Wheat Harvested Across Frederick County At High Moisture
Wheat covers about 17 000 acres with high moisture content while barley and oats also show wet conditions. Extension agent Henry R. Shoemaker notes spring weather favored growth but not ideal small grain conditions. Prices remain strong with local wheat above 1.70 a bushel and farmers weighing market sale versus government storage loans. The government loan pays about 1.59 a bushel after processing costs, with storage rules and grade/moisture limits noted. farmers may store with government or in private facilities until selling.
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Frederick County
Henry R. Shoemaker
Extension Service
Heat Wave to Continue After Monday Storm
A sharp drop in temperatures followed a Monday evening thunderstorm as a 92 degree high cooled to 71 by 6 pm. Gusty winds and light rain moved through the area, with 0.20 inch at the airport but varied rainfall elsewhere. cooler air is expected later Wednesday. A separate item notes United Fire Company softball vs New Market Department at 6:30 pm in Baker Park.
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Mercury
United Fire Company
New Market Department
Baker Park
City Hall Work Starts on Municipal Building Remodel
Construction begins on the Municipal Building in Myersville. John D. Hane and Son undertake alterations including exterior improvements, new wall and floor work, balcony roof, and interior repairs. Project costs run 9400 dollars with a 45 day timeline. Robert A. Whiteford notes possible future expansion for a rear meeting room.
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City Hall
John D. Hane and
Myersville
Robert A. Whiteford
Jackpot Days offers cruise as top prize and vacation clues
The seventh annual Jackpot Days Sale in Downtown Frederick runs Thursday through Saturday with a grand prize of a seven day cruise for two to Nova Scotia or the Bahamas aboard the SS Evangeline from Washington. All meals and taxes included, value about 600 dollars. Second and third prizes are 100 dollar savings bonds.
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Nova Scotia
Bahamas
Frederick
Cruse
Washington
Boyer Travel
North Court Street
Bourguiba warns fighting may start in Bizerte standoff
Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba accused France of violating the U.N. cease fire by not withdrawing to prewar positions and by expanding into Tunisian territory. He warned that fighting could resume, said Tunisia seeks armed volunteers, bases, and mobile anti aircraft batteries. Hammarskjold pressed mediation as U.N. efforts aim to prevent wider crisis while Tunisian officials push for full withdrawal from Bizerte. In unrelated note, Labor Secretary Arthur Goldberg will address editors in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, on August 18.
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Tunts 'Ap
Habib Bourguiba
France Today
U.N. Security Council
Bizerte
Bourguiba
Tunisia
Security Council
U.N
Dag Ham
Hammarskjold
New York
Washington
Arthur Goldberg
Labor
Middle Atlantic
Associated Press
White Sulphur Springs
Iw. Va
Baltimore Man Seeks Gamblers Anonymous Start
A retired Baltimore pinball and horse bettor nicknamed Bob seeks to form a local Gamblers Anonymous chapter after finding success in Boston. He explains the group helps those with unmanageable gambling urges and cites past losses and strained relationships as motivation to reform.
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Baltimore
Gamblers Anonymous
Bob
Boston
New England
Railbird
Alcoholics Anonymous
Phipps Clinic
Los Angeles
Common Cold Vaccine Seen as Possible Breakthrough
London AP reports the British Medical Research Council says a vaccine against the common cold is a possibility after a breakthrough. The council teams with three drug makers to develop a vaccine, based on modified tissue culture techniques that allow reliable growth of cold viruses, though many virus types may limit a single vaccine’s effectiveness.
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London
British Medical Research Council
Salisbury
Austerity Tax Plan For Britain
London AP Britain raises bank rate to 7 percent and adds 10 percent to existing purchase and excise taxes to curb inflation and protect reserves. Selwyn Lloyd announces these measures in Commons as part of a 3 year plan including a five year investment program to cut consumer spending by up to 200 million pounds yearly and reduce imports to fix the trade balance.
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London
Brittin
Selwyn Lloyd
House of Commons
Britain
Lloyd
Parking Plan Gets Action in Philadelphia Rally
An angry crowd of about 2000 jeered Mayor Richardson Dilworth as he defended a controversial 40 a year parking plan. Councilman Gaetano Giordano was injured in the school auditorium. windows were smashed and police reinforced by highway patrol. The mayor insisted the plan addresses the antiautomobile threat to the city.
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Philadelphia
Richardson Dilworth
Gaetano P. Giordano
Giordano
Dilworth
Edward Lain
WRCV
Truck Topples Pumps At Service Station
A tractor and trailer attempting a U turn at Sixth and Market toppled several gas pumps and damaged a pole and fixtures. The 1953 International tractor and trailer were undamaged. About $500 in damage was caused to pumps and fittings. Driver Warren G. Moses, of Lincoln University, Pa, owned by Hixson Farms Inc., Avondale, Pa. Officer Guy M. Himes charged Moses with reckless driving after the 6 4 am accident.
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Sixth and Market
Warren G. Moses
Lincoln University
Hixson Farms Inc
Avondale
Guy M
Cost of Living Up in Washington in June
The cost of living rose two tenths of one percent in June to reach a new high, signaling ongoing inflation pressures.
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Washington
Kennedy to Unveil Plan For Stepping Up Defense
President Kennedy will address the nation in a televised speech outlining a broadened defense plan to counter the Berlin crisis and global Communist pressure. The package envisions higher preparedness spending, greater NATO arms contributions, and intensified allied cooperation, with possible tax increases debated in Congress.
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Kennedy
Washington
Berlin
White House
Congress
U.S
Pierre Salinger
Dean Rusk
the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Walter Heller
Council of Economic Advisers
Dill
Heller
Informiants
United States
Passenger Train Nancy Hanks Collides With Freight Near Macon
In Macon Georgia a Central of Georgia Nancy Hanks passenger train collided head on with a freight train ten miles east and slightly south of Macon. A teenage girl reported the jolt as they rode along. Fifty-one people were treated at area hospitals while engineer George B Wheeler of Savannah sustained the only serious injury.
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Macon
Central of Georgia
Nancy Hanks
George B. Wheeler
Savannah
County Commssioners Approve New Fire Insurance Plan
The Board of County Commissioners voted to buy new fire insurance for county buildings, aiming for about 30 percent savings over the current premium. A. Owen Mercer, chairman of the County Insurance Committee, explained coverage includes public and institutional property under a plan approved by the Maryland Rating Bureau. The county will not insure public schools or buses. The plan requires quarterly building inspections and involves revising the property valuation, now over $1 million.
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Board of County Commissioners
A. Owen Mercer
County Insurance Committee
Mercer
Maryland Rating Bureau
Frederick County
Delbert 8. Null
Humphrey Urges Tax Deferral Pending Revenue Review
Humphrey said the President is urged by other members to defer any tax request until it can be determined later whether current tax rates will yield enough revenue to avoid a large deficit. He emphasized assessing fiscal needs before new measures.
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Washington
Congress
Kennedy
Khrushchev
West
Berlin
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Student Nurse Steps In To Care For Ill Traveler’s Children
A New Jersey to Tennessee bound traveler, James Griffith, 37, falls ill in Frederick. With no local relatives, a Frederick Memorial Hospital student nurse, 19 year old Sandra Doolittle, cares for Griffith’s three sons Ricky 6 Mickey 4 and Jimmy 2. She escorts them to the Nurses Home and Baker Park before a relative in New Jersey arranges care. The hospital then contacts the Children’s Aid Society which places the children with Delmas Rice, while the traveling father is treated and stabilizes.
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New Jersey
Tennessee
Frederick
James Griffith
Burlington
N. J
Kingsport
Tenn
Griffith
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Ricky
Mickey
Jimmy
Sandra Doolittle
District Heights
Frederick Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
William C. Roderick
Children's Aid Society
Roderick
Delmas Rice
East Sixth Street
Rice
Passengers and Crew Are Released in Cuba Hijack Case
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro today released the passengers and crew of an Eastern Air Lines plane hijacked over Florida and flown to Havana. Pan American World Airways received word of the decision from its Havana agent, while talks to return them to Miami continued despite Castro’s revolutionary celebration. A PAA plane was tentatively planned to depart at 2 p.m. EST and return about two hours later after coordination with Eastern Airlines.
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Miamy
Fla
Fidel Castro
Eastern Air Line
Florida
Havana
Pan American World Airways
Miami
PAA
Iest
Pan American
Eastern Air Lines
Havana Airport
U.S
Cuba
United States
Castro
Jose Marti
Plot to hijack five planes centered on Fidel Castro plan
New York police report that FBI warned supporters of Fidel Castro planned to hijack five commercial planes in New York and divert them to Havana. Each target plane would carry two gunmen. The alert indicated a coordinated effort to reach Cuba.
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New York
Fidel Castro
Havana
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cuba
Passengers Hold in Havana After Aircraft Takeover
Reported from Havana say passengers and crew remained calm after an Eastern Airlines jet diverted to Jose Marti Airport. A passenger seized control to protest U.S. travel bans and fears reprisals for a relative in the United States. Cuban officials delayed exit while authorities negotiate over seized Cuban planes. News crews were kept away as authorities guarded the passengers overnight.
Diana Shelton Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Miss Diana Shelton daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Shelton Fast Si street returned home Monday from University Hospital where she had been undergoing treatment for a bined disease. She is getting along nicely. While in the hospital she received two accordions anonymously. Her request was to have an accordion in good condition to play the music she loves.
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Diana Shelton
Elmer Shelton
Fast Si Street
University Hospital
Diana
Wee Women Hope You’ve Had Your Aearhives
A fragmented note from a periodical mentions Wee Women and a prompt about ae arehives, suggesting a playful or cryptic item in the page’s humor or social column.
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