Four-year-old girl burned in basement fire on North Market Street
A four-year-old girl, Jessica Palmer, sustained serious second degree burns to face arms and legs in a basement fire at her North Market Street home. Passersby and residents quickly acted to control the blaze with a garden hose, saving the home. Firefighters arrived to find scorched joists and smoke damage. the mother rushed the child to Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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North Market Street
Jessica Palmer
Homer P.jesse Palmer
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Joseph O'Brien
Washington
Harrisburg
Pat
Clinton Hughes
Leonard Jacobs
Frederick ‘Transit Company
William Davis
City Water
Sears Roebuck and Company
Wguin Helgabors
Palmers
Duniors and Citizens Truck Company
Pleads Guilty and Fined in Local Court Wreck Case
Bruce Murphy of Samsville pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle under the influence after his car left the highway near old U.S. 240, injuring guard rails. He was fined 150 dollars plus costs by Magistrate Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr. State Trooper Hedden investigated. Other docket items include excessive speeding and traffic violations by named defendants in various towns, with fines ranging up to 2745 dollars and costs.
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Bruce Murphy
Samsville
U.S. 240
Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr
A. G. Hedden
Paul J. Piebesang
Pittsburgh
Hedden
Worman’s Mill
U.S. 15
Mine 26
Temperatures May Touch 90 Here Today
The forecast calls for temperatures near 90 this afternoon with limited chance of a break in dry spell. Yesterday the airport reported 88 degrees and a high near 90 is expected again with possible cloudiness and scattered thunder showers later in the day.
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Weather Bureau
Plane mashes down injuring two at Gettysburg airport
John Vincent Atanasoff 52 of Rockville and passenger Delores Dorsey 27 of Rockville suffered injuries when a Swift 425 crashed on its belly after lifting to about 30 feet on takeoff at Gettysburg PA Sunday evening. The plane's landing gear retracted, the bottom dented, and the propeller broken. An investigation was planned by state police aeronautics inspector Earl Moore. Atanasoff heads Uni-Science Inc which has been negotiating for airport land near Frederick for relocation.
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Rockville
Frederick
Gettysburg
John Vincent Atanasoff
LeMay Road
Delores Dorsey
Annie Warner Hospital
Atanasoff
Swift 425, Corp. Earl, Moore
Eastern Panhandle Elections Tuesday in Multiple Towns
Eastern Panhandle communities prepare for municipal elections with low turnout in places like Hedgesville where no offices have filed. Rawson shows multiple candidates, while Petersburg and Berkeley Springs have six for five seats. Moorefield sees unopposed mayor and recorder, ten seek five council seats. Elections planned in Paw Paw Romney Capon Bridge and Keiser.
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Martinsburg
W.a
Panhandle
Recorder
Petersburg
Berkeley Springs
Moorefield
Paw Paw
Romney
Capon Bridge
Keiser
Woman Dies After May 28 Crash in Frederick County
Mrs. Muriel Bears 50 of Kenmore N Y died in Annie Warner Hospital Gettysburg Pa from injuries sustained in a two car crash on U S 15 four miles south of Emmitsburg around 2 15 a m on May 28 during the Memorial Day weekend. She had pelvis fracture left rib fracture and other injuries. H e r husband Henry also injured. Driver Melvin Cauliflower whose address listed as East Church street Gettysburg sustained a concussion fractured skull and other injuries and remained in critical semi conscious condition. Investigation complete no charges announced. Bodies released to Peters funeral home Gettysburg. Funeral plans not announced.
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New York State
Annie Warner
Gettysburg
Frederick County
Muriel Bears
Kenmore
N.Y
C. G. Crist
Adams County
Turner
Maryland
Emmitsburg
U. S. 15
Warner Hospital
Bears
Henry
Melvin Cauliflower
East Church Street
Cauliflower
Church Street
Faulty vaccine blamed for Idaho polio outbreak report
Idaho reports its sixth polio death as Dr Louis P Gebhardt cites tests from Utah Colorado and Wyoming field trials suggesting a small amount of live virus in Cutter Laboratories vaccine used in Idaho Washington Surgeon General Scheele says live virus unlikely if proper techniques but full NIH report awaited Officials in Sicily note regional assembly results show a pro Western Christian Democrat lead over Communists by almost two to one
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Boise
Idaho
Louis P. Gebhardt
University of Utah
Utah
Colorado
Wyoming
Cutter Laboratories
Washington
Leonard Scheele
Gebhardt
National Institutes of Health
Polio Shots Delayed As Schools Close For Vacation
Health officer announces vaccine will be administered during vacation with plans for radio and press notices. Local doctors to distribute the serum in school health rooms and parents urged to watch for announcements. Wyeth Laboratories vaccines awaited final clearance amid shipments and safety checks.
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Forbes Surgess
Burgess
Wyeth
Woman Injured When Her Car Overturns
Mrs Edith M Wood aged 23 of R F D 3 Frederick was injured Sunday near Mill road one mile south of old U S 40 as her 1949 Ford rolled after taking dips. Morris W Wood her husband taxi driver witnessed and brought her to Frederick Memorial Hospital for possible shoulder fracture and burns. Trooper Robert Kirby investigates.
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Edith M. Wood
Frederick
Lies
Te Mill Road
U.S. 40
Morris W. Wood
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Protest Filed Over Gas Rate Increases Regulation Challenge
Washington protest filed by Maryland Virginia West Virginia and the District of Columbia utility regulating bodies challenges government approval of natural gas producer rate hikes. Author Robert Elliott Burns died at 65 after long illness at Veterans Hospital.
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Washington
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
East Orange
Nat
Wo Robert. Elliott Burns
Georgia
Veterans Hospital
Men Who Quit Cigarettes May Cut Cancer Risk
Atlantic City report from the American Cancer Society finds ex smokers’ death rate from lung cancer about half that of continuing smokers in a study of nearly 190,000 men aged 50 to 70. Experts say small numbers prevent proving causation and more evidence is needed.
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Atlantic City
American Cancer Society
Birt Society
Anc
Hartnett
Tobaccco Industry Research Committee
R. Cuyler Hammond
Daniel Horn
Society
American Medical Assn
AMA
Hammond and Horn
Tobacco Industry Commilitee
Harmett
Hood College seniors present $1594 endowment gift
Hood College seniors wrapped up their four year run with Class Day at Hudson outdoor theater. A $1594 check, raised through student projects, will be added to the college endowment. Endowment chair Nancy Borden accepted the gift as President Trual noted its strengthening effect.
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Hood College
Hudson
Hood
Andrew G. Truaal
Nancy Borden
Erie. Pa
Bayside
Patricia Driscoll
Haddonfield
Carolyn Coleman
San Mateo
Calif
Barbara Briggs
Oneonta
X. Y
Mary Provan
Manchester
Czech frontier guards arrest U S Sergeant at border
Czech frontier guards report the arrest at the border point of an American sergeant and two soldier companions on a sightseeing trip. The sergeant reportedly stopped near the frontier yesterday and moved forward to photograph a Czech border hut. Market advances in New York show a modest early gain.
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U. S
Waidhaus
Gemane
Dulles wary of big four summit easing tensions
Secretary of State Dulles told the University of South Carolina graduates he doubts that a single Big Four meeting will ease international tensions. He said more than words and more than one meeting are needed to justify relaxing efforts, and that the July 18 Geneva plan will not end the need for strong security policies.
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Columbia
S.C
Dulles
University of South Carolina
Eisenhower
Russia
Britain
France
United States
Geneva
State Department
Foreign Service
Frederick High School finals set for Thursday
One of the largest graduating classes in Frederick High's history, 268 seniors, will receive diplomas Thursday at 10 30 a m in the high school auditorium. Dr Wilson H Elkins of the University of Maryland will deliver the main address, with a program including marimba solos and choral pieces, and Superintendent Eugene W Pruitt to confer diplomas.
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Frederick High School
Wilson H. Elkins
University of Maryland
Frederick
Scnodl Bramaung
Siadsan
Igar
Sperry L. Storm
George Brown
Centennial Memorial United Brethren Church
Elkins
Uschaikowsky
Patricia Brendle
Veazie
Land
Ramberg
Patricia Lescalleet
Fred J. Burvier
Eugene W Pruitt
Mr. Brown
More Dog Bite Cases Prompt Reporting Rules
County health officials urge dog owners to report biting incidents immediately to the Creagerstown deputy to prevent rabies. Observing the dog for 14 days is advised, with confinement or pound care if needed, to avoid unnecessary shots.
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Yealth Offeer
Forbes Burgess
Creagerstown
Burgess
Back To Work Plea Spurned In Britain
Britain faces a nine day strike from 67,000 locomotive engineers and firemen as Prime Minister Eden urges a return to work. Union leaders accuse Eden of misfacts and vow to continue wage talks, while dock workers plan further action shutting ports and idle ships. Americans aboard several liners face travel disruption as the labor dispute widens.
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London
Britain
Eden
Noel Pinches
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Pinthes
Bright Spot Found In State's Fiscal Picture
Maryland’s 1 may exceed prior estimates with a 13 million dollar rise in income tax revenues for the year ending June 30. Comptroller Tawes calls the revision pretty happy and it could pad the cushion beyond the 349,900 gap for the new fiscal year. Most of the boost likely stems from lump-sum tax payments at year end, ahead of the withholding plan.
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Baltimore
J. Millard Tawes
Maryland
Baltimore City
Tawes
Benjamin F. March
Income Tax Division
Ford and UAW Reach Agreement On Guaranteed Wage Plan
Detroit reports a historic guaranteed wage agreement along with other contract terms between Ford Motor Co and the CIO United Auto Workers. Walkouts disrupted production at plants nationwide as negotiations continued through the night to avert a broader strike and move toward settlement.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
Company
Buffalo
N. Y
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Canton
Ohio
Somerville
Mass
Livonia
Mich
Chicago
St Paul
International Union
UAW
General Motors Corp
Violent Sunday Storms Hit Central U S With Tornadoes
The Associated Press report notes a day of severe thunderstorms across the central United States. Tornadoes touched down near Decorah Iowa and Encinal Texas, with tornadoes reported in Kansas Nebraska and West Union Iowa. No casualties reported yet. A separate case: Franklin West Virginia man William Vandevander, 41, held on charges related to the fatal shooting of his brother Adam.
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Associated Press
United States
Rockies
Mississippi River
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Continental Divide
Laramie
Wyo
Butte
Lewistown
Mont
Atlantic Seaboard
Delaware
Maine
West Union
Towa
Valley City
XN. D
Weather Bureau
Decorah
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Encinal
Tex
Laredo
Franklin
W. Va
Willia Vandevander
Pendleton County
Leo Skidmore
Adam
Diem presses on in Saigon amid Hoa Hao clashes
South Viet Nam Premier Ngo Dinh Diem led a government push to consolidate power as the army advanced against Hoa Hao dissidents. The drive to subdue the sect continued as Diem moved to secure control in the southern region.
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Walter S. Collins
Ellicott City
William M. Tyergar
Henry M. Vwinderseheip
St. Paul
Minn
Alan D. Martin
George W. Snowden
Traimsville
Robert D. Kirby
Carl J. Bender
Pine Avenue
Paul A. Kline
Eastern Panhandle
Gettysburg College Board of Trees
John 5. Rice
John A Apple
Sunbury
William H. Patrick Jr
Philadelphia
Arthur Hendley
Clarence A. Wills
Dean Cadie Lippy
Wilson Place
Ruth Marie Stanier
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Lippy
Stanley
Tonia
State Reformatory
PoParm Buea
Polo
Palermo
Sicily
Maria Scelba
Christian Democrats
Andrew G. Truxal
Mary Grace Helfenstein
Bertha Nixdorf
F. N. Hoffmeier
Hagerstown
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Woman's College of
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Bowertown
Arthur H. Hafner
Aslington
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Coffman Chapel
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