Curse of the Pharaohs Tales In Tutankhamen Story
BELMAN MORIN recalls the Tutankhamen curse myth and real misfortunes linked to Egyptology. He notes Lord Carnarvon’s death, various tomb robberies, and a Cairo scientist’s family deaths linked to the solar boat discovery. The piece reflects on whether such events are coincidence or omen.
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Lord Carnarvon
Grand Pyramid of
Cheops
Zaky Nour
Cairo
Leila
Wafaa
New Windsor Drill Team Wins Parades in Three Towns
The Ladies Auxiliary of the New Windsor Fire Co. drill team extended its winning streak by taking first prizes in Dayton parades held last week in Hereford Pleasant Hill and Brooklyn. Also noted are a Farm Bureau picnic at Spoerlein meadow and a sequence of social visits and travels among local residents including Sullivan Hyde Ecker and the Weishaar families with trips through New York and New England and to Michigan and Ohio for family gatherings and camps.
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New Windsor
New Windsor Fire Co
Hereford
Pleasant Hill
Brooklyn
Farm Bureau Group 1
Spoerlein’s Meadow
Margaret Sullivan
Richmond
Clara Hyde
Bucher John
Jean John
Preston Ecker
Waynesboro
John Hesson
Bernard Weishaar
Carroll Weishaar
Tyrone
New York
New England
George Devilbiss
Michigan
Nancy
Canada
Edwin Richardson
Pittsburgh
Mary Null
Taneytown
Fannie Garver
Buckey Garver
Westminster
Walter Wantz
Paul Garver
Ons
Ohio
M. B. Guerrier
Morgantown
W. Va
H. C. Roop
Kitty Jo Schlee
Kathleen Roach
Rocks
Belair
WCTU
John Elmer Smith
Rehoboth Beach
Del
Grange News Braddock Grange Meeting and Summer Roast
The Braddock Grange No. 365 hosted a weter roast at Mrs. John Summers home on August 10 with 18 members and friends. It marked the final outdoor meeting of the season. Next gathering set for August 24 at the Grange Hall. Congress near adjournment eyed for tomorrow while President Eisenhower planned a Colorado trip, as Sen Knowland noted progress despite earlier delays.
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Braddock Grange
John Summers
Grange Hall
Washington
Congress
Sen
Knowland
R-Cahf
Senate
Eisenhower
Colorado
Three Indicted For Bank Robbery At Andrews Bank
Federal indictments named Clarence Duke McGann Earl Bill Smith and Henry John Foster all New York Negroes in the $124638 raid on the Andrews Air Force Base branch. McGann in custody, Smith and Foster at large. Indictments allege armed robbery larceny assault and jeopardizing lives with deadly weapons. Bail for McGann proposed at 100000. same for the others if captured. Proceedings delayed until attorney appointed or obtained.
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Baltimore
Andrews Air Force Base
Clarence Duke McGann
Earl Bill Smith
Henry John Foster
New York
McGann
U. S
George Cochran Doub
W Calvin Chesnut
Smith
U.S
Samuel W. H. Meloy
Upper Marlboro
Gaithersburg Residents Take Motor Trip to Texas and Michigan
Gaithersburg couples Mr and Mrs Ralvbh Offutt and Mr and Mrs Henry Musser traveled to Texas and Michigan visiting Lt Commander and Mrs James Cheraul t in Orange and Mussers sister in Michigan. Rev and Mrs Malcolm Wright enjoy part of their Gaithersburg vacation at Ocean City. Mrs George McBain and Miss ...
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Gaithersburg
Ralvbh Offutt
Henry Musser
Texas
Michigan
James Cherault
Orange
Doan's Pills Offer Help For Kidney Ailments
Doctors warn slow kidney function can cause backache fatigue headaches and dizziness. Minor urinary irritation from cold or poor diet may disrupt sleep and urination. Doan's Pills provide mild diuretic relief used for over 50 years to support kidney function and ease these symptoms.
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Dean
Doan
Local Social Notes and Updates From Gaithersburg Area
A digest of community happenings lists visits from Ly Welvel and others to Indianapolis for a Supreme Order of the Council of Job's Daughters convention, a Catholic Youth Organization picnic at Brighton Dam, and birthday gifts in Sykesville. Bridal shower honors Joanne Arrington ahead of her Aug. 27 wedding to Curtis Wolff at St. Paul's Methodist, plus farewell for the Swarts moving to Chautauqua High School. Also noted are local shop openings, hospital stays for Bob Killette after a camping accident, pneumonia for Lula Piequitt, and a three week Ocean City Ocean Grove vacation by Henry Clarke family, with other small-town social items and a mention of peptic ulcers for John Anderson.
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Sykesville
Joanne Arrington
Betty Ely
Carroll Ely
Arrington
Curtis Wolff
St. Paul’s Methodist
James O. Ridgely
Anna Holland
Jody
Peter Reilly
Nave
Lyman Wilson
Marie Hood
Amos Wilson
Dison
Leon ‘Swart
William Vernay
Swarts
New York
Swart
Chautauqua High School
Bob Killette
James Killette
University Hospital
Lula Piequitt
Maryland General Hospital
DeVries R. Hermg
James A. Richards
Henry Clarke
Ocean Grove
N.J
Indicted For Holding Family in Terror
Federal kidnapping indictment returned against Robert Jerome Ellers 26 of Washington for holding a family in terror at their Seat Pleasant Maryland home on August 9. He allegedly transported Harold Grimm 12 to DC and terrorized four family members with a sawed off rifle and a meat cleaver before Grimm identified him in a police lineup. Ellers was arrested at his rooming house in Washington DC.
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Baltimore
Robert Jerome Eilers
Seat Pleasant
Washington
Ellers
Harold &. Grimm
Maryland
District of Columbia
Grimm
Washington State
Unclear charges tied to Washington escapade and willful act rule
Authorities file charges against a man in Columbia for a similar escapade in Washington. Judge Chesnut sets bail at 325000 on a recommendation by George Cochran Doub, U S district attorney for Maryland. Grimm family quotes Ellers threatening to kill, while murder linkage remains unproven. The matter returns to the House as a Senate amendment seeks a willful act requirement before penalties. Around 91 million Americans receive government funded hospital care under President Eisenhower’s insurance plan debate.
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of Columbia
Washington
W. Calvin Chesnut
George Cochran Doub
U. S
Maryland
Grimm
Ellers
House
Senate
Subversives bill passes Senate to strip nationality
The Senate on August 18 approved and sent to the House a measure to strip U S nationality from citizens convicted of advocating violent overthrow of the government. The approval came by a voice vote with no audible nays.
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Washington
Senate
House
U. S
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