Water Ban Proves Value During Storm
The city’s 422 midnight water ban proved its worth as lightning struck the Linganore filtration plant, forcing a six hour shutdown. Water in the elevated tank fell to 21 feet and could have dropped further without the ban, potentially leaving parts of the city without water during fires. The plant resumed partial operations after a Potomac Edison transformer arrived, and the ban remains in force pending developments. The storm also affected local rivers, with rain totals around an inch and a half and a 52 degree low after an 82 degree high, as forecasters expect scattered showers and cooler conditions ahead.
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Linganore
William J. Davis
Potomac Edison Company
Frederick
Davis
Singanore
Butt
Cape] City
Fishing Creek
Potomac
Maryland
Middle Creek
Virginia
Cumberland
Beauty Pageant Faces Usual Headaches
In Long Beach California the Miss Universe pageant begins amid issues Miss Venezuela is missing Miss Cuba refuses vaccination shots and a feud appears between Miss Philadelphia and Miss Pennsylvania Pageant conductor Oscar Meinhardt who admits he does not know Miss Venezuela's identity and says she did not arrive on the scheduled plane.
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Long Beach
Calif
Venezuela
Cuba
Miss Philadelphia
Oscar Meinhardt
Shin Cut Fatal: Woman Held on Murder Charge
A 64 year old Baltimore woman Maggie Smith was held without bail on a charge of killing her husband by a two inch shin wound with a kitchen knife. Magistrate Charlotte Main ordered her detention and a further hearing before Chief Magistrate William F Laukaitis to decide grand jury submission. The report notes market advances and subsides in New York briefly.
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Baltimore
Charlotte Main
Maggie Smith
William F. Laukaitis
Radar Slows Traffic In 30 Mile Zones Says Munshower
Maryland State Police praise radar speed enforcement noting 1360 arrests and 7672 warnings since January 7. In 30 mph zones near small towns radar has slowed traffic, with officers citing a test where 77 tickets were issued in 90 minutes in a single 30 mph corridor. Maryland plans more radars and uses two-trooper teams to issue tickets or warnings without pursuit.
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Munshower
Pikesville
Maryland
Elmer F. Munshower
North Winds End Intense Heat Wave Across the Nation
The death toll from heat and storms rose to 190 as cooler northerly winds pushed back the season's severest heat, ending in many states from Kansas and Oklahoma to Kentucky and Ohio. Daytime highs were 16 to 25 degrees cooler in the affected region while the South remained hot with 90s and 100s. Missouri reported the highest toll with 60 deaths, followed by Oklahoma with 44 and Kansas with 34. States across the Northeast and Midwest logged several deaths as lingering heat faded.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Oklahoma
Idissausi
Duuiluis
Juuiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Atlantic
Little Rock
Ark
Fort Worth
Tex
Springfield
Missouri
Illinoi
Pennsylvania
Colorado
West Virginia
Arkansas
New Hampshire
Nebraska
Massachusetts
New York
Iowa
Indiana
Louisiana
Connecticut
Virginia
Tennessee
Maryland
Begin Paving DeGrange Street in City Plan
City street crews begin paving DeGrange Street between Patrick and South streets to create a wider 32 foot curb to curb section and a 28 foot segment toward South. Property purchases and demolitions on Patrick DeGrange and South DeGrange widened the road for two way traffic and easier access to Patrick via South. Completion expected next week, weather permitting.
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City Street
DeGrange Street
Patrick
South Streets
Patrick Street
Phebus Avenue
South Street
Patrick and
DeGrange
Seventh Time for Driving Without License Arraignment
Arraigned for the seventh time on a charge of operating a motor vehicle without a license. Leo C. Jackson pleaded guilty and received the maximum $100 and costs in Peoples Court for an offense on Route 40 east of Frederick. Edward C. Meade pleaded guilty to exceeding 30 and paid a $10 fine. John Bower forfeited $10 and costs on a baiting charge. Multiple motorists faced forfeit fines for various traffic violations including stop-sign offenses and speeding. list includes Vernon H. Williams, George Sharman, John Eyler, and others. State Troopers Storer and Kretsinger, Inspector Otta, and Game Warden Phobus cited the actions.
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Leo C. Jackson
RFD 1
Adamstown
H. Reesesoerneer Jr
Peoples Court
R. L. Storer
Frederick
Jackson
Edward C. Meade
Towson
Storer
John Bower
Woodbine
Benjamin Phobus
Wendell Davis
Baltimore
H. D. Otta
Vernon H. Williams
George Sharman
Union Bridge
John H. Eyler
Walkersville
M. 5S
Russell
Pennsauken
N. J
David §. Gaver
RFD
Mt. Airy
Theodore Q. Hanson
Whiteford
Clemens A. Seigott
Washington
Gerard R. Klee
Rochester
N. Y
Calvin C. Englehart
Saline
Mich
Peter Hill
Santino Alonzo
Angelo J. Calderonve
Dubois
Lawrence D. Springs
Sykesville
Guy J. Jones
Acoman
Bernard A. Kolb
Doubs
Claude A. Barker
Jerome F. Hahn
Daniel F. Donathan
RFD 2
Donald W. Monaghan
J. Frederick
Grady L. Elkins
John L. Dubois
Bala
Donald H. Kehr
New Cumberland
Ernest D. Glazener
Pasadena
Tex
Charles E. Winpigler, Jr
Donald Bowser
Philip Kretsinger
Sergt
Norman Dietz
City Police
Russia Faces Food Crisis Warned by Free Europe Committee
The Free Europe Committee said Russia and its satellites face a grave food shortage, describing it as the Kremlin’s greatest crisis since expanding into Europe. It warned Moscow fears a war that could threaten the Soviet system amid agricultural breakdown.
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New York
Free Europe Committee
Russia
Kremlin
Moscow
Smith Off For Talks At Geneva
Under Secretary of State Walter Bedell Smith leaves for Geneva to push terms for ending the Indochina war. Dulles reports Mendes France assures France will not press a surrender and outlines acceptable final terms for U S in Indochina. Dulles prepares collective defense plans for Southeast Asia and briefs the Senate committee.
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Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
Geneva
Indochina
United States
Britain
France
Smith
Dulles
Paris
Pierre Mendes-France
Southeast
Aus
Eisenhower
National Security Council
Mendes-France
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ta ‘E
Ad Mal
Security Council
No Hit Run Involved In Car Accident
Atty. Gen. Si Garrett of Alabama was critically injured in a Mississippi accident not involving another vehicle or a hit and run. An inspector said Garrett’s car left the road, hit a pole and tree, and overturned, with Garrett claiming no memory of the event. Garrett had faced vote fraud charges and related lunacy proceedings. he was later released on bond after hospitalization and psychiatric treatment.
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Waynesboro
Miss
Si Garrett
Alabama
Mississippi Highway Patrol
W.G. Gray
Garrett
R. A. McNair
McNair
Mississippi
Waynesboro General Hospital
Garren
Birmingham
Jefferson County
Grand Jury
Emmett Perry
Galveston
Tex
Five Day Forecast Fair and Cool Through Weekend
Five day forecast calls for fair and cool Saturday, followed by a fair and warmer Sunday. Monday has likely thundershowers, possibly in Western Maryland Sunday night. Tuesday should be fair and cooler with temperatures slightly below normal. Normal lows range from 35 in the mountains to near 70 along the coast, with highs in the low to mid 80s.
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Maryland
Effort For Early Peace Is Balked
Geneva dispatch reports Pierre Mendes-France pressed for an Indochina cease fire with a line near the 17th parallel and possible Hanoi handover, but a four hour session with Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov ended in deadlock. The French sought a line from Dong Hoi to Thakhek while Vietminh leaders push for a broader partition. Haiphong and Hue stay in dispute as talks linger.
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Geneva
Pierre Mendes
Mendes-France
Dong Hoi
Thakhek
Viet Nam
Tourane
Annamese
Hue
Oler
Emperor Ao Wai
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Haiphong
Red River
Laos
Cambodia
Expedition Is Labeled Stupid and a Survival Lab
SAN FRANCISCO The raft Lehi s failed drift toward Hawaii drew scorn as a stupid expedition and a floating marine survival laboratory. Don Smith criticized the voyage saying the crew could navigate a garage with two compasses 30 degrees apart. Dr Arthur Fearon defended the trip while praising the raft s seaworthiness and unresolved repairs. The raft was abandoned about 60 miles off the central California coast after rescue. Bids will open July 26 at 11 30 a m for two Emmitsburg district road projects Grimes road 1 118 miles and Keysville road .956 miles.
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San Francisco
Lehi
Hawaii
Don Smith
San Francisco Chronicle
Arthur Fearon
University of San Francisco
California
Smith
Dr. Fearon
County Roads Board
Keysville
Emmitsburg
Red Planes Outnumber U S in Far East War Air Power
General Earle E. Partridge, Far East Air Force commander, said Communist powers have about 7,500 combat ready planes in the region, surpassing US strength of around 2,400. He warned the first objective in war would be to gain control of the air by striking bases in Sakhalin, the Kuriles, and Siberia to deny opposing airpower.
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Tokyo
Far East
Bhoglacey Oty Gdl
Anes
Pacific
Earle E. Partridge
Partridge
Russia
China
North Korea
Japan
Sakhalin
Kurile Islands
Siberia
U.S
McCarthy Ready to Use Tax Returns Against Opponents
A New York report says Senator McCarthy prepared to strike at political foes using access to federal income tax returns. Emanuel Celler charges McCarthy has copies of returns for many officials, obtained via an Eisenhower executive order empowering study of confidential files. In Washington, the Foreign Relations Committee said the foreign aid program has paid off, strengthening the free world.
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New York
Emanuel Celler
Joseph R. McCarthys
R-Wisl
Celler
Democrats
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Eisenhower
Senate Government Operations Committee
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
10000 French Troops Open Attack On Foe
Ten thousand French Union troops backed by tanks and artillery began large offensives against Vietminh positions west and northeast of Hanoi. Mobile infantry moved from Luc Nam and Son Tay to assault rebel strongholds, with initial losses reported on both sides as fighting continued.
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Banoqi
Indochina
Son Tay
Fishing Boat Overturns Off Delaware Coast
A 40 foot Nora May chartered by eight Baltimore residents, led by Charles A. Jones, overturned near Bowers Beach in Delaware Bay. Early reports listed four survivors and three bodies. Coast Guard and private vessels resumed searches at dawn for remaining missing. Owner Harry Haddock of Smyrna captained the vessel. licenses found tied to Jones and others.
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Bowers Beach
Del
Wes
Baltimore
Coast Guard
Delaware Bay
Harry Haddock
Smyrna
Haddock
Nora May
Wilmington
Jones
Nicholas Goswell
Sam
Juel Richard Qwangs
Fireworks Plant Blows Up in Chestertown Explosion Dead and Injured
A Kent Manufacturing Co fireworks and munitions plant near Chestertown Maryland exploded in a series of blasts beginning about 10:30 a.m. and a second blast at 1:25 p.m. Rescue crews recovered two bodies and evacuated hundreds as fear spread of hidden explosives. Several dozen injured were taken to Kent Queen Anes Hospital. The 275 workers were grounded as civil defense and Red Cross mobilized with nearby towns lending aid.
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Chestertown
Testue
Kent Manufacturing Co
Tom Small
Bartus Vickers
Steass Park
Chester River
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Wilmington
Del
Maynard Porter
Kent-Queen Anes Hospital
Telephone Exchange
William G. Asiion
Kent County News
Asilton
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