Emmitsburg Boy Dies After Barn Fall
A three year old boy, Paul Zachary Weber of near Emmitsburg, died in University Hospital Baltimore from head injuries after falling 14 feet from a barn onto a concrete runway. He had been unconscious since Saturday night and suffered brain hemorrhaging aided by a hemophilic condition. He played in the barn with a brother when the accident happened. His father appealed for prayers as doctors warned recovery was unlikely.
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Emmitsburg
University Hospital
Baltimore
Paul Zachary Weber
Harry B. Weber
Weber
Annie M. Warner
Gettysburg
Young Weber
Lumumba to Address UN on Congo Crisis
Premier Patrice Lumumba plans to fly to New York to address the Security Council about the Congo crisis. A UN spokesman said the council meeting could be postponed until his arrival. Belgian forces threaten leaving Congo territory as Belgian paratroopers are airlifted out under UN plans. Swedish UN troops assume guard duties at the airport as Belgian staff pack gear for shipment to bases Kiota and Kamina.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
United Nations
Patrice Lumumba
U. N
New York
Lumumba
G. N
Congo
UG. N. Congo
Middle East
Belgica Air Force
Kitona
Kamina
Woodsboro Legion Installs Officers for 1961
The Glen W. Evier Post 282 in Woodsboro installed 1961 officers on July 19 at the Woodsboro Fire Hall. Maurice E. Murray was Post Commander, Tra A Caldwell Jr. and William T. Young held top posts, with John D. Bowers as Finance Officer and Oliver J. Wed ge Adjutant. The post funded a week at Camp Westmar Emmitsburg for Rodney Nogie and Billy Shadie, under District Commander Richard W. Graham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen W. Evier
American Legion
Woodsboro
Frederick County
Elwood Biffle
Maurice E. Murray
Tra A. Caldwell Jr
William T. Young
John D. Bowers
Robert L. Dixon
Donald Hahn
Ray Dorsey
Killed Brother Hurt In Waldorf Wreck
A 26 year old Charles County man Denf Padgett was killed and his 19 year old brother Richard Padgett was severely injured when their car hit the rear of a pickup on Maryland 228 near Waldorf. Rescue crews freed them after 15 minutes. George H Steward the truck driver was unhurt. The crash occurred shortly before midnight and the victims were from Waldorf. A separate report notes an 18 month old Irving Dorman died after falling from a third floor window in Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore.
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Waldorf
Charles County
Denf Padgett
Richard Padgett
Physician’s Memorial Hospital
la Plata
George H. Steward
Maryland
Baltimore
Union Memorial Hospital
Irving Dorman
Panel Members Named for Maryland Lutheran Summer School
Panel members of the Maryland Lutheran Synod Summer School for Church workers met at Hood College Coffman Chapel to discuss Challenges Facing Christian Education In The Space Age. Names include Dr. N. J. Gould Wickey Dr. Elwood S. Falkenstein Mrs. Howard F. Reisz Miss Sarah L. Leiter Rev. Howard F. Reisz Rev. Carroll Bower Dr. S. White Rayne Dr. J. Frank Fife Rev. Roland A. Ries and Rev. Francis E. Reinberger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Lutheran Synod
Coffman Chapel
Hood College
N. J. Gould Wickey
USC Board of Higher Education
Elwood
Frank J. Keefer
5. White Rayne
Board of Parish Education
Hood
J. Frank Fife
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Maryland
Roland A. Ries
Lutheran Maryland Synod
Francis E. Reinberger
Gettysburg Seminary
Lutherans Observe Anniversary at Hood College
More than 240 Lutherans gathered in Coffman Chapel to mark the 25th anniversary of the summer school for church workers of the Lutheran Synod of Maryland. About 25 staff and 125 visitors attended the anniversary program as Rev. Roland A. Ries moderated and speakers discussed space as a theme for Christian education.
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Coffman Chapel
Hood College
Lutheran Synod of Maryland
Roland A. Ries
S. White Rhyne
Board of
Parish Education
United Litheral Church In America
Civil Defense Instructors Course Graduates Named
Three local residents completed the basic Civil Defense Instructors Course at the Eastern Instructor Training Center in Brooklyn. The graduates are Mrs Broadway Mrs Happ and Nicholas E Leakins Jr all city school teachers with Miss Bower and Mr Leakins teaching at Lincoln and Mrs Happ at Frederick High.
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Eastern
Brooklyn
Broadway
Happ. Gapland
Nicholas E. Leakins Jr
West All Saints Street
Nixon Rockefeller seek joint Republican platform
Vice President Nixon and Gov. Rockefeller are being consulted to craft a Republican platform acceptable to both. National chairman Thruston Morton said outcomes are unclear as talks continue on potential Nixon Rockefeller ticket. Morton noted Rockefeller resists a second place and Nixon may secure farmland support in a renewed farm plank.
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Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
GOP
Nison
Sovern
Morton
Rockefeller
Rocky
Nixon
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Platform Committee
Melvin R. Laird
Oregon Governor Nominate Nixon At Republican Convention
Gov Mark Hatfield of Oregon will nominate Richard M Nixon for president at the Republican National Convention, announced by Nixon aide Robert Finch. Finch called Hatfield an attractive young party leader with Western connotations and not yet fixed on who will present Nixon.
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Chicago
Markfeld
Oregon
Richard M. Nixon
Robert Finch
Nixon
Finch
Hatfield
Alabama
Ceylon Names World’s First Woman Prime Minister
Sirimavo Bandaranaike 44 is summoned by Governor General Gooneileke to form a new government after the general election. She plans to nationalize key industries and to form a commission to probe hostile newspapers. Her Free dom party holds a parliamentary majority with cross-party support.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Oliver Gooneiileke
Freedom Party
Gooneileke
House of Esostives
Bandaranaike
Mini Solomon Bandaranaike
NAM urges GOP to reject federal spending proposals
The National Association of Manufacturers urged the Republican National Convention to reject new federal programs when local governments or private initiative can provide the services. NAM president Rudolph F. Bannon argued such spending raises taxes and diverts capital needed for growth. Platforms also covered Democratic spending promises and tax reform debates.
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Chicago
National Assn
Republican Nationa Convention
Rudolph F. Bannon
NAM
Soviet Union
United States
Demos
Los Angeles
Bannon
Chamber of Commerce of
Arthur H. Motley
Ic. S
Len Kenneth B. Keating
New Yo
Congress
Keating
Ani
Judge Walsh Plans Visit To Brother In Red China
Cumberland Judge William C Walsh plans a 14 day trip to Hong Kong and Red China to visit his imprisoned brother Bishop James E Walsh. He will travel with his wife from Baltimore via Los Angeles and Honolulu and report to the Chinese Travel Service for a visa. Bishop Walsh, held since 1951 in Shanghai on espionage charges, was sentenced to 20 years last March. State Department approved the visit.
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Maryland
Baltimore
Los Angeles
Honolulu
Hawaii
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Meryknoll Order of
Ossining
N. Y
China
Stil i
18 Year Old 4-H Girl Wins Style Revue At U Md
18 year old home economics major Jackie Heyner won first place in the county 4-H girls style revue at Frederick High School with a red plaid jumper and reversible jacket, earning state competition advancement. Sarah King and Jean Swomley placed second and third, with Mary Lynn Engelbrecht as alternate. Transition cotton fabrics dominated the top garments. Junior winners included Sarah Dorrell in the apron division. Continued on Page Four.
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U. of Md
Jackie Heyner
University of Maryland
Frederick High School
Sarah King
Jean Swomley
Walkersville High School
Mary Lynn Engelbrecht
Hevner
Johnsville Club
Miss Ring
Miss Swomley
Miss Engelbrecht
Ballenger Club
Sarah Dorrell
Frederick City
State Of Emergency In Far West Gy
The West faces widespread fires across Oregon Idaho Washington and California. Governors declared states of emergency as 230 plus fires blaze across plains and timber, injuring firefighters and forcing evacuations amid 100 degree heat. Fire growth threatens Hearst estate area near San Simeon and pine forests near Los Angeles. Northwest fires scorch thousands of acres with Guard units mobilized and rural resistances ongoing.
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Associated Press
Oregon
Idaho
Washington
Woodland
California
William Randolph Hearst
San Simeon
Los Angeles
Northwest
Oregon-Idaho
Marsing
Hines
Washington National Guards Units
Lewiston
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Eisenhower Receives Congo Crisis Report At Summer White House
President Eisenhower, at Ft. Adams, receives a fresh report on the Congo crisis via UN Security Council developments relayed by Secretary Herter. He also names Ravndal ambassador to Czechoslovakia, accepts Townsend and Sears resignations, effective dates noted.
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Newport
R. I
Eisenhower
Congo
United Nations Security Counsell
White House
Christian A. Herter
Washington
Herter
James C. Hagerty
Fisenhower
Ft. Adams
Christian M. Ravndal
Czechoslovakia
Ravndal
John M. Allison
Dallas S. Townsend
Justice Department
Townsend
Mason Sears
U. S
Trusteeship Council of the
United Nations
Mason
Came For A Job, Went On A Spree Instead
The man arrived in Frederick from West Virginia to seek work but became intoxicated and was arrested by Officer James Stockman after being found lying behind Staub's on West Fourth Street. Magistrate Joseph J. Liam Anderson ordered a suspended sentence, warning that future appearances would result in House of Correction.
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Joseph J.liam T. Anderson
Frederick
West Virginia
James Stockman
Staub's
West Fourth Street
Coady
House of Correction
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Zachary Weber
Woodsboro Legion
Brother
Order of
DeMolay
Braddock Heights
Ge's
United Brethren Clarch
West Second Street
James F.fox
Charles R. Graves
D. C
Spartan Club
United States Court For
District of Columbia
Graves
Henry Schweinhaut
Schweinhaut
Joseph Masen
New Jersey
Maveli
Sparton Club
Hedder
District Court
Brocard
Howard Levine
Dennis Watt
Johns Hopkins
Meade
3Rd Armored Calvary Regiment
19Th Engineering Battalion
69Th Signal Battalion
Fi Meqe
Philip Reeves
Donald Ethington
Brownfield
Tex
Reeves
Twese
NEA
R. M. Nixon
REDS
State Department
U.S
West Germany
Judge Walsh
Walsh
Moscow
APJ
Nikita Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Communist Bloc
Cuba
Avns Iro
Far West
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