Jets Finish Record Flight Around World
March Air Force Base Calif January record nonstop globe flight by three Stratofortresses completed in under half the time of the 1939 propeller craft. Crew decorated with Distinguished Flying Cross by Gen Curtis LeMay after landmark test of rapid global reach and hydrogen bomb delivery capability.
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March Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
United States
al Shserond
Lucky Lady H
Curtis LeMay
Strategic Air Command
Archie J. Old Jr
15Th Air Force
Castle Air Force Base
Merced
LeMay
England
Labrador
Globe
Newfoundland
French Morocco
Saudi Arabia
India
Ceylon
Philippine Islands
Guam
Malay Peninsula
America
Gen. LeMay
Gen. Old
Homer Remsberg Elected Cattle Association Head
Homer Remsberg of Middletown was elected president of the Purebred Dairy Cattle Assn at a Baltimore meeting. The group represents five major US dairy cattle groups and Remsberg is known as an international dairy judge and leader of the Maryland Virginia Milk Producers Assn. He also previously led the Holstein-Friesian Assn of America. The soybean has become the leading American food fat source, surpassing lard cottonseed and butter.
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Baltimore
I. iHomer Remsberg
Middletown
Wake meaning vigil stems from Saxon watch word
Britannica notes that the term wake for a vigil around a corpse derives from the Saxon word meaning watch. It explains the historical practice and linguistic origin of the term used in funeral customs and language today.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Inauguration Policy Condemned by Soviet China
The Soviet Union and China condemned Eisenhower's Middle East plan in a Moscow communique signed after Chou En-lai's visit. They vowed to back Near and Middle East peoples to avert aggression and interference, signaling unified opposition to U S aid proposals. An award for private medical service was presented by Francis Scott Key Post for outstanding service.
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Moscow
Unies
China
Eisenhower
Middle East
Chou Erv-lai
Red China
Balzanin
Chou
Soviet Union
Clarke Place
United States
Uith
Near and Midaward
ag+ Jer
Francis
Near
MiddleEast
Affghanistan
Iran
Near East
Egypt
Britain
France
Israel
Suez Canal
Chow
Hungary
Poland
Tashkent
Kabul
Afghanistan
G. S
Washington
U.S
Bulganin
Russia
Chou En-lai
Congress
Mideast
Population growth forecast in Maryland to top three million by 1959
Maryland’s population is projected to exceed three million by late 1959 if current growth remains. The January 1 estimate places the state at 2,814,000 with annual growth near three percent since 1950, led by Montgomery County's 56 percent rise and Prince Georges and Anne Arundel counties. Garrett and Allegany counties show declines.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Department of Health
Department
The
Free State
A. W. Hedrich
Nevada
Arizona
Florida
California
Delaware
Colorado
Montgomery County
Prince Georges
Anne Arundel
Garrett
Allegany
Hedrich
Washington
Frederick
Carrroll
Far West
Troe Ee
Robert V. Murray
George Washington
Ray Bolger
Tony
Sally de Marco
Phil Silvers
Abbott and Costello
Pat Boone
Tony Martin
Lily
Pons
Ethel Merman
Senators Propose Maryland Site for Second Washington Airport
Sen Margaret Chase Smith and others argued for a northern Maryland site as an alternative to the Burke Virginia plan. The subcommittee chair and members weigh delays and aviation capacity while Fairfax County and Baltimore witnesses contest Burke. Local residents and business groups voice opposition and bias accusations amid a heated hearing.
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Washington
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Maryland
Tthe
Burke
Holland
Fuse
Friendship
Orar Balimore
Dianees
Fairfax County
Baltimore Today
Ernest W. Reisner
Fairfaxs
Board of Supervisors
Countle
Baltimore
Commerce ‘Department
Franklin T. McHugh
Baltimore Assn. of Commerce
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Brothers TV
East Patrick St
Ike
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National Capital
D. Etsephusere
White House
U.S. Capitol
New York ‘State Society
John G. van Houten
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
van Houten
Sanders
Wachinatna
Via
Nixon
Guy Lombardo
Russ Morgan
Lawrence Welk
National Presbyterian Church
White ‘House
West Point
E. Patrick St
Oraon
Fredericktown Savings Institution
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
William Boucher
Baltimore Committee, Inc
Boucher
Civil Aeroimautics Board
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Vindobona
Braddock Heights
Ise Saas
Secian
Better Homes Equip. Co
C. E. Cline & Son
Monument
Modernaire
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Hamilton Homes, Inc
East Second Street
William S
Patrick Street
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