Water Level In Dam Declines Amid Heat and Drought
Fishing Creek reservoir remains below full, three inches from the top this morning as sprinkling limits persist and little rain is forecast. Temperatures reached 90 with cooler nights and scattered thunder possible later in the week. Wheat harvests are strong with yields 10 to 15 bushels above normal on some farms, and farmers report about 120000 bushels moved to market. Japanese beetles and borers are noted in corn but not causing major damage.
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Fishing Creek
Farmers Cooperative Association
Baltimore
Russia Holds U S To Blame Over Tuapse Capture
Moscow warns the United States is responsible for the Soviet tanker Tuapse seizure by Chinese Nationalists near Formosa. The third note demands immediate release, cargo, and crew, and contemplates damages claims.
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Moscow
Russia
United States
Formosa
U.S
Soviet Union
Fuapse
Pravda
Izvestia
China
Luzon Strait
Philippines
Letters Granted in Brunswick for Estate of Former Mayor Mace
In Orphans Court today the widow and sole heir Elsie L. Mace of 307 West Potomac Street Brunswick were granted letters of administration on the estate of former Mayor Harry R. Mace. No valuation was placed on the estate. Bertha S. Adkins reported to President Eisenhower on her seven week tour of western states for the Republican National Committee.
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Harry R. Mace
Brunswick
Elsie L. Mace
West Potomac Street
Miss Adkins
Washington F
Bertha S. Adkins
Republican National Committee
Eisenhower
Widow Sues Dr K B Small in Lack Shooting Case
In Detroit a quarter million dollar damage suit was filed by Jean A Lack widow of Jules M Lack against Dr Kenneth B Small. The suit seeks 250000 for lost earnings and pain and suffering of Lack's two sons. Lack, a New York industrialist, was killed May 29. The defendant was found not guilty by reason of insanity. The suit names David C Lewis as co administrator.
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Detroit
Kenneth B. Small
Jules M. Lack
New York
Lack
Wayne County
John
Andrew
Jean A. Lack
David C. Lewis
Lewis
County Man Says He Was Beaten Robbed
William W. Bennett, 73, of Iamsville, told Howard County police he was beaten and robbed of 3108 by three young men who offered him a ride to Frederick then drove to a road near Ellicott City and attacked him. Bennett is also linked to a pending manslaughter case from April 22 in Frederick County.
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William W. Bennett
Iamsville
Howard County
Frederick
Jonesy
Ellicott City
Bennett
Charles Henry Harmon
RFC 2
Haugh's Shop
Harmon
Virginia
Marriottsville
Baltimore
West Church Street
Settlement Reached In Thurmont Bus Injury Suit
A $13,500 settlement ends a civil suit in Circuit Court by Carlotta Louise Smith against Frederick County Board of Education and Albert and Elwood Riffle. The March 10 accident in Thurmont left Smith with a crushed foot and later amputation, after a bus carrying elementary pupils struck her.
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Carlotta Louise Smith
Ross V. Smith
Thurmont
Frederick County
Summit Avenue
Albert Riffle
Elwood Riffle
Byron W. Thompson
Miss Smith
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Kernan’s Hospital
Baltimore
Board of Education
Mr. Thompson
Parsons Newman
Five Day Forecast for Maryland and Delaware
Md Delaware forecast calls for widely scattered showers or thunderstorms on Wednesday and again Friday or Saturday. Warm temperatures persist through the week end with cooler air moving in later. Temperatures Wednesday to Sunday are expected to run about three to five degrees above midsummer normals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Delaware
Car Crashes Into Front Of Local Store In Frederick
A Frederick youth borrowed a car and crashed into the Community Store on Rosemont Avenue near Wilson Place causing heavy damage to the auto and property. Harley E. Staley was charged with reckless driving and operating without a license, with forfeitures totaling around $11.45 on each charge.
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Frederick
Rosemont Avenue
Wilson Place
Harley E. Staley
Motter Avenue
Staley
Richard M
McCurdy Field
McCurdy Field. Lieut
Frank Dorsey
Ellis Carty
Diskey
Alucuidell
Wilbur F. Shefield, Jr
Peoples Court
Franklin H. Tracey
South Carroll Street
Patrick Street
Sergt
Sherman Boone
Tracey
Franklin Miller, Jr
Linden Hills
Frances L. Dickensheets
DeGrange Street
Austin W. Thomas
Klinehart’s Alley
Raymond H. Ford
Baltimore and
Ohio Avenue
Walter H. Keeney
Roy E. Keeney
East Fourth Street
Lieut
Dorsey
Officer Carty
Wilbur G. Walker
Baltimore
Edward W. Schwartz
Clarence G. Hill, Jr
New Windsor
Louis D. Jackson
Robert R. Wagner
Mt. Union
Hill
Emory L. Wachter
RFD
Samuel Blogna
Massillon
George E. Eichelberger
East Fifth Street
W. K. May
RC. Dishong
C. W. Lewis
Aln Dietz
City Police
Urbana Firm Low On School Bus Bid
Knott and Geisbert of Urbana submitted the low bid of 4422.91 for a 60 passenger GMC school bus to replace obsolete equipment. Frederick Motor Company bid 4875 on a Ford and Monocacy Motors 4909 on a Dodge. No final action was taken.
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Knott
Geisbert
Urbana
Frederick County
Frederick
Market
Monrovia
Wilcom’s Inn
Ijamsville
Maryland
Foster
David A. Grossnickle
Alden A. Flook
Two Little Boys Die In Flames In Haybarn
In Logansport Indiana a haybarn fire on a farm near Walton killed two boys aged 8 and 7. Charles Edward Jay and Layman Propes, sons of the landlord and tenant, were found among smoldering hay as volunteers joined the search after they were reported missing. The boys had used tunnels in the 2,000 bales of hay. The cause of the blaze is undetermined.
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Logansport
Ind
Walton
Charles Edward Jay
Propes
Charles Jay Sr
Daniel Propes
Recount Case Up Today In Baltimore
The Mahoney suit seeks to open Baltimore 4th District election records while Dorsey pursues a similar case. Judge Carter will hear both actions as Mahoney and Dorsey contest narrow losses for the Democratic gubernatorial and attorney general nominations. Recounts in Talbot and Queen Annes counties continue with Byrd leading by 12 and 1 vote respectively as the state party convenes next week.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Baltimore
George P. Mahoney
H.C. Byrd
Board of Election Supervisors
Joseph L. Carter
Mahoney
Philip H. Dorsey
C. Ferdinand Sybert
Calvert County
Maryland Court of Appeals
Manoney
Queen Annes
Byrd
State Dept creates beauty contest problem
Long Beach reports a Miss Universe entry issue when Greece cannot send winner Rika Dialina due to visa denial under the McCarran Act for aiding communist literature. Runner-up Effi Ardoulakakis arrives to represent Greece. Secretary Dulles intervenes to clear Dialina for entry. A pageant official forecasts both contestants may compete.
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Long Beach
Ealif
Greece
U.S. State Department
Rika Dialina
Athens
McCarran
Effi Ardoulakakis
John Foster Dulles
Miss Dialina
Quiet Montana primary ends today in calm contest
Helena Montana voters begin the quiet primary with about 170000 at the polls. Incumbent United States senator James Murray does not return from Washington to face Democratic challengers Sam G Feezell and Ray Gulick on the ballot. Wesley A D Ewart exits the House race for the Senate nomination, opposed by Crow leader Robert Yellowtail. Funeral services Thursday for Dr Henry Mathias Hensen, 49, Baltimore physician who drowned at Ocean City.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
James Murray
Butte
Washington
United States
Sam G. Feezell
Great Falls
Ray Gulick
Joplin Farmer
Wesley A. D'Ewart
Robert Yellowtail
Lodge Grass
Baltimore
Henry Mathias Hensen
Ocean City
Hensen
Cohn Quits McCarthy's Committee
Senators McCarthy announces the resignation of Roy M. Cohn chief counsel of the investigations subcommittee amid a planned staff shake up. McCarthy lauds Cohn for exposing communists and spies while noting Cohn cited lack of unanimity among subcommittee members over continuing his services.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Roy M. Cohn
Senate
Cohn
Roy Cohn
The
Chicago Tribune
Tate
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
William Remington
Comimounist Party
United Nations
Voice of America
Ft. Monmouth
McCarthy Subcommittee
New York
Special Subcommittee
Albert Cohn
Bronx
Manhattan
Long Range Weather Estimate for Mid July to Mid August
The weather maps show the U S Weather Bureau's long range forecast for mid July to mid August. It is an estimate of average precipitation and temperatures for the period rather than a specific forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Weather Bureau
Suspect identified in girl's death linked to hotel room
Indianapolis police say a former cab driver identified as Jack O Shea from photos may be connected to the death of 18 year old Dorothy Poore found in a Claypool Hotel room. Two elevator operators and a taxi driver aided the identification as investigators seek the suspect.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Jack O'Shea
Dorothy Poore
Wesley R. Irvin
Union Bus Terminal
Ethel Fields
Jean Meredith
Claypool
Clinton
Bruno Widmann
Irvin
Red Cab Co
O'Shea
New York
Thorne’s Mother Recalled In Inquest At Chicago
The mother of Montgomery Ward Thorne will be recalled to testify about her whereabouts the day his body was found. Coroner Walter MecCarronn announced the inquest would continue to July 26. Nine days earlier Thorne revised his will leaving most of his estate to Maureen Ragen and her mother, Aleen. The mother, previously sole beneficiary in an earlier will, was given one eighth. Bedding and other articles found in Thorne’s room were turned over to four pathologists for examination.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward
Thorne
Boty
Walter MecCarronn
Maureen Ragen
Aleen
U S Prestige In Viet Nam At Lowest Ebb
In Saigon Indochina American prestige in Viet Nam has fallen to its lowest ebb since World War II. Washington signals support for partition eroding goodwill among north Vietnamese and Ngo Dinh Diem loyalists. Failing aid delivery and direct control complaints drive nationalist discontent as ceasefire talks loom.
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Saigon
Indochina
Viet Nam
United States
Ngo Dinh Diem
Washington
Eisenhower
Fraser
Murdered While Asleep Outdoors To Escape Heat
Dallas police probe motive in the killings of Durward G. Bursby and his family as they slept on a backyard pallet to beat heat. Auctioned wallet missing, suspect held without charge. wife Annie shot twice, daughter Patricia Ann narrowly escaped as gun misfired. Fire later reported at a Johnsville barn.
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Dallas
Durward G. Bursby
Annie
Patricia Ann
Bursbys
Bursby
Peace by Commies Blocks Viet Nam Cease Fire Talks
In Geneva East and West near a split of Indochina along the 11th parallel, a cease fire faces new Chinese demands that the United States sign a general declaration. U S officials reiterate only a unilateral pledge under the UN charter, while Molotov Eden Mendes-France and Dong push for final action before midnight.
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Geneva
United States
Viet Nam
Indochina
Red Chna
Chou Enlai
U.S
Walter Bedell Smith
Smith
United Nations
V. M. Molotov
Anthony Eden
Pham van Dong
Pierre Mendes-France
Red Chinese
Mendes-France
Molotov
Eden
Dong
Fight Moves To Cut Bill In House Budget Clash
Washington The House budget cutters clashed with White House opposition over a 100 million dollar cut in an Appropriations bill. Rep Taber leads the bloc as administration attempts to restore funds cut by the committee. Senate action pending.
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Washington
House
White House
Rep
Taber
R-Ny
Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
Martin Irmass
29th's Old Commander Is Made Full General
Washington announces 11 officers promoted to full general in a bill signed by President Eisenhower. Leonard T. Gerow, former commander of the 29th Division overseas, led the 2nd Army after the war from Fort Meade Maryland and retired in 1950. The 28th Division drew Maryland and Virginia National Guard units.
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Washington
Leonard T. Gerow
Eisenhower
Gerow
2Nd Army
Fort Meade
Maryland
Virginia National Guard
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Europe
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G. David Schine
Independent County
John S. Smith
Johnsville
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Chou
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