100 Degree Heat Drains Frederick Area as Drought Bites
The Frederick airport topped 100 degrees for the first time in three years amid a drought. Clouds cleared and heat kept up, with forecasts for a modest cooldown by midweek but another 100-degree day ahead. Water supplies held, pools drew crowds, and county agent Shoemaker warned dairy and pasture losses while noting hay crops remain.
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Weather Bureau
Frederick
Frank Weddle
Fishing Creek
Singapore
Linganore
Mountain Picnic
Braddock Heights
Henry R. Shoemaker
Former Los Angeles man charged for stealing at Graham rally
Louis Silver, 46, posed as an usher at Billy Graham's Yankee Stadium rally and collected about 500 dollars from spectators. He was arrested as he left the stadium and charged with grand larceny, held on 1500 dollars bail for a Thursday hearing.
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New York
Los Angeles
Billy Graham
Yankee Stadium
Louis Silver
Silver
Food Supply Crisis Reported in Tibet
A former Tibetan official says the food situation in Tibet is critical as many supplies go to Chinese Communist troops who have replaced civilians in the region.
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Darjeeling
India
Tibet
Two Cars Damaged In County Accident
Weekend crash at the intersection of Md. 1S and LeGore Bridge Road near Walkersville damaged two cars. Geraléuglas Horner of LeGore drove a 1953 Ford. Mary Louise Saoots of Walt ersville drove a 1950 Nash. Horner was turning left when rear struck. Saoots charged with following too closely. Car damages estimated at 523 and 539 respectively. Troopers B. E. Diehl and L. C. Clark investigated.
Four Businessmen Die In Plane Crash Near Block Island
Four close friends and business partners died when their Stinson 150 crashed a mile and a half from the runway on Block Island in heavy brush and burst into flames. Co owner pilot Lucien Allaire 33 of Blackstone Mass co owner Joseph Farese 29 of Milford Mass and Allaire s brother in law and George Darling 33 of Woonsocket RI were aboard all living enthusiasts and family friends who worked together on construction projects. Firefighters used bulldozers to clear a route to the crash site.
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Block Island
R. IF
Feeeener
Stinson
Lucien Allaire
Blackstone
Mass
Joseph Farese
Milford
Allaire
George Darling
Woonsocket
Hi. AU
Nine Airmen Die In Crash Near Alpine Search
Nine American airmen were killed and a tenth severely burned when a Navy Neptune patrol bomber crashed in gusty winds while searching for a sister ship. The craft failed at 5,200 feet near Sestriere above the Alpine resort area close to the French frontier. The crash occurred three hours after takeoff from Aviano air base, with the plane from Naval Patrol Squadron 23. Survivors were treated at a local hospital.
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Trevisq
Maly i
iMi Pra
Sestriere
U. S
Aviano
Udine
Naval Patrol Squadron 23
Worker dies in 140 foot plunge at Sand Patch airshaft
Meversdale resident Robert Courtney about 42 was killed in a 140 foot fall in the Sand Patch Tunnel airshaft near here while repairing from a platform. Daie Houser, also of Meversdale, survived by hanging to cables as the platform failed. Coroner Halverson attributed the accident to a platform problem. In London, Selwyn Lloyd said foreign forces back a tribal rebellion in a remote Arabian peninsula area, risking a new Middle East crisis.
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Meversdale
Robert Courtney
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Here
Courtney
Daie Housel
Goroner
Robert H. Halverson
Somerset County
Houser
London
Selwyn Lloyd
Arabian Peninsula
Middle East
Settle Suit Jail Sentence In Maryland Vehicle Case
A Schenectady man and Emmitsburg minor were involved in a legal settlement resulting in 100 days in jail and a 3800 dollar payment plus court costs. The case stemmed from a hit and run on East Third Street causing extensive vehicle damage and injuries in Brunswick and Emmitsburg courts.
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Schenectady
XN. Y
Don
Emmitsburg
Ald
C. Jansen
Hecaran
East Third’s Street
Jansen
C. W. Bare
Tin Circuit Court
Brunswick Automobile
Travelers Insurance ‘Company
Wilbur E
Order of ‘Moose
Brunswick
James McSherry
Claims Stream
Litten Chevrolet Sales
Moose
Litten
Travelers ‘Insurance Company
Ge Sui Ortutl
John J. Sanders
Robert Sanders
Eugene Anthony Miller
Young Sanders
Maryland 194
Alton ¥. Bennett
David D. Patton
Accidents In City Listed After Pole Strike and Truck Collision
A Sunday city incident left two autos damaged but no injuries. John Richard Hacker of West All Saints street struck a pole while traveling south on North Bent street near Church street at about 42 15 a m. His car hit the pole after veering to avoid another vehicle. Damage was about 1100, with no injuries reported.
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John Hunt
Meday
Hunt
Sherman Boone
A. N. Dietz
East All Saints Street
James L. Johnson
Samsville
C. Clark
B. E. Diehl
New Market
Allen ¥. Bennett
Samuel W. Barrick
C O . George Leroy Cook
Woodsboro
Hyas
Cook
Sion
yu. C_ Clark
iCook
John
Richard Hacker
All Saints Street
Sergij Harry Phillips
Bent Street
Ito
Church Street
Baltimore
C. Donalds
I. Klems
New Kensington
C. Kennethiire
Wood
Princeton
W. Va
Davidson
N.C
Hickman
Ee Ray Lawrence
Walsh
Severna
Park
Maryland Houte 2
Jones Station
Anne Arundel
Emphasis Missed on Shelters in Civil Defense Report
A House Government Operations Committee report criticizes Civil Defense officials for prioritizing evacuation over shelters during an enemy atomic attack. It accuses the Federal Civil Defense Administration of negligence toward radio active fallout hazards and calls for fuller study of shelters and fallout in target areas. Ten of thirteen Republican members sign separate minority views urging more complete consideration and executive-branch determinations.
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Washington
Civil Defense
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Executive Branch
Airman is sentenced for haircut protest at Fuchu Japan
A 20 year old American airman Donald Wheeler from Cortez Colorado was convicted of disobeying orders for refusing a white sidewall haircut. He received four months hard labor, a pay cut and reduction to basic airman. The incident involved a truck trailer and occurred near East Patrick and Franklin streets.
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Fuchu
Japan
Donald Wheeler
Cortez
Colo
Jose S2n
East Patrick
Franklin Streets
Wheeler
Melvin D. Fink
Jahn
Thitelworth
Franklin
Patrick
Nathan Dorsey
Finney
Court martial verdict spurs hair tent joke and routine discipline
The court martial board returned its verdict as Wheeler asked if jail could come from not getting a hair tent. The Air Force says the matter was routine military discipline and the charges did not specify haircuts. The report also notes probate actions in Baltimore and ongoing labor talks as a strike deadline nears.
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Wheeler
Air Jorce
Four Die as Auto Plunges Off Embankment
Four killed when their car rolled over a bank and crashed onto railroad tracks near Binghamton New York. Three men Elias Polovchak 21 Robert Liberacki 24 Harry Kostic 32 and Constance Abbott 15 died. Two teenage girls Katherine Abbott 17 and Shirley Hinds 19 injured in hospital in serious condition.
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Binghamton. N. YX
Elias Polovchak
Robert Liberacki
Harry Kostic
Constance Abbott
Katherine Abbott
Shirley Hinds
Hagerstown Nudist Queen Crowned Amid Unusual Pageant
Betty West led a nudist pageant at Palmerton and proclaimed nudism as healthy and open minded. Three soldiers among six highway crash fatalities over the weekend are named including Donalds Klems and Kennethiire, with others from Maryland and North Carolina.
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Hagerstown
Betty
Associated Press
Aberdeen Proving Ground
West
Bill
Andin
Heat Wave Pushes Across Eastern Half Of U S
Eastern Seaboard swelters with temperatures over 100 degrees in cities like Baltimore Washington and Philadelphia. Drownings rise as people flock to lakes and streams seeking relief from the heat. at least 39 deaths reported. A cool front moves south bringing storms from the upper Great Lakes toward the Plains.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Avlantic
Georgia
Virginia
New York
Baltimore
Washington
Philadelphia
Michigan
Ilinois
Colorado
New Jersey
Kansas City
Kan
Chicago
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Great Lakes
Upper Great Lakes
Central
Southern Plains
Feud Ends at Brooklyn Episcopal Church After Court Ruling
The Protestant Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity in Brooklyn closes until further notice amid a decade of conflict over the Rev. William Howard Melish. Court orders had removed Melish. Rev. Dr. Herman S. Sidener presided as rector. Police stood by during a solemn service as congregants faced the closure amid ongoing disputes over alleged leftist ties.
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James P. DeWolfe
Ews
Brooklyn
Melish
Dr. Sidener
Sidener
Holy Trinity
Daily Worker
Com Taunist
National Council of American-Soviets Friendship
Northeast Faces Livestock Feed Shortages and Imports
The northeast region encounters drought driven deficits in corn oats and other grains raising the need to import more feed from the Midwest. Dairy and poultry sectors fear higher costs as pasture dries and hay harvests drop across Carolinas to Massachusetts. Some relief may come from emergency livestock feed programs though limited in scope. In a separate note, Bishop DeWolfe faces a rector confirmation dispute after elder Melish’s ouster and the son’s contested pulpit appointment.
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Washington i
Midwest
Carolinas
Virginia
iMaryland
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Agriculture Department
Melish
DeWolfe
Woodsboro Firemen Ride Busy Saturday
Woodsboro volunteer firefighters responded to a chimney fire at Cari Boller’s home early. They then tackled a two car collision on Maryland 19 and Barrick Lime Kiln Road with a car fire contained by a booster stream. Later they helped serve the first supper at the fire hall with the Ladies Auxiliary.
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Woodsboro
Cari Boller
Bnttle
Maryland 19
Barrick Lime Kiln Road
Columbus
Ohio
Re Sud
Washington Water Shortage Prompts Conservation Urges
Washington area residents were urged to curb water use as temperatures neared 100 degrees for a second day. Officials from the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Alexandria Water Co and Vienna authorities warned of possible mandatory bans if curbs fail and rainfall remained uncertain. Some Prince Georges County Maryland and Fairfax County Virginia residents experienced brief outages as drought persisted and heat hovered around 95 to 101 degrees.
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Washington
Washington Area
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
Alexandria
Prince Georges County
Fairfax Country
Prince Georges
Suitland
District Heights
Hillcreast Heights
Silver Hull
Forest Heights
Trapped 40 Hours Girl May Recover
Judy Diel a year old survived 40 hours trapped in a crashed airplane with her parents and a friend near Bing ham Nebraska. Doctors said she has a fracture of the upper left leg with possible other fractures and lacerations. She remained in the plane until a search plane spotted her and she waved a scarf.
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Bingham, Neb
Five Day Forecast Shows Heat Wave Moderation
The Associated Press notes heat will slowly moderate over the next days with above normal temperatures early in the week and near normal later. A remote chance of scattered mountain showers mid week. Afternoon highs in the upper 80s and overnight lows around.
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Associated Press
Freed Woman Billed Three for Killing Her Children
Eunice Brillhart, 26, convicted by a U S Army court martial for dropping her three children to death, walks from life sentence to rejoin husband Sergeant Brillhart on a New Mexico Army post. He confirms their renewed love as they plan a normal life. Also notes British subject Erinham and bail for Raymond Springer on larceny charges.
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Alderson
W. Va
Eunice Brillhart
Sir Robert W. Brillhart
New Mexico
Brillhart
Erinham
Supreme Court
U.S
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