Baltimorean Held As Hit Run Driver
A slightly injured Baltimore motorist was arrested about a mile west of Frederick after a collision with a parked car on West Patrick Street. Leon A. Gensicki, the driver, faced charges of failing to stop and reckless driving. His Chevrolet sustained about $500 damage. the Studebaker owner reported about $100 damage. Police said Gensicki fled west after the crash and was treated for a nose injury at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Hearing set for Feb 9.
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Baltimore
Frederick
Leon A. Gensicki
W. L. Newcomer
Cy Puice
Gensicki
Studebaker
Eugene J
Lena v. Nash
West Patrick Street
Ralph Potts
William A. Boone Jr
Bryan
Seventh Street
DeSoto
Clyde H. Croneburg
Ford
Eugene G. Weedon
N. C
Davie V. Hill
South Market
South Streets
Lockhart
Fen
Hill
Lockharte
Guy Himes
11 Below At Oakland Weather Bucks Maryland Cold
A frigid Maryland day found Oakland reporting an overnight low of 11 below zero with only a small morning rise to one degree. Other sites recorded subzero lows and light snow with Baltimore at 14 a.m. and New Germany about 5. The forecast calls for more cold nights with warming trend and partly sunny conditions tomorrow.
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Maryland
Oakland
Weather Bureau
Big
Savage Mountain
New Germany
Town Hill
Cumberland
Hancock and Boons
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Waltor
Frederick
St. Salisbury
Appointment Book Stolen From Office
Intruders slipped into the Professional building on North Market Street and stole an appointment book for x ray examinations from a first floor waiting room. They accessed the basement through an outside cellar door and entered Dr. B. O. Thomas Jr.’s second floor office, taking a desk pen and leaving a money box disturbed.
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North Market Straet Norte
B. O. Thomas Jr
Thomas
Martin Benner
Frosty wind shield causes bus collision injuring six students
A Valley High School bus slid into the rear of a county roads truck on a steep hill in Lonaconing Maryland. Six students were transported to Miner's Hospital Frostburg with non life threatening injuries. Driver Frank Robeson said icing on the windshield hindered his view as he prepared to scrape it. No injuries to the truck crew.
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Lonaconing
Valley High School
Miner's Hospital
Frostburg
Frank Robeson
Robeson
Fire destroys dairy barn on Angleberger road farm
A blaze at a dairy barn on the Angleberger road near Creagerstown destroyed a 20 stanchion cement block barn, dairy house, milking piping, and about 200 bales of alfalfa hay. The loss is estimated at 12 000 to 15 000 dollars. no livestock were present as a public sale had recently disposed of the herd. Firefighters from four companies fought eight degree weather, saving the silo and dairy house as crews battled the flames after 1 30 this morning. The owner, Mrs Oscar Whitmore of Woodsboro, suspects an electric short as the cause. wafting winds aided containment. The farm is owned by Mrs Rachael White Morey. Whitmore plans to move into a new house on the farm.
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Creagerstown
Oscar
Rachael) Whitemore
Angleberger Road
Lewistown
Thurmont
New Midway
Walkersville
Whitmore
Hunting Creek
Woodsboro Company
Salesman succumbs to heart attack in Queen Street home
Robert L. Cramer a year old Aero Oil Company salesman died suddenly this morning at his Queen Street home after a heart attack. He had reported to work earlier and left around 8 15 to prepare monthly reports for New Oxford offices. An ambulance arrived at 10 25 but he died en route. Cramer previously suffered a heart attack and had worked for Aero five years. Body rests at Mr Etchison and Son funeral home.
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Robert L. Cramer
Aero Oil Company
Queen Street
United Ambulance
Cramer
New Oxford
Aero
Mr. Etchison and Son Funeral Home
Fire damages Jefferson Street bungalow. $3 damage estimate
A summer kitchen fire in a weatherboard Jefferson street bungalow caused extensive damage to both kitchens and smoke and water damage to the rest of the five room house. Neighbors aided occupants Mr and Mrs William Miss until firemen arrived at about 10 45 this morning. Police and city crews controlled the blaze and assisted with traffic.
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Jefferson Street
Marshall Murray
William Miss
Miss
Murray
Steve
West Fifth Street
Uniteds
Queens Street
Robert L. Cramer
Horn-Blowers Silenced by Verse At Drive-In
An Atlanta area drive-in reports a drop in horn honks after customers began reciting a cryptic verse printed with car orders. The verse references a Walter and Andree and contains unusual phrasing that appears to deter horn blowing as patrons read aloud.
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Atlanta
Walter Heee Ee ER Coord
Lewis Ill Chief of United Mine Workers Reported
AP dispatch from Washington and Baltimore notes John L. Lewis 77, president of the United Mine Workers, described as quite ill by Dr. John Minor after an attack while under observation at Georgetown University Hospital. Police report a 37 year old man stabbed to death. details unclear due to garbled text in transmission.
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Washington (Ap
John L.lewis
United [Mime Workers
Lesente i
John Minor
Lewis
Georgetown
Baltimore
Orm
Weeseteel
Doowlatsary
Seley
Peticeman
Mill
Bembelie
Danish ship Hans Hedtoft Missing After Iceberg Collision
Radio signals from a lifeboat spur a search for the Danish ship Hans Hedtoft missing with 95 persons after an iceberg collision off Greenland. Weather hinders air and sea search as Umanak Campbell Poseidon Danish ships comb 40-foot seas and 60 mph winds.
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Halifax
N.S
Hans Hedtoft
Greenland
Hedtoft
Umanak
Cape
Farewell
Copenhagen
U.S. Coast Guard
Campbell
Poseidon
Denmark
Frost boils on city and highways raise damage concerns
Frequent freeze thaw cycles have produced frost boils on state and county roads and city streets. Officials say the damage is ongoing but not severe, with notable cracking along U S 15 between Buckeye and Maryland 28 and on other routes. Crews began patching as holes appeared.
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Maursbory
Beaiinae
W. Raymond Walter
Lame Kiln
Buckeystown
US 15
Frederick
Baltimore
State Roads Commission
County Roads Board
Groundhog heralds six more weeks of winter weather
January averaged three degrees below normal with an airport report of 29.7 degrees and a colder January 1957, while groundhog events at Gambrill State Park predicted six more weeks of cold. February dawned cold with a 9 degree low and a trend of below freezing temperatures through Tuesday. Water levels at Fishing Creek reservoir rose as snow in the mountains replenished the dam, about a foot below the top.
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Port
Gambrij State Park
High Knob
M Mountains
Fishing Creek
Persistent Law Violator Gets Term
Samuel Chester Lowe was sentenced to 9 days in jail by Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker Jr after being found guilty of operating on a revoked license second offense and failing to obey a written promise to appear in court. He had been stopped on Route 240 near the Montgomery county line on September 14 and had previously skipped town, returning to Rockville in November to face similar charges. The magistrate imposed a jail term to run consecutively and fined him 50 dollars or 3 1/2 days for the failure to appear.
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Samuel Chester Lowe
Rockville
H. Reese Shoemaker Jr
Cadden
Montgomery County
Hedden
Shoemaker
Castro Opens Agrarian Reform in Cuba
Fidel Castro launches an agrarian reform program in Oriente to aid tenant farmers and squatters who aided in overthrowing Batista. Trials of Batista supporters are expected to resume, with Capt. Pedro Morejon reported killed by firing squad in Havana.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
Oriente
Fulgentiy Batista
Batista
Pedro Morejon
Ate
Revelu
Cources
Times Square Fire Hazard Sparks New Sign Legislation
Fire Commissioner Edward F. Cavanagh proposes amending fire law to require fire access openings in large Times Square billboards after a restaurant blaze spread to nearby structures and burned three hours threatening the Broadway area. A committee will draft the measure following the Saturday night fire.
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Edward F. Cavanagh
Times Square
Cavanagh
Cold Wave Grips Wide Area From Rockies To Atlantic
A mid winter cold wave spreads from the Rockies to the Atlantic with subzero readings as far south as northern Missouri. Freezing rain and snow hit western Oklahoma and Texas. At least 11 deaths reported and an ice laden DC3 carrying 25 National Guardsmen crashes in central Texas, three killed.
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Tana
New England
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Panhandle
National Guardsmen
Boise
Idaho
San Antonio
Wichita Falls
Tex
Abilene
San Angelo
Witnesses Questioned In Slaying Of 15 Year Old Girl
Greensburg Pa AP police questioned about a score of witnesses over the weekend to find a lead in the brutal murder of Marcia Cordon a 15 year old high school sophomore Her body was found Saturday night face down in a creek in North Huntingdon Township about six miles from Shawtown near Greensburg An autopsy found she had been sexually assaulted and bludgeoned to death She was last seen after a high school basketball game last Tuesday The search was carried out by police firemen and volunteers before the body was found
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Greensburg
Marcia Cordon
North
Huntingdon
Shawtown
Pennsylvania
Stephen Dooney
Plane crash near Kerrville kills three guardsmen
A DC3 charter carrying 25 Idaho National Guardsmen and three crew members crashed 17 miles southeast of Kerrville Texas. Three were killed and 13 hospitalized while 12 others were treated locally. Survivors escaped through freezing rain from the burning wreck. The plane, en route from Boise to Lackland AFB, had reported fuel issues and gear problems before two failed landing attempts at Schreiner Airport.
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Kerrville, Tex
Idaho
Texas
Here
Comfort
Tex
Kerrville
Peterson Hospital
Carroll Abbott
Kerrville Times
General Airways
Portland
Ore
Boise
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Schreiner
CAA
International Airport
Milk Marketing Hearing Opens in Baltimore
A federal milk marketing order hearing opened in Baltimore before a USDA official. Maryland Cooperative Milk Producers Inc representing about 1,800 dairy farmers seeks firmer prices by establishing a monthly minimum wholesale price while retail prices would be set by discount dairies.
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Baltimore
Department of Agriculture
Maryland Cooperative Milk Producers Inc
MCMP
Virginias first integrated public schools without violence
In Richmond Virginia quietly began integrating public schools as four Negro pupils entered Stratford Junior High in Arlington and others enrolled in Norfolk. Police stood by with riot gear and crowds were kept away as officials hoped for no unrest echoing Little Rock. Gov Almond expressed gratification at the peaceful start.
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Richmond
Virginia
Old Dominion
Arlington County
Norfolk
Stratford
Arlington
Potomac
Washington
Stratford Jong
Lewis Deancingent
Eather Natentyr
Maury High School
Betty Jean Read
Granby High
Norview High School
Little Rock
Ark
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Outstanding Farmer Of Year Named In Maryland
Robert L. Williams, who began farming at 11 on half an acre of sweet potatoes, was named Maryland’s outstanding young farmer of 1958 by the State Junior Chamber of Commerce. He lives near Salisbury in Wicomico County and will represent Maryland at Cedar Rapids. The forecast calls for light rain or snow midweek with temperatures varying from highs in the 30s to lows in the teens, colder Thursday night.
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Towson
Robert L. Williams
Maryleed
Associated Press
Selisbury
Turaday
Wicomice County
Chamber of Commerce
Maryland
Cedar Rapids
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U.S. 15 South
G. Hog
Herbert Jenkins
Sudmay
Ifield
Woodebse Fire Company
Jenkins
Sundey
Staley Farm
Mr. Groundhog
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Rockies
Atlantic
Arctic
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