Apathy Toward Civil Defense Plan Highlighted
Col David G McIntosh warned Kiwanis members that the nation faces bombing threats from the Soviet Union and urged public volunteers to prepare. He argued most damage would come from attacks on major cities. while radiation effects are limited, aid to the injured and shelter provisions are essential.
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Frederick
David G. MclIntosh
Baltimore
Civil Defense
Kiwanis Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Korea
Kremlin
McIntosh
Soviet Russia
United States
Casper E. Cline, Jr
Germany
J. Tyson Lee
Cal. McIntosh
James F. Messersmith
Philip Wertheimer
Incomparable Word Quiz Lesson Update
A daily vocabulary note highlights usage tips for last ten years not past, and pronounces didactic with emphasis on the second syllable. It defines incomparable as beyond comparison with a peerless sense, citing example of a man of incomparable means.
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Aid
Eye Exercises Debated By Eye Specialists
Doctor outlines that eye exercises will not permanently change eye shape and likely help only certain squint conditions. Glasses often improve distant vision more for nearsightedness and astigmatism. Exercises may delay treatment in glaucoma or cataract and should only be started under specialist guidance.
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J. W
Excursion Boat Collision Injures Five Women Off Manhattan
In New York near the tip of Manhattan Island an excursion boat named Islander was rammed amidships by a rail car float loaded with freight cars. Five women were injured and 85 others shaken. two passenger tugs deployed ramps to rescue them and bring them to shore. The Islander, owned by Circle Line and chartered by the Home Economics in Business Association, returned to shore under its own power.
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New York
Flort
Manhattan Island
Circle Line
Home Economics In Business Association
Houck heirs donate tall Chinese porcelain vases to library
Miss Nan Houck’s legacy passes to Eleanor Houck and Mrs Lebberg who gift a pair of thirty two inch octagonal Chinese porcelain vases with teak stands to the Ariz Library. The vases feature mythical figures birds and flowers in yellow blue goose and gold on white, celebrated for fine color and intricate design.
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Nan Houck
Eleanor Houck
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Vases Gift to Artz Library
A sea captain and wife brought two fine Chinese porcelain vases from China to Frederick as gifts for relatives. The vases remained in the local family and were recently left to the C. Burr Artz Library through the will of Miss Nan Houck. Captain Charles E. Simmons, English, sailed between Hongkong and Shanghai and later settled in Frederick.
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Hongkong
America
Frederick
C. Burr Artz Library
Nan Houck
Charles E. Simmons
Martha Mathilda Houck
Bis City
China
Simmons
Maryland Virginia Painters Strike Over Wages and Spray Guns
Washington June 5 painters in Maryland Virginia and the district struck for higher wages and a ban on spray guns. Union and employer spokesmen said work on more than a score of government buildings including the White House was tied up during renovation. About 700 area painters from Frederick Maryland Fort Belvoir Virginia were said to be on strike. one estimate put workers at 300.
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Washington
Virginia
Maryland
White House
Frederick
Fort Belvoir
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Aloni Market St
Edwin P. Jordan
NEA
Hood
Hood College
Alice Elizabeth
Betsy) McCain
Betty Lorraine Moberly
Willoughby Cole
Braddock Heights
Danna Fogle
Walkersville
Elva. M. Remsberg
Middletown
Artz Library
Shanghai
Ella Houck
North Market Street
New York City
Windsor Hotel
Simmins
Eleanor W. Houck
Elizabeth Houck
Emma Wor~man
Richard
Hamilton
Elgin
Gruen
Bulova
James E. Boll
South Market Street
Braddock Heights Fire Hall
Sid
Amoco
American Oil Company
Maine
Florida
National Stock Car
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Gardena
California
Phoenix
Arizona
Hudson
Ata
Hornet
Lawson Hudson
New Market
Walter Snow
Elizabeth Alien
Blue Graal
Market & Second Sts
Noqad
Harry Footer & CO. Cleaners
N. Market ST. Frederick
Cravenetie
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Pittsburgh
Gettysburg
Atlantic City
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Clarksburg
W. VA
W. Patrick ST
Frederick, MD
Blue Ridge
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