Miraculous Escape From Auto Death Near Braddock Heights
A disabled veteran Paul Henry Treible and his wife escaped unharmed last night after their 1955 Oldsmobile convertible left US 40 A east of Braddock Heights. Wet roads may have caused loss of control before the car struck a guard rail and rolled onto its roof. Damages were about 3000 dollars. no charges were filed.
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Braddock Heights
U.S. 40-A
Paul Henry Treible
Brunswick
L. C. Clark
Clark
Treible
Bedlam In Topeka Tornado Alarm Rises Then Fades
A Topeka tornado alarm triggered by a black southwest cloud caused panic as sirens wailed at 10 05 p m and police monitored streets. Two funnel sights 150 miles away prompted urban anxiety and widespread calls before the alert was canceled, with light rain and no hail reported. A separate New York story notes a Soviet housing delegation visiting the New York area to study construction.
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Topeka
Kan
Richard Garrett
Topeka Daily Capital
Weather Bureau
U.S
New York
Soviet Union
Warner Bros Selling Controlling Interest
Hollywood reports Warner Brothers is selling a major stake in Warner Brothers Pictures to a syndicate led by Serge Semenenko of the First National Bank of Boston. The sale price cited around 19.25 million dollars values stock at 527.50 per share, with the family retaining substantial holding and board seats. Jack L. Warner will remain a production boss. the deal transfers 28 percent of total Warner stock to the buyer group. The Warner parents emigrated from Poland and began exhibit work in 1906 before founding the Bijou theater.
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Warner Brothers
Nickelodeon
Harry
Albert
Jack L. Warner
Warner Brothers ‘Pictures, Inc
Serge Semenenko
Semenenko
First National Bank of Boston
Poland
Youngstown
Ohio
Newcastle
Eisenhower Checks Up At Walter Reed In Hospital Stay
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, slimmed to 168 pounds, is at Walter Reed Army Hospital for an annual checkup and a heart study. The White House will release results tomorrow after he leaves the hospital. He entered for overnight rest and the examinations begin this morning in the Presidential Suite.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
White House
Repellent Study Aims to Shield Mail Carriers From Dogs
Frederick post office investigates a dog repellent to deter barking dogs from carriers. Postmaster James A. Grove cites 10 to 12 dog incidents last year and notes slippery sidewalks as another danger. The program, part of a broader safety initiative led by Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield, includes new carrier footwear, safer vehicle handling, and fire safety measures with training and supervision guidelines.
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Frederick
James A. Grove
Arthur E. Summerfield
Postal
Vanelars
Post Office
Eli
Deficiency in Rainfall During May
A light mist and cloudy skies hinted at rain but May's rainfall remains deficient by about two and a half inches. Since April 15 only 0.9 inch has fallen against a normal 3.5 inches, with May totaling 0.27 inch so far. Forecasters expect possible showers in Western Maryland Saturday with warmer weekend weather.
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Maryland
North County
Frederick J
Roy Cassell
Fishing Creek
General Motors Orders One Day Shutdown
General Motors ordered a one day halt in automotive assembly with plant managers to decide whether today or Monday. The move aims to balance production with current demand after a two day shutdown at Chrysler. No decision yet on how many of GM 350000 hourly workers are affected.
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Detroit
General Motors
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Five Day Forecast for Mt Maryland Delaware
Five day outlook for Mt Maryland and Delaware shows warmer Saturday with little temperature change into Tuesday or Wednesday when cooler readings arrive. Showers are possible Monday or Tuesday with above normal temperatures by about 3 to 6 degrees and rainfall near a quarter to half inch. Afternoon highs around 70 in the mountains and about 73 elsewhere with early lows from 42 in Garrett County to 52 55 in portions of Maryland and Delaware.
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Mt. Maryland
Delaware
Garrett County
Maryland
Woman Airs Throttle Sleep Crash Breaks Pole Near Carroll
A Frederick woman, Bessie M. Brown, 29, escaped injury when her sedan drifted off South Street near East South and South Carroll streets at 2.35 am and hit a pole, breaking off a sign marking U.S. 40. Police say she fell asleep at the wheel. damage estimated at $300.
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Frederick
East South
South Carroll Streets
Bessie M. Brown
Franklin Street
William Mutchner
South Street
Carroll
U.S. 40
Tornado Storm Rakes Midcontinent Lands Three 30 Day Sentences
Storms across Nebraska Minnesota Iowa and Kansas caused tornado damage to homes farms and businesses with no injuries reported as courts in Lyons Juniata Arlington and Sioux City handled related cases. Local officials reported strong tornadic winds and severe thunderstorms across the region.
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Associated Press
Mid-Continent
Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
Kansas
Rushmore
Paul E. Stone
Jefferson
Lyons
H. Reese Shoe
Cassady
Kan
Maker Jr
Juniata
Phan
Arlington
Shoemaker
Sioux City
Panty Raid Returns as LSU Braces for New Riot
Baton Rouge reports another panty raid amid student anger after tear gas dispersed crowds. Police, state troopers, and fire crews faced bricks, dirt, eggs, and noise as 700 students headed for women’s dorms. Three arrests noted, LSU awaiting disciplinary actions. A separate Baltimore item notes a postponed study by the State Tax Commission and a Jefferson Street bicycle theft.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
LSU
Rattlesnake Found On East Third Street
A local woman reported nearly stepping on a rattlesnake in the 300 block of East Third Street Sunday afternoon. Miss Nancy Phelps said she barely avoided the snake as it crawled over the pavement, a resident killed it with a hatchet and kept the specimen in alcohol. Neighbors fear a second rattler may be nearby.
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East Third Street
Nancy Phelps
East Church Street
Pound
Charles Town Harness Track Plan Cleared in West Virginia
Charles Town Raceway announced plans to start within 30 days the construction of a 2.5 million harness racing track after a county referendum approval by 411 votes. Ed L. Blake said only final plans and site surveying remain before building begins and that worker hiring will be publicized locally with a promise to spend money locally.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Charles Town Raceway
Ed L. Blake
Raceway
News earns final in N W Ayer contest for typography
The News placed among 15 finalists out of 305 entries in the N W Ayer typography contest, marking its third finals appearance in five years. The Frederick Post also reached finals in 1954. A congratulatory note from Mergenthaler Linotype praised the paper’s appearance and readability.
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N. W. Ayer
Richard P. Powell
N. W. Ayer and Son
Philadelphia
News and Post Jast
News
The
Frederick Post
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Edmund C. Arnold
Linotype Publications
Plane Sinks in Chesapeake Bay. Three Lost
An Air National Guard SA16 Albatross crashed and sank in Chesapeake Bay near Kent Island last night. Three crew members from Baltimore were listed missing, while two survivors were rescued by a private boat and a Navy crash boat. Navy salvage divers and Coast Guard patrols guided search efforts as officials noted the incident to be the unit’s first disaster since World War II.
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Air National Guard
Chesapeake Bay
Harbor Field
Baltimore
Stanley L Saunders
Lock Hill Court
Paul G. Shelton
Northgate Rd
Louis J. Florey
Sellers Pt
Sgt
Merrick C. Stecker
York Way
Dundalk
Robert H. Szcrechowiak
Riddle Ave
Stecker
Szcrechowiak
Naval Air Sta
Autlion Tower
U. S. Naval
Here
Kent Island
Mergenthaler Linotype
Acade
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Navy
National Guard
Norfolk
Maryland
Firing squads execute two men at dawn in Utah
In Point of the Mountain Utah volunteers executed Verne Alfred Braasch 30 and Melvin Leroy Sullivan 25 at dawn for a 1949 Beaver Utah service station murder. The two were pronounced dead by a doctor. the execution followed delays to three prior schedules at Utah State Prison. In a separate brief, Jeannie Martin received gold bars from the Civil Air Patrol during Frederick airport ceremonies as Lt. Martin pinned on lieutenant bars by Capt. John Patton with cadet honors and an Air Force film showing.
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Ijamsville
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Robert D. Kirby
Kirby
Bartonsville
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House of Correction
Cartee
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Atglen
Milton E. Crouse
Taneytown
Joseph A. Miltenberger Jr
Flintstone
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Boyd H. Funk
Myersville
Melvin D. Brachey
Yellow Springs
Bethel Roads
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Two Harbors
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Keith E. Hall
LeRoy
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Alan D. Martin
Charles H. Kreiger
St. Clairsville
William E. Dunn
Westminster
Paul Jones
Evansville
Ind
U. S. 15 South
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Grindstone
Ray W. Jones
Adamstown
Point OF
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Melvin Leroy Sullivan
Braasch
Reinbeck
Iowa
Sullivan
Kansas City Co
Utah State Prison
Salt Lake City
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Civil Air Patrol
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Martin
Air Force
Stevenson says Republican money aimed to defeat him
Adlai Stevenson claims Republican funds were used to defeat him in Minnesota and may surface in Florida and California. Senator Estes Kefauver, who beat Stevenson in Minnesota last March, denies knowledge of any Republican contributions to his own campaign and suggests Stevenson is preparing an alibi.
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Associated Press
Adlai Stevenson
Florida
California
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Stevenson
Minnesota
Tydings Ahead After Maryland Primary Canvass
Maryland voters face a tight senatorial canvass as Millard E. F. Tydings gains in Frederick County and Baltimore districts while George P. Mahoney waits for official machine tallies. Unofficial returns show a historic deadlock in nominating votes, with unit votes likely deciding the outcome if popular votes tie. Canvassing continues in Baltimore City and several counties into next week.
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Millard
Tydings
Maryland
John Marshall Butler
Frederick County
Fifth
Mahoney
Baltimore City
Anne Arundel
Carroll
Dorchester
Garrett
Howsjord
Montgomery
Queen Annes
St. Marys
Talbot
Washington
Wicomico
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Algerian toll Mounts in French Campaign Against Nationalist Offensive
Reports from Algiers say French forces killed at least 500 Algerians this week as they push to quell the nationalist offensive against European farms. Rebels are blamed for widespread attacks across western and eastern Algeria, with farms burned and dozens of settlements targeted.
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Algeria
Al-giers
Constantine
Kabylie
Plane crash injures four in Charles County Maryland
A WF A four passenger plane crashed this morning near Pomonkey in Charles County Maryland injuring four people, one seriously, according to State Police.
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Charles CO
Washington
Pomonkey
Charles County
H-Bomb Jet Crashes Shoreham England
A four engine Victory Valiant jet, Britain s new H bomb carrier, crashed near Shoreham. Three of its four crew were missing and believed dead. Eisenhower accepted Panama invitation to Panama City meeting June 25 26. Phillies trade Wehmeier Dickson to Cardinals for Haddix Miller Flowers. Market declines with some recovery.
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Eisenhower
Panama City
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Murry Dickson
St. Louis Cardinals
Tiarvey Haddix
Stu Miller
Ben Flowers
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