Storms Deliver Heavy Weekend Rain With Light Power Loss
Weekend storms drenched the area with about 1.19 inches of rain including 0.45 inches on Saturday in about 15 minutes. At Urbana Peter Pan Inn a lightning strike damaged an air conditioner. power outages affected Ballenger Creek Urbana Monrovia area but were restored within hours. Brunswick Petersville Sandy Hook and Weverton reported most impact with tree limbs and lines down. no deaths or serious injuries reported during Memorial Day weekend. May rainfall total 3.34 inches vs normal 3.60.
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Fined Fifty After Fatal Accident in Thurmont
In Emmitsburg Magistrate Court Wilbur Toms of Thurmont was fined 50 dollars and costs for reckless driving linked to a May 7 fatal crash in Thurmont that killed Howard H. Hahn, 81, who was pushing a wheelbarrow on old U.S. 15. Hahn may have been in the road’s lane when struck. Toms testified he could not brake in time. A separate county case fined Katherine C. Hill 11.45 for failing to yield at West Seventh Street and Fairview Avenue, involving a collision with Sandra Steele’s 1950s Chevrolet. Found not guilty in Circuit Court was Silas A. Alsup on an incest indictment.
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Charles L. Gillelan
Emmitsburg
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Thurmont
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Edward J. Smith
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Fairview Avenue
Katherine C. Hill
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William A. Boone Jr
Sandra Steele
Silas A. Alsup
Libertytown
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Samuel W. Barrick
Akon Y. Bennett
E. Austin James
Traverser
De Gaulle Wins Backing for Six Month Emergency Rule
Paris AP report says the National Assembly voted 337 199 to keep Algeria emergency powers and 329 224 to grant De Gaulle authority to rule by decree for six months. He also seeks constitutional reforms to strengthen the executive and reorganize overseas territories, with changes to be approved by the people.
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Washington County Sycamores Are Dying
MAGERSTOWN AP Washington County authorities have called in a tree specialist from the University of Maryland to investigate a mysterious decline in sycamore trees. Ni Pope, assistant county agent, said the expert will visit next week to study the illness and determine causes. The problem is widespread with several areas affected, including a dense stretch four miles north of Hagerstown where many trees are aging and dying.
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Nine Students Receive Diplomas at Maryland School for the Deaf
Nine graduates at the Maryland School for the Deaf received diplomas during Memorial Day exercises. John A. Gough of Kendall School for the Deaf in Washington urged use of history to mold the world, stressing world government driven by seven guiding forces. Brig. Gen. D. John Markey presented diplomas as others offered greetings, invocations, and benedictions.
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Theodore’ MacGregor
Helen Virginia Seaton
Hagerstown
John Joseph Sprainis
John Alton Waltermyer
Wayne Leroy Weaver
Charles E. Moyland
Glen Burnie
Jesse McMillan
Bel Air
Maryland School Alumni Association
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Bishop
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Edith Markey
Julia Moody
Rockville
Kathryn Williams
Five Day Forecast From The Associated Press Marsland and Delaware
Temperatures will average 2 3 degrees above normal Fair and cooler Tuesday Warmer Wednesday through Friday and cooler Saturday Scattered showers likely Thursday and Friday Precipitation totals 1 4 to 2 3 inch Normal afternoon highs 75 82 Early morning lows vary from the upper 40s in the mountains of Western Maryland to the mid 50s and low 60s in eastern and southern sections Local students graduate Two Frederick county students receive Bachelor of Arts from Western Maryland College Westminster Wayne Vernon Holter 416 Columbus Avenue and Raymond J Wright Libertytown among 11 seniors to receive diplomas Commencement speaker Leon R Hickman vice president and general counsel of the Aluminum Company of America
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Delaware
Maryland
Frederick County
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Firefight Near Hadassah Hospital Kills Jordanian
AP reports Israeli police fired on Arabs near the Hadassah Hospital complex in Jerusalem. One Jordanian was killed and two others were injured as the clash occurred near the Mount Scopus area, Jordan said.
Car Makers UAW Break Off Talks
Detroit reports the big three automakers and the United Auto Workers end bargaining at midnight with no contracts. About 500000 UAW members are under orders not to strike as Walter Reuther presses for a 1958 contract with wage gains and living-cost increases.
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Mount St Marys honors Eisenhower with honorary law degree
Emmitsburg Maryland AP reports Mount St Marys College cites Dwight D. Eisenhower for unflagging duty and patriotism in a ceremonial citation. The text salutes his wartime leadership and postwar public service, proclaiming him the thirty fourth President of the United States and Doctor of Laws.
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Mount St. Mary's College
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Bee Leaguering Bees Disrupt Bloomfield HQ
Police faced a bee swarm at their Bloomfield headquarters for about an hour. Deputy Paul Schindler captured the queen to end the disturbance as the bees reformed and moved away following the queen’s hive lure.
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XL. J. Iaps
Paul Schindler
Explosion Blasts Mount Pulaski Town. 1,000 Homeless
A railroad tank car explosion in Mount Pulaski Illinois left about 1,000 residents temporarily homeless in a town of 1,500. Two railroad workers were killed and one injured. more than twenty were hurt by debris. Damage was estimated at one million dollars as two thirds of the 409 homes were damaged. National Guardsmen were deployed to prevent looting after flames threatened two other cars.
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Eisenhower urges youth to crusade for peace and justice
President Eisenhower spoke at Mount St. Marys College in Emmitsburg Maryland urging young Americans to wage crusades for world peace and domestic justice. He highlighted opportunities in education slum clearance racial equality and juvenile delinquency prevention, urging leadership for free nations and global development.
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