Thunderstorm boosts rainfall and party changes noted
An unpredicted thunderstorm interrupted a county meeting as residents reported rainfall across several sites. The storm brought .10 at Gambrill State Park and .23 at the airport while no major damage was reported. Officers and board members rearranged duties and praised volunteer service amid forecasts of hot, humid weather.
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Wiliam Wallace
Sears-Roebuck
Red Cross
Wallace
Charles V. Mait
Main
Dan
Jel J. Thomas
Dan Weinberg
Paul S. Michael
Treas Jurday
L. Clinton Rhoads
H. Albert Dean
Camentaee
Gambrilli
High Knob
Thetairport
Emmitsburg
Lluss
Istorm
Brunswick
Ciairman
J. Malcolm McCardell
Unionville
Beinigi
Fishing Creek
Laurens Bowers
Cates
Brunswick High School
Elm
Airport
Street Junior High School
S Mutsburg
Thurmont
Walkersville
Frederick
Jamboree Opens as Armed Forces Day Observed
Valley Forge reports the fourth National Armed Forces Day jamboree in progress with parades and a flag raising. Scouts, Girl Scouts, Red Cross volunteers and motor corps members contributed hours and gifts as part of a weeklong event honoring veterans and service members.
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Xiao. Bowers
Valley Forge
Hallowe'en
Cially
Eagle
Ernest Webb
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Motor Corps
Jos
Rath L. Ahen
George Washington
Victor
Cere-' Cullen Hospital
Frederick Memorimony
Jam Jal Hospital
Fredericks
County Chronic Disease Hospital
Cadwel Ott
Entertainment and Supply Committee
Wwlunteer
Montevae
Emily Bittle
Frederick County
Red Cross
Hot And Humid Weather Returns Across the Nation
The Associated Press reports another spell of hot and humid conditions gripping many regions with the heat index rising. Some areas see brief relief from showers while temperatures stay near normal in parts of the Pacific Northwest Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and the far northeast.
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Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Counry
Housing Bill Is Signed By Eisenhower
President Eisenhower signed a housing bill authorizing FHA insured loans with low down payments and allocating 1.99 billion for housing programs. The measure doubles earlier funding requests, sets down payment scales, and expands FNMA authority with a Treasury backed backstop of 900 million, potentially raising total impact to about 965 million.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Rockies
Lakes
Congress
National Assn. of
Home Builders
Treasury
Housing and
Federal
National ‘Mortgage Assn
FNMA
FNALA
Mort
Jamboree Flags Raised as Scout Honor Guards Lead
Chester County youths Robert Dockstader Charles Ax Neilson Air and Wayne Brown hoisted the colors at the jamboree while a 130 member band from four states played. Flags from 62 nations rose on 28 foot poles around the headquarters quadrangle as the event began. William Girard forecast a Japanese court will acquit him of causing a local woman’s death on a military firing range.
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Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Camp Whittington
Japan
William Girard
Lung Cancer Linked to Heavy Cigarette Use
Washington Surgeon General Leroy E. Burney said an increasing body of evidence links excessive smoking to lung cancer while cautioning that heavy smoking is not the sole cause. The Public Health Service backs more research into factors involved.
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Washington
Leroy E. Burney
Tooday
Burney
Public Health Service
Coast to Coast Bicyclist Traverses Western Maryland
John Wilkinson Jr., 14, Los Angeles rider, pedals coast to coast toward Milford Conn. He crossed Western Maryland with 3,000 miles already covered in 26 days, aiming to avoid Appalachian mountains and reach his grandparents in Milford after a rest and possible flight.
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Cumberland
Jobs Wilkinson
Los Angeles
Milford
Conn
Maryland
Appalachian
West Virginia
John Wilkinson Sr
John Jr
Rockies
Appalachians
Big Savage
Wilkinson
U.S
Testos Angeles
Charles B. Wilkins
Celand
Goose
Wheeling
W. Va
Pennsylvania
Hagerstown
Here
Pennarivania
John
American GI Returns From China Disavows Trip
Donald J. Blackwood 25 says his six month visit to mainland China was a reckless act. He traveled with his South Korean wife and child, stayed mostly in a Canton hotel, and complained of being watched. His father searched for him after his April disappearance near Macao. Blackwood says he went for missionary work and to learn about Chinese people.
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Hong Kong
Donald J. Blackwood
Red
China
Blackwood
Canton
Macao
James
Williamsport
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Five Day Forecast From Baltimore Weather Service
The Associated Press reports a warmer more humid spell with scattered thundershowers over the weekend for Hagerstown and surrounding areas. Temperatures will average around 90 in mid Maryland with cooling to about 70 by midweek as showers lighten.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Service Commission Today
Hagerstown
Washington County
The
Mountains Water Department
Mids
Mary
Missing Missionary Found in Kentucky
A young missionary who disappeared from Williamsport, Pa., was found asleep on a roadside in Georgetown, Kentucky. He identified himself as Jackson, gave no reason for his presence, and asked his father in Beverly Hills, California, to wire funds for bus fare home. Deputy Ortie T. Kelly noted a possible sighting last night and planned further questioning.
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Georgetown
Williamswori
William R. Jackson
Ortie T. Kelly
Jackson
Jacasom
Omre
Williamsport
Wiliam F. Jackson
Beverly Hills
Calif
Wiliams Port
Hief
Frank Keefer
Young Bruchey
Khrushchev Proposes Marriage of Convenience to East West Powers
Nikita Khrushchev urged a peaceful alliance between Communist and capitalist worlds at a Prague reception. He claimed Yugoslavia as a socialist ally and suggested a marriage of convenience to avert war, saying rivals may coexist without love but with understanding. He noted Western diplomats’ dislike of his system but urged cooperation over enmity.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Nikita Khrushchev
Yugoslavia
Soviet Communist Party
Hradeany
Rud-Chunny
Bohemia
Antonin Zapotecky
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Khrush
Chev
Brucellosis film shot in Frederick County county locals host mock national emergency
A county film project stars 4-H youth and local farmers in a Brucellosis awareness drama shot on farms near Walkersville and Taneytown. Officials cite pasteurization and eradication programs while emphasizing community effort to combat the cattle disease. The exercise blends agriculture outreach with a nationwide mock emergency drill to study civil defense readiness.
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Frederick County
Department of Agricult
United States
Wejarea
Tion
H. K.l.ritchie
Oviellt
Homer Boor
Ima Jtion
Henry R. Shoemaker
George Greena
Edgar Zimmerman
Walkersville
Jobo Crum
Edgar Emmrich
Emimitsburg
Harvey Clem
Charles Clem
Utica
Clem
Agricul
Cheektowaga
Carroll County
Clarence Baumgardner
Taneytown
Ritchie
Boor
Ginter
EAC
Tien Ae
Buffalo
N.Y
Civil Defense Drill Tests Statewide Readiness
Maryland Civil Defense Headquarters conducted a statewide test as part of Operation Alert. The Pikesville exercise involved paid and volunteer staff simulating explosions and directing fire and rescue teams. Communications networks including radio and teletype linked headquarters with state and federal CD offices and amateur operators. Sealed envelopes simulated bomb impacts to indicate landing sites and blast types.
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White House
Federal
Civil Defense Administration
Washington
Eisenhower
Moon
Frederick County
Civil Defense’ Communications Control Center
Pikesville
Maryland
Civil Defense
Nexve
State Department of Forests and Parks
Olney
Federal CD Administration
Federal CD
Aliddietown High School Band Plans Sunday Park Concert
The Aliddietown High School Band under Nal Marrone directs about fifty members in a Sunday 8 15 PM concert at Baker Park Bandstand. The program includes marches waltzes overtures and popular tunes with Hal Leonard arrangements and a short news item about the Aga Khan heir death.
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Aliddietown High School
Nal Marrone
Baker Park
Ed Chenette
A. H. Ribble
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