Train derails injuring 100 as 900 pupils ride to Milwaukee
A derailment near Waukescha, Wisconsin, involved a 900 pupil excursion train to a Milwaukee baseball game after a loaded gravel truck struck the first coach at a rural crossing. More than 100 people, mostly children, were injured. One child with a fractured skull remained critical. The truck driver, Gordon Hinkley, is in fair condition with leg fractures. Hospitals treated 94 victims in Waukesha Memorial, with 34 detained and 60 released. ten more were taken to Milwaukee General Hospital for minor injuries. Dozens of dazed children received care at the scene and at a nearby first aid station. The crash ripped up 100 feet of track and toppled several cars.
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Waukesha
Wis
Milwaukee
Gordon Hinkley
Wales
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Milwaukee Court Generals Hospital
Oconomowoc
Milwaukee Road
Senate to ready farm bill for action next week
Sen. Ellender said the agriculture committee will rush to complete a new farm bill and have it available for Senate action early next week. The House bill would be considered in a closed session Wednesday after narrowly skipping further public hearings. Ellender urged colleagues to prepare amendments and statements. The push follows a year of stalled farm legislation, amid past veto and debates over soil bank and advance payments.
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Sen
Ellender
D-La
Agriculture Committee
Senate
House
Congress
Eisenhower
Soil Bank
Anniversaries and Births in Know America Today's List
Know America Today's anniversaries salute Moses Milner California Joe born near Stanford Kentucky died 1876 Louis Gottschalk pianist composer born New Orleans died 1869 Augusta Evans Wilson novelist born Columbus Georgia died Moule Alabama 1909 Oscar Hammerstein composer born Germany died New York 1919 Frank Carpenter journalist traveler died China 1924 James Angell Yale president born Burlington Vermont died 1949 Today in History notes include US relief to Venezuela 1812 London premiere 1923 Palo Alto battle 1846 arbitration Alabama Claims 1811 and early Labor Day origin 1882, plus Legion opening 1919 Coral Sea 1942. Birthdays feature Harry S Truman Walker Stone Fulton Sheen and others. Gettysburg loan approved for dormitories at Gettysburg College.
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California Joe
Stanford
Louis M. Gottschalk
New Orleans
Augusta Jane Evans Wilson
Columbus
Moule
Ala
Oscar Hammerstein
Germany
New York
Frank G. Carpenter
Mansfield
Ohio
China
James Rowland Angell
Yale University
Burlington
United States
Venezuela
Congress
Tohn Howard Payne
London
England
Orleans
William Ladd
American Peace Society
Palo Alto
Mexico
Alabama
George B. Selden
Rochester
N. Y
New York Central Labor Union
American Legion
St. Louis
Coral Sea
Notable birthdays and a focused horoscope
The note lists birthdays of Edmund Wilson Patrick Malin and James H. Kindelberger, with origins in New Jersey North Dakota and West Virginia among others. It also offers a horoscope advising a broad mind yet a focused, purposeful use of energy to avoid wasting life.
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Ohn
Matheson
Wartimore
Cambridge
Edmund Wilson
Red Bank
N. J
James H. Kindelberger
North American Aviation
Los Angeles
Wheeling
W. Va
Patrick M. Malin
The
American Civil Liberties Union
New York
Joplin
Loaded Dice At Monte Carlo Charged In Court
Three Californians Philip Aggie Jason Lee Jr and Ralph Shaker were charged with slipping loaded dice into Monte Carlo casino. They asked a judge to allow a court dice lay out to prove randomness while Monaco and the 1956 Olympic bid faced funding issues and Liberia joined as the 73rd entrant.
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Monte Carlo
Los Angeles Area
Philip Aggie
Jason Lee Jr
Ralph Shaker
Cases Tried In Monday Night Court
An elderly Frederick man testified in Peoples Court that two men forced him to drink liquor last Friday night and held him in a Market Street restroom. Magistrate Wilbur Sheffield Jr dismissed the alibi as unbelievable, noting it sounded like fiction.
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Frederick Negro
Peoples Court
George Thompson
Middle Valley
Wilbur Sheffield Jr
Market Street
Sheffield
Ripley's
Thompson
Third Street
Thomp
Andersonville Wins Pulitzer Prize for Best Novel
The Pulitzer Prize for best novel went to Andersonville by Mac Kinlay Kantor. Anne Frank received the drama prize, while Hofstadter, Hamlin, and Bishop won in history biography and poetry categories respectively.
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Andersonville
New York
Mackinlay Kantor
Anne Frank
Frances Goodrich
Albert Hackett
Hichard Hofstadter
Benjamin Henry
Latrobe
Talbot Hamlin
Elizabeth Bishop
Frederick Maryland real estate listings advertise quick-sale farms and homes
A list of properties in Frederick Maryland includes 229 A stock farm with stream and stone house priced for quick sale, 107 4 dairy farm with seven-room house, 110 A stock farm with meadow spring and bank barn, and several city properties. Listings mention prices from 2 650 to 15 000 dollars and a seven-room brick home near schools. Contact A Luther Knowles at 518 Elm Street for details.
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Balto
Bath
Apt
A. Luther Knowles
Elm Street
Frederick
Maryland
Grant Place
L.R
D.R
Military Road
IL. R
West Ith ST. Ext
Catoctin Ave
Redwood Ave
Middletown Valley
Baltimore Market Bank
Emmert R. Bowlus
West Church St
Edward D. Farnsworth
Rep
Raymond L. Kelly
Fargo
Spring Valley
Delco
Fenley
Brigadoon
Youngstown
Brigavon O
White Rock
Brosius Homes Corporation
W. Church St
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Monaco
Melbourne
William Bridgford
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Germantown
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Helen Ormsby
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Filbert
Frederick County Holstein Association, Inc
Fair Grounds
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Homer Remsbers
Middletown
R. Charles Backu
ED Payne
Thomas Ave
Gue
Wallace
Maryland State School For the Deaf
Anna B. Guton
Stewart Manor
14Th
Motter
Guton
Harvey Hargett
Sheffidel
S. Mobley, JR
Universal Insulation Co
Wilson Avenue
MR. Farmer
Wilson
Gehl
Immediate Financing
N. E. Kefauver, Jr., Inc
Massey-Harris
Skyline
Frederick County Products
East South St. Frederick, Md
Delaval
Pete Ausherman
Keller
Peoples Finance CO
North Court St
Ralph E. Stottlemyer
Thurmont
W.M.A.R
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Emory F Stottlemyer
Leonard E, Sherman
Club Bar
Mt. Airy
Airy
Leonard E. Sherman
Mary B. Young
P. B. Roop & Son
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Frede
G. H. Mercer & Sons
Ram Highway
B.roop & Son Real Estate
New Windsor
Guy R. Creager
West South Street
Frederi
Braddock Heights
Reid Ford
Grayson H. Mercer & Sons Pythian Castle
E. Paul Magaha
Ralph W. Boyer
R. L. Zentz
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Strout Realty
Taneytown
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N. Court St
Ideal Garage Co
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the Ideal Garage Co., Inc
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Gilmore R. Flautt
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Trnum
Acre
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Horman
M. Palmer
Delaval Milker Sales & Service
Farmers Supply CO
South Carroll &J
Frederick, Md
Shields Trailer Sales
Middletown Farmer Co-Op Aksn
Santh & Winer St
Briggs & Stratton
BABY
Zobb
New
U. 8
Maryland Chick Hatchery, Inc
South St
Lawson Motor
Plymouth Cranbrook
Lawson
N. Market St. Ph
O.R
Chevrolet
Plymouth
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Chevrolet Sales Inc
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