Atom Powered Plane Is Next Seen as Nuclear Flight Step
Washington reports the United States aims to build the first atom powered aircraft engine with General Electric and Air Force negotiations under way. Groundwork includes blueprints for an experimental model and estimates suggest vast range and speed possible with uranium 235 power.
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Washington
United States
Air Force
General Electric Company
General Electric
Lockland
Ohio
Atomic Energy Commission
Hoyt Vandenberg
Atomic power plan eyed for B 36 aircraft
The News Frederick Md February 24 1951 discusses atomic rays and converting heat from atomic fission into ship propulsion. It suggests the giant B 36 could become the first experimental plane for the project. A notional power plant replacing fuel and engines might weigh about 75 tons, with fuel around 50 tons and engines about 25 tons.
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Frederick
Gatardsy
Court News and Marriages and Deeds Summary
Equity case Maxine S. Mercer sues Romer R. Mercer for absolute divorce. Multiple marriage licenses issued or parties listed in Hagerstown Leesburg Purcellville Gaithersburg Franklin Barnesville Rocky Point Smithsburg Thurmont and Parsons areas. Property deeds show transfers totaling small sums among numerous local residents. Notre Dame basketball squad features fourteen Irish‑descent players this season.
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Mercer
Romer R. Mercer
Marvin K. Barker
Route 1
Hagerstown
Pauline Harrison
Leesburg
Tauber W. Barkley
Blue Grass
Nellie M. Kile
Franklin
W. Va
John E. Menefae
Lilly A. Wilson
Purcellville
Leroy R. Wilson
Barnesville
Helen M. Sanders
Rocky Point
N.C
Carl B. Burns
Gaithersburg
Ruth K. Warfield
West Fifth Street
Calvin Ray Lewis
Thurmont
Luciile Lorraine Lewis
Smithsburg
Frank A. Troxell
Eugene H. Kraemer
Lester S. Birely
Gerald B. Shorb
Lloyd C. Bartgis
Frank Ira Blessing
Parsons Newman
Et A
Thomas L. Sappington
Agnes Viola Seipler
H. Kieffer DeLauter
H Kieffer DelLauter
Charles E. Gempp
Clavin George, Jr
Seibert D. L Schroyer
Paul E. Schroyer
John F. Schroyer
Seibert D. L. Schroyer
Seibert D
Notre Dame
Weather records and snow melting coils in use
Weather Bureau reports temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 8 p.m. Washington notes snow melting coils are being installed under sidewalks of office buildings to melt snow and ice during winter.
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Weather Records
Washington
Weather Bureau
Real Estate Boom Around Camp Ritchie Area Near Hagerstown
Real estate values near Camp Ritchie and Buena Vista mountain resorts surge after a federal decision to locate a communications center there. Attorneys report landowners unwilling to sell while buyers bid briskly on properties. Underground Pentagon crew housing plans in Adams County indicate broader development with a new village proposed in the Camp Ritchie area.
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Hagerstown
Camp Ritchie
Buena Vista
Pentagon
Adams County
Construction plan for underground center and housing at Camp Ritchie
The agreement outlines a year to complete the underground center and to provide homes for about 5,000 workers along with several apartments. Power arrangements for the center and housing are in place. Maryland and federal government sale of the Camp Ritchie site awaits approval. The purpose of the National Guard camp buildings remains unspecified by federal officials. More than 10,000 books have been written on Napoleon’s life since its era.
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Home Farm
Frederick
Maryland
Frederick County
Howard C. Barker
Massey-Harris
Ford-Ferguson
New Holland
New Idea
H. P
John Deere
McCormick- Deering
McCormick-Deering
Syracuse
Ithe
Ntig
Camp Ritchie
National Guard
Napoleon
O'Possumtown Pike
Andrew Summers
Naval Academy
Oliver Barshear
Oliver
International All Steel
Fairbanks
Durham
Little Genius McC
Deering
Weber
Studebaker
A. L. Howser
L. F. Howser
Emmert R. Bowlus
H.W. Kelly
Ladies OF Faith Chapel
Two Held In Bail In Blackmail Attempt
Baltimore youths Edwin Cranston Riggin Jr and Warren Jackson Gore faced 3000 bail each after U.S. Commissioner Ernest Volkart said their refined backgrounds did not excuse an extortion bid. They allegedly mailed a February 14 letter to Christopher C Campbell of Boring Md demanding 2500 dollars under threat of harm. The defendants, 21 and 23, are educated and hail from prominent families. Riggin is an Arts and Sciences junior at the University of Maryland, son of a Methodist minister. Gore is an engineering graduate of Johns Hopkins University.
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U. S
Ernest Volkart
Baltimore County
Volkart
Edwin Cranston Riggin, Jr
Warren Jackson Gore
Riggin
University of Maryland
Gore
Johns Hopking University
Christopher C. Campbell
Boring
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