Corn Borer Infestation Spreads Through Local Sweet Corn
The corn borer reaches high levels in area sweet corn with the first brood likely spreading. Henry R. Shoemaker of the University of Maryland Extension notes infestations worse than recent years, alarming canners. Dry weather and storms affect egg masses. humidity soars to 75 percent as heat nears 92. Thunderstorms bring brief relief but showers persist Sunday and Monday.
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Henry R. Shoemaker
University of Maryland Extension Service
Investigaon
Shoemaker
Braddock Mountain
Clifton
Charles Town
W. Va
Seek Slayer Of 3 Women In Ohio Manhunt
Warren Ohio reports a manhunt for Alfred Wilson a 37 year old 200 pound truck driver believed to have killed three women. Police found his 1949 sedan abandoned on Steer Road near Windham with an empty clip and a suicide note to his common law wife Juanita. Sheriff T Herbert Thomas placed Mrs Wilson in protective custody and questioned the note’s meaning as Wilson allegedly fled after a quarrel Thursday night.
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Warren
Ohio
Portage County
Alfred Wilson
Sthea Road
Windham
Juanita
Trumisull
T. Herbert Thomas
Wilson
Fire apparatus parade values at two million dollars
Frederick resumes normal activity after a three day Fire men's convention. Leaders declare the event a success and conservatively estimate parade rolling stock at about two million dollars in firefighting and rescue equipment value after depreciation.
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Frederick
International Optimist Head Nominated for President at Convention
Delegates at the Optimist International convention in Los Angeles consider a death penalty for first offense drug sellers to minors and a five year imprisonment plus $4000 fine for selling narcotics to adults. C Lease Bussard of Frederick Md is nominated for president. his wife and local Optimist leaders accompany him.
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Los Angeles
C. Lease Bussard
Frederick
Mr Bussard
Optimist Club
California
President Eisenhower Out Of Bed 90 Minutes
The White House reported President Eisenhower was out of bed for 90 minutes last night, the longest period since his operation two weeks prior. A Walter Reed bulletin said his progress remains very satisfactory and he was in good spirits after eight hours of rest.
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Wasitington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Vumuved
Oree Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
GOP
Milton
James C. Hagerty
Fisenhower
Nasser presses U.S. for firmer pledge on Aswan dam
Egyptian Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser presses the United States for a stronger commitment to help finish and begin construction of the Aswan high dam on the Nile River. Negotiations on aid policy and dam plans are at a critical point as Nasser shifts toward a more pro Soviet stance.
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Washington
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United States
Egypt
Aswan High Dam
Mile River
Nasser
Heat and Storms Hit Wide Areas Across the Nation
The weather map shows hot humid conditions prevailing in broad regions while cooler air from the Rockies reduces heat in the Great Lakes and Middle Mississippi Valley. Temperatures reached 100 plus in the Southern Plains and along the South Atlantic coast with a 108 degree high at Presidio Texas. A tornado near Big Spring Texas injured three people, and lightning struck two oil tanks near Midland though no major spread occurred. A cloudburst near Harlansburg Pennsylvania isolated the town for an hour with no injuries reported.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Plains
New England
South Atlantic
Buffalo
N.Y
Presidio
Tex
Mississippi
Atlantic Coast
Northern Plains
Big Spring
Texas
Midland
Harlans‘burg
New Castle
Wheat Crop Pouring In Across Plains In 1956 Harvest
Winter wheat fields ripen fast under dry hot weather as combines haul grain to elevators. Kansas leads with about 140 million bushels while Colorado Nebraska New Mexico report smaller yields. Oklahoma Texas show gains though Texas suffers drought losses. Government estimates on June 1 place U S winter wheat at 670 million bushels amid acreage limits. Washington notes House panel to discuss contempt action against Avda Miller, not Miller Monroe affair.
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Topeka
Kani
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Nebraska
New Mexico
Colorado
Colorado Plains
Floyd Reed
Denver
Night Registration Hours Planned at Registry Board
The Board of Election Supervisors decided this week to offer night registration probably starting in September at the Registry Board offices in the courthouse basement. At least two nights a week will be set aside for voters to register, aiding those unable to visit during daytime hours before registration closes for the presidential election. Local registrations in county centers will not be used.
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Registry Board
Court House
Board of Election Supervisors
Woman Struck by Car Carried 55 Feet in City Hit-and-Run
Police seek hit and run driver who struck Christine A. Ferguson at West All Saints and Ice streets about 12:06 am. She was carried about 55 feet on the hood, then thrown replacing. She suffered a fractured right leg and left leg lacerations, and was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition. Eyewitnesses described a high speed car running a red light. Investigators Harry Phillips and William A. Boone Jr. led the probe.
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West All Saints
Tce
Christine A. Ferguson
Lincoln Apartments
Frederick, Memorial Hospital
United Ambulance
Ice
All Saints
Sergi Harry Phillips
William A. Boone Jr
Large oil tank blaze ignited by lightning near Midland
Two 80,000 barrel oil tanks owned by Magnolia Petroleum Co burned after a lightning strike around 8 pm. yesterday. Firefighters fought to keep the blaze from spreading through hundreds of acres of tank storage used by Magnolia Gulf Atlantice Petroleum and Permian Pipeline Co as rain aided containment. No damage estimate yet.
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Midland
Tex.p
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Magnolia, Gulf and Atlantuce Petroleum Companies
Permian Pipeline Co
Sheriff of Carroll County Dies in Maryland General Hospital
William M. Buckingham, 59, sheriff of Carroll County, died at Maryland General Hospital after an abdominal operation two weeks earlier. A Republican who lost to Democrat Charles W. Conaway in the prior election, Buckingham had been appointed to fill the unexpired term following Conaway’s death.
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Altimore
Willam M. Buckingham
Carroll County
Maryland General Hospital
Buckingham
Charles W. Conaway
Conaway
Mollet Seeks Confidence Vote On New Freight Taxes
Prime Minister Guy Mollet again asks the National Assembly for a confidence vote over a proposal to levy new taxes on freight moved by truck and canal boat. The plan targets transport costs and may affect shipments and pricing.
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Premer Guy Mollet
National Assembly
Deficit Reduced as Frederick Memorial Fund Progress Report
Frederick Memorial Hospital says the building fund debt has fallen from 65 000 to 27 000 by June 30 1956. Board president Mrs Paul S Michael and Adm Allen G Quynn note gifts from individuals organizations and industries plus paid pledges cut the debt. unpaid pledges remain about 4 000. They trace the original 635 000 campaign and step by step repayment aided by gift shop proceeds and county and city help no patient care funds were applied to the debt.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Paul S. Michael
Board of Manages
Allen G Quynn
U. S .N. Tet
Board of Trustees
Frederick City Hospital
Michael
Adm Quynn
Dietrich Foundation
Aign
Board of Managers
William J B. Leichert
Hhus
Adm
Quynn
Owings Mills Woman Killed By Automobile
Mrs. Helen Louise Martin, 63, of Owings Mills, was struck and killed crossing Reisterstown Road. Baltimore County deputy medical examiner John A. Walker, 29, of Severna Park, was charged with manslaughter operating under the influence and speeding. bail set at $2,000 awaiting a hearing next Wednesday.
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Owings Mills Md
Helen Louise Martin
Owings Mills
Reisterstown Road
Caples
Baltimore County
John A. Walker
Severna Park
Condition of streams report note
Potomac cloudy at Knoxville. Monocacy cloudy at Frederick Junction.
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Potomac
Knosville
Fredenck Junction
German Born Youth At Detrick To Enter Naval Academy
Philip Hermann Lindenstruth, 19, son of Dr. and Mrs. Krichbaum of Fort Detrick, nominated by Congressman Dent Stude for appointment to the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis. German-born, he grew up under Allied bombing, moved with his family to the United States in 1947, attended Elm Street and Frederick Hugh School, and now enters the academy after passing rigorous tests and interviews.
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United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Philp Hermann Lindenstruth
Carroll —& Krichbaum
Fort Detrick
Dent Stvde
Sixth
Krichbaum
Philip
Germany
Lindenstruth
Cantry
Frankfort
Krrchbaum
United States
Montclair
N. O
New Cumberland
Gay
Philp
Elm Street
Frederck Hugh School
Naval Academy
Navy
Academy
Philpas
Kinchbaum
No Breakfast In His Room For Truman
London dispatch reports former President Harry S Truman will not eat breakfast in his hotel room during a Savoy stay. He explains he is too set in his habits to dine upstairs and will continue visiting the Grill Room each morning. His wife reportedly has breakfast in their upper floor suite overlooking the Thames.
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London
Harry S .Truman
Truman
Thames
Business Pulse Quickens Across Sectors as Ford Boosts July Output
New York reports a stronger business climate with gains across department stores, machine tools, freight car makers, furniture, and construction. Ford Motor Co raises July production 8 percent to meet higher demand for new cars. Government projects 1956 construction outlays at 344.42?billion, up 32 percent from 1955, while home building forecast falls to 1.15 million starts. Industry adds plants and equipment. machine tool orders rise 60,000 last month, up 30 percent from a year ago.
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New York
Detroit
Ford
Commerce Department
Hui
Elsp
Clower Named Basketball Coach At Western Maryland College
Conch Westminster native Richard Clower, Hampstead High Sector coach for three years, was appointed basketball coach and assistant professor of physical education at Western Maryland College. He succeeds Bruce Ferguson who resigned weeks ago.
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Clower
Conch Westminster
Richard Clower
Hampstead High Secttor
Western Maiyland College
Cumberland
Bruce Ferguson
Saturday Deadline for Steel Strike Looms
United Steelworkers face a midnight next Saturday strike deadline as negotiations with management stall over a five year contract. Union leaders warn automation risks and wage gaps, while industry representatives push long terms to curb annual crises and enable plant expansion.
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New York
United Steelworkers of America
David J. McDonald
McDonald
John A Stephens
Stephens
U.S
Eel
Bethlehers
Republic
Jones & Laughtin
Youngstown Sheet
Rebels Kill One in Algiers Casbah Attacks
In Algiers four attacks in the Casbah today killed one person and wounded six, all the wounded reportedly Europeans. Rebels pursued shootings bombings and arson in the city while French forces claimed heavy losses in mop up actions near Kreauhs and Dra el Mizan with no figures given.
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Algiers
Algeria
Casbah
Kreauhs
Constantine
Dra el Mizan
Harmless Backfire Suspected in Venezuelan Airliner Crash
A South American aviation expert links a harmless engine backfire to the Linea Aeropostal Venezolana Super Constellation crash 32 miles east of Asbury Park New Jersey. Seventy four people died including 20 U.S. citizens as the plane dumped fuel before attempting an emergency landing. Parts of the aircraft were recovered and three victims identified.
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New York
Linea Aeropostal Venevsolana
Atlantic
Asbury Park
Ercht
Virginia
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U. S
Waller D-Pal
House
Committee On Un-American Activties
Avda Miller
Miller
Marilyn iMonroe
Puni
Simultaneous
Marilyn Mouroe
Arthur Miller
Detrick
U.S. Naval Academy
Philip H. Lindenstruth
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