Litterbugs Again Make Lyesores Across Roadsides
Hot weather resurges year round roadside litter problem across Frederick region. City and county crews, led by George E. Davis and Rory Hartman, report beer bottles and cans, cardboard, and household trash along state highways and at picnic areas. Cleanups occur but heavy usage during holidays, with livestock damage and equipment wear cited. Rivers Monocacy clear at Frederick Junction and Potomac clear at Harpers Ferry.
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Frederick City
George E. Davis
City Sanitation Department
Sanitation Department
Rory Hertman
State Roads Department
Hartman
Condition Uncertain After Striking Head
Walter E. Pryor, 23, a Mount Airy colored man, was in uncertain condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital after an accident in Mount Airy last night. Trooper D E Rogers said Pryor bumped his head on a cracked car window while playing, was unconscious when his companions brought him to hospital.
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Mount Airy
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Auto Wrecks Cause Over $1,250 In Damage
State Police report two overnight auto wrecks with damage totaling more than 1,250 dollars. A 1957 Ford convertible on Holter road near Middletown struck a bridge, tore down a fence, and Cal Carter of Pt. of Rocks was cited for failing to drive right of center after claiming to have dozed off. Another crash at Route 40 East and Route 144 caused about 250 dollars in damage when Leonard Marshall of Baltimore failed to negotiate a curve and hit guard rails. Marshall faces operating at an excessive speed charges. A separate hit and run left New Market resident William Thompson with minor burns after a car struck him on Route 144 west of New Market. the vehicle fled toward Frederick.
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Holter Road
Middletown
Jefferson
Frank G. Remsberg
Gordon H. Smith
Norris Benjamin Carter
Pt. of Rocks
Remsberg
Carter
Smith
Route 144
Harry J. Frost
Io DeSoto
Leonard Marshall
Col Iered
Baltimore
Marshall
New Market
Rowe 144
William Francis Thompson
Frederick
Annual 4H Style Revue Set for July 22 at Frederick High
About 130 4H girls from the county will model garments they made in several classes at the July 22 event. Mary Ellen Jones and Sally Jones lead the committee with Miss Stambaugh as narrator. The show features country themes, travel scenes, and categories from school outfits to aprons, judged for fit, fabric, and construction, with county and state champions named.
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Mirian Hawkins
Woodsboro Sr
Frederick
Mary Ellen Jones High School
Sally Jones
Rio de Janeiro
Hawaii
Riviera
Japan
Egypt
Rome
Paris
Miss Stambaugh
Alice Stambaugh
Thurmont
Osbornne I. Price Jr
College Park
Beatrice Fehr
Joyce Hawkins
Association
Carroll County
John Engelbrecht
Frank ‘Olson
Frederick High School
28 Homes Lost In Canyon Fire Strikes Hollywood
Hollywood residents flee as a brushfire burns across Laurel Canyon and Mulholland Drive destroying 28 homes and damaging 15 others. Firemen injured while fighting flames. arson-suspected in two start points near Lookout Mountain Drive and the ridge top. Celebrities including Steve McQueen faced proximity to the blaze.
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Hollywood
Calif
Laurel Carson
Laurel Canvon Boulevard
Mulholland Drive
Mulholland
Laurel Can ‘Yon
Hollywood Hills
Lookout Mountain Drive
San Fernando Valley
Steven McQueen
Telev
Ben Alexander
Sgt. Friday
Dragnet
Getors
Scott Brady
Dan Ohersby
Dan Duryea
Charles Coburn
Jack Bailey
John Smith
Sunset Strip
Kam ‘Tong
Havre Gur
Xone
Steel Mills May Close
NEW YORK AP Steel labor negotiators face an uphill fight to win a settlement by week’s end to avert mill shutdowns. With a threatened strike at midnight Tuesday, both sides report inching toward a deal as management seeks more prerogatives and the union vows no backward step from current terms.
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New York
R. Conrad Cooper
U.S. Steel Corp
David J. McDonald
Steelworkers
Planets And Asteroids To Be Visible Tonight
New York AP: All 14 major solar system bodies will be visible within an hour before sunset. Dr. Kenneth L. Franklin of Hay den Planetarium says they will form a giant arc above the horizon, with nine planets, the Moon, the Sun and the four largest asteroids visible, at least to the naked eye for some.
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New York
Kenneth L. Franklin
Hayden Planetarium
Franklin
Living To Cost More In Autumn
New Yorkers face higher living costs this autumn as prices rise for fur coats shirts rugs and hard goods. Wholesale price hikes reflect a booming economy with stock and bond markets posting record highs. If the current expansion lasts the average 29.9 to 39 months, a peak could come in mid to late 1960s with a subsequent downturn.
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New York
New York City
Engineering News Record
Construction Daily
National Bureau of Economic Research
New Sections of Road To Be Opened
John B. Funk announces the Sixteenth Street Extension will open at 9 30 a m on Thursday July 16 on the new road north of the East West Highway in Maryland The finish runs from the District Line to Georgia Avenue with two thirty four foot pavements and a sixteen foot median The project costs total over two million dollars including construction right of way and engineering fees.
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John B. Funk
State Roads Commission
Maryland
Sixteenth Street
Funk
Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring
Hine
Heavy Rains In Some Areas EMERGENCY OVER SEOUL
AP reports flood emergency in South Korea ends after a week of violent rain causing 57 deaths and about 7.0 million dollars in damage. 3,251 houses wrecked or flooded and 7,029 people left homeless as national relief proceeds.
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Seoul
South Korea
Ro- Nee
Summer Conference Set for 250 Women at Heed College
About 250 women are expected Tuesday for the Middle Atlantic summer conference of the Women's Guild of the Evangelical and Reformed Church United Church of Christ. The four day meeting on the Heed College campus features lectures vespers and discussions with instructors including Jo Schiling and Rev George Var. The program covers classes and fellowship with speakers from Maryland Delaware Ohio Indiana and Ghana among others. Delegates from Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ groups in Pennsylvania Maryland New Orleans and Cleveland attend the event.
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Middle Atlantic
Women’s Guild of the Evangelical and Reformed Church
United Church of Christ
Heed College
Witnes
Jo Schiling
West Lafayette
Ind
The
Church Council
George Var. Lewisville
George Var. Lewisville, G
Lewisville
Pioneer
Martin Burger
Jamestown
Hal M. Cook
Baltimore
Commission On Christian Education Diocese of
Marion
E. Smith
Mifflinburg
George P.’ Edterbrake
New Orleans
Ruth MM. Auchenbach
Cleveland
Kenneth Kohler
Signal Bn At Halfway Camp Marks Fort Meade Training
The 302nd Signal Battalion Support officers and enlisted men from Frederick reach halfway of their summer training at Fort Meade and AP Hill Virginia. Across the first week they completed varied Army Reserve training missions including administrative work, stencil creation, typing, and record checks. Next week radio relay personnel will apply learned fundamentals. construction company teams install poles and string open wire. motor section maintains vehicle equipment. overall two week encampment assesses military efficiency before units depart for civilian status.
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Fort George G. Meade
302Nd Signal Battalion
Frederick
Fort Meade
A. P. Hill
Ft. Meade
600Th Signal Company
600Th Signal Company (Radio Relay
WHF
558Th Signal Company
A. P. Hil
302 Signal Battalion
Soviets Ban Nixon Flight Across Siberia During Visit
New York Herald Tribune reports Soviet authorities refused Vice President Richard M. Nixon permission to fly over Siberia on his trip to the Soviet Union to open the U S exhibition. Nixon hoped to return home via Alaska, but the plan was blocked amid long-standing Soviet restrictions on foreigners along the Siberian coast and interior. An aide said the issue remained under discussion.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Siberia
Soviet Union
New York Herald- Tribune
Nixon
Moscow
U.S
Alaska
Washington
James E. Warner
Siberian
Pacific
China
Small-Town Banker Kills Robber in Eclectic Alabama
ECLECTIC Alabama AP A young banker shot and killed one holdup man and wounded another who had kidnapped a policeman and robbed the bank of 250 dollars. Carl Ray Berker the Bank of Eclectic cashier beat one robber with his pistol and overwhelmed Bray with a shotgun blast after Bray failed to move. The dead man identified as James Franklin Bray 25 of Montgomery. Wounded, William D. Hayward 26 of Montgomery was taken to Kilby Prison in serious condition. Police officer Maxie Taunton was bound and later freed. Eclectic is located about 35 miles northeast of Montgomery.
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Eclectic. Ala
Carl Ray Berker
Barker
Bank of Eclectic
James
Franklin Bray
Montgomery
Kilby
William D. Hayward
Iity
Maxie Taunton
Taunton
Bray
Pointblank Range
John A. Robins of Omaha dies at 47
John A. Robins, 47, board chairman of Fairmont Foods Co. in Omaha, Neb., died Friday. The cause of death was not disclosed. Robins joined Fairmont in 1955 after serving as administrative president of Stokkey Van Icamp Inc.
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John A. Robins
Omaha
Herter Heads to Geneva for second Berlin talks
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter leaves Washington for Geneva for a second bargaining session with the Soviets on the German crisis. Officials voice guarded optimism that talks may sidetrack Berlin and set stage for a later summit. He travels aboard a new jet, stops in Ottawa for talks with Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, then proceeds to Geneva via Harmon, Newfoundland.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Geneva
Berlin
Herter
Air Force
Eisenhower
Ottawa
Andrews Air Force Base
John Wiefenbaker
Howard Keen
Harmon
Newfoundland
Eisenower
West Berlin
Britain
France
United States
Free World
Chicago Hit By Storm
Scattered showers and thunder showers dampened the eastern half of the nation while the southwest baked in heat. Cooled air moved over the Great Lakes after a squally Friday night. winds near 70 mph caused damage limited to felled trees and power lines. The Southwest stayed hot with readings around 110s. tropical Cindy's remnants lingered in southern New England before a move to fair skies by midday.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Canada
Chicago
Mercury
Desert
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
New York State
Cindy
New England
South Atlantic States
Freak Storms Lash England
Storms lashed southern England causing fires floods and darkness at Windsor Castle. Offshore fog led to two ship collisions with four vessels. Flooding disrupted rail lines halted trains and a large refinery was struck by lightning. The 680 ton St Ronan sank after a collision with three crewmen missing. An airliner at London airport was set ablaze by lightning. No passengers aboard.
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London
England
Windsor Castle
Channel
Sepowhad
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Eizni Oclooi
Wren
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Waldorf
Easton
University of Maryland
Weather Bureau
Delmarva Peninsula
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland Mountains
Somerville
N.J
Frank M. Lozito
United Steelworkers
David McDonald
McDonald
Women’s Guild
Halfway Camp
Mark
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