Tractor trailer crash on US 40 causes injuries and $9,000 damage
A tractor trailer overturned at the US 40 East interchange with East Patrick Street, causing $9,000 in damage and injuries to Dek J. Visser. The vehicle slid 190 feet, the left front tire blew, and Verter Visser received minor back injuries and a head laceration. He was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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US 40
East Patrick Street
Dek J. Visser
Sheldon
Iowa
Baltimore
U.S. 40
R. C. Efford
Frederick
Visser
Frederick Memorial Hospital
United Ambulance
Hahn Transportation Company
Efford
Richard E. Alderton
James B Smith
Crestview
Ford Motor Company
U.S. 15
Atlas Fourth Flight Highlights Space Program Role
Atlas makes a fourth successful flight but a crash near a cloverleaf caused front wheels and frame damage to a 1959 Ford. The incident occurred as the Atlas rocket, a key element of the US space program, neared a testing phase at Cape Canaveral.
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Atlas
Cape Canaveral
Ford
Regis
Vandenberg Air Force Base
California
Department of Defense
Defense
Ned H. McElroy
Gas tax boost proposal for highway program faces division
A House Public Works Committee approved a compromise to raise the U S gas tax from 3 to 4 cents for 12 months to prevent highway program delays. Senator Gore offered an alternative earmarking 1 percent of 1959 general appropriations for highways. The plan shifts revenue start date to July 1, 1960.
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Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
U.S
Texas Democrat
Public Works Committee
Eisenhower
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Gore
Maryland Democrats discuss ending presidential primary
Maryland Democrats weighing options to abolish the presidential primary and back a write in bid for Stevenson as Kennedy mulls Maryland and national delegates. A plan to eliminate the primary may force legislators to act in February with tax and ballot decisions. Imperial urging by Haile Selassie tour wraps with local political moves and possible races for Lankford and Sasscer.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Adlai Stevenson
Len Kennedy
Comiention
Massachusetts
Gex. Tawes
Ballinmore City
Marland
Troo
Urgey Onl
Grady
Baltimore
Ascension Island
United Democratic Women’s Clubs
Ocean City
Tawes
Rep
Lankford
Sasscer
Lamseale G. Sasscer
Prince Georges County
Taues
Anne Arundel
Kennedy v
Kennedy
Stevenson
Montgomery
Baltimore City
Governor’s Mansion
Washington
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U. S. 40 East
U. S. 40
Eisenbowner
Tennessean
General Treasury
Dirk Visser
Sixdon
Town
Inter
Lance
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Egypt
Detroit
AP — Automotive News
Sinclair Refining CO
Kaempf and Harris, Inc
Bocky Sprinzs
Kerosene Home Delivery Service
Weil
Hamilton Avenue
East South Street
Riviera
Wringer
AST
Wwch
Meena
Phive
Whores Grange
George
Davis Studio Fine Photographe Portrait & Commercial
Frederick Shopping Center
West
Patrick St
Kennedy Studio
Kehne Furniture Co
South Market St
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