Jap Beetles Increase In North County Area Reported
County Agent Henry R. Shoemaker notes beetle populations rise in northern sections while declining or remaining steady in the south where the beetle began 20 years ago. Traps show weekly counts, with Emmitsburg around 900,000 last week, Creagerstown about 600,000, Jefferson 50,000, Urbana 106,000, Burkittsville similar to last year. Peak near August 15. little spraying this year. corn looks generally good despite dryness.
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Henry R. Shoemaker
Emmitsburg
Creagerstown
Jefferson
Urbana
Burkittsville
Shoemaker
Fishing Creek
Miss U S A and Universe Titles Shared by Miriam Stevenson
Miriam Stevenson of Winnsboro South Carolina aged 21, a college senior, won both Miss U S A and Miss Universe titles in Long Beach California completing a first grand sweep in three years. Runners up included Maria Martha Rocha, Virginia June Lee, Regina Ernst, and Ragnhild Clausson. Stevenson, who said the victory surprised her, also reclaimed her luggage after arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif.p
U.S.A
Miriam Stevenson
Winnsboro
S.C
Maria Martha Rocha
Brazil
Virginia June Lee
Hong Kong
Regina Ernst
Bremen
Germany
Ragnhild Clausson
Sweden
Miss Stevenson
Tost
Miss Rocha
Stevenson
Retail Trade Is Up Over One Year Ago
New York reports stock gains and earnings lift the bull market with GE and DuPont profits hitting new highs aided by tax cuts. Retail volume exceeds year-ago levels while inventories shrink, auto production slips amid Chrysler strike, and railroad layoffs loom as June orders hint at later upturn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Electric
DuPont
Geneva
Indochina
Chrysler
LE Matlu
VigBook Lab Ih
Machine Tool Industry
Commerce Department
Son Returns To Find Parents Shot
A 15 year old boy, Billy Meilhenney, returned home to discover his mother dead and his father gravely wounded from gunshots. Police found a .22 rifle by the scene. Mrs Melihenney died later at Union Memorial Hospital. Neighbors cited past arguments. Billy worked as an errand boy. Police continued the investigation. Also reported, Congressman Albert S. Camp of Georgia died at Bethesda Naval Hospital from a liver ailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Billy Meilhenney
Billy
Alan T. Meiihenney
Joseph Janowski
Peter Cacana
MeKhhenney
Melihenney
Washington
Albert S. Camp
Georgia
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Eisenhowers Weekending at Camp David in Maryland
President and Mrs. Eisenhower depart for a weekend at Camp David in the Catoctin Mountains with son Maj. John Eisenhower, his wife, and three grandchildren. Major Eisenhower and his wife had traveled from Fort Benning. The president is set to return tomorrow to address the World Christian Endeavor Council at 4 p.m. at the Mayflower Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Camp David
Catoctin Mountains
Maryland
Maj
John Eisenhower
Ft. Benning
World Christian Endeavor Council
Mayflower Hotel
Pleads Guilty After Failing Heed Warning
A Baltimorean pleaded guilty in Peoples Court to drunken and reckless driving after ignoring officer warnings not to drive until sobered. John D. Baum gardner, visiting Frederick relatives, paid $150 and $50 in fines and costs. An accompanying assault case against Richard G. DeLaaughter earned $25 fine and 10 days jail, with bond pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baumgardner
East Patrick Street
Jug Bridge
Richard G. Delaughter
RFD
Frederick
Delaughter
W. Jerome Offutt
Colleen A. Dawson
Adamstown
Ice
West All
Saints Streets
Dawson
Ice Street
William A. Mutchner
William Jones
Charles Street
Daw Tson
Bentz Street
Thompson W. Shepihard
Narberth
Shephard
Bentz
Sylvester L. Thomas
West Colege Terrace
Sergi
Sherman Boone
Thin Margin For Controls On Wheat Referendum
United States wheat growers narrowly approved continued government controls on next year s crop with a 73.3 percent yes vote. The Agriculture Department noted the margin was the thinnest ever, still meeting the 66.7 percent threshold to maintain controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Benson
Agriculture Department
Ill woman aided after ambulance called on North Market Street
An ambulance was summoned around 11 35 AM after City Police were alerted that a woman near a North Market Street store had fallen ill. The incident prompted emergency response and police involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Ambulance
North Market Street
Bill Near Victory in House Over Atomic Energy Law
The Eisenhower administration's atomic energy bill moved toward House passage after 114 hours of debate ending at 3 14 am EDT. The measure would revamp the 1946 law, allow limited sharing with U S allies, and permit private industry peacetime nuclear power development. Senate talks dragged, with opposition led by Morse and Sparkman as cloture attempts stalled.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Rep
Murray
Tenn
GOP
Sen
Morse
Indore
Sparkman
D-Ala
Knowland OL Lalluina
U.S
Frederick Personnel Board Meets to Plan Merit System
Frederick city officials led by Mayor John A. Derr discuss installing a municipal merit system on October 1. The Personnel Board reviews policies from other communities and prepares forms for employee records. An August 2 meeting is set as proposals advance toward aldermanic approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
John A. Derr
Byron W. Thompson
James O. McCanner
Charles W. Zehnder
Joseph F. Eisenhauer
Frederick
Board of Aldermen
State GOP Convention Held Today in Baltimore
Maryland Republicans gather at the Lord Baltimore Hotel at 1 p.m. to nominate Gov. Theodore R. McKeldin for re election, declare the party platform, and hear speeches as Byrd or Mahoney contest the Democratic nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Theodore R. McKeldin
Lord Baltimore
McKeldin
Edward D. E. Rollins
H. C. Byrd
George P. Mahoney
Byrd
Mahoney
D. Eldred Rinehart
Republican State Central Committee
D. Glenn Beall
Frostburg
U. S
John Marshall Butler
Bertha Adkins
Congress
GOP
Strike Hits Baltimore Shipyards Laying Off 1346 Workers
Two major yards furloughed 800 at Bethlehem Key Highway and 346 at Maryland Drydock as the CIG Shipyard Workers threat looms. A spokesman said 300 more would be laid off next week while contract talks stalled after expiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
CIG
Bethlehem-Key Highway
Maryland Drydock Co
Red Cross to Furnish First Aid Stations
Red Cross headquarters on West Second Street will furnish First Aid stations for public events. Executive secretary Mrs. Emily Bittle announced. At the Soap Box Derby last Wednesday station duties were manned by Mrs. A. Austin Pearce and Mrs. Irvin Byers.
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First Aid Red Cross
West Second Street
Emily Bittle
A. Austin Pearce
Irvin Byers
Frederick Police Pistol Team Selected for Maryland Matches
The Frederick Police Department names its eight annual Maryland Police Pistol matches team for a Wednesday event at Sparrows Point. Capt Sherman Boone leads Det Sgt A Norman Dietz and Sergts Marshall Murray plus Officers William Boone and William Staley. Events include slow fire timed fire rapid fire and the Camp Perry course with 100 shots each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Maryland
Sparrows Point
Sherman H. Boone
A. Norman Dietz
Marshall M. Murray
William Boone
William Staley
Camp Perry
Maryland Police
Conference To Close Sunday At Asbury Church Session
West Baltimore District Conference of the Washington Annual Conference meets at Asbury Methodist Church four days. Speakers include Rev E A Godsey and Rev J Carroll. Pension fund reaches 120000 dollars enabling retirees to receive 24 dollars per year per service year. Sunday services feature Rev Dr Scott and Bishop Edgar Love with final business to follow. Rivers Monocacy muddy at Gas House Pike bridge and Potomac clear at Weverton.
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E. A. Godsey
Calvary Methodist Church
Baltimore
Washington
Methodist Church
Asbury Methodist Church
Joseph Carroll
Leesburg
C. A. Scott
J. W. Langford
Boyds Methodist
Mr. Godsey
F. J. Frye
Washington Annual Conference
Gertrude Rivers
Edward D. McGowan
Asbury Church
Scott
Edgar A. Love
D. D
Ebeneezer
Centerville
Brunswick
Frederick Church
Hagerstown
Gas House Pike Bridge
Potomac
Weverton
Byrd Seeks Nomination Postponement Amid Court Appeals
H C Byrd said he will ask the Democratic State Convention to postpone his governor nomination until court actions by opponent George P Mahoney are resolved. Mahoney filed four recounts with appeals to the Maryland Court of Appeals in Annapolis just hours before the Baltimore convention. Byrd carried the state by 4 000 votes. recounts narrowed Mahoney to 22 votes in Queen Annes County after the official canvass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
H.C. Byrd
George P. Mahoney
Reid
Antine Hank Nt
Maryland
Byrd
Mahoney
Queen Annes
Howard Wood III
Wood
William R. Horney
States
Clayton C. Careter
Bel Air Mayor Plans Complaint Against Water Company
Bel Air Maryland mayor John S. Wilkinson Jr. said he will file a formal complaint with the State Public Service Commission against the Maryland Water Works Co. amid a severe water shortage and fire hazard. Bel Air is short 150000 gallons of its 200000 daily intake, with low pressure in many homes as emergency water systems are installed from Civil Defense stockpiles near Baltimore. Three emergency pumps and purifiers plus 16000 feet of pipe will tap Winter's Run southwest of town. The mayor cites lack of cooperation by the company in meeting the emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bel Air. Ma
John S. Wilkinson Jr
State Public Service Commission
Maryland Waterworks Co
Bel Air
Civil Defense
Baltimore
PSC
Plane Shot Down by Red Chinese Fighters Near Hainan
Hong Kong reports say a Skymaster airliner with 18 aboard was shot down off Hainan island. Britain instructed its charge d affaires in Peiping to file a protest, citing pilot and co-pilot statements. Eight survivors were rescued. injuries reported from bullets among passengers.
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Hong Kong
Hainan
Great Britain
Peiping
London Foreign Office
London
Foreign Office
Skymaster
Humphrey Trevelyan
Red China
Hainan Island
UL Atveldi Tdkge
Iris E. Stobart
Kowloon Hospital
J. Thorburn
Hong Kong Bank
South China Sea
Cathay Pacific Airways
Hainan Islands
Singapore
Kaitak
Pip Brown
Brown
Indochina Cease-Fire Approved By Assembly
The French National Assembly approved the Indochina cease-fire by a 471 to 14 vote. An Assembly resolution praised the Geneva conference outcome and credited Premier Pierre Mendès-France. Premier Mendès-France clashed with ex-Foreign Minister Georges Bidault who called the settlement another Munich in debate.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Indochina
Assembly
Pierre Mendes-France
Georges Bidault
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Brakeman Loses Both Feet In Yard Accident
Claude Martin a 58 year old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad brakeman lost both feet beneath a switcher locomotive at Curtis Bay yard on Baltimore's south edge after toppling from the engine. He is reported in fair condition at University Hospital after emergency surgery. He could not explain how the fall occurred.
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Baltimore
Claude Martin
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
University Hospital
Curtis Bay
Martin
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