Corn Borer Strikes Hard At Local Crop
The corn borer infests early sweet corn in the region, with higher than normal levels and egg masses found on leaves. Forecasters expect a hot humid weekend with scattered thundershowers, while weather and pests threaten canners and field corn. Wheat ready for harvest. Hessian fly absent. Japanese beetle not yet reported.
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Reef County
Henry R. Shoemaker
University of Maryland
Shoemaker
Braddock Mountain
Clifton
Charles Town
W Va
Manhunt for Alfred Wilson after killings of three women
Alfred Wilson, 37, a truck driver, fled north east Portage County after killing three women. A note to his wife and a pistol tied to the slayings were found in his abandoned 1949 sedan. Sheriff Terbert Thomas held Mrs Wilson in custody as the hunt continued.
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Warren
Ohio
Portage County
Alfred Wilson
Silica Road
Windham
Juanita
Trumbull County
Terbert Thomas
Fire Apparatus Parade Worth Millions In Convention
Frederick reports a three day Freemens convention ending with relief from convention heads. The parade showcased fire fighting and rescue equipment valued around two million dollars after depreciation.
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Frederick
International Optimist Heads Toward Convention Vote
Delegates at the Optimist International convention in Los Angeles consider a death penalty for first offense drug sellers to minors and for second offenders selling to adults. A separate measure calls for five years imprisonment and a 5001 fine for narcotics sales to adults. Nominated for president without opposition is C Lease Bussard of Frederick SD, a long-time Optimist leader. His wife accompanies him, along with Alderman Charles P Staley and William Hobson.
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Los Angeles
C Lease Bussard
Frederick, Sd
Bussard
Optimist Club
California
Ae Bussain
Charles P Staley
William Hobson
Hobson
President Eisenhower Out Of Bed For 90 Minutes
Doctors report the ailing president rose for 90 minutes last night the longest since surgery two weeks ago. Bulletin notes he rested well slept nearly eight hours and his vitals remain normal indicating very satisfactory progress. Hagerty declined to discuss continued plans for the Republican nomination.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Sherman Adams
J Teere
Milton” Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Nasser Pressing U S For A Firmer Pledge
Egyptian Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser seeks a firmer U S pledge to assist finishing and starting construction of the Aswan high dam on the Nile. Negotiations on dam aid and U S policy are at a critical point, strained by Nasser's shift toward the Soviet bloc since last December.
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Washington
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United States
Egypt
Aswan High Dam
Nile River
Nasser
Weather shifts bring cooler air to central regions
The Associated Press reports cooler air moving east from the Rockies reduces heat in the midcontinent while the West warms. Temperatures drop 10 to 15 degrees with lower humidity in the Great Lakes and Middle Mississippi valleys. Severe storms strike Texas with a tornado near Big Spring injuring three and lightning hitting crude storage tanks near Midland, while a cloudburst isolates Harlansburg Pennsylvania with no injuries.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Great Lakes Region
Mississippi Valley
Plains
New England
South Atlantic
Buffalo
N.Y
Presidio
Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
Northern
Big Spring
Tex
Texas
Midland
Harlansburg
New Castle
Imere
Night Registration Hours Planned at Registry Board
The Board of Election Supervisors decided this week to offer night registration at the Registry Board offices in the courthouse basement likely starting in September. Night hours, probably at least twice weekly, will accommodate voters unable to attend daytime sessions before the registration records close for the presidential election. Local registrations in county centers will not be provided, with in-house registration preferred.
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Registry Board
Court House
Board of Election Supervisors
Woman hit by car carried 55 feet to hood then thrown
Police seek hit and run driver after a car struck Christine A. Ferguson, 49, at West All Saints and Ice streets at about 12:06 am. She was carried roughly 55 feet on the hood before being thrown into the street and injured with a fractured right leg and lacerations. She was hospitalized in satisfactory condition. The car fled the scene as witnesses described a fast, westbound vehicle failing to stop at a red light.
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Ciy
West All Saints
Ice Streets
Chrstine A. Fergueson
Lincoln Apartments
Frederick Memorial Hospital
United Ambulance
Joe the Cat
All Saints
Sergi
Harry Phillips
Topeka
Kan
William A Boone Jr
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Nebraska
New Mexico
Colorado
Colorado Plains
Floyd Reed
Cian
Denver
Fire Engulfs Large Midland Oil Tank Farm
Lightning set two Magnolia Petroleum Co tanks ablaze at Midland Texas igniting about 80 000 barrels. Firefighters battled flames as smoke darkened skies while rains helped slow spread. No damage estimate given for the Magnolia Gulf and Atlantic Petroleum area near Permian Pipeline Co.
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Midland
Tex
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Magnolia, Gulf and Atlantic Petroleum Companies
Permian Pipeline Co
Sheriff Buckingham Dies in Maryland General Hospital
William M. Buckingham, 53, sheriff of Carroll County, died at Maryland General Hospital after an abdominal operation two weeks earlier. He was the second Carroll County sheriff to die within a year, succeeding Charles W. Conaway who died in an August car crash. Buckingham, a Republican who had lost to Conaway in the election, had been appointed to fill the unexpired term.
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Altimore
William MM. Buckingham
Carroll County
Maryland General Hospital
Buckingham
Charles W. Conaway
Conaway
Owings Mills Woman Killed By Automobile
Mrs Helen Louise Martin 63 of Owings Mills died after being struck by a car on Reisterstown Road. Dr D D Caples, Baltimore County deputy medical examiner, declared her dead at the scene. John A Walker 29 of Severna Park faces charges of manslaughter driving under the influence and speeding and is held on $2,000 bail pending a hearing next Wednesday.
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Owings Mills Mdon
Helen Louise Martin
Owmes Mills
Reisterstown Road
DD. Caples
Baltimore County
John A. Walker
Severna Park
Deficit Reduced as Frederick Memorial Hospital Debt Drops
The Frederick Memorial Hospital building fund debt, once 65 000 when the 1952 addition opened, is reduced to 27 000 by end of the fiscal year June 30. Board leaders Mrs Paul S Michael and Rear Adm. Allen G Quynn reported progress, citing gifts from individuals organizations and industry and ongoing pledge payments as the main factors.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Paul S Michael
Board of Managers
Adm
Allen G Quynn
U. N. Ret
Frederck Criyl
Frederck Criyl Hospial
Michael
Adm Quinn
Meehan
Dietrich Foundation
Inlis
Wille
Wiliam 8. Leichert
Quynn
German-Born Youth From Fort Detrick To Enter Naval Academy
Philip Hermann Lindenstruth 19, son of Dr. and Mrs Karl Kriechbaum of Fort Detrick, has been nominated for appointment to the U S Naval Academy Annapolis by Congressman Wilde. He grew up in Germany, moved to the United States in 1947, and attended Elm Street School and Frederick High School. He passed Academy entrance exams and readiness indicates potential Title difficulty, but he is eager to begin training and fulfill a long held dream of naval service.
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United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Philip Hermann Lindenstruth
Carroll Krmchbaum
Fort Detrick
Theis Wilde
Sith Distret
Krichbaum
Philp
Germany
United States
Montclair N. J
Newumberland
Philip
Elm Street
Frederick High School
Naval
Kriechbaum
Hoy
Truman Shuns Breakfast in Room at Savoy
President Truman and Mrs. Truman stay at the Savoy Hotel in London. Truman refused to have breakfast served in his room, citing a preference to eat in public and avoid formal staff arrangements. Mrs. Truman continues to breakfast in a fifth floor suite overlooking the Thames.
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Truman
London
ea-President
Savoy Hotel
Proman
Oval Suite
Business Pulse Quickens Across Industries
Business activity in multiple sectors rose as summer demand boosts output. Ford planned July production 8 percent higher to meet rising car demand while 1958 construction spending forecasts rose to 4432 billions, with home building dipping. Machine tool orders jumped 30 percent year over year as expansion accelerates. Rich Clower named basketball coach and PE professor at Western Maryland College succeeding Bruce Ferguson.
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New York
Detroit
Ford
Commerce Department
Bulding
Tminster
P Rich- Clower
Stampstead High School
Western Maryland College
Clower
Cumberland
Bruce Ferguson
Saturday Strike Deadline Looms In Steel Talks
New York 1 amid stalemated steel contract talks a strike deadline looms next Saturday as United Steelworkers push for a five year pact. Industry seeks long terms fearing automation and plant expansion while unions warn of adverse job losses and mortgage of the future. David J McDonald calls the offer a nickel in take home pay and fears automation may reshape the workforce. US Steel vice president John A Stephens says cooling furnaces may begin midweek if a strike persists.
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New York
United Steelworkers of America
David J. McDonald
McDonald
John A Stephens
US Steel
Stephens
U.S.@Reel
Bethlehem
Republic
Jones & Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Inland
Great Lakes
Wheeling
Pittsburgh
Allegeny Ludlum
Armco
Rebels Kill 4 in Algiers Casbah Attacks
Rebels carried out four shootings in Algiers casbah, killing two and wounding six Europeans. French forces pursued rebels, reporting heavy losses by opponents in mop up operations near Constantine and Bra el Mizan, with no figures released.
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Algiers
Algeria
Casbah
Krouhs
Constantine
Bra el Mizan
Harmless Backfire May Have Caused Venezuelan Crash
A Chilean airline Constellation crash near Asbury Park New Jersey killed 74 people including 20 Americans. An aviation expert suggests a harmless engine backfire may have ignited fuel dumped during an emergency landing, as parts of eight harried victims were recovered and several identifications reported.
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New York
Thetlantic
Asbury Park
Virginia Coast
Iiflewild
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Knoxville
Frederick Junction
Maruyn Monroe Simugs
Detrick
U.S. Naval Academy
Philip H. Lindenstruth
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