Illnesses Hit Schools Across City and County
Washington AP report notes widespread illness among students at Eisenhower era schools with about 35 percent of pupils absent in several districts including West Frederick Frederick High and Lincoln elementary while adults also affected. President Eisenhower commented on Khrushchev’s Berlin threat and praised John Foster Dulles amid discussions of a balanced budget and ongoing talks with Mexico’s Lopez Mateos. Absent counts vary by school, with virus infections and four day illnesses reported. no severe local outbreak confirmed.
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Tlness
Eisenhower
West Berlin
Soviet Union
Liberty
Sertion
Nikita
Khrushchev
Paul £. Fogle
West Frederick
Frederick
Lincoln
Dulles
John Foster Dulles
Ana
Uoughio
United States
Berlin
Mexico
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Acatilco
Eisenhanes
Acapulco
Frederick High School
Elm Street
Parkway
Washington Street
North Frederick
North Market Street
East Frederick
Brunswick
New Market
Middletown
Walkersville
Thurmont High
Fogle
Ifimees
Montgomery County
Forbes Burgess
State Health Department
Burgess
Health Department
Full Extent Of Fire Damage Not Yet Known
The Evangelical Lutheran church faces uncertain damage as officials report structural harm mainly to the top chimney area. Boiler replacement, estimated around 3000 dollars, aims to restore heating soon with tests needed before organ damage risks abate. Organ technician visits planned for next week.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church
Charles F. Trunk Jr
Mrr. Trunk
Hagerstown
Three Youths Who Escaped From Camp Are Held
Three youths who fled the New Germany Forestry Camp for Boys in Garrett county are in custody after an early Saturday escape. George Lamp Jr. of Baltimore led Trooper Robert C. Snyder on a wild chase into Frederick before wrecking a stolen car into a local house and is held at the jail. The other two escapees were returned to the training school. one surrendered to Cumberland Police and the other was captured by State Police near Cumberland.
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New Germany
Garrett County
George Lamp Jr
Baltimore
Robert C. Snyderson
Frederick
Cumberland Police
Fem
Rita Wart
Cumberland
Major Blanco Executed In Havana By Firing Squad
In Havana the revolutionary regime executed ex Major Jesus Sosa Blanco at La Cabana Fortress for war crimes. The 31-year career officer faced two trials, both finding him guilty, amid a quiet setting after a harsh public trial. The total executions under Castro reaches 303. Cuban Foreign Minister said Cuba would withdraw from the OAS. Paraguay, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic remain members.
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Havana
Jesus Sosa Blanco
la Cabana
Fulgencio Batista
Dion
Fidel Castro
Sosa Blanco
Uenand
Jon
Cuba
Roberto Agramonte
Organization of American States
Paraguay
Nicaragua
Dominican Republic
OAS
United States
Drunk Driver Receives Long Jail Term In Maryland Court
A Baltimore man was sentenced to a lengthy jail term after pleading guilty to operating under the influence and reckless driving. William Elbert McNeal received 90 days for DUI and 15 days for the reckless charge, with fines and testimony detailing his condition after a Rockwell Terrace accident. Other drivers faced lighter penalties for similar offenses, while frost damage on roads prompted ongoing repairs as crews work through freezing conditions.
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Rockwell Terrace
William A. Boone Jr
McNeal
John Robert Kelz
Baltimore
Pnred
Rodave
Jal
Kelz
A. D. Carlson
Frederick
Austin James
George A. Mackinnon
Havertown
Robert B. Spickler
Frederick Freeway
U.S. 15
E. Austin James
Craig Edward Elworthy
RFD 6
Frederick county treasurer salary increase proposed
A House measure seeks to raise the Frederick county treasurer salary from 36 500 to 8 50 per year. It aligns the treasurer pay with two other major court house officials, Register of Wills and Clerk of the Circuit Court, under Board of Public Works. The change would take effect July 1 and apply to the new term for treasurer James H. Falk. Carroll county also introduces a bill to set county alcohol sale hours to daylight or standard time, whichever is in effect.
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Frederick County
House of Delegates
Frederik County
Massie
Court House
Register of Wills
Circuit Court
Board of Public Works
Drcomber I
James HW
Falk
Carroll County
General Marshall suffers another stroke at Pinehurst
World War II Army chief of staff General George C. Marshall, age 78, has had a mild stroke during the night at his Pinehurst winter home. An announcement from Womack Army Hospital says his condition is serious but not described as critical. Mrs. Marshall has been a daily visitor at his bedside.
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Ft, Bragg
Gear
O Cl
Marshall
Dan
Pinehurst
Womack Army Hospital
Yeas
Cetefise
Judge Was Right About Reforming Youth in Court
Chicago AP reports Chief Justice Abraham L. Marovile of Criminal Court warned Joseph Basile, 16, after he violated probation for car theft. On January 16 the judge’s threat implied a morgue slab, and a probation officer later reported Basile was shot and killed during a failed smoking attempt.
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Chicago
Abraham L. Marovile
Criminal Court
Joseph Basile
Basile
Not A White Child At Front Royal School
Twenty two Negro children enrolled at Warren County High School as it reopened after a five month closure. Police and sheriffs guarded entrances while the crowd gathered but spoke little. the unoccupied grounds were kept clear of spectators.
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Front Royal School
Front Royal
Warren County High School
Rae
Sheri
Floods Drive Evacuations as Wabash Breaches Levees
The Wabash River flood tears through three levees near Lawrenceville and Oaktown Indiana, flooding thousands of acres and forcing hundreds from homes. Water reaches five feet, highways close, rural areas isolated, and responders deploy trucks and amphibious units to evacuate families. Meanwhile heavy snow and blizzards strike Montana and the Ohio Valley as drying, cooler air moves in across the Midwest.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Ilinois
Lawrenceville
Oaktown
Ind
Canada
Midwest
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Pacific Coast
California
Ohio Valley
Aentianalia
Michigan
Montana
Helena
Lewiston
Vanguard II satellite reports hourly weather data from space
Washington AP reports NASA launched Vanguard II, a 21% pound satellite, from Cape Canaveral to relay hourly weather data to ground stations. The device will orbit roughly every 125.9 minutes and may aid long term forecasting, though signal processing will take two weeks. Dr. Porter calls it the start of a new era in weather research.
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Washington
Americas
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Radio Battieres
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Earth
Vanguard
Richard Porter
C.S
International Geophysical Year
Seminary Student to Lead Major Lutheran Parish
Dean Anderson of Gettysburg Pennsylvania will assume the pastorate of the Major Lutheran Parish after graduation in June. He follows Rev Gordon C Hite who resigns to take a post at Holy Communion Church in Portsmouth Virginia. Hite disclosed his January resignation and the change comes as the pulpit committee announced the plan today.
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Dean Anderson
Gettysburg
Anderson
Gordon C. Hite
Manor
Portsmouth
Hite
Khrushchev Warns West on Berlin Clash and Treaty
Premier Khrushchev warned the West against force to secure West Berlin and rejected encroachments on East German sovereignty. He said war would follow if shooting began and signaled readiness to sign a peace treaty with East or West Germany, or both, consolidating Soviet occupation rights. He cited U.S. pressure figures and a Mansfield call for direct talks on German unity and nuclear weapons arrangements.
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Moscow
Nikita S. Khrushchev
West
West Berlin
Soviet Union
Berlin
Khrushchev
Tula
Tass
Germany
East Germany
Geb Aang
Soviet Bloc
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Mansfield
Senate
West Germany
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Gleff-lerson-Broad Run
County Roads Board
Ridgeville- Kemptown
WR. Walter
Colt
Robert Murphy
Bill Raixes
Gen. Marshall
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Delaware
W. A. Wete
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