Armory Expansion Enters 400 Man Capacity at Flair Armory
The US Army Engineer District announces a $134,479 contract to Thurmont Construction to expand the Flair Armory on Rocky Springs Pike from 2 to 400 men. The project doubles size with an assembly hall, classrooms, offices, storage, pistol range, and fenced hardstand for the 302nd Signal Battalion. Construction to start within a week and finish in 150 days.
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US Army Engineer District
Washington
Thurmont Construction Company
Flair
Rocky Springs Pike
302Nd Signal Batalion
James £. Bartgis
302Nd
Thurmont
Washington District
Lands Safely After Four Bad Hours In Air
An airliner with 45 aboard from New York to Lisbon landed safely at Argentia after engine trouble near Newfoundland. Capt. Robert P. Postlewaite communicated an inboard engine loss of control and prepared to ditch, but the plane climbed and was guided to a safe landing with Coast Guard and support aircraft nearby.
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Argentia
Mfld
New York
Lisbon
North Atlantic
Newfoundland
U.S. Naval Air Station
Robert P. Pastlewaite
Idlewild
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Postlewaite
Fulbright Warns Against Reluctance in Middle East Talks
Washington AP Sen. J William Fulbright urged President Eisenhower to enter the proposed Middle East summit with firm policies and an unreluctant spirit. He criticized Secretary Dulles for showing reluctance to craft firm Middle East policies and warned that reluctance could doom any conference. Meanwhile a balloon flight from Crosby Minnesota aimed at Space prep began before dawn with a 30 hour schedule.
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Washington
J. William Fulbright
Eisenhower
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Dulles
Middle East
EARTH
CROSBY_ Minn
API
Navs
Women In Rest Room Thwart Suicide Attempt Nine Stories High
In Baltimore four women in a restroom restrained a distraught woman named Mrs. Loraine White, 30, who stood sobbing on a ninth floor window ledge. White said she had started a new job and doubted her ability to cope. She was hospitalized for observation as onlookers watched from below.
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Baltimore
Wom
J Police
Loraine White
Fanfani Mulls Western Plan To Aid Middle East Growth
Italy's Prime Minister Aminatore Fanfani plans to urge President Eisenhower to back a multinational economic development program for the Middle East and North Africa. He arrives Tuesday for talks with Eisenhower and Dulles, who may endorse Western European unity and closer Allied consultation while addressing Arab-Israeli tensions and water shortages.
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Washington
Italy
Aminatore Fanfani
Eisenhower
Fanfani
Dulles
sKeen
Middle East
Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon
State Department
Mideast
Guiseppe Pella
United States
Optimism Now Driving U S Business Outlook
New York AP reports a wave of confidence in the business scene with rising activity seen as government spending and defense contracts surge. Hauge predicts a end to recession, supported by June gains in road contracts and a record June building permits.
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New York
Gabriel Hauge
Eisenhower
Hauge
Middle East
Senate Appropriations Committee
Bureau of Public Roads
Council of Economic Advisors
Dun & Bradstreet
Maryland 1941s highway modernization moves forward
Maryland state road work between Walkersville and Woodsboro nears completion as Patapsco Engineering advances the Liberty road connection near Ceresville. Concrete base laid from Walkersville to Ceresville with shoulder and seeding later. full finish expected this summer along with U.S. 15 modernization plans to Emmitsburg area and twinning work at the West Patrick Street by-pass.
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Maryland
Walkersville
Woodsbboro
Patapsco Engineering Company
Ceresville
Liberty Road
State Roads Commission
Ceressville
Woodsboro
Patapsco
Thhe Hahn Farm
Frederick County
Sami Finley
Roanoke
Taneytown
Pennsylvania State Line
T. Edgie Russell Company
West Patrick Fist
Richard F. Kline, Inc
Patrick Street
States Police
Toms Creek
Emmitsburg
Middletown
Burkitsville Road
Maryland 17
Creagerstown
67 4-H Club Girls And Leaders Week Attendance Source
Frederick county 4 H club girls and leaders attend club week with Ann Lovell and county agents guiding activities. Miss Mary Thomas and Janet Coblentz will assist at information desks and lead demonstrations. Sarah Ramsburg leads a panel on international exchanges and a Friday style revue selects state representative for national Chicago competition.
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Frederick County
Ann Lovell
Jefferson
David Eigenbrade
Itv of
Maryland
Mary ‘Thomas
Johanna MaGaha
Marybelle Remsburg
Nami
Betty Rhoderick Bures
Bet
Jeounty
Charles King
Ballenger
Sistant
Charles Putman
Lewis
Janet Coblentz
Ing
Missifoods
Will! i Janet Hobbs
Reie
Robert Stansfield
Kenneth Snizz
Sarah Ramsburg
Lewis Jet
Paul Spurrier
Ramsburg
Jackson Mills
W. Va
Chicago
Veronica Little
Thurmont Club
Betty Ann Stiles
New Market
Sarah King
Latin beauty Luz Zuloaga crowned Miss Universe 1959
Luz Mariana Zuloaga 19 of Manizales Colombia won Miss Universe 1959 in Long Beach California. The Colombian beat four runners up including Miss Brazil Adalgisa Colombo Miss Hawaii Geri Hoo and Miss USA Earlyne Howell. Zender of Peru attended the ceremony as the previous titleholder.
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Long Beach
Calif
Luz Mariana Zuloaga
Manizales
Colombia
Margarita
Luz Mariana
Gladys Zender
Penn
Brazil
Adalgisa Colombo
Rio de Janeiro
Hawaii
Geri Hoo
Honolulu
U.S.A
Earlyne Howell
Bossier City
Three Men Escape Hancock Jail By Battering Brick Wall
Three men from Hancock Maryland escaped the county jail by battering a brick wall to seize a radiator. The unguarded jail at night aided the breakout and the suspects fled in a 1949 white Ford with used car tags. George Courtney 28 Francis McCarthy 21 and Irvin Davis 30 all of Hancock were jailed for disorderly conduct and investigation of breaking and entering. Town Officer Howard Murfin rounded up the trio last night. The escape occurred about 2 am.
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Hancock
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Washington County
Howard Murfin
No Period Of Grace For Stamps In New Postal Rates
Washington AP reports the Post Office Department will enforce higher postage with no grace period starting Aug 1. Letters mailed after midnight July 31 must use higher rates or face postage due charges. if unpaid, letters go to dead letter. Weather in Frederick may bring a few showers then clearing and cooler. Jack Pot Days in downtown stores offer prizes up to 500 dollars and 200 and 100. Business up 25 to 33 percent in first two days. mail rate changes include increases for drop letters and air mail postcards from 4 to 5 cents.
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Senate
House
Benson
Congress
Eisenhower
Alilen J. Eliender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
DNC
House Agriculture Committee
Washington
Post Office Department
Frederick
Twente
Trainn Eta Banins
Pinned In Car During Sales Widespread Rain Delays
A Hyattstown resident escaped injury after spending three hours pinned in a car following a traffic incident on Thurston Road. Merchants reported mixed sales compared with last year, with special items selling quickly and some stating overall trade was off. Forecasters predicted a pleasant Sunday with highs near 80 and drier, cooler conditions tonight.
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Hyattstown
Thurston Road
Hisj-Tree Three Incite
Raim
Eisenhower Spending Weekend At Gettysburg
President Eisenhower arrives at his Gettysburg farm by helicopter for a family weekend after sending notes to Khrushchev. Dulles departs for West Germany and Britain aboard Eisenhower's plane. Columbine III joins for talks with Adenauer and Baghdad Pact leaders. Senate passes farm bill 62-11 with Republicans Beall Butler Williams voting yes. paired for Frear.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Washington
Khrusitchev
Dulles
West Germany
Britain
Europe
Eisen-hower
Columbine III
Benn
Konrad Adenauer
London
Senate
Maryland
Beall
Butler
Delaware
Williams
Frear
Faces Fight On Charge Of Aggression
President Eisenhower warned Soviet Premier Khrushchev that a U N summit on Middle East aggression would face a stiff fight if Moscow presses the charge. He proposed initial Security Council talks to set a workable summit date and conditions within the council framework.
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Washington
API
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
U.N. S
United States
White House
James C. Hagerty
U.N. Security Council
Il-Nation Council
Security Council
New York
India
Israel
Turkey
Iran
Pakistan
Middle East
Britain
U.S
Soviet Union
Dulles In Born For Talks With Adenauer
In Bonn German Chancellor Adenauer meets U S Secretary of State Dulles during a trip to discuss Middle East issues and foreign policy as a Thor missile test explodes in the Atlantic near Cape Canaveral. The Air Force reports a malfunction caused the two-stage rocket to break apart shortly after launch.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Thor
de- Bonn
Germany
Konrad
Adenauer
Middle Eastern
Atlantic
Air Force
Lonman
Rey
Middle East
Erty
United States
Dulles
Wasa
Oceae
Africa
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Smithsonian Institute
Lincoln Memorial
National Gallery of Art
Jefferson Memorial
Thomas
Iss
Hobbs
Publicity
Martha Haugh
Donna Jean Compher
Charlotte Stiles
Patsy Wise
Marshall J. Stewart
Michael J. Mantey
Stewart
Luther L.butler
Alexandria
Roy M. Sherrill
Arlington
Church
Wimington, del
W. Hale Charca
E. I. DuPont de Nemours
Delaware Hospital
Hagerstown
Salem Avenue
Wayman Gibson
Mt. Airy
Frank F. Boward
Gibson
CNEA
Kwame
President Eisenhower
Kwame Nkrumah
Pues BM Igtu
T. Dorsey Monroe Nicholson Jr
Frederick Memorial Hospital
C_ M_ Wolford
Nicholson
Thurston Roads
Urbana
Wolford
Robert €. Snyder
Baghdad
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