Fire guts electrical shop at Camp David Retreat
A blaze last night destroyed most equipment at the electrical shop serving Camp David in the Catoctin Mountain Retreat. Firefighters from Park Service Camp David and Guardian Hose Company battled the stubborn blaze for hours with officials withholding details. The cause remains undetermined and no other buildings were reported threatened.
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Camp David
Catoctin Mountain
Charles E. Shank
Catoctin Mountain Park
Nank
Park Service
Guardian Hose Company
Thurmont
Shank
Guardian Hose ‘Company
Potomac Edison Wins Damage Award in Pole Accident Case
The Potomac Edison Co. won a damage award after a November 1 1958 accident when a car hit a power pole on Old Annapolis Road near Prospect. The company sought 222.53 for depreciation plus labor and costs. Robert Bell’s driver argued depreciation on labor and hauling. Jury forewoman Mrs E Alice Brice led a panel including Mary B You and others.
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Potomac Edison Company
Old Annapolis Road
Prospect
Amos A. Holter
Charles Wagaman
Hagerstown
J. 4 McInerney
Rockville
Robert Bell
Wagaman
Potomac Edison
Bell
New London
Mt. Airy
McInerney
P. S.C
E. Alice Brice
Mary B. You Margaret L. Crowther
Scott L. Study
Charles D. Hoke
John T. Best Jr
Lucille H. Cooper
Frances E. Rice
Vera Mills
Clarence E. Leatherman
Beatrice Mae Shuif
Joyce S. Helfenstein
Five Day Forecast Predicts Warm Spell and Showers
The five day outlook from the Associated Press shows temperatures 2 to 6 degrees above normal with cooler conditions Saturday and warming Sunday through Wednesday. Scattered showers are possible Tuesday or Wednesday with about half an inch of precipitation. Normal highs run from 78 to 80 degrees, with early mornings in the 60s and 50s in Maryland's western mountains.
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Maryland
Slayings Probe Deepens In Baltimore County Child Death
Police press on in one of Baltimore County's largest manhunts after the 2 year old Alva Jean Parris was found in a shallow grave. An autopsy could not determine the cause of death though the body showed no external injuries and authorities consider strangulation possible. Investigations include microscopic toxicology tests and soil analysis of the grave site amid remains of a six day search.
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Baltimore
Alva Jean Parris
William Levitt
Baltimore County
Local Jaycees to Attend National Meet in St Louis
Eight Frederick Jaycees and four Jaycee Wives plan to attend the national Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in St. Louis Missouri Monday through Thursday. A record delegation of near 2000 is expected with prominent speakers including Richard M. Nixon and Erwin D. Canham. The Maryland Jaycees nominated Howard J. Thomas for national president and a large Levee Party entertainment program is planned.
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Frederick Jaycees
Jaycee
Junior Chamber of Commerce
St. Louis
Orinal Jaycee
Henry R. Durell
Ralph W. Kuehne
James W. Powell Jr
Robert J. Reed
Howard J. Thomas
Silver Spring
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Maryland
Richard M. Nixon
Erwin D. Canham
Christian Science Monitor
James H. Dooittle
Space Technology Laboratories
Howard E. Butts Jr
Texas
Chicago Cardinal
Jimmy Conzelman
Tex Beneke
60 MPH Winds Hail Expected In Maryland
The Weather Bureau issued a special advisory predicting winds up to 60 mph with hail near one inch in Maryland today and tonight. A cold front moving eastward will trigger thundershowers, some potentially severe in Southern, central and northern Maryland and the Eastern Shore north of Dorchester County.
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Baltimore
Weather Bureau
Maryland
Washington County
Dorchester County
Socialist Leader Stabbed Amid Tokyo Protests
Jotaro Kawakami, Socialist opposition leader to the US-Japan defense treaty, was stabbed in the shoulder outside the Parliament compound as 20 000 students protested to oppose the alliance. Premier Kishi’s conservatives pushed toward ratification with elections likely to follow.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Nobusuke Kishi
Jotaro Kawakami
Inejiro Asanuma
Kishi
Asanuma
Osaku Shinoda
Liberal-Democratic Party
City Officials To Attend Maryland League Conference
City officials travel this weekend to the 12th annual Maryland Municipal League conference in Ocean City Maryland from June 29 to 21. Attendees include Mayor Jacob Ramsburg City Engineer Rob ert Whiteford City Attorney H Reese Shoemaker Executive Secretary Joseph Eisenhauer City Treasurer Louis Fichelberger Aldermen Emmet Bowlus William Burall Robert Dailey Sr Lloyd Siup and their spouses. A Sunday buffet hosted by former Mayor John Derr and wife at their Ocean City cottage welcomes the Frederick group.
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The
Maryland Municipal League
Ocean City
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Robert A. Whiteford
H. Reese Shoemaker
Joseph F. Eisenhauer
Louis E. Fichelberger
Emmett R. Bowlus
William B. Burall
Robert E. Dailey Sr
Lloyd R. Siup
Frederick Group
John A. Derr
Convention Week Schedule Highlights Parade and Banquet
Monday night opens with casual events. Tuesday features a testimonial lunch for Jaycee greats and an evening slate of State Parties. Wednesday presents the Parade of States, and Thursday ends with an inaugural banquet for the new president and officers.
Eisenhower Seeks Formosa Visit Amid Cold War Strains
President Eisenhower sails toward Formosa aboard the cruiser St Paul amid claims Chinese Communists hindered his Tokyo trip. He believes Moscow and Beijing coordinated to block his visit, citing Khrushchev's Paris summit actions and the U 2 incident. He plans 24 hours in Korea, then Hawaii and Washington, with refueling likely at Okinawa or Wake Island.
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Eisenhower
Tokyo
St. Paul
Formosa
Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
Red China
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Moscow
Khrushchev
Sverdlovsk
Paris
Philippines
Manila Bay
Japan
South Korea
White House
James C. Hagerty
Korea
Hawaii
Washington
Hagerty
Okinawa
Wake Island
Assault Case Dismissed in Frederick Magistrate Court
Magistrate Edward Storm dismissed the assault case against George Ervin Peach of All Saints street after testimony that he threatened Evelyn Herbert and followed her. He warned Peach to stay away from her. Stanley L. Winte, charged with intoxication, was told to leave Frederick within 30 minutes. he hurried out, then returned briefly for his hat before being allowed to depart.
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Edward Storm
George Ervin Peach
All Saints Street
Evelyn Herbert
Miss Herbert
Peach
Storm
Stanley L. Winte
Wahtie
Frederick
Morgantown
W. Va
White
Man Shot To Death In Drinking Fracas Near Leesburg
A year old colored laborer from Gleadsville Va was shot in the chest during a drinking party at his home near Leesburg and died shortly after at Loudoun County Hospital. Cuaries Richard Whiting, an 18 year old, is jailed without bond on murder charges after authorities say he fired during a struggle following an argument. Eyewitnesses say Whiting threatened Hughes and then fired, dragging the body to the yard before neighbors and a son intervened. The coroner planned autopsy to confirm cause of death.
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Gleadsville
Loudoun County
Leesburg
Loudoun Count
E.S.T
C. Hardy
John Hughes
Richard Whiting
Whiting
L. T. Carr
Hardy
Hughes
Used Car Dealer Fined After Drag Racing Convictions
Perry Shorb, a West Fourth Street used car dealer, was convicted on 13 counts of loose management and fined 162 400. Two youths, Joseph D. Baker and James Bryant, were found not guilty of reckless driving. others faced racing charges near Spur Road by Fort Derick. A spur of the moment investigation by Robert W. Russell led to the case after he witnessed engines revving around 5 p.m. on May 15.
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Detrick
Fourth Street
Tie Robert Snyder
Roy Baker
Bryant
Young Baker
Russell
Harvold Keller
Baker
Richard Zim- Merman
Storm
Poy
Perry Shord
West Fourth Street
Shorb
Edward D. Storm
Department of Master Vehicles
Auta
George Brightwell
Brightwell
Joseph D. Baker
Narva
James Bryant
Yellow Springs
Spur Road
Fort Derrick
Robert W. Russell
Frederick
School Closes For Fourteen Thousand Students Today
Nearly 14 000 public elementary and high school pupils end the 1959 60 term this morning as report cards are handed out. Most youths begin summer break until September 7 when the 1960 61 term opens. Younger students seek camps parks and recreation centers while others take part time work. The City Recreational Commission prepares summer park programs and pool openings with pools set to open Saturday and playgrounds next Wednesday after staff training.
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Board of Education
City Recreational Commission
Brownsboro Texas Board Fight Ends in Fatal Shooting
A heated Brownsboro school board meeting turned violent as Thurman Jackson, 42, was fatally shot. Four others injured and school board secretary Dr Charles Rahm charged with murder. Texas Rangers and highway patrol swarmed the town as officials investigated all night.
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Brownsboro
Tex
Texas
Thurman Jackson
Ivan H. Long
J. P. Parker
Bill Meifon
George Rash
Charles Rahm
Jackson
Person
Hardee
Rahm
Texas Rangers
Athens
Henderson County
Bill Barton
Long
Homer Bass
pro-Bass
Anti- Bass
anti-Bass
Communists Threaten Quemoy Shelling Ahead of Eisenhower Visit
Peiping radio warned of shelling at Quemoy and nearby islands to mark contempt for President Eisenhower as he prepared to visit Formosa. The broadcasts said attacks would occur on odd days, aiming to greet and deter the U S leader. Residents were urged to seek cover.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio
Quemoy
Eisenhower
Formosa
Mies
Fukien
Little Quemoy
Tan Islets
Peiping
United States
China
Pacific
U. S
Quem
Eisenbower
Western Maryland County Heads Meet in Estimators Session
About 250 county officials and aides from Carroll Washington Allegany and Garrett counties gather in ESTMINSTERS for morning and afternoon sessions. A luncheon is planned at the Ca Agricultural Center.
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Maryland
Estminsters
Carroll
Washington
Allegany
Garrett
Ca Agricultural Center
Trial Date Set For Alleged Sparten Club Robbers
Trial dates for five suspects in the Sparten Club armed robbery will be set Monday morning at the arraignment of prisoners at ten o'clock in circuit court. Additional defendants indicted by the recent grand jury will also be arraigned and others charged since the last session will have trail dates set.
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Sparten Club
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Pole
Jaycees
Kawakami
Kisi
North Frederick
Frank J. Keefer
Beattie Stauffer
Naomi Dean
Leona Brubaker
Catherine Engle
Harten
Miss
Texas School Board
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