Two Escapees Captured Near Hagerstown by State Trooper
Irvin Gerald Brooks aged 17 and Robert Lee Baker aged 18, both Baltimore youths, escaped from the Maryland Reformatory for Males at Breathedsville near Hagerstown. Trooper Th. Harry J. Frost captured them about 8:30 am on U S Route 40 six miles west of Frederick after they fled from a field when spotted in a police car. Brooks had been jailed for assault and robbery while Baker was serving a forgery sentence.
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Maryland Reformatory
Breathedsville
Hagerstown
Els
Frederick
Irvin Gerald Brooks
Robert Lee Baker
Baltimore
Harry J. Frost
Frost
Reformatory
Brooks
Baker
U S Warns Russia Over Monroe Doctrine Threats
Washington denounces Nikita Khrushchev for implying Soviet rockets could aid Cuba in repelling alleged U S aggression. The State Department reaffirms the Monroe Doctrine and brands Khrushchev's remarks a naked menace to world peace and a bolshevik doctrine backing Communist movements.
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Washington
United States
Russia
State Department
Nikita S. Khushchev
Cuba
Khrushchev
$1,000 Damage Suit Filed In Auto Crash
Noah W. Burmer sues Arthur William Brandenburg and spouse for $1,000 damages from a May 28 collision on Marker Road near Reno School Road. Burmer seeks recovery for own use with Erie Insurance Exchange. Samuel W. Barrick represents plaintiff.
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Plainist
Noah W. Burmer
Erie Insurance Exchange
Samuel W. Barrick
Aiommey
Arthur William Brandenburg
RFC Middletown
Burner
Marker Road
Assailant Ends Premier Kishi Six Times In Thigh
In Tokyo a rightist fanatic stabbed Prime Minister No busuke Kishi six times in the left thigh with a hunting knife during a party celebration. Doctors said he would leave the hospital in 10 days. police detained the attacker Daisuke Aramaki, a minor rightist activist, as the Liberal Democratic party pressed plans to accept Kishi’s resignation and elect Hayate as party president.
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Tokyo
Nobusuke Kishi
Kishi
Liberal-Democratic ‘Party
Hayate
Ikeda
Daisuke Aramaki
Liberal Democratic Party
Jotaro Kawakami
Japan
Black Dragon Society
Takashi Hara
Yuko Hamaguchi
Tsuyoshi Inukai
Vigilance urged for freedom at Hood College conference
Rev William E E Wimer of Philadelphia addressed about 275 women at Hood College as part of the Summer Conference of the Women's Guild of the Evangelical and Reformed Church. He urged universal freedom and urged citizens to act, not rely on others, stressing that freedom must extend to organizations, races, and nations. Later, Dr Gerald F Winfield of ICA urged Americans toward a new world-engaged sainthood during an event titled Sound Order.
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Wiliam EE. Wimer
Philadelphia
Women’s Guild of the Evangelical and Reformed Church
Hood College
Wimner
Women's Guild
Evanglical and Reformed Church
United Church of Christ
Gerald F. Winfield
International Cooperation Administration
China
James Evans
New York
Kenneth Wallace
Northfield
Fire Kills 200 In Guatemala City Insane Asylum
A Guatemala City fire killed more than 200 inmates in a crowded asylum, with estimates rising toward 300. About 66 inmates were trapped in inner sections, many locked in cells, as rescuers battled the blaze for seven hours. The adjacent General Hospital was evacuated in part, and most bodies could not be identified. The cause remained undetermined.
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Guatemala
Guatemala City
O'Dd
General Hospital
Frederick Memorial Hospital Receives Full Accreditation
Mrs Paul S Michael president of the board announces Frederick Memorial Hospital has been fully accredited by the Joint Commission after a May survey. A dental equipment gift from Dr S J Hamilton is installed in a new room. The nursing school reports seven graduates and 16 freshmen applicants, with June statistics showing 676 treated and 21 deaths. River conditions noted at Point of Rocks remain normal.
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Paul S. Michael
Board of Managers
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Joint Commission On Accreditation of Hospitals
Michael
S. J. Hamilton
Shank Annex
Nursing Council
Hammond Clary
School of Nursing
Melvin E. Lea
European Autos Set Fire In Congo
In Leopoldville Congolese civilians burned European cars as Belgian soldiers struggled to control unrest. Three native soldiers were killed, and a wider strike followed amid looting and assaults. Refugees fled to Brazaville as Ghana offered emergency help to Lumumba against Belgian forces.
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Leopoldville
Congo
Cty
Congo Republic
Congo River
Brazzaville
French Congo and A Chief Embarkation Point For the Refugees. Arthur Djinn
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Patrice Lumumba
Grenade kills four at Paris Bastille Day celebration
A nationalist grenade exploded during Bastille Day festivities in Paris, killing four and wounding about sixty. The attack underscored ongoing insecurity as authorities seek to restore calm and identify the responsible group.
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Grenade
Paris
Constantine
Algeria
Congo breaks diplomatic ties with Belgium
BRUSSELS AP The Congo government severs diplomatic relations with Belgium. Premier Eyskens was to address the house but was blocked as word of the break reached Brussels. Belgium seeks a UN inquiry as tensions rise about troop withdrawal and Belgian role in Congo.
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Brussels
Belgium
Paul Kronacker
House of Representatives
Gaston Eyskens
Congo
Kronacker
Eyskens
Pierre Vigny
United Nations
Joseph) Kasavubu
U. N
Walter Loridan
U.N. Security Council
Rain totals rise as July nears two inches
A wet spell drenched the area with 1.20 inches at the airport and 1.06 inches at the western station by 8 am. Showers linger this afternoon with clearing tonight, cooler tomorrow, and a pleasant weekend ahead. farmers gain relief from drought amid lower humidity.
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Weather Bureau
Tractor trailer skids off U.S. 15 into Lewistown yard
Damon P. Wills of Tampa Florida drove a Mack tractor trailer south on Route 15 when a sharp curve in wet conditions caused the rig to skid off the road and into the yard of Lafayette Wast Ter. A state roads sign was knocked down and no charges were filed.
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U. S. 15
Lewistown
Lafayette Wast Ter
Damon P. Wills
Tampa
Fla
Route 15
Th. Henry J. Stafford
Two Planes Crash Off Philippines. 87 Survive
Two airliners crashed nearly simultaneously off the Philippines with 86 aboard. 87 survived. A Northwest Orient four engine plane carrying 53 passengers ditched near the Pobllo Islands after a wing caught fire. Thirty-one survivors and a body were rescued by U.S. amphibious planes and flown to Manila. A Philippine Airlines DC3 ditched near Dumaguete. all 30 aboard survived. The dead woman from Springfield Ohio was identified as Mrs. Glyde Kelley born October 12 1907 in Winfield Kansas. The Northwest crash left one seriously injured survivor. no further names released.
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Manila
Philippines
Northwest Orient Airlines
Pobllo Islands
U.S
Philippine Airlines
Dumaguete
Negros Island
Zamboanga City
New York
Hong Kong
Seattle
Anchorage
Tokyo
Okinawa
Tafts
U.S. Naval
Sangley Point
Manila Bay
Glyde Kelley
Springfield
Ohio
Winfield
Kan
U N Council Approves Congo Troop Mission
The United Nations Security Council approved Dag Hammarskjold's plan to deploy a stopgap UN force largely from African nations to The Congo. The secretary general said initial elements could be in central Africa before week’s end, as Britain France and Nationalist China abstained. The vote was 8 to 0 with 3 abstentions on the Tunisian resolution for Belgian troop withdrawal. The action followed urgent Congo requests and a tense debate over Belgian troops.
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United Nations. N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Dag Hammarskjold
Republic of the Congo
Council
Hammarskjold
Congo
U.N
Puge
Belgium
Britain
France
China
United States
Soviet Union
Ceylon
Ecuador
Taly
Poland
Argentina
Train Cars Derailed Near Edgewood Maryland
Twenty six cars of a Scar Pennsylvania Railroad freight train derailed on the four track main line about two miles south of Edgewood Maryland. No injuries reported. Freight cars spilled and Telescoped with others. section of tracks closed and rerouting of passenger trains via Baltimore line. The wreck was reported at 2 a.m. and involved two electric engines pulling the long freight from Philadelphia to Potomac yards in Virginia as part of the Washington DC terminal system.
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Edgewood
Pes Vania Railroad
Baltimore and Onn
Aiken
Harford County
Bayview Yards
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Potomac Yards
Virginia
Washington, D.C
32 Die In Mishap Cairo Truck Overturns Into Canal
A truck carrying 52 workers overturned into an irrigation canal in Cairo on Wednesday, killing 32 and injuring 15, according to AP reports. The accident raised questions about road safety and worker transport conditions in the area. Authorities launched emergency responses as survivors were treated and investigators began examining the scene.
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Cairo
Tavern keeper found guilty of reckless driving incident
Franklin H. Carlisle 45 of South street was found guilty of reckless driving in Frederick from a Woodsboro tavern after a chase that nearly forced Lambert to the curb on East street. He was fined 25 dollars and acquitted on two related charges.
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East Street
Joseph J. Coady
Franklin H. Carlisle
South Street
Carlisle
Frederick
Woodsboro
Robert Lambert
Walkersville
Lambert
North Market Street
Linco
Market Street
Ninth Street
Leonard Glenn
Montgomery
Llewellyn Jackson
Crownsville Sanitarium
Oscar Coyle
Jackson
Kennedy Aims Quick Veep Pick After Nomination
In Los Angeles AP dispatch Sen. John F Kennedy, the Democratic presidential nominee, said he hopes within hours to choose a running mate. He met with Gov. David Lawrence, Mayor Richard Daley, Gov. Michael DiSalle, and planned to see Sen. Lyndon Johnson. Southern opposition rumored a Symington or Jackson ticket possible, while some urged Johnson be named. Kennedy's historic Catholic nomination followed a landslide on the first ballot, with Johnson carrying the South but Kennedy winning big states and plotting the VP choice amid party unity questions.
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Los Angeles
John F. Kennedy
Biltmore Hotel
David JL. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Richard Daley
Chicago
Kennedy
Michael DiSalle
Ohio
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Massachusetts
Strong
United Party
United States
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Symington
South
Henry AL
Scoop) Jackson
Washington
Jackson
Robert Kennedy
Senate
Lyndon B. Jonson
al Smith
Johnson
Adlai E. Stevenson
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
Hubert H. Humphey
Minnesota
New York
Pennsys
Higan
Masindiana
California
West
Lfred Kennedy
Gladiator
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