Fires Kill 30 Mostly Children Across the Nation
Fires in Wisconsin Pennsylvania Washington D C Oregon and New York killed more than 30 people many of them children. In Superior a father and his five children perished in a duplex blaze while the mother was away. In Cross Hill a sharecropper and eight of his children died along with two visiting children. In North Philadelphia eight children died in a three story house fire. In New York smoke deaths occurred in an apartment fire and in Hallway Oregon three small Yardly children died trapped in a closet as parents were away.
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Associated Press
United States
Superior
Wis
Cross Hill
D.C
Philadelphia
New Yok
Hallway
Ore
Warren Yardly
Yardly
Four Teens Seized In Stolen Car Case In Maryland
State Police in Randallstown report arrest of four New York teenagers for auto theft on U S 40 at Poplar Springs. They were released to their parents Sunday. Two Hancock men, George Courtney 38 and Walter Trail 25, were held on breaking and entering and larceny charges at the McCormick Tavern.
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Randallstown
New York
Hancock
U.S. 40
Poplar Springs
New York City
Harry
Edwards Jr
Saceata Ree
McCormick Tavern
Storm not expected to hit this section
The forecaster said no winter storm would move into the area for St Patrick’s Day as colder temperatures returned. Sunny and warmer outlook then. low tonight in the high twenties with a high in the low forties tomorrow. Last night’s low was 34 after a weekend high of 61 with occasional showers.
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Midwest
St. Patrick's Day
Frederick High School Seventh Annual Festival of Plays
The Dramatics Department staged seven one act plays with 1200 plus attendees. The audience chose Young Lady of Property as best and The Wall as second. Larry Layman won best actor for Zohar in The Wall and Grace Lewis best actress for Wilma in Young Lady of Property. Top supporting honors went to John McHenry and Angie Browning. Additional notable performers included Cindy Warmer and Sandra Voulim. Faculty directors were Mrs Anna May Hughes and Mrs Patricia Thomas.
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Dramatics Department
Frederick High School
Albuquerque
Angie Browning
Tonda Attardi
Cindy Warmer
Arabeela
Sandra Vouulm
Clevenson
Gilore Flautt
Ryko
Dino
Dale Ramsburg
Sarah Willard
Shirley
Paul Ausherman
Mr. Sheridan
Sarah Ann Flautt
Jackie
June Friedlander
Nancy Stoner
Richard ‘Kessler
Anna May Hughes
Ministers Discuss Sunday Closing Bill in Frederick County
Local pastors shared views on a Sunday closing bill in the legislature but took no official action. The Frederick County Ministerium referred the matter to the Frederick County Council of Churches while noting the issue affects more than morality and could affect local open Sunday operations. Leaders named include Rev. E William Hall of Calvary Methodist, Rev. Dr Raymond E Wilhelm of Grace Reform United Church of Christ, and Rev. G A Klinefelter of Middletown Church.
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Frederick County
Reformed Church
Middletown
E. William Hall
Calvary Methodist Church
Grace Reformed United Church of Christ
G. A. Klinefelter
Five Day Forecast From The Associated Press
Temperatures are expected to run two degrees below normal with a cooler trend Tuesday and Wednesday. Friday should near normal and Saturday rise slightly above normal. Expect mostly fair weather with a small chance of precipitation Friday totaling about one quarter inch. Normal highs reach 50s to 55, lows mostly in the 30s, mountain areas in the 20s.
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Associated Press
Mt Airy To Discuss Town Sewer System
A public meeting to discuss a sewerage system and an incinerator for Mt. Airy is set for Thursday at 8 p m in Firemen's Hall. Sponsored by the Mt Airy Chamber of Commerce with the town council and service groups, officials will address costs financing and construction questions.
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Mt. Airy
Airy
Nesto
Miss Toth Named Chief of Hospital Dietary Dept
Miss Toth named chief of the dietary department at a Washington hospital. A graduate with a bachelor of science in Institutional Administration, she has held roles from bake shop supervisor to assistant administrator of dietetics, with experience at Doctors Hospital and the Biltmore Hospital. She later joined Washington Hospital Center in 1967 as co chief dietitian of food production and coauthored a book.
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Miss Toth
Cwhef
Aioe
Stewart M
Checks As Usual Despite Holidays
Maryland unemployment offices will issue checks as usual next week despite two state holidays. Good Friday March 27 requires check delivery a day early, while Maryland Day March 25 sees some offices stay open in certain cities with early disbursement. Smaller rural offices will be notified of individual changes.
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Baltimore
Syrians Charge New Border Violation by Iraqis
A UAR army spokesman said 30 Iraqi crossborder fighters attacked two Syrian guards, wounding one, in the third such accusation in a week. President Nasser warned uprisings would continue while dictatorship and communism persist in Iraq. In Baghdad leftists urged arming the people and purging traitors.
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Damascus
Syria
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Abdel Karim Kassem
1St
Nasser
Iraq
Baghdad
Kassem
Vandals Loot Viers Mill School in Wheaton
Police say youths vandalized all but one of the classrooms at Viers Mill Elementary School in Wheaton. They looted Easter Seal and March of Dimes charity boxes, spilled ink and papers, with $1,088 in damages and losses between 350 and S108 from the collections. Descriptions include childish messages on blackboards.
Fast Action On Jobless Pay Forecast
Washington AP reports a House plan to extend temporary federal unemployment benefits for about 300000 jobless workers beyond April 1. The three month taper faces mixed Democratic and Republican support as leaders push a quick floor vote to finish before the March 31 sunset.
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Washington
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Caveat Filed In Court Here In Estate of Charles Winfield
A caveat was filed in Orphans Court over the estate of Charles Winfield who died February 4 near Foxville. Ida M Wolfe, sister and next of kin, claims the February 2 1959 paper purporting to be his will was invalid and that he died intestate. She asks for a jury in Circuit Court and removal of executrices Yallie and Elizabeth Fritz. List of Wolfe heirs and other relatives follows. Letters of administration granted in other estates include Jessie Brown and Betty Kelly of Brunswick and Edna Crum of Walkersville. Realty values noted.
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Charles Winfield
Foxville
Ida M. ‘Wolfe
Myersville
Winfield
W. Jerome Offutt
Maryland
Orphans Court
Yallie Fritz
Elizabeth Fritz
Leslie DeLauter
Roger DeLauter
Clara DeLauter
Mary W. Chine
Jesse Winfeld
Fred Winfield
Carroll Winfield
Glen Winfield
Paul Winfield
Edgar Winfield
Laura W. Hays
Ethel Wo Prushour
Wilner Winfield
Cyrus Winfield
Jessie Brown
Betty Kelly
Brunswick
Gertrude C. Brown
Edna M. Crum
Walkersville
DeHaven
Tomssa
Development Proposals For Subdivisions And Tanks In Frederick
Five hearings before the Frederick City Planning Commission and the Board of Zoning Appeals will consider subdivision plats for Catoctin Estates on the former Young farm and for land on New Design road. Knecht and Maxwell are landscape architects. Separate sessions address underground gasoline tank approvals for American Oil Company, Frederick Motor Company, and Earl W. Mercer, with tank sizes ranging from 1 000 to 4 000 gallons.
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Catoctin Estates
Young Farm
West Seventh Street
Frederick
College Estates
Wolosa Baer Naor
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
American Oil Company
East Church Street
Frederick Motor Company
West Patrick Street
Earl W.H Mercer
Rosemont Avenue
Driving After License Refused Yields Fines in Court
Two defendants appeared before Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker Jr. One man, Robert E. Sewell, was found guilty of operating after his license was refused, fined 100 dollars and costs, with a suspended license for the other man. The case traced back to DMV testimony and improper license forms. A second defendant, Sterling Thomas King Jr., was charged for failing to stop at a stop sign and had a five dollar fine suspended.
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H. Reese Shoemaker Jr
Robert E. Sewell
West All Saints Street
Joseph J. Coady
Department of Motor Vehicles
Coady
Sewell
Padusca
Sterling Thomas King Jr
RFD i
Clathabank
Tuuhd
Route 75
U. S
Freeper Woo
McAluster
Manuel Weinberg
King
Baseball Prospects Enter Training Camps In Florida
Two Frederick county prospects head to training camps by this weekend with a third joining soon. Charlie Kelley Jr now trains at Lake Wales Florida with the Yankees Richmond club. Donald Keller also signed by the Yankees and finishing Army service will return home before Lake Wales assignment. Dick Smith of Walkersville prepares to report Thursday to the Phillies C D minor league camp in Leesburg Florida for placement after training.
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Frederick County
Charlie Kelley Jr
Lake Wales
Fla
New York Yankees
Richmond
Keller
Donald
Yankees
Walkersville
Dick Smith
Philadelphia Prides
Leesburg
Phil
Young Smith
le Mgm Dry Ptiay Cnet Phillies
Clearwater, Fla
Kennedy Receives Acid Threats Against His Family
Robert F. Kennedy reported threats that acid would be thrown at his six children to the Senate Labor Management Committee. The FBI was informed, and Kennedy described the anonymous calls in a closed door session without requesting protective measures. The incident echoes the 1957 Riesel attack that targeted a labor reporter.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate Labor Management Committee
FBI
Kennedy
New York
Victor Riesel
Riesels
Easter Sunrise Service Set for Sugar Loaf Mountain
The eleventh annual Easter Sunrise Service will be held March 29 at 6 a.m. on the east view of Sugar Loaf Mountain. It is an interdenominational event organized by churches in nearby counties with Dr. Lowell B. Ensor delivering the message. Stronghold on Sugar Loaf, now run by Stronghold Inc trustees, will provide access and a parking area after a prior era as Gordon Strong’s home. If weather permits, over 2,000 attendees are expected. Rev. Roby Eastridge will direct the Sugar Loaf Choir and Rev. Charles Shook will be the soloist. A hot breakfast follows at the Dickerson Methodist Social Room.
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Sugar Loaf Mountain
Lowell 8. Ensor
Western Maryland College
Westminster
Gordon Strong
Col. Strong
Stronghold, Inc
A. M. Thomas
Oof
Stronghold
Harry Eugene Lawson
Wesley Methodist Chapel
Urbana
Ben F. Hartley
Clarksburg
Albert W. Lenz
Neelsville
Head On Crash Kills Eight Near Kingman Arizona
A head on collision 40 miles northeast of Kingman killed eight people and injured four, two critically. Victims in one car were Joe Walliams 32 John Collins Hattie Williams and Mary Collins all of Peach Springs on the Hualapai Indian reservation. In the other vehicle were Henry Manuel Goke 38 of Albuquerque New Mexico the driver Gertrude Chaser 24 of Long Beach California and infant son Richard and Josie Campbell also of Long Beach. The Campbell child’s relation was not immediately determined. The cars crossed the center line causing the crash.
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Kingman
Ariz
API
Arena City
Highway Patrol
Floyd Disney
Joe Walliams
John Collins
Hattie Williams
Mary Collins
Peach Springs
Hualapai Indian Reservation
Henry Manuel Goke
Albuquerque
N.M
Gertrude Chaser
Long Beach
Cant
Ana
Richard
Josie Campbell
Campbell
Cigness
Williams
Woman On Trial For Slaying Drug Executive
In Indianapolis AP report, Connie B. Nicholas goes on trial for the July killing of Eli Lilly executive Forrest Teel. Police say Nicholas followed Teel to his Cadillac and shot him after a date with a younger woman. Defense claims accidental shooting during an altercation after Teel allegedly beat Nicholas. Teel’s divorce and long affair with Nicholas are cited. Laura Mowrer, a Lilly secretary, is the younger woman.
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Indianapolis
Connie B. Nicholas
Forrest Teel
Teel
Nicholas
Eli Lilly & Co
Mary
Lauraay Mowrer
oYee Exchange
Lilly Firm
Cali
Tg Itlifornia
York
Ed Lilly
Tanker Slams Into Stalled Car Spilling Gas on Harbor Freeway
A truck tanker crashed into a stalled auto on the Harbor Freeway spilling 4000 gallons of gasoline. Police and eight fire companies cleaned the spill on Sunday as they questioned Booker Wil Hanna about why his car ran out of gas.
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Los Angeles
Harbor
Booker Wil
Hanna
Baltimore man charged in three bank holdups
A 29 year old Baltimore man was charged with three bank robberies in the city. He allegedly held up the Ok Town Branch of Provident Savings Bank for 2784 dollars on March 6, the Fidelity Baltimore National Bank branch for 1006 dollars last December, and the Cliftos Savings Bank of Sk5 on November 3. The arrest followed a probe of a missing receipt book at a used car lot. Separately in New York the stock market cooled after four days of gains, with prices sliding from record highs in heavy trading.
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Baltimore
Apo
UMC Weru Wera
Ok Town
Provident Saving Bank
Fidelity - Balmore National Bank
Cliftos
Savings Bank of
New York
Takpink
Trains Rescued as Midwest Snowstorm Paralyzes Rail Lines
A severe winter storm blanketed the Midwest causing massive snow drifts and high winds. About 350 Payenpvers aboard four CNW trains were stranded up to 12 hours in Wisconsin before rescue by diesel units. Injuries and fatalities occurred across Arkansas Illinois and Tennessee.
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Midwest
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Wisconsin
Green Bay
Arkansas
Rockies
Iowa
Nebraska
Michigan
Ashland
Green Bay-Milwaukee
Randolph
Milwaukee
Chicago
Campbellsport
Appleton
Appalachians
Georgia
Florida
Opal
Owensborn
Moko
Mlinois
Memphis
Tens
Cleveland
Niagara Falls
New York
Great Lakes
Farm Auction Nets About Fifty Thousand Dollars Near Beaillsville
Personal farm property of Euache J Offutt and Dorothy L Offutt sold Saturday at Dr Gaines farm near Beaillsville. Goods and cattle drew strong bids with items like a com liner bringing 3420 and a DeLaval milking unit at 2990. The Offutts plan to move to a dairy farm near Westminster Maryland.
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Euache J
Dorothy L. Offutt
Dr. Gaines
Beaillsville
Ford
Nuil
Null
Emmett Bowlus
Merkle N. Wachter
Offutt
Montgomery County
Jerome 4
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County Council of Churches
Migg Trewe
M. Toth
Viers Mill School
Union Pacific
Olympia. Wash
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Sugar Loaf
G. Keath Funston
New York Stork Exchange
Robert F. Wagner
Exchange
Funston
Fera
Newark
Lyon
CNW
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