FBI Joins In Hunt For Motherwell
Federal agents joined the search for ex convict Larry Lord Motherwell 42 charged with murder of Pearl Ada Putney 72 in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Downieville California on August 15 1958 She last seen alive in a Marysville motel identification followed dental work Bones of Mrs Putney found by a hiker and study continues Police say Putney carried about 50000 when she and Motherwell left Washington D C in what she called her last flight Motherwell previously arrested in Las Vegas with 160 and a new station wagon He was returned to Frederick Maryland after the death of his 14 month old Mongoloid daughter A grand jury had refused to indict him The search is expected to be directed mainly from Washington D C with the FBI maintaining extensive files Downieville is northeast of San Francisco.
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Downieville
Calif
Washington, DC
Larry Lord Motherwell
Pearl Ada Putney
Sierra Nevada Foothills
Marysville
FBI
San Francisco
U.S
Joseph Karesh II
Motherwell
Dist. Atty
Gordon I. Smith
Putney
Here
Purnney
FBE
Little Damage Done to Frederick County Schools
Frederick County schools report only two incidents of damage this summer, Lincoln elementary with 100 dollars and Parkway elementary with 25 dollars, mainly broken glass during after school play. Superintendent Harry V. Frushour notes the total 1958 repairs were 270 dollars and other county schools have had no major events so far.
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Frederick County
Harry V. Frushour
Lincoln
Parkway
Frushour
Montgomery
Montgomery County
Arthur Templeton
Steel Strike Talks Drag On In New York
In New York AP The steel strike remained deadlocked after a top level conference among industry and union negotiators and Joseph F Finnegan director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Teams from the union and the 12 largest steel companies met with Finnegan as David J McDonald president of United Steelworkers of America returned to talks. McDonald had not participated since Aug 7 and Finnegan suggested a possible meeting next Monday.
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New York
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
R. Conrad Cooper
United States Steel Corp
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers of America
Finnegan
Haiti Orders Arrest Of Catholic Prelate
Haiti's government has ordered the arrest of Port au Prince Archbishop Francois Poirier after he ignored a summons to appear at the district attorney's office. No immediate word on custody. Justice officials cite his criticism of the government for expelling two priests, including Haiti's largest Catholic college head.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Francois Poirier
Justice Department
Capt Travis to Head S A Work Here
Capt and Mrs Travis Israel will take over Salvation Army command here next Wednesday to fill a vacancy caused by Capt Harry Powell's reassignment to Annapolis. Powell will assume Annapolis duties Wednesday. The Israels come from Wellsburg W Va with two children Travis Morgan four and Mark Henry 14 months. Capt Israel, an Albany Ga native, has seven years in the army and was a classmate of Powell at the Atlanta school for officers. Powell's Baltimore SA headquarters report notes enviable records in army work and attendance gains among youth and adults. Powell's new assignment includes a day nursery for children of working mothers.
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Travis Israel
Salvation Army
Harry Powell
Powell
Annapolis
Israel
Wellsburg
Travis Morgan
Mark Henry
Albany
Capt
Salvation Army School For
Atlanta
Mgrs
Or‘Nando. Fla
Army
Capt. Powell
Capt. Israel
Hawaii Becomes 50th State With White House Proclamation
Washington AP Hawaii officially joins the Union as the 50th state after a 36 year campaign by residents about 385 000 strong. Eisenhower will sign the proclamation at the White House and a new 50 star flag will replace the 48 star banner next July 4 with a U S air mail stamp planned to honor the event.
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Washington
Hawaii
San Francisco
Eisenhower
White House
Alaska
Sir Jacob Epstein Dies In His London Home
American-born British sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein died at his London home on Wednesday night at age 78. A controversial figure in art, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1954. Epstein’s work spanned enormous vitality statues and portrait busts of famous figures, admired by many and criticized by others.
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London
Jacob Epstein
Epstein
New York
Five Day Forecast From Associated Press Hints Temperatures Rise
Temperatures will average 6 to 8 degrees above normal with heat over the weekend and slightly cooler Tuesday and Wednesday. Precipitation may reach about one tenth of an inch from widely scattered thunder showers. Normal highs range from the 70s in the mountains to near 84 in the east. lows in the 60s, with exceptions in upper mountains.
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Associated Press
Rockefeller Wedding to Steady Norwegian Ceremony in Lunde Church
Steven Rockefeller will marry Anne Marie Rasmussen at Lunde Lutheran church in Norway in a largely Norwegian service with some English. The event draws hundreds of reporters. only five correspondents will be admitted inside. Rockefeller calls the wedding his life and asks media to respect the sacred occasion.
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Sogne
Norway
Steven Rockefeller
I Lunde Lutheran Church
Anne Marie Rasmussen
The
Sun of
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Anne Marie
Kristian Rasmussen
Steven
Anne Mariel
Jerry Rigg
Omaha
Neb
Rockefeller
Roeder
Rasmussen Home
Thhem
North
South America
Europe
Middle
Barn Burns Near Dr Marsh Farm. Two Firemen Injured
Two Westminster firemen were overcome by heat and smoke while fighting a barn fire at Dr James T Marsh’s Springdale Road property. Fire Chief Henry Hook and firefighter Joe Nusbaum were hospitalized at University Hospital in Baltimore for observation. Mrs Marsh and Sidney Smith helped rescue about a dozen riding horses. one horse was slightly singed. Fire crews from Westminster Union Bridge New Windsor fought the blaze from 45 a.m. to about 11:30 p.m. Cause and damages are unknown.
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Westminster
James T. Marsh
Springdale Road
Uniontown Road
Henry Hook
Joe Nusbaum
University Hospital
Baltimore
Marsh
Carroll County Medica
Tawes To Review 29th On Saturday
Governor Millard Tawes of Maryland will review the 29th Infantry Division at Indiantown Gap Pa during the final week of the two week summer encampment. Other dignitaries include Lt Gen George W Read and Maryland Virginia adjutant generals. Major Generals Beck and Crump attend as observers. The parade honors Lt Col Joseph H Howard retiring as division judge advocate after long service.
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Indiantown Gap
Millard Tawes
Mary‘lland
iMaryland Andirginia National Guardsmes
George W. Read
2Nd Army
AFL-CIO to boycott Khrushchev leaders push own meeting
In Forest Park Pennsylvania the AFL-CIO hierarchy contemplates a boycott of Premier Khrushchev while two federation vice presidents proceed with plans to organize a separate meeting to address him directly. Weather conditions note the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers at Harpers Ferry clear while the Monocacy at Buckeystown Dam remains muddy.
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Khrushchev
Potomac
Harpers Ferry
Shenandoah
Buckeystown
Probe New Church Fires At Dundalk
Baltimore AP report says two new church fires were under investigation in Dundalk as two boys aged 10 and 12 recanted parts of their earlier confession about starting four fires. They were sent to Maryland Training School for Boys for further hearing and psychiatric examination after a juvenile hearing.
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Baltimore
Dundalk
Inert W. Menekine
Patapsco Methodist Church
Church of God
Mene
Maryland Training School For
Edward Haase
Temperature Reaches 90 Again in City Heat Outlook
Temperature climbs back to 90 in the city after a brief relief from heat. Forecaster predicts a possible weekend heat wave with mid to upper 90s and humid conditions. Dam safety official notes Fishing Creek Dam holding, reservoir near spillway level. Overnight low 62 with comfort dipping as humidity stays high.
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Frank Wedale
Fishing Creek
Des Gree
$13,395,513 More For Schools Is Requested
Towson Maryland school officials request a $13,395,513 increase for 1960 as part of a county education budget. The Board of Education adopted a budget of $8,531,891 and expects enrollment growth of 5,000 pupils by January 1, 1960 and 6,000 more by September. A sizable portion funds a $300 across the board pay raise for teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towson
Baltimore County
Maryland
Board of Education
Penetration Plans Reported For Castro Cuba
U S intelligence says Moscow sent Soviet officer Vadim Kotcherigin to Cuba last May to guide Cuban Communists on penetrations. Cabell of the CIA says Soviets train Latin American Communists for dictatorship, with aims on agrarian reform unions and army. Red Chinese propaganda also linked to Cuba.
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Minneapolis
Moscow
Cuba
Fidel Castro
C. P. Cabell
Central Intelligence Agency
American Legion
National Security Commission
Cabell
Kremlin
Cabé
Vadim Kotcherigin
Kotchergin
Kochergin
Red Chinese
Red
Confederation of Workers of Latin American
World Federation
Mexico
Renovation progress at Thurmont High School ready for fall
Renovations at Thurmont High School proceed with interior work nearly complete and electrical rewiring in the old section pending. Lighting should finish by mid September while new gym additions include a shower room and a guidance-office suite. Fall class openings remain on schedule for Thurmont and Frederick County schools.
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Thurmont High School
Frederick County
Harry V. Frushour
Thurmont
Frushour
Frederick High School
Witness on Speedometer Charges Court Seeks Calibrator Testimony
Magistrate Joseph J. Coady ordered that any defendant showing a faulty speedometer must also produce the mechanic who checked the device. A speeding case against art hur F. Miller Jr. centered on a claim the gauge was inaccurate, with R. E. Kemp ordered to testify. Miller received a suspended $15 fine after a 35 mph pacing claim.
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Joseph J. Coady
Coady
Arthur F. Miller Jr
Taneytown
Route 194
Miller
Henry S. Stafford
R. E. Kemp
Caoper Stafford
Juesell E. Boyer
William E. Newcomer
Ridgeville
Boyer
Florida
Reading
Baltimore
Unable To Recover Satellite Capsule
Washington AP reports extreme cold may have frozen a 309 pound Discoverer VI instrument capsule ejected over the Pacific. Kicked loose Thursday night near Hawaii, no trace found. power loss could render beacon, lights, parachute inoperative and end recovery chances at about one in a thousand.
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Washington
America
Pacific Ocean
Hawaiian Islands
Final search begun in German desert for bomber crew remains
In Wiesbaden AP reports two helicopters ferried deep into the Libyan desert to locate remains of a bomber crew missing since 1943 after a Naples raid. Urban A Lavery, a Chicago lawyer and legal writer, was associated with the wreck discovery and crew bailout but died recently. The search follows long efforts to recover the lost airmen.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Naples
Urban A. Lavery
Chicago
Lavery
Fishing Ship Sinks But 19 Aboard Saved
A 120 foot fishing vessel capsized about a mile off Ocean City New Jersey. All 19 crewmen were rescued with no injuries reported. The Sea Girt and its workboats were involved, and survivors were taken to Atlantic City aboard The Barnegat. The sunken vessel was owned by Otis Smith Inc of Lewes Delaware.
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Ocean City
N. J
Coast Guard
35Th Street
Seaiist
Sea Girt
Barnegat
Atlantic City
Otis Smith Inc
Lewes
Del
J. Walter Haynie
Carson Inlet
Here
Townsend Inlet
Sea
Isle City
Herdford
Yet
Wildwood
Cape May
Baltimore Robbers Get Payroll Money
Two men in one car forced a vehicle during rush hour on a Northwest Baltimore street and took about 4800 dollars in payroll money. Mrs. Sylvia Ross, office manager for Marshall Motor Co., was in the back seat of the payroll car. The car was driven by employee James Bilows.
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Baltimore
Sylvia Ross
Marshall Motor Co
James Biglows
Guardsmen Move Into Quake Area in Montana
National Guardsmen moved into the quake ravaged area around West Yellowstone Park Montana to deter looting as the death toll rose to nine. A missing Utah woman is feared dead after a landslide at Rock Creek campground near the Madison River. Aftershocks and ongoing landslides delay search efforts while engineers consider removing about 50 million tons of rock debris.
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Yellowstone Park
Mont
National
Ray Painter
Ogden
Utah
Bozeman
Rock Creek
Madison River
Thomas Stowe
Indy
Idaholand
Wyoming State
Montana
US Geodetic Survey
Red Cross
Polio Vaccine Arrives For 450 Shots In Frederick
Fifty vials of polio serum arrived in Frederick and will be used for about 450 persons under 20 or pregnant women, by appointment only. Shots start at 9 30 am Monday at Winchester Hall medical clinic, with monthly clinics continuing amid tight vaccine supply from the Maryland State Department of Health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Forbes H. Burgess
Burgess
Winchester Hall
Maryland State Department
Hot Humid Weather Across United States
The Associated Press reports another hot and humid day for much of the nation from the Rockies to the Atlantic. Temperatures in the 80s to 90s are common with a sticky weekend ahead, while night readings mostly in the 70s and 50s to 60s west to east. Notable highs include 101 in Pickstown South Dakota and 98 in Pikeville Kentucky as storms cause scattered, light precipitation.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Atlantic Coast
Welter Belt
Dakotas
Pacific Coast
Mercury
Pickstown
S.D
Buffalo
Pikeville
Kentucky
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Viet Nam
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WASP
Eugene B. Powell
Charles Leroy Castle
Joseph Lechliter
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