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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1957
Page
7
A group of five Timmins youths explored the abandoned Vipond gold mine. The fence gave way, two boys escaped, but Livearvid Blakemore died after becoming buried under rock and timber as rescuers worked to free Peter Burke and the others.
Four year old Linda E. MacMahon was listed in uncertain condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital after tumbling from a tractor on a Myersville farm and having a wheel run over her. She suffered a collapsed right lung and six broken ribs. The MacMahons and Wolfe family, visiting from Philadelphia, are connected to the farm incident where the nephew Roger Wolfe, 14, was driving the tractor at the time. The child is the daughter of Martin R. and Corrine J. MacMahon.
A local complaint alleging garbage placement on city watershed property led to an investigation at Fort Detrick. Police find no charges pending. the related master sergeant was misidentified and is a wounded veteran no longer at the post. The name cantaloupe appears from an Italian castle lore.
Senator Monroner urges President Eisenhower to receive an early Asiatic flu vaccine. Gen Leroy Bi says a vaccine stockpile may be released next week. first batch of 302,000 doses was shared by military and civilian groups. Deeds recorded show several property transfers in the Clerk's office with prices around 19 000 to 315 000 dollars.
The Defense Department pushes an economy program to curb civilian payrolls across services. Navy and Air Force already announced cuts of 18.40 and 20.00 respectively, with the Army set to reduce by 15,000 jobs as part of a broader plan to trim the overall civilian workforce by 53,000 amid a defense spending pause.
A fragment notes the capybara as the largest rodent in South America, growing up to four feet long, with the phrase mentioning the smallness of other rodents.
Army plans further reductions as 50 600 of a 1 000 man cut is absorbed into a total strength of 2 800 000. Secretary Wilson directs cutbacks in combat and support units at home and abroad. Quarter Century Club outing held Sunday August 18 with over 1200 members attending at the American Optical Company.
Secretary George S Ridgely of Funkstown Maryland and treasurer Rudd M Wrume of Greencastle Pennsylvania join attorney and the Rev Benjamin F Blubaugh of Baltimore as chaplain in the listed governing body.
Forty choirs and 75 orchestras from nine nations including the United States entered an international contest here in Arezzo from August 29 to September 2. The event features participants from multiple countries and promises a wide range of choral and orchestral performances.
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