Body of Mickey Keeney Found in Monocacy River
The body of Mickey Keeney, 27, was found shortly before noon downstream from LeGore on Christmas Day. He drowned while hunting with his father in the swollen Monocacy River. the body was wrapped around a tree and partly underwater. Firemen from Woodsboro and New Midway, with state police and Civil Air Patrol members, aided in the search and located the body.
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Keeney
Monocacy
LeGore
Monicacy River
Ellis Schildt
Woodsboro
Raymond Smith
New Midway Company
Hiram J. Brown
Joseph Helmstetter
Focal
Ron
Civil Air Patrol
Monocacy Crest Near Flood Stage From Weekend Rain
Heavy weekend rainfall pushed the Monocacy near flood stage with official readings around 15.03 feet, over twelve feet above normal, as Carroll Creek backed into meadows near a disposal plan and several roads faced high water. The Potomac rose seven feet, with Harpers Ferry and Williamsport reporting rising conditions and continued rain forecast into the next day.
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Michaels Mill
Buckeys
Av Jng Bridge
Carroll Creek
Harpers Ferry
Potomac
Ted
Ted Presely
Frederick County
Israels Creek
U.S. 26
Williamsport
Har Ceresville
Pers Ferry
W.va
Garret County
A. Freez
Wiliam Beard
Hagerstown
Special $300 Million Fund To Boost Missile Satellite Research
New York reports the Eisenhower administration plans a special 300 million dollar fund to exploit breakthroughs in missile and satellite fields. The fund, approved at a secret White House NSC meeting, could finance R and D or procurement, pushing next year's spending above 74 billion dollars and surpassing Korea War peak.
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New York
Eisenower Administration
Wall Street Journal
Washington
Journal
White House
National Security Council
U.S
Skating Youth Killed in Bus Backride Crash
In Baltimore three boys on roller skates rode a bus and lost grip as it sped up. Robert Washington, 19, died at Lutheran Hospital from internal injuries. Samuel A Jones, 16, was treated and released. Carl Reider, 15, escaped injury. Police say all were riding on the back of the bus when the accident occurred.
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Baltimore
Robert Washington
Lutheran ‘Hospital
Samuel A. J Jones
Carl Reider
Washington
Jones
Reider
Firestruck Nova Scotia Town Sees Major Loss Across Main Street
A windblown blaze ripped through Sprinzbilt Sprinzbilt, Nova Scotia, burning 15 businesses and five apartments along a two block main street. Mayor Ralph Gilroy warned most shops would not be rebuilt, estimating losses at a million dollars with 20 percent of tax revenue gone. One elderly man died of a heart attack during evacuation. government aid expected to avert layoffs. The town bears lingering memories of a 1956 mine disaster that killed 331.
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Springhill
Nova Scotia
Ralph Gilroy
Sorinchill
Gilroy
Ith
Lowe
Sprinzbilt l
Army unveils tiny pilotless drone plane for recon
The Army disclosed a small pilotless aircraft that flies low over terrain to take pictures and automatically fires its flares for night illumination. It promises accurate low-level photographic reconnaissance while avoiding crew risk. Fairchild Aircraft Division in Hagerstown Maryland is building undisclosed numbers of drones under a twelve million dollar Army contract awarded earlier this year.
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Monmoucir
Army
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Hagerstown
Plan to curb French Cabinet crises faces early support
Paris dispatch reports French Premier Felix Gaillard winning backing from center parties in the National Assembly for a plan to curb chronic cabinet crises. The plan would bar deputies from introducing bills and seek to stabilize government, while Truman urges patching up differences to consolidate forces against totalitarianism. In other news, a Christmas night attack in Algiers leaves a farm guard dead and $300,000 in property burned.
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Felix Gaillard
New York
Harry S. Truman
Leslie Harrison Long, Jr
Frederick
Truman
Jane
West Patrick
Catectin Avenue
Plymouth
Franklin
Robert Wagner
Cumberland
Fioh
Wagner Cari
Loney
Sitsuman
James R. Killian
William A. Boone
Algiers
Algeria
Oran
Bike Registration Set For Three Days
Registration of all new bicycles and owners of unregistered bikes will be held at City Police Headquarters 731 North Market Street on December 30 31 and January. Police urge owners to register or risk being picked up by officers. Britain confirms German defense minister turned down Saunders-Ree.
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North Market Street
Bonn
Germany
Judge Raulston Schoolfield to respond on TV
Chattanooga criminal court Judge Raulston Schoolfield said he would answer statements claiming money changed hands to fix cases. He announced a TV appearance tonight at 3 o clock on WDEF TV to present his side of the story.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
iCriminal Court
Raulston Schoolfield
Schoolfield
Wdef-Tv
Five Day Maryland Forecast Shows Temperature Above Normal
The Associated Press reports Maryland Delaware temperatures will run 4 to 8 degrees higher than normal with warmer days into the weekend. Rain is expected Saturday and Monday in Western Maryland, with a cool spell midweek. A stray note mentions Tokyo Japan and door-to-door salesmen and a police note about a threat to a housewife with a snake.
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Associated Press
Maryland-Delaware
Maryland
Tokyo
Japan
Russia Claims New Oil Prospecting Device
Moscow radio reports Russian scientists designed an electronic device to model oil pools from well samples, locate oil reservoirs, and suggest optimal drilling sites. It also estimates water injection needs and per-well output to maximize production.
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London
Moscow Radio
Moscow
Russia
Express Derailed Train Leaves Three Dead
A derailment near a northeast city killed three and injured about thirty, with a sleeping car and a passenger car plunging down a 30 foot embankment. The crash disrupted rail service as Republicans noted it could affect Senate races next year.
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EUS
Spain
Madrid
Barcelonanes
Senate
IGOP
Jenner
Indiana
Aly Alexander Smith
New Jer
Andisey
Knowland
California
Payne
Maine
Edward Mar
Jim
Pennsylvania
Cam Daimmore
Semi-Screwballs May Be Best Space Ship Crewmen
Scientist Donald M. Michael argues semiscrewballs could endure long space voyages better than typical crew. He cites extreme isolation, boredom and danger as tests, noting Eskimos or Buddhist monks might offer advantages due to calm, sedentary temperaments.
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Indianapolis
Donald M. Michael
Stamford
Conn
American Assn
Advancement of
Science
Man Evolves From Seaweed Theory Attributed To Scientist
Indianapolis report summarizes a Texas A&M biologist Dr Lawrence Dillon presenting a theory that all life descends from brown seaweed and blue green algae. He argues life belongs to a plant kingdom, with animals evolving later from the algae branch through cellular development.
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Indianapolis
Lawrence S. Dillon
Texas A&m College
B. Dillon
American Assny For the Advancement of Science
Earth
Dillon
U S Spent 17 Billion On Missiles Reported
Washington reports the United States has invested over 17 billion dollars in missile research development and production since World War II era programs began. Congressional committees weigh overseeing the missile program and Pentagon spending as of the current fiscal year.
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United States
Congressional
Pentagon
Congress
Defense McElroy
Defense Department
Andy Iteoling
Five Alarm Fire Rips Downtown Building. One Firefighter Hurt
A five-alarm blaze swept a four story downtown building housing a sewing machine and radio shop in the North Howard Street area. Firemen from 23 companies battled the flames until around 2 a.m. The cause and total damage are unknown. Firefighter Joseph Claytor, 26, was hospitalized after falling from a five foot ledge onto a parking garage roof near the fire. The first alarm was set at midnight as flames breached the roof and dense smoke hindered efforts.
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Howard St
Joseph Claytor
Bremen
Misrepresentation ruling and mixed notices
The United Auto Workers Public Review Board found no union ban on former Communists holding office. FTC examiner says Renaire Enterprise misrepresented food assistance claims. The Soviet Union offered economic aid to African and Asian nations at a conference in Cairo.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Public Review Board
UAW
Senate Internal Security
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Renaire
South Varra Street
FIC Existeen
East Third Street
Joseph Callaway
East Street
Io Ashland
Thars
Callawasiday
Heeratta
Cairor
Soviet Union
Middle East Seen Reds' 1958 Goal
A 1958 Soviet plan targets the Middle East with a broad Communist drive. Tass directives aim Moscow pressure there, guided by the Nov. 22 Moscow manifesto appealing to independence from colonial rule. Khrushchev backstirs front groups. the World Federation of Trade Unions urged to expand activity in dependent and colonial unions to aid the effort.
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Kremlin
Se’ Brees
Tass
Moscow
Communist Party of the
Soviet Union
Near
Alidcle
Communist Party
Khrushchevy
Io Wade Unions
World Federation _of Trade Unions
WFIU
Test Borings Begin for Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
Norfolk started test borings as the first step toward constructing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. The first tower near Cape Henry is set, with a second about 2000 feet away to be ready next week and a third the following week. Tidewater Construction Corp and Raymond Pile Co hold the contract for the boring program.
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Norfolk
Chesapeake Bar
Cape Henry
Tidewater Construction Corp
New York
Baltimore
Baltimore Channel
Maryland
Army Engineers
Two Gunmen Kill Owner and Musician Then Kidnap Couple
In Washington early today two armed men killed Je Jo Del restaurant owner George F. Raides 33 and musician Kenneth Fisher 35 after being ejected from the venue. They wounded pianist Bernard J. Mainer 28 then abducted Doris Matingly 24 and Pvt Larry Monteith before fleeing toward Richmond. Police issued a lookout for Henry Clay Overton 45 and a younger man named Wayne 22.
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Richmond
Ninth St. NW
George F. Raides
Kenneth Fisher
Bernard J. Mainer
Kaldes
Doris Mat-ingly
Pvt
Larry Monteith
Ft. Myers
Monteith
Alberta
Henry Clay Overton
Wayne
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