Local Rain Measured 2.33 Inches
The region saw heavy rains Tuesday with totals up to 2.33 inches at the airport, the heaviest in three years but no damage reported. Rivers rose modestly, with the Potomac near Brunswick and the Shenandoah two feet out of bank in spots, while runoff appeared minor and farmers benefited with improved pastures and crops.
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Potomac
Brunswick
Shenandoah
Harpers Ferry
Gambull State Park
High Knob
Pearl
Fishing Creek Dam
Robert Stansfield
Somoza Calls On His Forces To Meet Invaders
Managua reports that President Luis Somoza is marshaling forces to meet three boatloads of alleged Cuban-backed invaders. He asked ambassador Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa to seek OAS investigation while Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro denies aiding rebels. Managua remains calm with troops on guard as markets in New York show partial recovery after a sharp decline.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Luis Somoza
Cuba
Latin America
Somoza
Washington
Guillermo Sevilla- Sacasa
Organization of American States
Pecenero
Foreign Ministry
Costa Rica
Fidel Castro
Havana
Castro
Panama
United States
Auto Driver Killed as Busload of Children Escapes
The Associated Press reports a car spun out on Maryland 5 in Prince Georges County, striking a school bus. Leslie Earl Rose, 56, of Clinton, Md., died. about 40 children were taken to Andrews Air Force Base Hospital with minor injuries, eight to Casualty Hospital in Washington. Bus driver Raymond McMahon treated for shock.
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Associated Press
Centro
Maryland
Prince Georges County
Baltimore County
Parkton
Prince Georges ‘County
Leslie Earll Rose
Clinton
Rose
Andrews Air Force Base
Casualty Hospital
Washington
Raymond McMahon
Saturday Reunion Day at Hood College Highlights and Dinners
Hood College hosts a Saturday reunion with about 300 alumnae. Twelve classes hold reunions alongside the Alumnae Association meeting at Gambril Gym, including a luncheon and Class Day exercises. New officers will be installed and a new alumnae headquarters will be opened for inspection.
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Hood College
Alumnae Association
Gambril Gymnasium
Woodsboro
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Clyde E- Thomas
Francis Scott Key
John H.hanna
Robert Nicodemus
V.F.W
Clinton Hughes
Braddock
Urbana
Ihome
Joseph Kline
Hattie Snyder
Elks Club
Sarah Glad US
Middletown
Eisenhower Denies Intervening for Steel Firms
President Eisenhower said at a news conference that it is completely untrue he has intervened in favor of the steel companies in their wage dispute with organized labor. He recalled urging both sides to exercise discipline and warned the country would be in a bad fix if the dispute escalates.
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Washington
Sulcer
Wiliam Suter
Busi- Function
Fifteen Teacher Appointments Approved By School Board
The Board of Education approved fifteen new teacher appointments for the coming September term. Names include Ralph W. Bailey to West Frederick Junior High and Naomi M. Brutto to New Midway, among others from Frostburg, Syracuse, and Penn State backgrounds. Two new staff joins Frederick Community College. Several resignations and retirements were accepted, including long‑time staff at Elm Street and Walkersville schools.
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Board of Education
Catoctin Fur Race
Ralph W. Bailey
West Frederick
Naomi M. Brutto
West Virginia
New Midway
Carolyn E. [Graeser
West Virginia University
Gertrude L. Hanson
Syracuse University
Janice L. Jeffries
Lawrence F. Koch
Frostburg
State Teachers College
Ito West
Bertie Gladney
Elm Street
Mary Long
Delores Ulmer
North Frederick
Margaret P. Trimmer
Walkersville
Hazel Caldwell
Emmitsburg
G. Pearl Thomas
Lewistown
Eva M. Thomas
Washington Street
Blanche B. Stine
Thurmont
Three Get Stiff Terms On Abortion Charges
In Chestertown Maryland a woman Ruth Thrift, 52, and three men Stephen Hickman, 39, Albert Young, 32, were each sentenced to three years in prison and fined 500 for conspiracy to violate abortion laws. The sentences were handed down by Chestertown Circuit Court with one judge dissenting that they should be stiffer.
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Chestertown
API
Ruth Thrift
Churchlain
Maryland Reformatory For Women
Stephen S. Hickman
Baltimore
Albert C. Young
J. DeWeese Carter
Kest
Thomas J. Keating
Edward D-E. Rolias
Meeting on Assessing Procedures in Western Maryland
About 50 representatives from 1L countries in the Western Maryland division gather here Thursday to discuss reorganizing assessing procedures and State Tax Commission personnel per House Bill 619. County commissioners host. session starts at 10 AM with lunch at the hotel.
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Maryland
State Tax Commission
Francis Scott Key Hotel Seeks New Liquor License
The Francis Scott Key Hotel applies for a Class B on sale liquor license effective after July 1 1959. County officials from many Maryland counties attend a meeting on June 23 to hear testimony under the new state act, with a $2900 annual fee and sale for on premises consumption plus beer and wine.
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William H. Riley
Thomas Corp
Washington
Allegany
Carroll
Sarrett
Montgomery
Harford
Anne Arundel
Prince Georges
Calvert
Charles
St. Mary’s
Boards of County Commissioners
CompitoHer
Department of Assessments and Taxation
Francis Scott Rey
General Assembly
Louis V. Myers Jr
Maryland
County meetings to explain new personnel law changes
Riley announced that county officials will hold several meetings to inform all personnel about minimum requirements, notices, transfers, assessments, and tolls under the new law. Official representatives at Thursday's meeting will read the law and prepare questions to aid proper administration.
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Riley
Election Supervisors Board Is Organized
The newly appointed Board of Election Supervisors held its first official meeting this week at the election supervisors office in the courthouse and named G. Horton Peace as president, a Democrat. George Grove, also a Democrat, was named vice president and Stanley Gaver, a Republican, secretary-treasurer. Two registrants who are full time employees in the election office were reappointed: Russell House, Democrat, and Miss Ruth Moberly, Republican. Custodians of the voting machines were John Hart, Republican, deputy, and Marion Kehne, Democrat, assistant deputy. The board was sworn into office before Robert Edwards, deputy clerk of the court.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Election Supervisors
Court House
G. Horton Peace
Peace
George Grove
Stanley Gaver
Russell House
Ruth Moberly
John Hart
Marion Kehne
Robert Edwards
Mount St Marys 150 Degrees Conferred At Mount
Mount St Marys College in Emmitsburg Maryland held its 51st commencement with 150 graduates receiving degrees. Francis P. Keough archbishop of Baltimore attended and presented a citation for 25 years as bishop. Honorary degrees were conferred on Francis Reilly Joan Morgan Thomas Golibart Monsignor Castello and Reverend Barrett. A new commemorative room was blessed in the dormitory named for Hagerstown businessman Thomas Pangborn.
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Emmitsburg
Francis Reilly
Washington
Mount St. Mary‘’s College
Reilly
Joan V. Morgan
New York
Thomas
L. Golibart
Detroit
Francis 4
iCastello
Wilkes- Barre
Thomas Barrett
Schenectady
Francis P. Keough
Baltimore
Archbishop Keough
Thomas W. Panngborn
Hagerstown
Visitation Graduation At Frederick Academy Saturday
Graduation exercises at the Frederick Academy of the Visitation will be held Saturday morning at 1 o'clock in the Convent Chapel. Rt Rev Msgr Philip Brown of St Ambrose church Cheverly will be speaker. diplomas to Mary Martha Anglesbee Donna Bernadette McKenzie Leilani Frances Jones and others. Prizes awarded for general average French penmanship and English composition with multiple named recipients.
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Frederick Academy of the Visitation
Philip Brown
St. Ambrose Church of
Cheverly
Mary Martha Anglesbee
Donna Bernadette McKenzie
Leilani Frances Jones
Lynda Kaye Gilbert
Vera Elaine Bagley
Mary Pamela White
Kathleen Elis
Sandra Kay McKenzie
Julia Anzgela Clarke
Victoria Jane Sharpe
Ingeborg Kalnoky
Susan Reynolds Chapline
Anne Dabney
Mary Jane Moore
Academy
Mary Martha Angiesbee
Lenda Ann Mika
Patricia Schroeder
Margaret Mary Cataldo
Sharon Biser
Jennifer Fanos
Christine Persichetti
Linda Gaspar
Prudence Owen
Marcia Mika
Gwen Weaver
Vicki Stup
Dale Gan- Tey
A. N. Palmer Company of
New York
Donna McKenzie
Susan Chapline
Jane Sharpe
Kathleen Ellis
Mary Jane
Moore
Pamela White
Sandra McKenzie
Ingeborg Kalzoky
Lynda
Gilbert
Leilani Jones
Marsha
Anglesbee
Vera Bagler
Julia Clarke
Elizabeth Ellis
Mary Elisabeth Laderoute
Diane Schuettinger
Susan Sheffield
Josephine Sieck
Mary Austin Geld
Charles H. Conley
Rockville
Oxford approves Latin as entrance requirement
In Oxford England the university council reversed a previous move and set Latin as a basic enrollment requirement by a 301 to 282 vote. The change makes Latin mandatory for entrants, aligning with Greek German and Russian standards, despite earlier intent to keep it optional.
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Oxford
England
Dens
Oxford University
Uni
Arguments Heard In Two Rate Cases
Maryland Court of Appeals heard two major rate cases today. Baltimore Gas and Electric seeks reversal of a circuit court ruling invalidating part of a rate increase and ordering a $32 million refund to customers. National Can Corp. challenges a 1958 law permitting state tax on real estate at a different rate than personal property.
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Annapolis
Court For Appeals
Maryland
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co
National Can Corp
Baltimore
County Commission Rejects Incentive Pay Plan for Teachers
The County Commissioners refused both an incentive pay proposal of 320,000 to raise basic increments and a near 10,000 matching government fund for study needs. The plan aimed to recruit and retain teachers, boost increments to 200 for bachelor’s, 400 for master’s, and lift max scales to 6000 or 6400, with a near 40,000 potential next year for science math and language projects.
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Board of Education
Quentin Earhart
Achera
Montgomery County
Committee To Study Loats Home Purchase
Charles McC Mathias Jr president of the Frederick County Historical Society named a committee of society members to explore purchasing the Loats Female Orphan Asylum home on East Church Street. The group will work without definite limits to devise a possible plan.
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Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Frederick County Historical Society
East Church Street
Joseph W. Urner
Marshall Erchison
Parsons Newman
Charles F. Bowers
Wiliam M. Storm
Elizabeth Louis Peters
John, Hanna
James McSherry
Yadee
Edward S. Delaplaine
Amatbias
Five Day Forecast From The Associated Press
Temperatures will average near normal with rising values through Saturday. Cooler Sunday and Monday with showers likely Saturday or Sunday. Rainfall totals between one tenth and five tenths of an inch. Normal highs near 75 to 82 while early morning lows stay in the 50s and low 60s, dipping to the upper 40s in extreme Western Maryland.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Eisenhower Says Geneva Talks Show No Clear Progress
President Eisenhower said there has been no detectable progress at Geneva that would justify a summit conference. He urged the Soviet Union to show willingness toward a preliminary Berlin rights commitment and noted Khrushchev statements have not eased East West tensions. He spoke after meetings with Gromyko and the foreign ministers of Britain France and the United States. He also discussed bonds debt limits and the Strauss anti Semitism issue in the Senate fight.
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Washington
API
Eisenhower
Geneva
Russia
Soviet Union
Berlin
Germany
Nikita Khrushchev
White House
Andrei A.I .Gromyko
Britain
France
United States
Congress
Strauss
Senate
Lewis L.strauss
West Virginia towns elect new mayors and council
In Berkeley Springs L F Heimer returned as mayor with William H Hunter winning write ins. Gracen Heath is recorder unopposed. Council members include Harmison Shockey Reddick Ambrose and Johnson. At Harpers Ferry W F Ramey Jr reelected mayor plus Bond recorder. Council picks Cameron Caufman Jones Sperry Hedican. Ranson sees J Kelly Lance win mayor with 109 votes. council members Slusher Willingham Jenkins James Carper. Paw Paw reelects John H Kesler mayor. James Brown unopposed. councilors Miller Hardy Kidwell Fetzer Lyons. Bolivar reelects Robert E Menefee as mayor. recorder Dunn. Councilors Oden Dunn Pattersall Numawi Dunn. Hedg esville Leon Edwards reelected mayor. councilors Hunter Kenny Pitzer Brown Fiery Engle.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
L. F. Heimer
William H. Hunter
Gracen Heath
William H. Harmison
Walter Shockey Jr
James R. Reddick
R. E. Ambrose
C. E. Johnson
Ramey
Harpers Ferry
W. F. Ramey Jr
Wilbur F. Bond
Jack ‘Cameron
Howard
Caufman
Lloyd L. Jones
Herbert Sperry
John S. Hedican
Lance
Ranson Ranson
J. Kelly
Millard Trussell
Neil Slusher
Kenneth Willingham
Mary R. Jenkins
Otis James
Richard Carper
Paw Paw
John H. Kesler
Robert C. Fawyer
James Brown
Rodney Miller
Lloyd B. Hardy
Paul Kidwell
Harry Fetzer
Early Lyons
Bolivar
Robert E. Menefee
C. E. Garten
J. R. Dunn
Ralph Oden
Coleman Dunn
Melvin Pattersall
Norma Numawi
Wincel Dunn
Hedgesville
Leon Edwards
Hunter
Kenny
James
Pitzer
Arthur Brown
James Fiery
George Engle
Western ministers urge early showdown with Gromyko in Berlin talks
Western foreign ministers including Herter Britain France and West Germany planned a midday strategy meeting to press Andrei Gromyko for new constructive proposals or a solution to the Berlin crisis. They meet with Gromyko at Herter's villa as the talks enter a crucial phase ahead of a possible summit.
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Geneva
Whay
Andrei Gromrko
Berlin
Christian A. Herter
Britain
France
West Germany
Gromyko
Soviet Union
U.S
Herter
Andrei A. Gromyko
Kremlin
United States
East Germany
West Berlin
West
U.S.S.R
Tragedies In Six Months Strike Schuylkill Haven
A propane gas truck explosion after a collision near Route 122 Schuylkill Haven kills eleven and injures fifteen as firemen battle the blaze. The blast sends debris across the highway and recalls a December Allentown disaster. Driver statements describe brake failure as the truck and cab fly apart.
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Schuylkill Haven
Philadelphia
Mile
Allentown
Here
Mountainville
Walter Williams
Reading
Williams
Joseph Warton
Peckville
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