Russians Claim New Planet Sighted
A Soviet newspaper reports astronomers discovered two new planets beyond Pluto, possibly making ten planets in our solar system. American scientists, open to verification, seek precise location details to confirm the find.
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New York
Associated Press
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Turn
Neptune
Pluto
Kazakhstan Pravda
Kazakhstan Astrophysical Institute
Paul Herget
Cincinnati
Observatory
Dutch seafarer accused in death of Lynn Kauffman
Dutch radio operator Willem Van Rie faced first degree murder charges in Boston for allegedly luring 23 year old Lynn Kauffman into a shipboard affair and dumping her overboard near Spectacle Island after a dispute over pregnancy. The Utrecht had been sailing from Singapore to New York when the body washed ashore. Authorities said misleading messages from Van Rie hindered the search.
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Boston
Willem van Rie
Lynn Kauffman
Leon
Vanaties
Singapore
New York
Spectacle Island
McAuliffe
van Rie
Foley Presents Lincoln Works to Hood College Library
Congressman John R. Foley donated a two volume Lincoln collection to Hood College during a Lincoln Day event. The gift accompanies Foley’s Hood College lecture and honors Hood College’s Civil War holdings started by the Landauer collection.
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John R. Foley
Abraham Lincoln
Hood College
Foley
Imoon
Current Events Assembly
Hood
J Joseph Henry Apple
Lincoln
Rutgers University Press
Illinois
Congress
Truxal
Andrew
Eisenhower Seeks Chemical Use Reports From Scientists
President Eisenhower ordered reports from scientists in Health Education and Welfare Agriculture and the President's Science Advisory Committee on chemical and drug use as food additives. White House says the aim is to uncover problems in the field and assess the need for possible actions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department of Agriculture
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Arthur S. Fleming
Wants Slot Machine Gambling Outlawed
Maryland state senator Harry T Phoebus said he will file a bill to outlaw slot machines in the state. Slot gaming remains legal in four southern counties Anne Arundel Charles Calvert and St Marys. The move follows prior bans on pier casinos along the Potomac and amid calls for a congressional probe. Governor Tawes had signaled support for a study of slot machine effects.
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Annapolis
API
Maryland
Harry T. Phoebus
Somerset
Anne Arundel
Charles
Calvert
St. Marys
Virginia
Potomac River
Phoebus
David Hume
Democratic Party
Charles County
Hume
Rep
Harris
D-Ark
House
Interstate’ and Foreign Commerce Committee
Tawes
Paris Woman Plunges to Death from Arch of Triumph
A young woman, unnamed, fell to her death Friday from the Arch of Triumph in Paris. Police withheld the identity as two tourists on the terrace witnessed the plunge shortly after noon.
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Paris
Arch of Triumph
Eastern Shore Delegation Backs Tawes on Teacher Pay
The 26 Democratic Eastern Shore delegates reject a broadcast opposing Gov. Tawes and affirm his plan for veteran teachers a $300 raise next year while opposing a broader all teachers rise. The 4 million to 7 million debate continues as Ways & Means weighs the governor’s proposal.
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Sen
James
D-Harford
Eastern Shore
Ways & Means
Senate
Sanford
Worcester
Howse Clears Seven Bills and Welfare Payment Debate
The House cleared seven bills on the 10th day of its 3 day session. It approved a plan for 90 percent federal funding for a new Potomac River bridge near Williamsport with Maryland and West Virginia sharing the remaining 10 percent. The chamber also raised Court of Appeals judges' salaries by 3000 dollars, created an alcohol abuse commission, and authorized DMV to withhold registration from motorists with outstanding warrants.
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Howse
House
Senate
Potomac River
Williamsport
Maryland
West Virginia
Court of Appeals
Creange Commission
Department of Motor Vehicles
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Hollywood
Winter Haven
Fla
Howard Smith
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Alaska
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Reynolds
Bare
Kirkpatrick
Smith
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Islanders
ABC
Next Fail
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Hudson
Chicago
Arica
Lloyd C. Culler
OVER
Frederick, MD
Kennedy Studio
West
Patrick St
Dick Harp
Frederick News-Post
Cavetown
Frederick Bottled Gas CO
North Market St
Tor
Kaempf and Harris, Inc
Rocky Springs
Charles Rhodes
Fishers, Inc
Dailey’s
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Kehne Furniture Co
South Market St
Monument
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Eecade
McCulloch
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Kinsey
Motter Ave
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