Firemen Busy Over Holiday as Multiple Fires Reported
Eight area fire companies battled field and woods fires over the weekend. Mt. Airy Damascus and Lisbon crews contained a 20 acre blaze on Dr. Snow property near Harrisville Road. Lisbon fought a quarter acre woods fire on Donald Warfield’s Route 144. New Market responders halted rail traffic for 90 minutes to control a Bartholows Monrovia blaze burning 4-5 acres. Ijamsville site burned 4-5 acres with independent hose company aiding. Brunswick volunteers battled a grass fire endangering a small outbuilding. A grease fire at West Friendship Stockyards drew Lisbon West Friendship and Sykesville units. Braddock Heights added a small field fire near Rock Creek Drive.
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Mt. Airy
Damascus
Lisbon
Harrisville
Dr. Snow
Washington
Rimbey
Woods
Lisbon Fire Company
Donald Warfield
Route 144
Poplar Springs
B&o
Bartholows
Monrovia
New Market Volunteer Fire Company
Baltimore
New Market
Ijamsville
Thomas McDonough
Independent Hose Company
John Earley
Knoxville
Brunswick Volunteer Fire Company
West Friendship
Sykesville
Braddock Heights
Braddock
Rock Creek Drive
Bowns Road
Tidal Wave Unhurt Rescues Crescent City Woman
Crescent City suffered a tidal surge that carried a house and the bed containing Mrs. Mabel Martin for two and a half blocks. She was found under the roof, breathing in an air pocket, and rescued for treatment at Seaside Hospital. Also reported is the death of Dr. Clayton F. Andrews at 73, former imperial potentate of the Shrine of North America.
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Crescent City
Calif
Mabel Martin
Mike Chambers
Mrs. Martin
Top Mason
Lincoln, Neb
Clayton F. Andrews
Imperial
the Shrine of North America
Nebraska Medical Association
Students Who Smoke Show Less Adapted to Authority
A study of 304 high school seniors from Newton Public High School finds smokers, especially heavy smokers, less adjusted to adult authority and family relations than nonsmokers. Boys show weaker relations to authority. many patterns suggest smoking may reflect underlying low achievement and social needs. Girls who smoke are more rebellious, yet nonsmokers tend to be shy with low self‑confidence.
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Chicago
Newton, Mass
Eva J. Salber
Joan E. Rochman
Boston
Environmental Health
American Medical Association
Raymond G Gregoire Receives Quality Increase Award
Raymond G Gregoire of the Office of Scientific Director at Fort Detrick is presented with a Quality Increase Award by Dr Robert A Altenbern, Chief of Micro biology, in a formal ceremony recognizing notable improvements and contributions in the institute's research operations.
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Raymond G. Gregoire
Fort Detrick
Robert A. Altenbern
Ue 5
Navy
Carmen Leonard
Hagerstown councilman may withdraw power plant sale amendment
In Hagerstown the councilman who pushed a charter amendment to allow selling the municipal power plant says he may withdraw it. The next referendum is at the March election, while the sale petition already carries over 6,000 signatures. Potomac Edison offered 14 million dollars for the plant, but officials fear the deal may not endure to March.
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Hagerstown
Potomac Edison
Frank Cordell
Petition Drives Ha gerstown Referendum With 6535 Signatures
Clerk John Conrad reports the petition sealed in City Hall is awaiting Council action tonight. Mrs Burhans presented the envelope containing 6535 signatures. 3488 or 20 percent of Ha gerstown's 17442 registered voters are required to force the referendum.
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John Conrad
W. F. Burhans
Hagerstown
Boy Rescued From Niagara Gorge
A 5 year old boy fell 150 feet into the Niagara Gorge in Niagara Falls Ontario. He grabbed a tree and clung for over an hour until rescuers pulled him to safety and he was hospitalized.
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Niagara Falls, Ont
Niagara Gorge
Rescuer Hauls Boy From 250-Foot Gorge
Wayne Stadny suffered minor injuries as hundreds watched Harry Golubinski of the rescue squad ascend 100 feet from the gorge bottom to reach a tree. He wrapped the boy in his coat, secured a rope seat and, holding the child, was slowly pulled to the top.
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Wayne Stadny
Harry Golubinski
Golubinski
Police Seek Hit Run Motorist Near Frederick Route 40
State Police at Frederick Barracks asked the public to help locate the driver of a late model 1964 Mercury Monterey that struck a truck driver early Saturday on U S Route 40 east of Frederick. The car is light in color with damage to the right side including missing chrome molding parts.
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Frederick Barracks
Frederick
Truck Driver Hurt In Frederick Roadside Accident
Victor A. Young a 38 year old from Sage West Virginia was released from Frederick Memorial Hospital after suffering a deep puncture wound to the left hip and brush burns. He had stopped his truck east of the intersection with Ijamsville Road at about 3 am Saturday while checking a suspected flat tire when the accident occurred. State Police investigator Tic C Ronald Twigg led the crash probe.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Victor A. Young
Sage
West Virginia
Young
Ijamsville
Tic. C. Ronald Twigg
Continental divide between Asia and Europe defined
The commonly accepted boundary between Asia and Europe follows the Ural Mountains and Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea with its outlets the Bosporus and Dardanelles.
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Asia
Europe
Ural Mountains
Ural River
Caspian Sea
Caucasus Mountains
Black Sea
Bosporus
Dardanelles
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