One Dead and Many Injured in Liberty Curve Crash
A motorist failed to negotiate a curve on Md 26 at the east end of Liberty and crashed headon into an oncoming 1955 Dodge. Clarence Woodrow Stultz died at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Eight others were injured including a two year old in critical or serious condition. the Angleberger family members and a Union Bridge resident were among the injured. State Police are investigating with charges pending.
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Liberty
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Clarence Woodrow Stultz
RFD 5
Westminster
Richard Lee Angleberger
Carl Rudell Angleberger
Keymar- Young
Angleberger
Newton
U. S. 26
Carl Radell Angleberger
Angieberger
R. E. Dailey
C. EL Gline
Stultz
Washinton County
Anglebergers
C. R. Angleberger
R. C. Snyder
W. L. Newcomer
Keymar
Explorer V launch halted by collision in space
AMSTERDAM AP A high altitude collision between rocket units ruined the Explorer V launch. Von Braun reported to world astronauts that the first stage booster separated after burnout and gases expanded in space causing extra thrust. Five jailed in attempted jail break. sheriff gave details and noted bonds. Von Braun pledged safety measures and a joint effort with Soviet scientists to continue space data collection.
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Amsterdam
Wernher von Braun
van Ress
New West Frederick Junior High opens plans and jail break notes
Sheriff reports bond postings for three suspects on conspiracy and aiding escape charges tied to a failed jail break. Extraditions to Gettysburg followed a security lapse with hacksaw blades. West Frederick Junior High announces student procedures and territory for eighth to twelfth grades, with address areas listed and bus routes noted.
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Dodson
Heflin
Jackson
Gettysburg
Frederick City
Perkins
Hanover
Snark Launch Lights Up Atlantic Test Flight
Cape Canaveral authorities reported a Snark guided missile lofting into the sky on a 6,000 mile Atlantic flight. The nation’s sole intercontinental weapon streaked across the ocean in an orange flame and vanished beyond the horizon. Official results remain classified.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic
Air Force
Hollywood Welcomes Empire Line Fashion Shift
Hollywood glows over a fashion change as the sack/empire line debate ends. Stars Mitzi Gaynor Jane Clayton Ann Sothern Katy Jurado Vera Miles pledge cautious enthusiasm while noting waistlines rise and necklines drop, with many eager to adopt the new empire look this fall.
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Hollywood
Yaris
Dior
Mitzi
Gaynor
Lempice
Til
Europe
Jan Clayton
Ameri
Empire
Ann Sothern
Katy Jurado
Vera Miles
Accidents In County Leave One Hospitalized
Three crashes in Thurmont area cause over $1,000 in damage. George Sprenkle, a hospitalized passenger with injuries, rode in a car driven by Harold Tracy which overturned near Fort Ritchie. Tracy faces charges for speeding as the Oldsmobile was demolished. No injuries beyond Sprenkle in the other incidents.
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Thurmont
Waynesboro
Fort Ritchie
George Sprenkle
Gordon H.smith
Sprenkle
Harold Blaine i Tracy
RFD
Hagerstown
Smith
Tracy
Rocky Ridge
Donald ‘Edward Crabbs
Woodsboro
LeGore Bridge
Jesse Adolph Hansen
Keymar
Rowvie
Hansen
Crabbs
Shelling Heaviest Expected On Quemoy Says Peiping
Peiping warned of heavier bombardments on the Quemoy islands after 12 345 shells hit Nationalist positions in 24 hours. The Communist defense ministry ordered a redoubling of attacks while Nationalist officials reported 7 120 shells on Tan Ta. A highway crash near Westminster Maryland killed Leroy Edwood DeHart, 43, the state’s first traffic fatality of the Labor Day weekend. The summer of revival lifted capital goods, with stock prices rallying and economists reassessing the recession low point.
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Associated Press
Hyattsville
Westminster
Maryland
Leroy Edwood
DeHart
Central
U. S
de ‘Hart
Wall Street
Labor Day Holiday Traffic Toll Rises Across Nation
The Labor Day weekend saw a surge of drivers as 45 million cars were expected on roads. The National Safety Council projected 420 highway deaths in the 73 hour period from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight, with 18 drownings and 9 other fatalities reported so far.
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National Safety Council
NSC
Elm Street School Cafeteria Closed September 4
School officials announce Elm Street School cafeteria will not operate for the opening day Thursday September 4. Pupils living near the school may go home at noon for lunch while bus children and other students must carry a lunch. Skate Leaves Oslo for U.S. Navy visit after five days.
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Elm Street
Frederick County Sees Doubling of School Integration This Year
About 310 Negro students are expected to attend mixed city and county schools this year up from 161. The seventh grade sees the largest integration, with compulsory attendance areas guiding where students go. Numbers include 159 high and junior high students and 15 elementary students in city and county schools, with a few in Frederick High and several in other communities such as Middletown Liberty Urbana and Walkersville.
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Heflin
Jackson
Perkins
Navy
Dodson
Eer
West Frederick
East
West Third Street
Rockwell Terrace
Rosemont Avenue
Frederick
Third Street
Military Road
Lee Place
Wilson Place
Fort Detrick
Yellow Springs
Iit
Frederick County
Frederick High School
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Frederick High
Eisenhow
James C. Hags
Hagerty
Somel
United States
Brunswick
Geneva
Khrushi
Strichev Srades
Middletown
Liberty
Walkersville
Urbana
Buckerstown
Point of Rocks
Parkway
Labor Day Weather Forecast and Holiday Traffic
The weatherman forecasts warm humid weather for Labor Day weekend with a chance of thundershowers. Temperatures ranged from 85 to 37 yesterday with fog and heavy dew in parts of the county. Holiday traffic was heavy, with one fatality and numerous injuries and property damage accidents.
Eisenhower Greets Nuclear Test Talks Accord
In Newport Rhode Island AP reports President Eisenhower expressed gratification that Russia will join the United States and Britain in discussions to ban nuclear weapons tests. He welcomed the multilateral commitment amid ongoing Cold War diplomacy and disarmament efforts.
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Newport, RI
Eisenhower
Russia
United States
Britain
Labor Day Marks Business Recovery Turning Point
NEW YORK AP reports a surprising summer and ongoing recovery in most indicators while noting Labor Day as a dividing line. The piece cites autumn items likely to affect carbon production and notes shifts in consumer demand as bathing trunks and sports shirts move out of retail.
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New York
Talks Set With Soviet on Oct 31 Per Hagerty Report
The President welcomed Soviet acceptance of talks with the United States and Britain to begin October 31. Hagerty said the aim is a workable tripartite agreement after negotiations start, while detailing a briefing from Washington and discussions with Vice Admiral Stuart Ingersoll at the Newport naval base.
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Russia
U. S
Hagerty
Washinto
Far East
Stuart Ingersoll
U. S. Naval Base
Newport
Car Hits Sign and Tree Injuring Two in Catoctin
Two colored men were treated for minor injuries at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a speeding 1957 Ford struck a state roads sign and rammed a tree near Catoctin Furnace. Driver L D Barnes 26 was charged with speeding. Trooper Davis estimated vehicle damage at 600 dollars. They were taken to Thurmont Hospital by ambulance. In a separate note, Scott Callahan aged 3 drank gasoline from a can at a Denver used car lot and was hospitalized.
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Rochester
Frederick Memorial Hospital
U. S.45
Catoctin Furnace
Wiliam F.’ Davis
L. D. Barnes
Clarence Ingram
Annapolis Leads In Population Survey Over Frederick
A Maryland Municipal League survey places Annapolis ahead of Frederick with an estimated 30,000 residents, while Frederick sits around 22 30 thousand. The survey, using municipal estimates and 1950 census data, also reorders Hagerstown and Cumberland, lists Baltimore at about 949 708, and notes Rockville Takoma Park Salisbury College Park Hyattsville and other towns by rank and size.
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Maryland Municipal League
Frederick
Annapolis
U.S. Naval Academy
Municipal League
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Baltimore City
Rockville
Takoma Park
Salisbury
College Park
Hyattsville
Greenbelt
Riverdale
Westminster
Brunswick
Emmitsburg
Middletown
Mt. Airy
Thurmont
Taneytown
Burkittaville
Myersville
New Market
New Windsor
Poolesville
Sykesville
Union Bridge
Walkersville
Rioting in Mexico City Stemmed by Police Fire
In Mexico City, five hours of rioting by students and Pemex workers ended after police fired on crowds. A bank employee was killed when a bullet pierced a bank window. Hospital reports 33 wounded, mainly from gunfire, with others hurt by rocks, clubs, and tear gas. Authorities warned of more demonstrations as unions threaten strikes.
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Mexico City
Pemex
Communist Party
Adolfo Ruiz ‘Cortines
Junion
Weekend May Bring Invasion Of Islands
Washington officials braced for a possible Red China invasion of the Chinese Nationalist offshore islands over Labor Day weekend. The State Department kept Far East experts at desks or on call, while leaders vacationed. Officials said the United States would confront Peiping’s threats but did not confirm U.S. military steps to defend Quemoy and Matsu. Senator Morse urged congressional authorization and a special session if forces were to be used.
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Washington
U.S
United States
State Department
Christian R. Herter
Far East
Red China
Eisenhower
Newport
R.1
Dulles
Lake Ontario
Waltes
Robertson
Peiping
China
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Formosa Straits
Quemoy
Matsu
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Congress
Youth Lost Two Days In Mountains Is Safe
A 11 year old Christopher Reuss son of Rep. Henry S. Reuss was found safe after two days lost with companions near Fremont Peak in western Wyoming. Rescuers located him Friday. he greeted his mother with a cheerful greeting. The youths had strayed from a hiking party near Wyoming's highest peak about 30 miles north of Pinedale. His 11 year old brother Michael and Mark Millikan 13 were found Thursday. Millikan is from Berkeley California.
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Pinedale
Wyo
Wyoming
Christopher Reuss
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
Reuss
Fremont Peak
Michael
Mark Millikan
Millikan
Claire Millikan
Barkeley
Calif
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Libertytown
Hagerstown Hospital
Carll Rudell Angleberger
Mu Ita
Marian Eden Angleberger
Carl William Angleberger
Virgie Anna Angleberger
Ruby N. Angleberger
Sandra
K. Angleberger
Clarence Irving Newton
Prince
Cape Canveral
Vo!Braun
Amster ‘Dam
Mostuiuly Ullue Sult
Mauna
Spe
Ranantia Radarsatinn
Horace M. Alexander
Allj
Bond
Harold R. Perkins Jr
Bret
Charles J. Dodson
James B. Heflin
Charlotte Roberts
Wverce Hall AuCupoRcuuus von Braun
U.S. Army Rocketry
Explorer V
von Braun
Allele
Frank H. Lewis
Lewis
Baltimore
Department of Mental Hygiene
sAemplown
Snark
Atlantic Flight
RFD 1
Dodge
Clarence W. Stultz
Frank Keefer
Hoffman
Mt. Pleasant
Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy Islands
Ministry of National Defense
Reds
Naionalist Defense Ministry
Liu Hoh-tu
Armoy
Elm ‘Street
Oslo
Norway
Wees
William
Denver
Scott Cala
Han
Scott
Denver General Hospital
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