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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1958
Page
1
A series of explosions at the Hancock Oil Company refinery in Signal Hill Long Beach California unleashed flames and torrents of burning oil. Two workers were killed while 14 tanks blew up and hundreds were evacuated or treated as hospitals mobilized.
UNITED NATIONS New York Lebanon seeks an urgent meeting of the Security Council to address a two week old civil strife blamed in part on United Arab Republic interference. Council President Charles A. Ritchie of Canada planned consultations with 19 members on a date. In Cairo the Arab League considered a similar Lebanon complaint as UAR denies involvement. Pro western President Camille Chamoun faces opposition street warfare. government remains in control.
A Schenectady resident reports her gray hair turned black after a water main cleaning. Water Supt Meehan says hundreds complained as murky water was stirred up during flushing.
Washington reports a more powerful radar to be installed by next fall at National Airport to cut crash risk. Civil Aeronautics Administration officials said 15 to 30 seconds notice could have helped in a mid air collision near Brunswick. Twelve people were killed. The plan aims for completion within three to six months with broader safeguards. A radar observer helped explain the crash as details emerged from the Baltimore hospital.
Francis B Mallory 60 former Life magazine editor and screenwriter died Thursday. Omar T Frash 88 veteran newspaperman and former editor of the Chicago American died Wednesday in Hollywood Florida. Alexander Pirrie 52 Toronto vice president of American Standard Products Ltd Canada died Thursday in Cleveland.
The Fred J. Hyde County Council of Churches plans a Sunday meeting as Thurmont prepares a new one story post office on South Water Street. The project, funded under a ten year lease with Thurmont Temple Association, includes modernized workrooms and facilities to improve service.
Louis P. Greenberg was elected president of the Frederick County Health Council at the annual meeting Wednesday evening in the conference room on West Church Street. Other officers for the coming year include Claude H. Delauter Jr. as first vice president, Geneva Barthel as second vice president, Grace Butcher as secretary, Freda S. Doll as assistant secretary, and Charles Lain as treasurer.
Deep in Panama City, President Ereesto de la Guardia Sr. faced a general strike by rebellious students. Gunfire killed eight, wounded sixty one as National Guard chiefs were targeted for removal. A state of siege loomed while a council discussed extended welfare and family counseling services to address escalating unrest and social needs.
Rioters barricaded downtown with garbage cans as stores closed during clashes. Windows shattered, cars overturned, and traffic lights damaged while authorities evacuated arrivals to hotels by special wagons. Fatalities reported entirely within Panama City amid canal zone tensions.
Frederick High School students Charles Carpenter and William Hilderbrand took first and second in the county Future Farmers of America tractor driving contest held at Frederick High School. Ben Ogle of Thurmont High placed third. Eight boys competed, driving an obstacle course and taking a written exam. Judges were William Baker and Ed Rivand Rieley.
Temperatures will average 26 degrees below normal for the period with cooler Saturday and warmer Sunday followed by cooler Monday and warmer again by Wednesday. Precipitation totals range around a quarter inch. Normal highs are in the 70s with early morning lows from the mid forties in Western Maryland mountains to near 60 in eastern and southern counties.
A playful piece shows children enjoying a whimsical device described as an aard inspired contraption. The scene captures local amusement and family-friendly humor as kids react with laughter and curiosity.
Four men were burned when a 138000 volt arc jumped from a transmission line to a steel beam they were loading on a truck in Baltimore. Hindman Jr., 24, O’Brien, 29, Kirby, 36, and Principio, 32, were admitted to Lutheran Hospital with burns to hands arms legs and feet. The fourth man was treated and released.
A Baptist convention in Houston announced new board members and agency assignments from District of Columbia Maryland and Virginia. Included were Frank Brasington Alvin Q Caulkins Edward H Pruden and others with roles on home missions relief and executive committees. An unrelated Harford County accident left Kenneth L Day with second and third degree burns after a blast from an acetylene torch and antifreeze drum. He was hospitalized in Havre de Grace. Police cited improper handling of the drum. In St Louis Patrolman Richard Tisell survived a fall while checking a vacant building and was rescued by firemen.
Arlington Cemetery prepares for May 30 ceremonies honoring two unknown American soldiers from World War II and Korea. Marble crypts are sealed as President Eisenhower plans to confer the Medal of Honor posthumously, with caskets replaced by slabs.
The Worman property at Harmony Grove sold as a single tract after split bids were deemed too low. Purchasers were G. Hunter Bowers, Miss Eleanor Houck and Mrs. Alice Nallin for $85,000. Earlier four tract bids totaled $72,000, with executor William M. Storm handling the sale and Em smaert R. Bowlus serving as auctioneer.
Chicago housewives face higher meat costs with pork and beef up about 25 percent from a year ago. AMI notes meat remains a bargain relative to other food costs while stockyards show 10 percent fewer slaughter-ready cattle. Weather and grass shortages push cattlemen to hold stock for better prices.
A civilian military committee in Algiers declares a French public safety government led by Gen Charles De Gaulle, demanding his return to Paris. Massu and Cherif Sidcara co chair the group, asserting Salan remains ultimate authority as the North African crisis deepens.
Democratic leaders including Paul Butler and Sen. Smathers pledged support to mayor Thomas D’Alesandro after he won the party’s senatorial nomination. They promised assistance and speakers to help defeat Republican incumbent J. Glenn Beall in Maryland’s November race. The move signals national effort to widen the Democrats narrow Senate margin.
The Association for Applied Solar Energy plans to sell its famed solar house for 49500 after protests over commercial use in a chic residential area. A county board ordered halting 85 cent admission, removing signs, and stopping public tours of the site near the adjacent park.
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