Delays and debates over new state prison site in Maryland
In Maryland the push for a new state prison stalls as Frederick County opposes the Hagerstown Reforma tories site. Senator Snyder supports a Frederick County location while Comptroller Goldstein asks for a formal board action. The debate includes acreage estimates and potential separation of parcels on reformatories property.
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Baltimore
Washington County
Frederick County
George E. Snyder
D-Washington
Hagerstown
Loms L Goldstein A
Lamreck
de Frederick
Frederick Democrats
House of Delegates
Mathias
Frederick
Liberiston
New Market
Idstein
Goldstein
Maies
Sotder
U. S. Mist Back Ike Johnson Says
Minneapolis dispatch reports Sen. Lyndon Johnson stating Americans must back President Eisenhower to counter Khrushchev and secure U.S. interests. He warns against brainwashing and says the Senate will vote on foreign relations resolutions as Khrushchev's visit nears.
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Minneapolis
Eisenhower
Premer
Khrushchev
Sen
Lyndon
Senate
Jeader
Obnsen
Secen
Sone Repairedi
Cordern
Khruasneney
Vice
Hichard J. Nixon
Afl-Cio
Sfient
George
Bay Bridge Raises Minimum Speed to 40 MPH
The Maryland State Roads Commission raised the Chesapeake Bay Bridge minimum speed from 35 to 40 mph to ease congestion. Roads chairman John F. Funk said the change follows a study showing motorists maintain steady speeds and that peak hour traffic, especially 5 to 10 p.m. on summer Sundays, nears capacity.
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Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Chesapeake Bay
John 5. Funk
Funk
Spar
Annapolis
Preliminary sewer plans submitted for Ninth Street project
Consulting engineers submitted preliminary plans to City Engineer Gaither Sykes after an all day session. Review concluded with plans ready for construction data and bid invitations to be advanced by at least ten days. Specifications due October 15 with invitations advertised. Burck Street sewer plans in McCurdy area progressing with review scheduled. Designs expected by August 31.
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Ninth Street
Gaither Sykes
En Eers
Sykes
I Cry
Burck Street
McCurdy
Heat and weather notes and refugee watch in Denmark
The article mentions 94 degree heat on Wednesday with forecasted high warmth continuing and scattered showers. It cites a 67 degree morning, 73 degree night, and notes a heat wave threat. It then reports Antvelt claims Danish intelligence monitors East European refugees, with hundreds crossing into Denmark. Rivers like Monocacy, Potomac, and Shenandoah are described as muddy near Bucke ssion Dam, Harpers Ferry, and Harpers Ferry.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Antvelt Today
Communist China Admits Its Deep Economic Trouble
Tokyo dispatch reports that Communist China publicly acknowledged serious domestic economic troubles after a Central Committee meeting. Production targets for 1958 and earlier goals were cut, fueling speculation on whether Mao Zedong will avoid a full war while possibly applying pressure in Laos and the Formosa Strait using regional allies to maintain a propaganda stance against the United States.
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Tokyo
China
Asia
Communist Central Committee
Beking
Mao Tze-tung
Formosa Strait
Quemor
Mao
Laos
United States
Maryland Deaf School to Add 750000 Building
A new primary school building for the Maryland School for the Deaf is planned at about 750000 dollars with occupancy expected by Christmas 1960. The project, part of a 10 year program, includes 10 classrooms and a two story dormitory to relieve overcrowding and expand facilities for deaf education.
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Maryland School For the Deaf
Lloyd A. Ambrosen
School For the Deaf
Charles McC. Mathias
General Assembly
Ambrosen
Carrol Street
Indiana
Gallauduet
Pullman
Busilamg
Fenton and Lichtig
Baltimore
Leonard Bernstein Leads New York Philharmonic in Moscow
The New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein concludes the first leg of its Soviet concert tour in Moscow and plans to move on to Leningrad on Friday.
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Moscow
Leonard Bernstein
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Leningrad
Boy Recommitted To Training School
In a Juvenile Court session Chief Judge Paw M. Sennauffer recommitted a 12 to 13 year old boy from the Catoctin Furnace area to the Maryland Training School after a July 13 court appearance for gun possession. The boy had been on probation in a foster home but ran away. The Aid Society said it could not reclaim him, and the judge urged the youth to use the school’s facilities to reform.
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Catoctin Furnace
Maryland
Paw M. Sennauffer
Ster Par Ae
Mrs Aid Society
Sehnautier
Mexico Counts Dead At Ten In Quake's Wake
The worst Mexican quake of the year left Veracruz Oaxaca Campeche Yucatan Puebla and Tabasco reeling with at least ten dead and possibly forty. Jalapan Acayucan Coatzacoalcos and other towns reported fatalities and injuries as power lines and rails failed and communications dropped.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Veracruz
Oaxaca
Campeche
Yuratan
Puebla
Tabasco
Tehuantepec
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific
Jalapan
Gulf Coast
Bmex
Monopoly
Acayucan
Chinameca
Savoia
Coatazacoalcos
Bonita
Loma
Khrushchev signals gradual Western setback in German talks
Soviet Premier Khrushchev told West German Chancellor Adenauer that reunification should be settled by East and West German negotiations. He warned against exploiting West Germany strength to build up armies, saying the Soviet bloc and its allies remain far stronger. The notes arrive ahead of Eisenhower’s Bonn visit amid disputes over recognition and postwar Germany’s future.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Prient Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
Adenauer
Europe
Federal Republic of Germany
No Early Settlement Of Steel Strike Seen
New York reports no early settlement of the nationwide steel strike as it enters its 44th day. United Steelworkers Union president David J. McDonald rejects rumors of agreement and warns against false optimism. Federal mediator Joseph F. Finnegan likewise says settlement is not in prospect.
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New York
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers Union of America
MacDonald
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Concillation Service
Finnegan
Local Troops Train Under Conditions Like Those Of War
Maryland and Virginia Guardsmen of the 29th Infantry Division train at Indiantown Gap Reserve, practicing squad infantry tactics under the Pentomic concept. Soldiers endure mud and cold while Captain Horine and Captain Fon lead A and B companies. Master Sergeant Barigis, a 30-year Guard veteran, calls the encampment the best training yet and notes Frederick residents’ enthusiasm amid a veteran’s retirement.
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Indiantown Gap
Maryland
Virginia
National
Richard D. Fon
Beine
Frederick
Madiantown
Governor Tawes
George Read
Second United States Army
Rinaldo van, Brunt
National Guard
Harry Barigis
Horine
Guard
Frederick Bors
Land
Virginia National Guardsmen
29Th Infantry Division
Balenciaga Unveils New Paris Collection Details
Paris AP report describes Balenciaga’s new collection emphasizing fringed hems, loose overblouses, and rhinestone tennis ball jewels. Fashion writers finally viewed the line a month after other Paris openings amid spy fears. A standout mannequin in a black crepe sheath with shutter back drew laughs and cheers.
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Paris
Balenciaga
Eisenhower Opens First Stage Of Talks In Bonn
President Eisenhower meets West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in Bonn to discuss allied unity and the planned talks with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. The first stage of his man to man diplomacy includes a London Paris leg and a focus on Western unity and disarmament amid inter Allied tensions.
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Bonn
Germany
Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
Man-To-Manenhower
Adenauer
Nikita Khrushchev
Ksghe
Adensauer
Born, Germany
London
Paris
Rhine
U.S
Plittersdorf
Theodor Heuss
Boon
Khrushchev
United States
West Germany
Charles de Gaulle
British, Normally Amenca’s No. 1 Partner In Western Europe. Adenauer
Harold Macmillan
Conto
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