Airliner Crashes In Ireland Killing 26 At Shannon
An Italian Alitalia DC7 bound for New York crashed after takeoff from Shannon International Airport. Forty passengers were aboard the four engine airliner, with 26 dead and 3 more dying at hospitals. Survivors numbered 23, many severely burned. The craft struck a cemetery wall, tore through tombstones, and spread wreckage across a sheep pasture. Authorities said many bodies were scattered and the scene resembled a hellish wreck. The passengers were mainly Italians, with about 12 Americans aboard. The crash followed an earlier Rio de Janeiro collision as eight major crashes killed over 325 people this year. Flight origin was Naples, with a Rome stop and refueling at Shannon.
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Shannon
Ireland
New York
Naples
Rome
Thomas Comerford
Rio de Janeiro
Brendan Murray
Shannon Airport
Alitalia
Alialia
Air
Spy In Sky Satellite Launched From Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral launches a large rocket carrying an experimental satellite aimed at military uses. Officials describe it as a forerunner to a series of infrared sensing satellites designed to track enemy missile launches and provide a warning to the United States with about 30 minutes to respond.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla. Cap
Midas
Ioas
United States
Air Force
America
Electronics in demand as stock market edges higher
Electronics were in demand as the stock market moved moderately higher in fairly active trading early this afternoon.
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New York
Remote Start ignition gadget produced at Union Everedy plant
The Union-Everedy Company reports that a remote control ignition system named Ato-Starts is in production at its Everedy plant. The project aims to start engines, operate the heater, and more from the owner’s home. Employment has risen about 40 percent since new management took over in December 1958.
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Union-Everedy
Ada Ton
Auto-Start Pro
Ject
Unm2
Maiazement
Everedy
East Street
Union
J. McCar
Chicago
H. J. Leichert Jr
R. W Brenneman
Mercersburg Alumni Elect Etchison President
Edward Hart Etchison elected president of the Mercersburg Pa Alumni Association at a Thursday meeting at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. He, class of 1948, is active in civic affairs and Republican State Central Committee member. committee officers and board members from various classes were also named and several alumni speakers highlighted school improvements and development efforts.
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Edward Hart Etchison
Mercersburg
Francis Scott Key
Etchison
Republican State Central Committee
M. R. Etchison and Son
James £. Eshleman
Richard F. Kline Jr
Frederick D. Evs
Potomac Synod of the United Church of Christ
J. Richard Ramsburg
eLiam W. Maples Jr
Refatver
J Charles Pruitt
Robert £. Renn
Aiden E. Fisher
Edison
Eshieman
Charles S. Tipper Eallmaster
Tthe
I Rober Black
David F. Chapman
Joel T. Boone
Ada Boone
United 3
Charthe
Anc
Norman VacLee
Mercer
James Stewart
Ey Blackmor
Five-Day Forecast and Train Wreck Deaths in Australia
Five day forecast from the Associated Press notes temperatures averaging 48 degrees below normal with a weekend cold spell and a rebound Monday. Precipitation Monday may reach a quarter inch. In Brisbane a flood weakened bridge caused part of a 200 passenger train to plunge into a creek. seven people killed and 30 injured 100 miles west of Rockhampton in central Queensland.
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Associated Press
Brisbane
Australia
Rockhampton
Queensland
Swastika Painters Ordered To Write Themes Of Apology
Five boys involved in a mid January swastika painting spree were ordered by Judge Schnauffer in Juvenile Court to write apology themes to religious leaders and Frederick’s mayor. The order caps a session that aimed to curb ongoing disturbances at a drug store and warns of transfer to criminal court if reform fails.
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M_ Schnaufer
Frederick
Lehnanffer
Germany
Schnauffer
Herbert R. Jordan
St. Johns
Chire
H Radah E. Perkin
Beth Sholom
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Perkins
People’s
Capurch
Market
Herbert Camazo
Jtdge Schnauffer
Charles V. Main
Durward Kettells
State Office of Probation and Parole
Keittells
Sehnauffer
Man and Wife Convicted Of Assault In Truck Clash
A truck driver and his wife were convicted of assault and battery on State Trooper Richard A. after a struggle on U.S. 40 near the Washington County line. Fry and his wife clashed with Trooper Alderton over a summons. Fry received ten days in jail and a $295 fine. $5 more was levied. The couple claimed self defense and argued the trooper overstepped by drawing his revolver.
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Gay
Rover
Fry
Brown's
Richard A
Frys
Richard E. Zimmerman
William Wenzer
Pittsburgh
Washington County
U.S. 40
Iry
Alderson
IMO
Cluich
Alderton
Storm
Rain Ends Snowstorm Threat Across County
Rain fell Thursday afternoon and lingered into night, reducing a feared six inch snowstorm to light accumulations. County totals ranged from one to two inches, with four to five inches in the north and 18 to 24 inches around Sabillasville. All roads were open to traffic as state crews cleared slush and bridges remained icy in places. Minor accidents were reported on U S 35 and Old Frederick road, with one inch noted at a specific station.
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Sabillasville
U. S. 35
Frederick Road
Deer Bureau
Fort Detrick Unveils New Solid State Computer
At Fort Detrick U S Army Biological Laboratories the Solid State Univac began operation under Dr Ohford J Maloney head of mathematics division to speed up calculations in research. The unit promises time and cost savings by eliminating computation bottlenecks and handling complex probabilistic models for weather soil crop growth and drug dosage simulations. A 10 000 gallon gas tank explosion near Brownsville Texas critically burned two workers.
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U.S. Army Biological Laboratories
Fort Dea i
Oae
Ohford J. Maloney
Univac
Maroney
de Sy
Rand
Brownsville
Tex.api
Navy Band Victims Twenty Years In Rio Plane Disaster
The Navy Band suffered a tragic loss as 20 year veterans including J C Vincent P Tramontana and Johanna J Fuliy perished in a Rio flight disaster. The unit, formed in 1924 and now 128 strong, faced untold toll on families and colleagues amid the accident's shock.
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Navy
Princess Margaret Engaged to Antony Jones in London
Princess Margaret is engaged to Antony Armstrong Jones of London, a wedding planned at Clarence House. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip are delighted at the match, following Margaret's 1960 decision against Peter Townsend. Townsend later married in December. The couple, who met two years ago in London, hail from prominent circles.
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Ant Jones
Clarence Hox
London
Elizabeth I
Prince Philin
Bunce
Margarets
Peter Tounsend
Tounsend
Ano Giz
Armstrong Jones
Farmers Group Holds Annual Meet Saturday
Herschel D Newsom master of the National Grange will speak at the Farmers Cooperative Association 37th annual meeting at Frederick High School on Saturday morning March 5. Retiring president Ray H Smith and manager H R Staley will report on progress and finances. Three new directors are to be elected to replace those whose terms expire.
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Herschel D. Newsom
National Grange
Farmers Cooperative Association, Inc
Frederick High School
Ray H. Smith
H.R. Staley
Harold Free
Elmer E. Bodzes
Damas J. Wilcom
Brice Druma
Ars
Indiana
Society of Friends
Quakers
Newsom
Indiana State Grange
Rio Crash Kills 61 Including Navy Band in Brazil
A midair collision over Guanabara Bay kills 61 people including 19 members of the U S Navy band en route to perform for Brazilian President Kubitschek. Survivors include seven Navy antisubmarine team members. Eisenhower cancels receptions but continues his South American tour as presidents express sympathy and visit injured aboard at a hospital.
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Laue Guanabara Bay
Juscelino Kublischek
U.S. Navy
U.S
Kubitschek
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Sao Paulo
Here
Aiguel Couto Hospital
Robert Hartman
Union
Los Angeles Times
Eisen- Hartman
Frederick E. Wilson Dal- Fox
Aviation
H.R. Halentz
No Talk
Worcester
Thurmont merchant dies suddenly at home
An 80-year-old Thurmont merchant who ran a men’s cloth shop for about two decades died suddenly this morning while seated in his kitchen chair. He was a longtime member of local church and IOOF Lodge. Survived by his wife Mary C. Waesche Shafer and several nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements announced by M. L. Stranger and Son.
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Geroek
Thurmont
Samuel
Elmer Ane Drews
United Brethren
M. L. Stranger and Son
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Beatrice
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Jerome Rosenbeen
N. Simphonay Orchestra
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Johanna J. Fuliy
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