Potomac River Flood Threat Expands Through Region
Potomac rising near Point of Rocks prompts state police and Frederick County Sheriff to prepare evacuations in Lander, Seneca, and Harpers Ferry. Rivers and creeks run full after a second heavy rain, with Potomac cresting near 21 feet at Miller's Tower and BO lines partially under water. Cumberland improving as rain ceases, while Gaithersburg areas suffer outages. Weather: mostly cloudy, warm, some showers. highs near 84, lows around 60. Sleeping sickness spreads in Seoul with seven of 22 patients dying this week.
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Frederick County
Horace M. Alexander
Potomac River
Point of Rocks
Lander
Seneca
Harpers Ferry
Alexander
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Potomac
Aliller
Miller's Tower
Western Maryland
Bloomery Bridge
Frederick
Maryland
Michael's Mall
Buckeystown
Urbana
Walkersville
Fishing Creek
Lewistown
Israel's Creek
County Roads Department
Langanore Road
Jug Brudge
Herman Toms
Forester
GambrHl Park
Todas
Fredenck Municevnal
Flooding Blocks U.S. 40 and Pinesburg Road
Maryland state police report U S 40 blocked by Tonolo Way Creek east of Hancock with water about 18 inches over the road and rising. Detours direct traffic via U S 322. Pinesburg Road northwest of Williamsport also flooded by Potomac water, blocking travel.
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Hancock
Maryland
Pinesburg
Williamsport
Potomac
Transit Workers Prepare Vote on Pay Offer to End Strike
Washington Hope rises as 2400 AFL workers set to vote on a city negotiated pay package with Capital Transit officials after a 50 day strike. Details were undisclosed but a settlement could resume buses and streetcars within a week. The city would reimburse losses from higher wages. The dispute began with demands for 25 cents more per hour for drivers and 31 cents for top mechanics.
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Washington |M — Hope
AFL
Capital Transit . Co
District of Columbia Commissioners
Capital Transit
Iumen
Atare UU Mb LeMalids
Eisenhower’s Secluded Retreat Thrown Open
Fraser Colorado President Eisenhower relaxes at his Rocky Mountain vacation ranch and invites Washington reporters to visit for a glimpse of a casual presidential life. He and his seven year old grandson David have spent time there with reports previously barred from the retreat by officials. Reports detail trout fishing golf practice pistol target shooting air pumping and official business amid a private stay. Meanwhile a separate Potomac River flood story notes a 19 year old boy and cousin missing after their motorboat went over a dam near Herndon Virginia with one cousin surviving by swimming to shore.
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Fraser
Colo
Eisenhower
Rocky Mountain
Washington
Denver
White House
David
James C. Hagerty
Potomac River
Car Strikes Meter Hits Residence on East Patrick Street
Richard L Gouker 21 was charged with reckless driving and driving without a license after losing control of his 1947 Plymouth and crashing into a residence and Mar Lu restaurant on East Patrick Street near Carter Street. The car damaged a porch and brickwork, injuring nothing, while two other men 17 and 27 were cited for license offences.
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Richard L. Gouker
East Patrick Street
Gouker
East Patrick
Bowers Lumber Company
Carter Street
Vernon Heffner
Mar-Lu
Joseph Topery
Key Chevrolet
Peoples Court
Frederick
John C. Stup
George Figel
Stup
Paul W. Mossburg
Figel
Ralph H. L. Potts
Patrick Street
West
Patrick
Tan Auto
Baltimore
William J. Wilson
Gallagher Convicted in Army Court Martial
A New York court martial found Sgt. James C. Gallagher guilty of four charges including unpremeditated murders mistreatment of fellow Korean War prisoners and collaboration with Chinese Reds. The Brooklyn native, 23, allegedly threw three Americans from a prison camp hut into freezing temperatures and left them to die. Verdict announced at 12:15 pm after nearly five hours deliberation.
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New York
James C. Gallagher
Gallagher
Brooklyn
Weather Bureau Watches Area Near Miami for Possible Development
Forecasters tracked a suspicious area about 2,500 miles east-southeast of Miami but saw no sign of development for the next few days. Chief storm forecaster Gordon Dunne noted the tropical convergence zone was farther north than usual, a factor that could foster development.
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Miami
Fla
Gordon Dunne
Miami Weather Bureau
Dunn
O'Malley Seeks Brooklyn Stadium Site With City Leaders
Brooklyn Dodgers president Walter O'Malley met New York Mayor Robert Wagner to discuss a new ballpark site. He indicated Ebbets Field would close after 1957 and Dodgers might play 77 home games in 1958, possibly in Brooklyn. He rejected municipal bonds and urged condemnation of city property to build a stadium, citing a Lang Island Railroad station site and ongoing legal questions about public interest in condemning baseball property. Brooklyn officials back the plan while Jersey City and Queens invite the team to move. The club reportedly has six million dollars set aside to start the park.
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New York
Walter Malley
Brooklyn Dodgers
Robert Wagner
Brooks
Dodgers
Jersey City
O'Malley
Ebbets Field
Brooklin
Paliuce
Brooklinn
Lang Island
Brooklyn
Hudson River
Queens
Potomac River Flood Parade Delays B&O Line Traffic
Western Maryland and surrounding counties faced rising Potomac waters with a foot per hour climb threatening 27 feet. B&O main lines between Harpers Ferry and Cumberland were blocked at three spots, detours used Western Maryland tracks, and freight service resumed after track repairs. Shenandoah rising slower, waterlogged streets in Cumberland faded by morning.
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Williamsport
Potomac
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Cumberland
Western Maryland
Bayard
Petersburg
William Beard
Hagerstown
Elkins
Wilson
Wolf den
B&o
Red Rock
Hancock
Sir Johns Run
Long Crossing
Cherry Run
Martinsburg
North Branch
Walter
Shenandoah River
Come On Margaret Princess urged to decide on Townsend marriage
London gossip swirls as Daily Mirror leads demand for Princess Margaret to choose whether to wed Group Captain Peter Townsend. The paper prints a bold front page and hails her 23rd birthday while Balmoral hosts the royal family amid mounting speculation about the Princess’s future.
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London
Daily Mirror
Margaret
Peter Townsend
Mirror
Balmoral Castle
Scotland
Ttm
Townsend
India Breaks Last Link With Portugal Over Goa Crisis
India cuts ties with Portugal after Goa killings as Nehru orders Portuguese consulates in Bombay Madras and Calcutta closed. Goa frontier tensions rise with 1500 Indians massed reportedly near Goa awaiting possible invasion. In Baltimore a 40 year old man drowned while attempting a raft rescue near Hanover Street Bridge.
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India
Portugal
Nehru
Bombay
Madras
Calcutta
Nova Goa
Troisa
Goa
Bambas
Baltimore
No Bove
I Hanover Street Bridge
Express Train Wreck Near Marked Tree Ark
The Kansas City-Florida Special wrecked north of Marked Tree Arkansas. The diesel train left Kansas City at 11 25 last night and was due in Memphis at 10 a m. Wreckage blocked tracks and several dead and many injured were reported as ambulances rushed to the scene.
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Marked Tree
Ark
W. G. Key
Marked Tree Schools
Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Kansas City
May Extend Daylight Time Across Regions
The article notes daylight saving time may end on September 25 and could extend to October 31 if the Maryland metro area aligns with New England states. Frederick and Baltimore officials discussed extensions if the deadline stretches. Most New England states have extended or plan to extend daylight time, with New York and other eastern states likely to follow.
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Maryland
New England
Board of Aldermen
Frederick
Baltimore City
New York
J Seaboard
Five Day Forecast Warrentland-Delaware Warm Week Ahead
Five day outlook says warm spell with mostly pleasant days from Saturday to Wednesday. Scattered afternoon showers expected. temperatures will run eight to ten degrees above normal with highs near 80 and cooler mornings. Weekend mountains see lower elevations in the south and east remain warmer.
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Waryland-Delaware Fair
Tand
Chimes Will Ring Again At Baker Park Tower
City officials expect the Baker Park bell tower chimes to resume before month end. Strikers ordered from Belgium arrived in Baltimore and will be installed next week, restoring hourly, half hourly, and quarter hourly chimes until eight each night. The project costs about $2,000 and will include Sunday mornings and holiday plays.
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Baker Park
Belgium
Baltimore
Frederick
Antique Display Attracts Officers During Bicentennial Week
In Cumberland a window display of an old time pharmacy distillery drew two men claiming to be US Treasury Alcohol Tax Unit agents. Samuel Wertheimer said they questioned him about the still on display and its origins, noting a law against possessing or operating such apparatus. The agents left promising to return after further checks.
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Cumberland 1
Samuel Wertheimer
US ‘Treasury
Wertheimer
New Code For Armed Forces Ordered Posted
Washington reports Secretary of Defense Wilson ordered the new code of military honor posted by every unit ship and post worldwide. He urged rapid development of training to resist capture and torture and to ground soldiers in the codes salient features before service. Civilian groups and agencies were asked to assist in dispelling fear of Communist tactics. The memo stressed moral training before and after service to counter prisoner misperceptions from Korea.
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Washington
Wilson
Eisenhower
Korea
Army
Navy
Air Forces
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Secretary of Defense
Carter L. Burgess
Burgess
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Russia Accepts Adenauer Talks On German Unification
The Soviet government said in a note to the German Embassy in Paris that discussions with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer will cover German unification and the release of war prisoners. Adenauer will visit Moscow next month and talks with the Kremlin are planned to begin on September 8.
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Bonn
Germany
Soviet Union
Konrad Adenauer
Moscow
Paris
Adenauer
Kremlin
Floods Cut Swath Across Nine States Leaving Dozens Dead
Rain-swollen rivers from Hurricane Diane surge through nine states and Washington, killing at least 10 in Pennsylvania and one in Virginia. Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey suffer the worst damage as floods isolate towns, strand 630 campers on Delaware River island camps near Philadelphia, and strand 310 people on two trains in the Pocono Mountains. Rescue work by National Guard and Red Cross intensifies as more areas evacuate and emergency precautions are ordered.
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Philadelphia
District of Columbia
Diane
Pennsylvania
Virginia
New York
New Jersey
Maryland
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Vermont
Rhode Island
Delaware River
Scranton
Bethlehem
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Pocono Mountains
Cresco
Tobyhanna
2Nd Army
United States
New York State
Port Jervis
James E. Cole
Treasure Island
Pennington Island
Presbyterian Church
National Guard
Exwil Defense
Red Cross
Lackawanna River
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South Korea
U.S. 40
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North Carolina
Puerto Rico
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San Francisco
Sammy Lee
Garden Grove
Chronicle
Fraser Cole
Exenhower
Baden Baden
Baden
Russia
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