Summer Heat Arrives With 95 Degree Readings
Summer and 95 degree heat sweep the area as the longest day of the year arrives. About 1,000 bathers used Braddock Heights pool and 800 visited Baker Park while residents sought relief in the mountains. Temperatures rose to 95 in the shade at the airport with 93 at the Barracks and 92 at both the airport and police. Playgrounds will open tomorrow after tonight’s bandstand program at Baker Park. Japanese beetles appear in the city and county. 900 pounds of spore dust will be spread to control grubs, with traps set at Burkittsville Creagerstown Emmitsburg Jefferson and Urbana. Last summer beetles reached higher numbers. this year is hoped to be milder.
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Mercury
Braddock Heights
Baker’ Park
Braddock Heights Park
Frederick
Baker Park
Henry R. Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Burkittsville
Creagerstown
Emmitsburg
Jefferson
Urbana
Delegates Arrive for Synod Session at Hood College
About 225 delegates from Maryland Delaware and the District of Columbia registered at Hood College for the 28th annual Baltimore Synod of the Presbyterian Church sessions beginning at 4 p m in Meyran Hall Head Campus. Opening prayer service led by Mrs Leon Walker with communion and memorial services follow after dinner. The conference plans minister elders memorials and reports with Rev Harry V Porter chairing.
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Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
Baltimore
Synodical
Church of the Covenant
Wilmington
Del
Charles Stewart McKenzie
Washington
Synod
Harry V. Porter
Snow Falls in Australia Across Southeastern Regions
Snow blankets southeastern Australia from Sydney to Adelaide with icy winds and four feet depths in the Southern Alps. Antartic winds lash the Southern Coast driving ships to shelter as heavy weekend falls persist. Sydney and Melbourne report low 40s Fahrenheit for yesterday and today.
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Sydney
Australia
Adelaide
Alps
New South Wales
Victoria
Melbourne
Seven Die Over Weekend In Maryland In Chain of Accidents
The Associated Press reports at least seven deaths across Maryland from weekend accidents as residents faced 9 degree temperatures. Drowned victims include Leroy Smith 15 James Porter 33 and Walter Marsh . others died in a Middle River explosion injuring eight including three children. A three car crash on U S 1 near Laurel injured 11. Two men suffocated in a Hyattsville well while Anne Hoffman 14 saved a man in Essex. Several injured in the U S 1 pileup at Riverdale and a Halifax area gas price note closes.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Middle River
Essex
Baltimore
Hyattsville
Laurel
Leroy Smith
Patapsco
James Porter
Arthur Howard
Baltimore City Hospital
Iola Knapp
Philip Knapp
Terry
Helen Jones
Leslie
Jackie G
Hyatts
Faye Edward Barley
High Bridge
Louis F. East
Bailey
Ivy Lee Ward
Silver Spring
Rockville
Ross Copenhaver
Leland Hospital
Riverdale
Thomas J. McCormick
Norwich
Coan
Patrick McCormick
Dobbs Ferry
Roy Meyer
Newark
N. J
Patricia Eidel
John Eidel
John Eidel Jr
Maurine Mannie
Tielem Manning
Margaret Rantaren
William Rantanen
McCormick
Rantanen
Eidel
McCormick's
Heat Wave Death Toll Reaches 125 As Summer Opens
A four day heat wave pushes June records across the nation with at least 125 deaths from heat prostration and 14 drownings. Temperatures hit 105 in several cities and storms caused damage from Nebraska to New York City while water shortages and rationing appear in Texas and Illinois.
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Associated Press
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Ark
Laredo
Tex
Ashalda
Neb
Tinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Indiana
Great Plains
Mercury
Russell
Dodge City
Kaw
Rochester
N. C
Tennessee
Memphis
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Nashville
Texas
Chicago
New York City
Ohio
Great Lakes
Appalachian
Lynchae Va
Charlotte
Carroll Creek Bathing Banned By Ordinance
City ordinance bars bathing in Carroll Creek within the city limits. Chief Charles V. Main said police were called when seven colored boys were found in trunks in the creek in the western section. They were directed to leave and a sign will be posted at the bridge into Watkins Acres announcing the ban.
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Carroll Creek
Charles V. Main
Watkins Acres
July 3 Date Set for Bermuda Talks Amid French Uncertainty
The White House said July 3 targets Bermuda talks among the Big Three with Eisenhower Churchill and a French representative, dependent on Paris forming a government. Churchill's London residence confirmed a July date, while Paris' government delay clouded firmness. Eisenhower departs July 7 aboard the Columbine and Churchill sails June 3 aboard the Vanguard. Christie pleads innocent to murder charges in a London case.
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Washington
White House
Bermuda
Eisenhower
Churchill
Great Britain
London
Matenkov
Russia
Paris
Auto Pulled From Tracks As Train Nears
A tow truck operator pulled a damaged car off the Lime Kiln crossing as a westbound freight neared on Sunday about four o clock. Mary Brown lost control, the car hit a bank, Sponseller suffered facial injuries and was treated and discharged. Trooper Hedden charged Brown with operating without a license and Sponseller with permitting an unauthorized operator. About 400 dollars in damage.
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Lime Kiln
Jack Harris
Buckeystown
Albert Hedden
William Eugene Sponseller
East South Street
Frederick
Hedden
Route 15
Mary Alice Louise Brown
East Street
Sponseller
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Woman Hurt As Car Crashes Into Parked Vehicle
A Rochester woman driving a 1949 Cadillac struck a parked car along Route 15 in Catoctin Furnace at about 5 40 this morning. She suffered chest bruises as both cars were damaged. her boxer Jill fled after the crash and Trooper Kretsinger searched for the dog. No charges were filed.
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Rochester
Catoctin Furnace
Route 15
Josie Maye VanAuker
Avenue B
James Robert Nunemaker
Philip Kretsinger
New York State
Nunemaker
Kretsinger
Jill
Eight Treated After Cabin Cruiser Blast
Eight people, including four children, were treated at City Hospitals after a cabin cruiser exploded at a Middle River dock in Essex. Witnesses say Philip Knapp leapt into the water to help keep two burned children afloat as responders arrived.
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Baltimore
Middle River
Essex
Philip Knapp
Knapp
Iola Knapp
Kathleen Knapp
Philip
Howard Reece
Terry
Helem Jones
Leslie
Jackie
Terry Rose
Slick Oil Leak Closes Part of Frederick Street
A leaking oil tank on a truck slicked Patrick Street area from Bente to East streets at noon. Police said the driver was unaware of the spill. Independent firemen and City State Roads crews used sand and earth to wash and cover the oil as they managed the scene.
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Patrick Street
Frederick
Bente
East
City
State Roads Commission
Riots blamed on foreigners in East Berlin upheaval
East Germany's Communist leaders admitted ongoing strikes and violence as Moscow controlled troops kept order. They alleged Western and American agents parachuted saboteurs into Saxony and Thuringia to fuel unrest, while promising amnesty to returning workers and promising reforms to quell the crisis. The regime reported casualties and extensive property damage amid the revolt.
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Berlin
East Germany
Kremlin
Socialist Unity (Communist
Otto Grotewohl
German Democratic Republic
Saxony
Thuringia
Communist Party
U. S
Decision Is Up To President This Week on West Europe Army
President Eisenhower faces a decision this week on pressuring allies to speed ratification of the European Defense Community treaties. The House cut foreign aid by about a billion dollars until ratification, while Senator Taft proposed discretionary authority for the President. Officials expect the EDC would pull 549,000 men from six nations into a unified force, with anticipated ratifications by France Italy Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg. The Atlantic Allies Southern Europe Command marked its second anniversary uniting Italy Turkey and Greece.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
House
Sen
Taft 1
Ohio
White House
Germany
Livingston T. Merchant
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bilt
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Local snake bite rumor proven false at Braddock Heights
Authorities in Frederick county report no record of a child bit by a copperhead at Braddock Heights. The rumor has circulated for weeks, sparked by a similar incident elsewhere. Potomac Edison manager Robert L. Smith confirms no such case occurred at the park.
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Braddock Heights
Sheriff's Office
Frederick County
Robert L. Smith
Potomac Edison Company
Braddock Heights Park
the Heights
Truman and wife tour Maryland stopping for chat
Former president Harry S Truman and Mrs Truman traveled through Maryland on a social stop in Frostburg and Eckhart near Cumberland. Crowds greeted them along U S 40 as they lunched, spoke with locals including William Byrnes, and praised the scenery before continuing east toward Cumberland.
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Cumberland
Harry
Truman
Maryland
Washington
West Virginia
Wheeling
Trumans
U.S. 40
Frostburg
William Byrnes
Byrnes
Eckhart
Elizabeth Byrnes
Traffic Heavy But Only One Accident In Weekend
Despite heavy traffic only one minor collision was reported involving Roscoe W. Merchant of Dundalk and Joseph W. Cary of Washington on West Patrick and South Jefferson. Merchant stopped in traffic Sunday around 4 30 p m. Cary reportedly braked fail and rear ended the Merchant car. Damage was about 25 dollars to Merchant and slightly more to Cary. Officer Nathan Dorsey investigated as heavy traffic persisted into the evening with many motorists waiting for darkness.
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Roscoe W. Merchant
Dundalk
West Patrick
Joseph W. Cary
Washington
Patrick
Merchant
South Jefferson Street
Cary
Nathan Dorsey
Old Friends Greet Trumans In Capital
Former President Harry S. Truman returns to Washington for a week of private Cabinet-era meetings a luncheon with former Senate colleagues and fund raising events for his planned library at the Mayflower Hotel.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Mayflower
White House
Truman
Senate
Vinson
Wire Tapping Upheld by Maryland Police Heads
Ocean City Maryland commissioners defended wire tapping as a positive method to obtain evidence against bookmaking operations. Commissioner John J. Long told about 300 Maryland Police Association members at a summer meeting that the day of flagrant gambling violations has passed, but many communities will still face bookmakers reached by street contacts and telephone.
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Ocean City
Cumberland
John J. Long
Maryland Police Association
Britainwarns Rhee on Korea as Churchill vows restraint
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons Britain has not committed to conquering Korea or placing it under Syngman Rhee. He disclosed a stiff note to Rhee denouncing his actions as dangerous after Rhee released thousands of anti-Communist prisoners of war.
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London
I Churchill
House For
Commons
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Brita
Rhee
Churchill
Escaped POWs Recaptured as Korean Camp Turmoil Grows
About 100 Chinese POWs escaped a U N camp near Tongnae north of Pusan but were recaptured by South Korean police. Anti Red Chinese POWs demonstrated on Cheju Island while U N investigators surveyed turmoil from releases and escapes impacting the Korean truce. No casualties reported after use of non poisonous gas to restore order at multiple camps as mass releases continued.
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Pusan
Korea
U. N
Tongnae
Chiese
U. S
Sang Mudai
Masan
Six MIGs Shot Down by U S Sabres in Korea
U S Sabre jet pilots destroyed six Communist MIGs over North Korea as Col Robert Baldwin of Sherman Oaks California downed his fifth MIG to become the 35th jet ace. Ground fighting was light with continued Red pounding on South Korean lines along the East Central Front. Three MIGs were destroyed earlier near Sakch u northwest of the Manchurian border. Sabres also protected planes striking a bridge near Pyongsang as air forces pounded enemy positions.
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Seoul
U. S
Robert Baldwin
Sherman Oaks
Calif
Ifr
East Central
Fifth Air Force
Sabres
Sakchu
Manchurian
Pyonsang
North Korea
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Clark open to armistice without Rhee consent
General Mark Clark said he is authorized to sign the armistice drawn up with the Communists and North Koreans, but he would not act without instructions from his government. He described a friendly talk with President Syngman Rhee and indicated the truce timetable depends on the Reds, while South Korea asserts control of its troops under UN command.
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Mark Clark
U. N
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Clark
UNC
South Korea
Korea
Clark Rhee
ROK
U.N
North
U.S
Eisenhower
Pusan
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