Airliner Crisis Ends With Safe Landing After Gear Malfunction
Trans World Airlines flight 262 with 29 passengers diverted to Kansas City area after nose gear failed. The Constellation landed safely at Olathe Naval Air Station at 11 26 a.m. despite circling for over two hours. No foam was used on the runway. Flight was en route to Washington with stops at St Louis and Indianapolis.
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Kansas City
Trans’ World Airlines
Olathe Navel Air Station
Flight 262
Washington
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Francis Scott Ker
American Legion
Frederick
Graham
Carroll
William R. Eyler
Europe
Carroll Street
Boy Cyclist Slightly Hurt By Auto
A one year old boy on a bicycle rode into the path of a moving car this morning causing slight injuries. Michael E. Ponton son of Mr and Mrs Henry E Ponton from Fast Third street was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital for contusions and abrasions to the left thigh and right foot. The driver Linwood X Sibert of Logan street was not charged after an investigation by Sst William Boone.
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Michael E. Ponton
Henry E. Ponton
Third Street
Linwood X. Sibert
Logan Street
William Boone
Young Ponton
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Russians Confirm Rocket Shot Off Course
Russians announce firing a multistage rocket 7 760 miles into the central Pacific, landing near the target but off course by about two kilometers. Tass says the flight proved the system's high precision while an Australian pilot reported a bright explosion near the target area.
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Moscow
Central Pacific
Tass
Yass
Sydney
R. A. Gray
Forgery Case Against Three Is Continued
A preliminary hearing for three local youths was continued until next Thursday morning after Deputy State's Attorney Edward J. Lynch requested more time to prepare additional conspiracy and forgery charges. Kael A. Baker Jesse E. Wallace and Robert E. Tems face $1000 bonds each after attempting to pass a 363.50 check at Newberry's on December 23. The court also heard cases involving Mary Frances Eaves and a speeding matter in Yellow Springs with mixed rulings and legal technicalities.
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Edward J. Lynch
Lynch
Alton ¥. Bennett
Byron W. Thompson
Kael A. Baker
Jesse E. Wallace
Robert E. Tems
Wallace
Toms
Newberry
Mary Frances Eaves
Robert C. Snyder
Walkersville
Miss Eaves
John K. Moser
Snyder
James McSher
O Bish
Bethel Road
Yellow Springs
Rooper
Leo L. Swank
Blair
Thompson
President Eisenhower Eyes Hawaii Visit on Homeward Trip
President Eisenhower expressed a wish to visit Hawaii, the newest U.S. state, on his return from the Soviet Union and Japan next June. Senator Hiram Fong of Hawaii said the president would like to spend a day in Hawaii during the trip after breakfast at the White House.
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Wlashingsun AK
Eisenhower
Sting
U.S
Hawaii
Soviet Union
Japan
Sen
Hiram Fong T
White House
Himo
Fong
Navy Aims For Record Ocean Depth Probe
Navy plans a deep ocean probe as Jacques Piccard and Lt Donald Walsh man the bathyscaphe Trieste to explore the Marianas Trench about 200 miles east of here. They previously descended to 22,000 feet, the deepest depth reached by man, as other agencies reach for the moon.
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Navy
Jacques Piccard
Donald Walsh
Trieste
United Ambulance Sets Record Calls in 1959
The United ambulance service set a record in 1959 with 645 total calls, 2611 emergency transports, and 3131 routine transports. Since 1954, 2596 cases have been handled, with 661 patients, 390 male and 271 female, mainly city and county residents. Drivers logged 4 385 man hours and 2 317 miles, averaging 41 minutes per call.
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United Ambulance
Maryland State Police
Allegany County
Anne Arundel
Baltimore City
Baltimore County
Caroline
Carroll
Montgomery
Washington
Washington D.C
Ex-Convict Alive After Being Listed Dead in Air Crash
Ex convict Vernon Spears, once presumed dead in a Gulf of Mexico airliner crash, reappeared in Phoenix. FBI questions focus on insurance, timing, and possible bomb links amid CAB and Senate probes into two National Airlines crashes that killed 76.
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Phoenix
Aris
Tween Spears
Julian Andrew Frank
New York
North Carolina
IE Spears
FBI
Spears
U.S
Carey B. Wilson
National Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Senate Aviation Subcommitee
Washington
Gulf
Bolivia
N.C
Ariz
Vernon Spears
Dallas
Gulf of Mexico
Waves
Tay
Lor
Arizona
William
Allen Taylor
Tampa
Fla
Ifi
Taylor
Monkey Survives 48900-Foot Space Flight Test
A female monkey named Miss Sam survived a 48900 foot rocket flight in a rehearsal for human space travel. The animal rode nine miles up in a replica Mercury capsule, which separated from a Little Joe booster by an escape system and parachuted into the sea off Wallops Island. The capsule was recovered by helicopter in good condition.
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Wallops Island
Sam
Virginia
Kennedy Plans Wisconsin Run As Primary Sparks Clinton Rivalry
Sen Kennedy announced a bid against Sen Humphrey in Wisconsin's April presidential primary, marking the first direct test for the Democratic nomination. Space tests described show a monkey in a capsule under high air loads as part of an escape mechanism evaluation amid campaign uncertainties.
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Milwaukee
Sen
Join F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Ser
Gilbert H. Humphrey
Wisconsin
Dog Catcher Delivers Knock Out Punch
Frederick County Dog Catcher Frank Stockman describes methods to subdue stray dogs using sleep drugs and choke poles. He says drugging a dog can take one to three minutes and notes jurisdiction limits in Mount Airy and Carroll County.
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Frederick County
Frank Stockman
Mickey Finn
Stockman
Mount Airy
Carroll County
Weather maps show 30 day U.S. forecast period
The maps present an average temperature and precipitation outlook for mid January to mid February. It notes the forecast is not a precise prediction but an estimate based on the U S Weather Bureau data for the period.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Damage Suit Moved Here From Montgomery County
Warren G. Slaby sues Glassmanor Inc and Robert C. Christie for 10000 dollars in damages claiming a building owner’s negligence allowed snow and ice to accumulate in passageways causing a fractured ankle and ongoing suffering after a January 1959 fall in a Prince Georges County building.
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Haseen
Montgomery County
Warren G. Slaby
Washington
Glassmanor Inc
Robert C.christie
Prince Georges’ County
Slaby
Swastika Paintings By City Youths Captured
City police report four of five youths in custody for painting swastikas on Beth Sholom Synagogue East Church street wall of the Convent and city water tank at Carroll street. The quintet’s remaining member was being tracked. Sizes ranged from four and a half to six feet. Police say motive appeared to be juvenile prankery.
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Ithe Msiery
Beth Sholom
East Church Street
City Water Bank
Carroll Street
Wee Women quips about salesmen and lighthouse keepers
A humorous exchange features the line Those salesmen are a nuisance. Sometimes I wish we were lighthouse keepers reflecting lighthearted newsroom chatter and social circles.
Oldsters Should Live It Up Says Two Medical Experts
Two aging specialists at a regional AMA conference urge seniors to stay active and embrace love and marriage after retirement. Dr. Theodore G. Klumpp and Dr. Alfred Auerbach advocate using promising medical drugs and techniques now, even with less than perfect proof, to help the elderly retain function. They urge maximizing body and mind activity to prevent atrophy.
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San Francisco
API
Jonz
Theodore G. Klumpp
New York City
Alfred Auerbach
American Medical Assn
Medical Associations
Washington
Oregon
California
Klumpp
AMA Committee On
Oldsters
Jamaica crash kills 37 of 46 aboard Avianca jet
An Avianca Colombia airliner bound from New York to Bogotá crashed on landing at Montego Bay Jamaica ending in a fire. 37 killed including 17 Americans among them Thomas and Nancy Capehart of Indianapolis. Four crew survived. two Dutch and two Australian passengers survived. The crash occurred during an unscheduled fuel stop in a rainstorm.
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Kingston
Jamaica
New York
Colombia
Montego Bayairport
Homer E.capehart
R-Ind
Thomas C. Capehart
Nancy
Indianapolis
Bogota
Avianca
Miami
Montego Bay
J. Dugue
United States
Jante
South America
Women elected to church council at Evangelical Lutheran event
At the local Evangelical Lutheran church a historic vote elected four new council members, two women and two men. The budget for 1960 was approved at 6927, while 1959 expenditures totaled 77878 with 23619 for benevolences. The mission fund of 1200 supports Rev Currens in Monrovia, Liberia. Retiring members include Meredith Young Donald Koons Melvin Lescalieet Monroe Feaga. Ralph W. Borer presided. Charles F. Bowers recuperating in Baltimore.
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Evangelical Lutheran Soarch
Church Council
Charlies Dq. Boone
W. Bartgis Storm
William M. L. Gaver J
John M. Crum
Gerald Currens
Monrovia
Liberia
Africa
Ralph W. Borer
Charles F. Bowers
Baltimore
Meredith Young
Donald Z. Koons
Melvin Lescalieet
Monroe iFeaga
Four State Farmers' Meeting Set for Friday
County Agent Henry Shoemaker issued a final reminder for the 1st Annual Four State Farmers' Meeting to be held Friday January 22 at Franklin Court Auditorium in Hagerstown. The opening will begin at 7 a.m. with about 500 farmers from Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia and West Virginia expected to attend. The central theme is farm marketing plus other vital topics for four-state farmers.
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Henry Shoemaker
Franklin Court Auditorium
Hagerstown
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
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Settle
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Robert T. Jackson
Clara Jackson
Steiner O. Summers
Legion
Alice Steele Taylor
Taylors
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Missouri
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Michigan
Florida
Oklahoma
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Frank
Bali Hi
George Rhodes
Los Angeles
George M. Uhl
Monkey
Kennedy
Humphrey
National Aero-nautics and Space Administration
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Flex
Space Agency
Rotma
WEE
Capehart
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