Funk Sworn In as Roads Commission Chairman in Annapolis
Former Frederick County resident Jonny Funk received his commission from Governor Teves to chair the reorganized State Roads Commission at a ceremony in Annapolis. Funk, also highways director, will be sworn in June 1. Present were Delbert S. Null C Burton Cannon Jr and others from Frederick County and Baltimore areas.
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Jonny Fork
Teves
Reorganized State Roads Commission
Gove: Or
Annapolis
Frederick County
Funk
Public War
Baltimore County
Tawes
Brunswick
Roads Commission
Delbert S. Null
Board of County Commissioners
C. Burton Cannon Jr
A. Lamar Barrick
George F. Abrecht
Democratic State Central Committee
Iubway Contracting
This County
Anne
Hood College
Frederick
Hussell H. McCain
Tares
No Votes On Milk Handling Order Referendum
Little voting occurred at county agent offices in Frederick and Fairfax as residents faced a federal milk handling order covering Washington area markets. Ballots were mailed or postmarked by 3 p.m. today, with groups like Maryland Virginia Milk Producers Association and Capitol Milk Producers Association representing thousands of shippers.
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Washington
Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Association
Capitol Milkroducers Association
Fredrik
Fairfax
Henry R. Shoemaker
Frederick
Department
District of Columbia
Frederneck
Ferry Disaster Kills 23 as Rio Bay Ferry Capsizes
A storm on Guanabara Bay near Rio de Janeiro capsized a ferry carrying 127 passengers. The vessel collided with a tugboat, the tug remained undamaged and aided rescue efforts. initial toll reported at 23 dead, with most survivors saved.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Aps ii
Mos
Tao
Cauanabera Bay
Rio
Growing Out of My Size Again Dears
A brief quip notes needing to trim clothing due to rising sizes. The speaker playfully promises a reducing diet to fit the growing figures, reflecting lighthearted domestic humor.
Missing boater still sought along Colorado river
A six man crew combs the Colorado River canyon lands southwest of Moab Utah for Frank A Rich 65 of Lakewood Village California who disappeared after a pleasure boat capsized in Cataract Canyon on Sunday Rich was last seen clinging to the overturned boat as it turned down the rapids his wife son and daughter in law were rescued and wreckage was spotted in the canyon water.
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Moab
Utah
APA
Colorado River
Here
Frank A. Rich
Lakewood Village
Cali
Rich
Cataract Canyon
Outstanding Former 4 H Member Dies
Sonn Allen Moore 23 died at his home after a three month illness. He was a former 4 H member with many honors including a 1956 trip to the 4 H Club Congress in Chicago and 1954 attendance at the International Livestock Judging Show. He held drafting jobs at Price Electric and Fort Detrick and later at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory White Oak. He was active in St John Church and multiple granges and left a large family. The funeral is planned with prayers at home and a requiem mass at St. John's Catholic Church.
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Sonn Allen Moore
Sox
Urban W
Kathleen Allen Moore
Fom Frederick High School
Columbia Technical Institute
Washington
Young Moore
Moore
Chicago
Syracuse
Technical Institute
Price Electic
Fort Detrick
Naval Ordnance Laboratory
White Oak
St. John’s Catholic Church
Holy Name Society
Ballenger Grange
Pomona Grange
State Grange
A. Wendric Moore Jr
Fengaville
Daniel J. Moore
Lewistown
Wiliam L
Thaddeus L. Moore
Truman J. Etzier
Jefferson
Edward B. Hall Jr
Imear
Woodstore
Robert M. Meunier
Lewistonn
Isss
Ora YT
Delia MM. Moore
East Church Street
Rome
St. John’s Catholi
Micantei
M. Ritchison and Son
Starkweather To Die Friday In Nebraska Electric Chair
Lincoln Neb AP Charles Starkweather 19 confessed slayer of 11 persons is scheduled to die in the electric chair Friday morning. Execution set for shortly after 6 a.m. CST at the Nebraska Penitentiary. Fugate 15 serving life term as participant in the killings claims she was hostage of Starkweather.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles Starkweather
Slaser
Nebraska Penitentiary
Starkweather
Bennett
Caril Ann Fugate
Caril
Charles
Underworld Confrerees Indicted Over Apalachin Probe
New York AP report states 27 delegates from the 1957 Apalachin gathering were indicted for conspiring to obstruct probes. The crackdown followed a yearlong US Attorney General task force effort with 63 attendees named. 27 defendants face up to five years and fines up to 10,000 each if convicted. Additional coconspirators numbered 36. The roster includes Mafia figures across multiple states, with several charged with perjury.
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New York
Apalain
N.Y
Mafia
Sicily
Joseph L. Barbara Sr
Barbara
Joseph’ 'Prefaci
Brooklyn
Pasquale, Turrigiano
Endwell
Joseph Magliocco
Joseph Bonanno
Tucson
Ariz
Russell A. Bufalino
Pittston
Tgnati
Meteor Likely Ignited Arlington Lumber Yard Blaze
Arlington fire officials investigate a 373000 lumber yard fire at Pentagon Lumber Co amid reports a meteor crossed the Washington area just after 1 pm and a ball of fire was seen striking the roof of a millwork shed. Multiple witnesses described similar meteor-related sightings with varying details.
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Arlington
Washington
Pentagon Lumber Co
Oliver Crickenberger
Crash of C130 Spares Town Near Ashiya Base
An American C130 transport plane crashed near Ashiya Air Base in Japan, killing the pilot and six other servicemen. One airman is missing and 13 were injured as the craft banked to avoid a town of 30,000, with the remaining seven aboard escaping with minor injuries.
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Ashiya Air Base
Japan
U.S. Air Force
jAnother
Ashiramachi
Budget Report on Patuxent Escape Identifies Operational Gaps
Maryland budget officials released a report to Governor Tawes detailing security and management shortcomings at Patuxent Institution after the April 5 mass escape of 34 inmates, all later recaptured. The study notes lack of an associate director for custody and administration and urges clearer command lines and contact protocols for staff.
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Baltimore
Patuxent Institution
Reform School
Tawes
Patuxent
Harold M. Bostow
James G. Rennie
James P. Slicher
Budget Bureau
State Department of Correction
Department
Bostow
Six Die When Car in Wrong Lane Crashes Near Mountain View
A pickup without lights drove southbound in the northbound lane on the Peninsula killing six people. Warren P. Hamilton, 43, of Los Altos, was driving the pickup. The victims in the auto were five San Francisco student nurses from St. Mary’s and Nancy Sullivan of Roseburg Oregon.
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Mountain View
Calif
Cap
San Francisco
Warren P.hamilton
Los Altos
St. Mary's Bitai
Dolores Mac Goudreau
Hayward
Lois Wirwa
Helen Patricia
Shirley Jane Queti
Nancy Joan Sullivan
Roseburg
Ore
Duri Vital
Elwin Block
Harmiton
Hamilton Constuction
Miss Soles Corrects Mr Soles Room Assignment
Darcus E Soles of Tabor City wrote Wake Forest College official Prof Jasper L Memory Jr noting the letter to Mr Soles should have been Miss Soles. Memory responded by reassigning her from a men's to a women's dormitory after the mix up.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
Darcus E. Soles
Tabor City
Jasper L. Memory Jr
Wake Forest College
Mister Soles
Darcus
Suspect Arrested Before Reaching Road Block
A man wanted by Baltimore County police on forgery charges was arrested by State Police on U S 40 east of Jug Bridge. Trooper P L Winebrewer from Randallstown spotted the car driven by Oakley Flinchum Pulaski Virginia stopped before the road block and was turned over to Baltimore County police.
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Baltimore County
U. S. 40
Jug Bridge
P. L. Winebrewer
Randallstown Barracks
Oakley Flinchum
Pulaski
Winebrewer
Flinchum
Baltimore Aty Police
Big Four to dine as Geneva talks edge toward private talks
Secretary Herter will host a dinner with British and French ministers and top aides, seen as a potential turning point in summit negotiations. Gromyko may probe for openings while Western ministers seek to avoid premature secret talks, with East and West German delegates excluded.
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Geneva
Christian A. Herter
Herter
U.S
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyyko
Britain
Selwyn Lloyd
Beaurice Couve de Murville
France
Gromyko
Valerian Zorin
Alexandre Soldatov
Affectionate Tribute Paid Dulles By House
The House pays affectionate tribute to cancer-stricken John Foster Dulles. He remains ill with cancer compounded by pneumonia. Speaker McCormack and Rep Judd and Rep Schwengel voiced high praise, hoping history honors him as a great secretary of state and praying for his recovery.
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Washington
APY
House
John Foster Dulles
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Gace
McCormack
Dulles
Walker H. Judd
R-Mean
Fred Schwengel
Rtow2
America
Teen-Age Drag Racer Convicted in Fatal Crash
Robert Clarence Fennewald, 18, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in St. Louis Circuit Court for a November crash that killed three people. He received a one year jail term and a $1,000 fine after witnesses testified he sped at over 106 miles per hour and crossed into the oncoming lane during a drag race.
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ST. Louis
Fapi
Robert Clarence Fennewald
Fennewald
North St. Louis
Stocks Irregular Market After Early Decline
The New York stock market opened irregularly with the average wavering and trading mixed. The AP reports a hesitant start as buyers and sellers tested the pace amid fluctuating quotes and cautious sentiment.
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New York
Howeds
Weather Bureau 30 day forecast mid May to mid June
Weather maps project average temperatures and rainfall across the United States for a 30 day period from mid May to mid June. The forecast is an estimate rather than a specific prediction, reflecting general trends rather than exact conditions.
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Weather Bureau
U.S. Weather Bureau
Court Bill Seeks Injunction Over Emmitsburg Streets
Dr and Mrs George W Green Jr of Emmitsburg sue the Burgess and Commissioners seeking a court injunction to bar opening Washington and Elm streets claimed not to be public rights of way. They state no dedication or maintenance exists and allege unlawful taking if opened. A show cause order is set for June 8.
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Emmitsburg
Equity
George W. Green Jr
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Holden S. Felton
Murray H. Fout
Annan, Horner and Co
Washington and Elm
Green
Emmitsburo
Mice to Be Sent Into Orbit by Air Force Launch
Unofficial sources indicate four mice may ride as passengers aboard a Discoverer IT from Vandenberg Air Force Base with a goal to recover the payload capsule near Hawaii. Western Aviation magazine and the Los Angeles Examiner discuss possible launch timing today. If successful, these will be the first animals the United States has sent into space.
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Los Angeles
Air Force
Western Aviation Magazine
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Hawaii
Los Angeles Examiner
United States
Long Spell Of Wet Weather And Storms
The season's longest spell of wet weather brought violent storms to the Eastern half of the nation. Tornadic winds and floods struck Kansas Iowa Nebraska and Missouri while Florida received heavy rains and flash floods hit Spencer and other towns.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Midwest
Iowa Ilinois
Wisconsin
Florida
Jacksonville
Ruskin
Lake Mills
Spencer
Town
Michigan Begins To Pay Unpaid Workers
Michigan faces a cash crisis but the March 7 payday was met as the state treasury held sufficient funds for a biweekly payroll of 5.19 million dollars. Auditor General Suzman indicated a decision to release 6.7 million dollars for the three state universities to cover month end payrolls as legislative debate continues on cash emergency solutions.
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Lansing. Mich
Michigan
Genera S. Suzman
Michigan State
Warne State
53 Acres of College Estate Land Sold
A deed filed in the clerk’s office records the sale of about 53 acres in the College Estates subdivision north of West Seventh Street extended from Frederick Homes Inc to K and G Construction Company. The price is reported between 238000 and 239000 dollars. The transaction confirms plans to develop the area with about 190 home sites on the Young farm and includes rights to all streets and walkways.
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College Estates
West Seventh Street
Frederick Homes, Inc
K. and G. Construction Company
Young Farm
Devastating Galveston Wind Rips Coast
Powerful gusts surpassing 269 mph scour Galveston and Bolivar Peninsula wrecking a dock and homes, sinking vessels, and rattling observers. Winds damaged Carrizo Springs city hall 300 miles inland and toppled power poles as crews counted missing people and reported unpowered Port Bolivar.
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Galveston
Tex
Galvestons Pleasure Pier
Mexico
Jerry Simpson
Port Bolivar
Weather Bureau
Bolivar Peninsula
Continental Grain Co
Carrizo Springs
Cuero
Buddy Ewing
Galveston Tribune
Island City of
Dollar Days Trade Brisk in Downtown Frederick
Value priced stores report brisk downtown shopping as Dollar Days runs three days through Saturday with Tree dozen shops offering items at reduced prices. Weather and crowd flow influence sales as free bus service aids shoppers and most stores stay open until 3 pm Friday. Fire hits Glen Burnie hurtling damage to auto shop theater and restaurant. alarm controlled by noon with countywide response. Roy Wilmuth finds $1000 in a chicken feeder and returns it to the hardware store owner Ralph Stanley who explains the money was hidden to deter burglars.
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Frederick
Glen Burnie
Glen Burnie, Md
Crain Highway
Annapolis Road
Anne Arundel County
Oklahoma City
Okla
Roy Wilmuth
Ralph Stanley
Stanley
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State Roads Head
Colorado
4-H
John Allen Moore
Underworld
Apalachin, N. Y
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