Walsh Arrives in Hawaii Ahead of China Visit
William C. Walsh of Cumberland Maryland arrived in Honolulu and received a traditional Hawaiian welcome. The 70 year old lawyer plans two weeks in China to visit his imprisoned brother Bishop James E Walsh. He travels to Hong Kong via Tokyo and Manila on Pan American Airways and will contact the China Travel Service to arrange further access.
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William C. Walsh
Cumberland
Red China
Visi
James E. Walsh
Walsh
John M. Coulehan
St. John’s Catholic Church
Kalihi
Oahu Island
Father Coulehan
Walsh Brothers
Pan American Airways
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Manila
Red Cross
China
China Travel Service
William Walsh
City Youth Wins Hopkins Scholarship
David Hagan of Frederick wins the Alfred P Sloan Johns Hopkins University combination scholarship and a $609 grant plus a $600 loan annually. He will study engineering at Hopkins and music at the Peabody Conservatory, reporting September 23 for orientation. He is a Frederick High School graduate active in music and student groups and has appeared with multiple bands and orchestras.
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H. David Hagan
North Market Street
Alfred P. Sloan
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Hagan
Peabody Conservatory
Frederick High School
Exangel
Gettysburg Symphony Orchestra
Hagerstown Municipal Band
Shepherd College Band Clinic
Mercersburg Academy
Eisenhower delays Chicago trip due to heavy rains
President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower postponed their flight to the Republican National Convention in Chicago by five hours because of rainfall over the area. They rescheduled from Quonset Point to depart at 1 05 p.m. central daylight time, with potential helicopter transfer to Meigs Field if weather allows.
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Newport, RI
Eisenhower
Chicago
Quopset Naval Air Station
Narragansett Bay
White House
O'Hare
Meigs Field
Lake Michigan
Blackstone Hotel
Barrick Seeks Major Changes to Maryland Scholarships
Two Maryland senators urged sweeping reforms to the state scholarship program now before a special legislative committee. Sen. Samuel W Barrick and Sen. Edward Weant proposed eliminating the state scholarship board and most general education awards unless graduates teach in Maryland. They said the changes could save about 45000 annually. The scholarship panel, led by Delegate Blair Lee, was reconvened to rework the plan after hearings last fall.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Samuel W_ Barrick
Frederick
Edward 0. Weant
Carroll
Sens. Barrick
Weant
Blair Lee
Jo Montgomery
Barrick
Sen. Weant
Tale Of 6 Murders Checked
MIAMI Fla AP a man charged with one murder has led officers to a second body and a tale of six other possible victims Emmett Spence 35 of Sandy Hook Ky is held on murder in the death of Johnny Keen a Navy Yard employee found in his Key West home Dade County Miami detectives say Spence fed them to the body of Leon Hammell Jr 45 in a wooded area on Big Coppitt Key. He was brought from Key West for a search today for the body of a woman hitchhiking companion. He said he killed her on a two lane highway while traveling from Virginia to Key West a month or so ago. He claimed he dreamt she killed a fourth person and admitted slaying a Virginia family of four FBI says another man is in custody in the Jackson case. Spence said he drank at the time of all eight murders detectives say All we know for sure is he led us to two bodies already and we are checking his story. The FBI in Baltimore said no knowledge of the tale but will pursue leads in the Jackson case. A federal grand jury in Baltimore indicted Melvin Baris Mrs Jackson and one of the daughters Rees pleads innocent. Virginia authorities charged Rees with slaying Jackson and another daughter found near Fredericksburg last March. The Jacksons bodies were found near Gambrills Md a few weeks later.
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MIAME
Fla
Emmett Spence
Sandy Hook
Johnny Thomas Keen
Navy Yard
Key West
Dade County
Bliami
Spence
Leon C. Hammell Jr
Big Coppir Key
Key Wi
Hishway
Virginia
FBI
Miami
Carroll Jackson
Lomsa County
Baltimore
Jackson
Melvin Bar
Rees
Fredericksburg
Gambrills
Rioting in Bulawayo as troops seal off African townships
Police fired on rioters in Bulawayo’s Negro sections as violence extended into the third day. At least one killed and more than 70 injured in Sunday and Monday outbreaks. 2,600 troops surrounded African townships while whites hid indoors amid fears of a larger uprising.
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Bulawayo
Southern Rhodesia
Bulaware
Bulawayos
Firemen Gather for Mt Airy Carnival Parade
Mt Airy volunteers host a weeklong carnival with a 50 fire companies parade led by the Gold Star Post color guard. About $600 in prizes, eight bands and 20 floats join the march from Main Street to Paradise Avenue and Park Avenue to the carnival grounds. Nancy Cantwell crowned Miss Mt Airy Fire Prevention. Pat Brown named Miss Mt Airy 1959.
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Mt. Airy
Gold Star Post
American Legion
Browningsville
Elermenings
Main Street
Paradise Avenue
Park Avenue
Mt. Ary
Nancy Cantwell
Gloria Haimes
George Cantwell
Siest Aims
Mt.School
Carroll Coun
Pat Brown
Airy
Robert Low
Dire Company
Eigert
Methodist
Fred Association
Coms
Martha Broom
Nancy Zell
Joyce Ryan
Joan Aaci
Pat Dennis
Carol Lack
Becky Rober
Carol Boone
Jane Armfield
Browningsville Cornet Band
Texas Jim Turtle
Market shows strength as rally begins after cautious start
A buying surge before noon lifted the market for its first sign of strength in 12 sessions. The index opened slightly higher and held a firm tone through the first hour before a rally took hold in the second hour.
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New York
Republicans Fail To Get Rockefeller To Accept VP Bid
A group of Republican governors failed to persuade Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York to accept the vice presidential nomination. Rockefeller said his decision against running is irrevocable while pressing for a stronger civil rights plank and defense action.
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Chicago
APIA
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nion
Mark O. Hatfield
Oregon
Hatfield
Sheraton Towers
Land Sold to Gladhill for 52000 in Frederick County
A deed recorded Monday shows Gladhill Properties Inc of Damascus purchasing a 10 acre tract along East Patrick Street extended beyond Frederick Grounds from Frederick County Products Inc for about 52000. The parcel fronts East Patrick Street about 536 feet and runs 600 plus feet to the south, including a large frame building formerly a barn and an undeveloped outlet to Franklin Street. The land, part of the county meat packing business pasture, was last rented by Flord L. Culler. the Gladhills, tied to local farms and Gladhill Machinery in Damascus, own multiple properties in Montgomery and Frederick counties with no immediate development plans.
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East Patrick Street
Schiers
Frederick Grounds
Ihiil Properties, Inc
Damascus
Frederick County Products, Inc
Flord L. Culler
Brown Restaurant
Franklin Street
Fredenck County Products
Gladhil Properties, Inc
Gladhill
Upton
Bernard Gladhill
Gladhills
Montgomery
Frederick
Plane Missing With Seven Aboard In Alaska Flight Vanishes Over Interior
Search planes awaited better weather to reach Alaska’s northwest interior, seeking a U.S. Weather Bureau craft with seven aboard. The flight from Anchorage to Nome disappeared after a last radio message near Skwuetna. The craft had six hours of fuel for a four hour trip amid Monday foul weather.
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Anchorage
Alaska
U.S. Weather Bureau
Nome
Skwuetna
No Rainfall Forecast Despite Morning Clouds
The weatherman says no precipitation today despite overcast skies. A unsettled forecast predicts possible showers tomorrow with lingering heat and humidity, while winds may lift a light breeze to stir the hot air.
Scientists Of Area To Attend Symposium
Final plans for the tenth annual Instrument Symposium and Research Equipment Exhibit are set for October at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda. Area research scientists are expected to attend the event, which last year drew more than 5 000 persons. The equipment exhibit features leading makers and samples of the latest mechanical optical and electronic devices for lab and clinical investigations. A score of nationally known speakers will present papers on current research topics. Dr Oscar W Richards of American Optical Co is among the chairmen of discussion sessions. Six professional societies sponsor the symposium including the American Association of Clinical Chemists the American Chemical Society the Instrument Society of America the Society of Applied Spectroscopy the Society of American Bacteriologists and the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.
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National Institute of Health
Bethesda
Oscar W. Richards
American Optical Co
American Association of Clinical Chemists
American Chemical Society
Instrument Society of America
Society of Applied Spectroscopy
Society of American Bacteriologists
Society For Experimental Biology and Medicine
Bid To Reconsider Defense By Republican Platform
CHICAGO AP The Republican Platform Committee received a motion to reconsider its defense plank. Governors Rockefeller and Rockefeller ally Percy were involved as the committee discussed defense build-up views. Rockefeller had urged a bigger plan and a $37 billion spending figure.
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Rocky
Chicago
Republican Platform Committee
Taday
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Charles A. Percy
Platform Committee
News
Percy
Rockefeller
Esenhower
Area Bankers Named To State Association
Several area bankers have been named chairmen of committees of the Maryland Banking Association. Charles W. Hoff the association president named Elmer I. Eshleman vice president of the Western Maryland Trust Co as chairman of the bank management committee. Herbert S. Hyatt president of the Bank of Damascus is chairman of the agriculture committee.
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the Maryland Banking Association
Charles W. Hoff
associatOn
Elmer I. Eshleman
Western Maryland Trust Co
Herbert S. Hyatt
Bank of Damascus
Faubus Seeks Fourth Term in Arkansas Governor Race
In Little Rock Orval Faubus pursues a historic fourth term as Arkansas governor in the Democratic primary. He predicts up to 400000 voters will nominate him amid a slate of four opponents who advocate segregation.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Faubus
Nixon Seeks Stronger Civil Rights Plank at GOP Meet
At the Republican National Convention in Chicago Nixon and Rockefeller push for a reinforced civil rights plank. They aim to win support from platform committee and governors while Eisenhower’s prominence looms for tonight’s address.
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