Damage By High Winds Amplifies Across Maryland Illinois
High winds gusting to 50 mph plus from the remnants of Hurricane Audrey lashed the region, uprooting trees, cutting power to areas including Middletown Brunswick and Emmitsburg, and downing lines. Potomac Edison crews worked overnight to restore service, while Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone reported extensive outages in Bruns wick, Middletown, Thurmont and Emmitsburg. Elsewhere, severe storms and rising rivers battered Illinois Indiana Louisiana and the Carolinas, with weather officials forecasting sun and milder temps by weekend.
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Power Company
Credit
Weather Bureau
Potomac Edison Company
Burkittsville
Garfield
New Windsor
Emmitsburg
Yellow Springs
Opossum Town Pike
Middletown
Brunswick
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Thurmont
County Roads Board Shopit
Gapland
Kemp Jane de
Rocky Springs
Shooks
Summertown
Spout Springs
Whittle
Toné
Var-Jhit
Summerfield
Congress
Gams
Signibrill Park
P O Rates To Go Up Monday
Washington reports rate increases expected Monday as Postal Service seeks higher charges for special delivery letters money orders insured packages and other services. The article notes rising wheat prices and debates over revenue use with grain harvests in the background.
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Washington
Nickerson Verdict Is Up To Court
The 10 man court martial of Col. John C. Nickerson Jr in Huntsville Alabama began deliberating its verdict after testimony from Maj. Gen. John B. Medaris. Nickerson pleaded guilty to 15 counts of laxity in handling secret defense data and faces dismissal and up to 30 years in prison if given the maximum. Medaris was expected to testify on Nickersons capabilities as an officer and the Air Forces interest in ballistic missile programs.
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Huntsville
Ala
John C.nickerson Jr
Army
Ballieties
Micclla Avenev
Pete Tee
William G. Barry
John B. Medaris
Medaris
Nickerson
West Pointer
Las
Air Force
Air Force J
18 Years In Pen For Hall
18 year sentence given to David Hall for second degree murder in the slaying of Georgette Hentgen 15 during an argument after a sledding party last January. Hall, 15, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity but admitted striking the girl with a three foot stick. Judge Thomas I. M. Anderson sentenced him to the maximum penalty and noted his lack of remorse. Both were Silver Spring residents. Bail posted for eight others accused of perjury in signatures on a petition.
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Rockille
David Hall
Maryland
Georgette Hentgen
Montgomery County
Thomas Ims Anderson
Young Hall
Hent
Washington
Silver Spring
Mad
Nuclear test disarm scene and Senate aid cuts
Five scientists and technicians climbed a Nevada tower to disarm a nuclear device after a misfire as the AEC reported a July 10 firing delay. Congress trimmed Eisenhower’s foreign aid by 600 million, with debate over long term military and defense support funds and a 500 million first year loan for development.
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Washington
Jir
Ohio
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Gordon
D-Il
Eisenhower
Sterday
Senate
Eisenhow
America
Varys
Nev
Flower
Hart
Permanentl
Hersics
Fairbrother
Bernard
Barney} Rubin
University of California Livermore Radiation Laboratory
Robert Burton
AEC Sandia Laboratory
Albuquerque
N.M
Walter Arnold
Livermore
Edward R. Tucker
Burton
Nevada Test Site
Buria
Ground Zero
AEC
100 000 Tons Of Litter To Be Dumped On Roads
Keep America Beautiful forecasts more than 100000 tons of litter will be dumped on 400000 miles of primary highways over the July Fourth weekend. Piled a foot high, litter would cover surface of a standard two lane road, creating a trail from Chicago to Minneapolis, a distance of 427 miles.
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Keep America Beautiful, Inc
Chicago
Minneapolis
Save Lives Three FTC Members Escape Sinking Cruiser
Three members of the Federal Trade Commission escaped unharmed when their 33 foot cruiser hit a submerged piling and sank near Gunston Cove on the Potomac River about 15 miles below Washington. Commission Chairman John W. Gwynne and commissioners Robert T. Secrest and Sigurd Anderson were aboard with former commissioner Lowell B. Binson returning from Colonial Beach. Mason, piloting Mason's cruiser, steered to shore as the nose flooded and all four jumped to safety. Mason expects to send a salvage crew to inspect the vessel.
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Washington
Federal ‘Trade Commission
Gunston Cove
Potomac ‘River
Commission
John W. Gwynne
Robert T. Secrest
iSigurd Anderson
Lowell B. Binson
Mason
Colonial Beach
Skelton's Doomed Son Shown Wonders Of The World
Washington amusement story follows Red Skelton and his nine year old son Richard, who has leukemia, as they tour major sites in New York Philadelphia Boston and plan to visit London Rome. Richard hopes to see the Washington Monument with its lit top while Skelton aims to expose him to wonders and fund cancer relief.
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Skeltons
Red Skelton
Richard
New York
Grand Central
Empire State Building
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Radio City
Capital
Philadelphia
Boston
Skelton
London
Rome
Richiard
Valentina
Skel ‘Ton
Wills
Roy la ‘Leatherman
North Market Street
Leather
Frederick Skelton
Memorial Hospital
Washington Monument
Towi
Demonstration By Jets At Andrews Air Base
An armada of modern jet aircraft and World War I planes assembled for a grand aerial parade at Andrews Air Base in Maryland. The event coincided with Gen Nathan Twining’s departure from command as he becomes chairman of the joint chiefs of staff in a new strategy role.
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Washington
United States
Nathan Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Aubuse
Andrews Airy
Woree
Mary Land
Bat Virus Relationship Studied by Fort Detrick Scientists
Fort Detrick researchers report bats can harbor encephalitis viruses at high concentrations without falling ill. The study explores bats as reservoirs, possible transmission to humans via mosquitoes, and effects of artificial bat hibernation on virus levels. Findings raise questions about bats as lab animals and their role in disease spread.
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U.S. Army
Edwin L. Corristan
Army Chemical Corps Biological Warfare Laboratories
Fort Detrick
Frederick
Corristan
Army Chemical Corps Biological: Warfare Laboratories
Fort De-atrick
Edwin C. Corriston
Louis C. LaMotte Jr
Dorothy G. Smith
Federation of American Societies For
United States
St. Louis
Maryland crab packers lose round two in health rules
Baltimore Maryland crab packers suffer another setback as the State Board of Health approves crab packing regulations set to take effect July 1. Rules forbid repacking crab meat from its original container, require heat treatment within 24 hours of picking, and mandate labeling pasteurized crab meat.
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Baltimore
Maryland
State Board of Health
Pestilence Threat Looms After Louisiana Floods and Deaths
Lake Charles, La. area struck by Hurricane Audrey spawned a 26-foot tidal wave that devastated Cameron Parish and surrounding shorelines. Death toll tallies hovered around 120 with hundreds injured and thousands homeless as a massive rescue effort deployed helicopters and ships. Authorities warned death totals could rise for days while Red Cross aided about 40,000 evacuees across Texas and Louisiana. Offshore oil rigs faced damages estimated at 15 million dollars. cattle losses ran into the millions. Governor Eisenhower dispatched civil defense head Val Peterson to coordinate federal aid amid widespread ruin.
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Associated Press
Audrey
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Raymond Huffi
Civil Defense
Red Cross
Texas
Illinois
Indiana
Paris
Finois
South Carolina
Alabama
Aiken
S. C
Columbia
New York
New England
Stony Fort
Canton
Buffalo
Lake Tseiche
Lake Erie
Blazring
Great Lakes
Lake Charles
Raymond Kuitt
Gulf Coast
Jack Moss
Apbeville
Cameron
Pecan Island
Holly Beach
Bill Mortana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Ohio Valley
Amvets Fishing Party at Culler Lake Event Time
Monday schedule lists 14:30 fishing at Culler Lake with prizes for largest and most catches per species. Huck Finn contest at 2:00, Turtle Derby at 3:00, casting contests from 4:30 to 3:30, with awards to Mayor Derr and Frank Bentz.
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Amvets
Culler Lake
Derr
Frank Bentz
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