferry
Knoxville
Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance
Frederick Memoral Hospital
West Virginia
W. R. Barlow
G. B. Holman
Halitown
Brunswick
Worker Escapes Serious Injury In Ditch Cave-In
A Washington man, William Holmes, escaped serious injury in a ditch cave-in at Derwood, Montgomery County. Holmes, treated at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, was reported resting fine and expected to go home. He was working on ditches dug by the Suburban Sanitary Commission to lay two water pipelines in Derwood when the collapse occurred at 10:30 AM. coworkers freed him from the partially buried trench.
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Washington
Derwood
Montgomery County
Surburban Hospital
Bethesda
Wiliam Holmes
Holmes
Suburban Sanitary Commission
Null At National County Heads Meet
Delbert S Null president of the Board of County Commissioners and the state commissioners association serves in dual capacity at the national meeting of County Commissioners in Miami Fla Attending with Null is C Burton Cannon clerk to the local county commissioners and secretary of the state association
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Delbert S. Null
Board of County Commissioners
State Commissioners Association
Miami
Fla
Null
C. Burton Cannon
State Association
Lumumba's police sweep nets UN personnel in Leopoldville
In Congo's capital Lumumba's police raided homes and hotels arresting Europeans and UN staff. Ralph Bunche intervened to secure the release of two UN officers suspected as Belgians in UN guise. Security concerns rise as Hammarskjold seeks Security Council action.
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Lumumba
Leopoldville, the Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Leopoldville
United Nations
U.N
Ralph Bunche
U. N
Congo
U. S
Hammarskjold
New York
Council
Armand Berard
France
Fom
Katanga
Remier Moise Tshombe
Miaimum
Tshombe
Security Council
Secreta Neral
Elisabethville
Kaienga
Ghana
Guinea
Powers Trial Seen as Soviet Propaganda Showpiece
The Associated Press notes Francis Gary Powers faces a Moscow espionage trial viewed as a propaganda event rather than a genuine Western-style justice process. Powers has been kept apart from Americans for 32 months, with pretrial steps led by Soviet prosecutors and a single defense advocate amid a broader state security framework. Conviction as a spy carries 7 to 15 years or death. the trial aims to demonstrate U.S. government guilt.
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Associated Press
Francis Gary Powers
Moscow
Communist Party
United States
Britain
U.S
Powers
Ail I. Grimov
Grimov
State Security
Roman A. Rudenko
Tribute Paid To Storm By Judge Shure
Judge Ralph G. Shure opened the Circuit Court session by paying tribute to the late William M. Storm a prominent Frederick lawyer and citizen. Storm died suddenly Monday at his Rockwell Terrace home. A funeral is set for Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church. Local and Maryland bar leaders mourn his loss for decades of service and integrity. The Uniteds and Citizens fire companies fly black flags in mourning. Storm served as vice president of the former for 34 years and was emeritus president of the latter. The Frederick Kraams Club charter member and past president ordered an official record tribute.
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Ralph G. Shure
William M. Storm
Frederick
Shure
Storm
Rockwell Terrace
First Presbyterian Church
Frederick County Bar Association
Maryland Bar Association
John R. Fitzpatrick
Uniteds
Citizens Fire Companies
Mir. Storm
Citizens
Frederck Kraams Club
Car crash caves front of 1953 DeSoto near Boyds
Mrs. Ruby Ora Willis of Derwood drove a 1953 DeSoto when the front caved in after she ran down an embankment on Md 117 near Boyds early today. Montgomery County Police investigated the accident and issued an estimate.
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Ruby Ora Willis
Derwood
MD. 117
Boyds
Montgomery County
12 Ounce Baby Girl Dies in Brooklyn Hospital
An infant girl weighing 12 ounces died after living about 50 hours. She was born 47 weeks early at a Brooklyn hospital. The mother Dorothy Dispensa, 35, and father Joseph, 38, have a 12 year old daughter.
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New York
Brooklyn
Dorothy Dispensa
Joseph
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