City Recovers From Soaking Storm After Thunder and Rain
A central county thunderstorm brought severe lightning and brief power interruptions as rain ended a dry spell. Edison Company crews restored service by 7:30 PM after lines tripped near Woodsboro and Jefferson. Occasional showers continued overnight with cooler, drier weather expected.
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Weather Bureau
Potomac
Edison Company
Woodsboro
Jefferson
Middletown Wailer
Creagerstown
Berle
Point of Rocks
Brunswick
W Frederick Art Show Opens At West Frederick Junior High
The second annual county wide art exhibit sponsored by the Civic Club opens this weekend at West Frederick Junior High School cafeteria. Local artist entries are being accepted with chairs and proper lighting arranged for visitors. Hood College faculty and students are expected to display work alongside locals.
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West Frederick
Civic Club
Charlies Baldwin
Baldwin
Tus
Hood College
Baldvwin
Surface Treatment Of Roads Begins
A surface treatment program on county state roads started under contract by A. H. Smith of Branchville. Work began Tuesday on Maryland 75 south of New Market and will run about a week to ten days, weather permitting, with traffic kept open. The project covers about 15 miles on U.S. 15 from Harmony Grove to Lewistown, Maryland 77 east of Thurmont, Maryland 550 from Woodsboro toward Liberty Town, and the Unionville by pass on Maryland 26. Showers halted work today.
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A. H. Smith
Branchville
Maryland
New Mar
Old Braddock
Braddock Mountain
U. S
Harmony Grove
Lewistown
Thurmont
Woodsboro
Libertytown
Unionville
Property Review Boards Are Continued Statewide
State Roads Commission will keep boards of property review in counties for another year to speed rights of way acquisitions. Chairman John J. McMullen cited conferences with highway officials and governor Tawes, noting boards awarded 7,711,000 in 826 cases and appeals in about 47 percent, while direct condemnation costs rose with delays.
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State Roads Commission
John J. McMullen
Tawes
Frederick
Roads’ Commission For
Robert O. Bonnell
Commission
McMullen
Chemical Used To Kill Lake Plant Growth
City officials report a chemical is poured into Cul ter Lake to suppress aquatic plant growth each spring. The plant life will reappear later, requiring reapplication. Care is needed to avoid harming fish, so the treatment is milder than other methods. It is cheaper than raking and hauling growth from boats.
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Culter Lake
Five Day Forecast From The Associated Press
Showers end by early Thursday with fair weather through Monday. Precipitation is spotty from one to five tenths of an inch. Temperatures average two to five degrees below normal, with colder Friday and Saturday and warming by Monday. Normal highs range from the upper 60s in mountains to the low 70s in east, with lows from the low 40s in mountains to the 50s in the east.
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Herman Toms
Braddock Heights
Associated Press
Freight Train Diesels Derailed Near Newark
A Jersey City to Chicago freight train derailed four diesel units after an open switch in front of Newark’s Baltimore and Ohio station. No injuries reported. Delaware police FBI investigate possible switch tampering. The Timesaver freighter, at 2 35 a m, buckled four cars then continued to Chicago with new engines.
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Newark. del
Jersey City-Chicago
Baltimore and Ohio
Delaware
FBI
Chicago
Spring Rally Planned By GOP Women
The Federation of Republican Women of Maryland will hold the Spring Rally at the Peter Pan Inn Urbana on May 27. President Mrs. Osbourne P. Beall will welcome guests, with a reception preceding lunch honoring Mrs. Peter Gibson and other national leaders. The program includes speeches by Mrs. Elston and Mrs. Richard D. Bauer, plus humorous skits and Midwest and Maryland party leaders in attendance.
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Federation of Republican Women of Maryland
Peter Pan Inn
Urbana
Osbourne P. Beall
Stevenson
Peter Gibson
Monroe. Mich
National Federation of Republican Women
R. Ransom Friston
National Federation
Delaware Federation
Bertha S. Adkins
Hea Education, and Welfare
Beall
Robert O. Bonnell
Ional Committeewomain
Land
Gail L. Catshall
Frederick County Club
Henrietta Siaarpsburg
Aich
Elston
Richard D. Bauer
Adelphist
J. Glenn Beall
John Marshall Burner
Maryland
Emmett R. Bowlus
Baltimore
John Derr
Frederick
Hyde
Kathryn J
Jacob Ramsburg
Cathrim Wolfe
Ab Hermann
Bethesda
Henrietia Sinn
Sharpsburg
Catshall
David Young
Hilda B. Croghan
Bern
Remsburg
Edward Widmeyer
Helen Remsburg
John Hart
Unions Fête Congressmen and Labor Reform Clash
Washington unions step up lobbying to reshape or oppose Senate labor regulation bills. John L. Lewis, 79, plans to oppose today before a House Labor subcommittee, arguing unions must self reform to curb embezzlement. AFL-CIO signals shifting sentiment as its executive council meets to review the Senate version.
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Washington
APU
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
House Labor
Lewis
Afl-Cio
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Senate
Three Super Sabre Jets In Crash Off Myrtle Beach
Three F100 Super Sabre jets from Myrtle Beach Force Base crashed into the Atlantic about 10 miles southeast of Myrtle Beach before dawn during a night navigation and air refueling drill. All three pilots are presumed lost. wreckage not found after several hours of search. Names of the pilots were withheld.
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Myrtle Beach
S.C
API
Myrtle Beach Force Base
Atlantic Ocean
Speller
SRC Plans Pilot Sale Of Surplus Land In Baltimore County
The State Roads Commission will test a pilot program to dispose of surplus land in Baltimore County including small plots and farms. Chair John J. McMullen said about 100 parcels would be listed with multiple real estate dealers to avoid immediate appraisals while stimulating competition and returning land to tax rolls. The state owns about 1,400 parcels and aims for an orderly, non distress sale process. A separate market update notes the New York stock market gaining steadily with moderate activity.
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Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Baltimore County
SRC
John J. MccMullen
Commission
McMullen
Sidewalk Superintendent Emerges On City Build Site
A report from a group of supers on a new Manhattan scraper by bank of phones is described as a routine feature. A dulcet-voiced lady reports on endless tape while a closed-circuit TV link with Toledo keeps the superintendent connected to upper-floor work.
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Tefi
Manhattan
Bank of Phones
Toledo
Rig
Tawes To Hear Russians Push Propaganda From Police
At Annapolis a hearing into Hepbron removal charges heard from Baltimore Police Department officials including Inspector Forrester and retired Chief Inspector Ford about alleged wiretapping and ties to racketeers. Eisenhower, in Washington, said the Soviet propaganda push at Geneva hampers talks and voiced hope for fruitful negotiations. He announced a future message on housing highways wheat and related legislation.
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Tawes
Eisenhower
Annapolis
API
Twao
Baltimore Police Department
James M. Hepbron
Clarence QO. Forrester
Fred L. Ford
Khrushchev
United States
Kremlin
Congress
Senate
Prize Kitchen In Recent Tour Damaged By Fire
Fire destroyed a remodeled kitchen at Hootin Hollow farm owned by Mr and Mrs George Price during a morning blaze. The Independent Hose Company arrived first but misrouted, while New Market units extinguished the fire within minutes. Damaged were birch cabinets woodwork flooring wiring and an exhaust fan with smoke spreading through the house. Several thousand dollars in damage was reported to the kitchen.
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New Market Farm
Hootin’ Hollow Farm
George Price
Rederick County Council of Homemakers Clubs
New Market, Fire Company
James Hahn
New Market Company
Hahn
Frice
Ritchen
Price
Independent Hose Company
Beauty Queen Lands In Jail
A 22 year old former beauty queen, Ann Dickes Gottfried of Puebla, is jailed after signing statements admitting armed robberies in Denver and Aurora. Police say she robbed a Denver hotel and an Aurora drugstore gunpoint, and was arrested after a drugstore robbery. Her husband William Gottfried, 23, is in Illinois Prison for the Criminally Insane following a prior kidnapping conviction.
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Littleton
Colo
Diste
Ann Gottfried
William Maraggos
Ted
Colorado
Jo. Cole
Aurora
Puebla
Gottfried
Cleveland at New York Postponed by Rain
A scheduled game between Cleveland and New York was postponed due to rain conditions. No new date announced yet.
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Cleveland
New York
Gromyko Obstacles Compromise At Geneva Talks
Western foreign ministers push to limit Soviet demand for immediate seating of Poland and Czechoslovakia at the Geneva conference round table. United States Secretary of State Christian Herter plans to press German issues while French and British ministers resist expanding the invite list. A compromise offered would invite Poland, Czechoslovakia, and others later, but Gromyko seeks an immediate decision.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Chaiman
Andrei Gromyko
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Herter
France
Maurice Couve de Murville
Britain
Selwyn Lloyd
Gromyko
Italy
Government probes into Wrbelkinge air crashes near Baltimore
Baltimore AP reports investigators probed the wreckage of a Capital Viscount turboprop aircraft with 31 aboard after a fatal explosion en route from New York to Atlanta. Earlier, a Capital Constellation crashed into a 200 foot embankment near Charleston WV airport, bursting into flames. two bodies recovered, six hospitalized. A 20 year old stewardess Nancy Marshall helped many escape, forcing a door open. Weather updrafts and downdrafts cited as possible factors. officials noted a rare double fatal crash in one day.
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Baltimiore
New York
Arelanta
Charlester
W.va
Civil Aeronautics Board
Baltimore
Ocencine
Estredane
Charleston
Bic Constellation
Nancy
Marshall
Woman Fails to Appear in Gadd Testimony Case
In Mag perales Court Magistrate Byron W. Thompson hears that Mrs. Margaret V. Gadd did not appear to testify against her husband Otis Dale Gadd after his arrest for assault and battery or non support. The case was dismissed.
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Magperales Court
Byron W. Thompson
Margaret V. Gadd
Otis Dale Gadd
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