Recovered Air Mail From Crash Near Brunswick
An AP report details a May collision near Brunswick Maryland between a Capital Airlines plane and a military jet. About 97 percent of the 65 pounds of air mail was salvaged within two hours, with three pouches found intact and others recovered. two pounds remained unaccounted for. A later find yielded five more postmarked letters.
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Washington
Oper-Sale
Post Office Inspection Service
Brunswick
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
United Airlines
Longmont
Colg
John Gilbert Graham
Denver
Graham
Colo
Bass Season In State Opens Sunday
The Maryland season for largemouth and smallmouth bass opens Sunday and runs through Nov 30. The Game and Inland Fisheries and the Department of Tidewater Fisheries set a daily creel limit of 10, five in state controlled waterways. Bass over nine inches four may be kept from non tidal waters while tidal waters require ten inches.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Game and Inland Fish Commission
Department of Tidewater . Fisheries
Minor Fire Causes Excitement On Ship
Memorial Day services aboard the old frigate Constell at Memorial Day observed with 200 attendees. a small smouldering fire on a side rail triggered fire engines. Capt. Donald Stewart confirmed no major damage.
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Baltimore
Constellation
Gukunt
Donald Stewart
Memorial Day Observances Highlight Community Spirit
Memorial Day saw widespread grave decorations and family remembrances across cemeteries and parks. Local roads saw minimal injuries despite several vehicle incidents while Montgomery County reported a fatal crash near Atomic Energy Commission HQ. Mount Olivet Cemetery hosted the main ceremony led by Fort Detrick commander Col Donald G Grothaus. Braddock Heights pool and Gambrill State Park welcomed crowds as warm weather neared 90 degrees. The Upper Montgomery Auxiliary Fire Department marching unit won top parade prizes, and conductor dies at age 68 in New York City following a Central Park performance.
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Montgomery County
Robert FR. Forbes
Atomic Energy Commission
Cityavise
Mount Olivet
Donald G. Grothaus
Fort Detrick
American Legion
Braddock Heights
IOP
Upper
Burtonsville
William Bliss
Weather Across Nation Brought by Warm Humid Air
The Associated Press reports widespread warm humid air from the Gulf of Mexico fueling thundery showers. Severe storms damaged two farms near Selz North Dakota and downed lines near Crawford Nebraska. Madison Wisconsin recorded 1.39 inches of rain overnight as heat persisted from Texas to the Atlantic with cooling foreseen for parts of the northern plains.
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Associated Press
North Central States
Pacific Northwest
Gulf States
New England
Rockies
Selz
XN. D
Bismarck
U. S. Weather Bureau
Crawford
Nebraska
Gulf of Mexico
Kansas City
Texas
Atlantic
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
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Dakotas
Upper Great Lakes
Madison
Wis
Great Lakes
Continental Divide
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Colorado
Volcanic eruptions disrupt Faial Island in Azores
Lava jets reached 12 000 feet as De Capelinhos Volcano erupts on Faial Island forcing evacuations and shelter for refugees. Ash falls on damaged Caldeira area after 10 days of prior activity. Refugees sent to Horta for aid as tremors continue. In London Moscow praise comes for the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy.
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Horta
Azores
de Capelinhos
Faial Island
Caldeiia
de Capelinhos Volezno
Rioting in Colombo Surges in Eastern Ceylon
National weather summary notes rioting worsened in eastern Ceylon with three killed as police confronted Sinhalese demonstrators harassing Tamil minority. disturbances spread to the north, nearly 20 killed since last week. Schools closed and censorship imposed amid language tensions between Sinhalese majority and Tamil minority.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Three Deaths In Maryland During Memorial Day Weekend
The Maryland portion of the 78 hour Memorial Day weekend reported three deaths two by drowning and one in a traffic crash. Dr Francis Takaaki Enomoto 32 a NIH researcher fell from a motorboat into the Potomac River. William Carpenter five died while swimming in a Lansdowne Baltimore quarry. Ray Bradford Faulkner 48 of Easton died when a car failed to negotiate a curve on Miles River Neck Road.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Francis Takaaki Enomoto
Washington
National Institutes of Health
Enomoto
Potomac River
Richard Francis Daly
William Carpenter
Baltimore
Lansdowne
Coton
Carpenter
Stephen Morris
Arbutus
Brooklyn Park
Easton Memorial Hospital
Miles River Neck Road
Ray Bradford Faulkner
Easton
Child Drowns in Anacostia River Incident
A child died after slipping from the Anacostia River seawall in Washington. A parent attempted a rescue but could not save the youngster. Police and emergency crews responded to the scene.
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Washington
Anacostia River
Ana
Yecerder
Radio pill aids stomach studies in swallowed device
Doctors report a swallowable radio transmitter capsule that records pressures inside the gastrointestinal tract. In trials with 16 subjects the pill proved able to monitor muscular contractions and distention in hard to reach areas, transmitting data to an external receiver for permanent recording.
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Washington
John T. Farrar
James S. Berstein
American Gastroenterological Assa
New York
Housewife Accused In 2 Bank Robberies
A 28 year old Birmingham housewife, Mrs Charles Anderson Jr, jailed on 310000 bond after pleading innocent to robbing two savings and loan offices at gunpoint. Readied by FBI, she fainted in her husband’s arms when freed. Authorities say she robbed City Federal S&L and Jefferson Federal S&L totaling 2900, across from police HQ in Homewood. If convicted she faces up to 25 years and a 10000 dollar fine. Graduation plans noted for Western Maryland College Monday with services and choir Mass.
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Birmingham
Savings and Loan ‘Association
Charles Anderson Jr
FBI
iEmployes
City
Federal Savings & Loan Assn
Jefferson Federal Savings & Iran Assn
Fewer Claims For Benefits Last Week In Maryland
Maryland saw 44,819 unemployment claims for the week ending May 24, down 491 from the prior week. Executives reported 15,534 hires in insured industries, 3.9 percent above the previous week, while 786 Marylanders exhausted 26 weeks of benefits. Total benefits paid reached 1,146,818 dollars, and 5,244 claims were filed against Maryland’s fund by out of state residents.
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Baltimore
Jess
Free-For-All Fight Injures Dozens At Forest Park
About 200 youths, black and white, clashed at Forest Amusement Park in Chalfont Pennsylvania. Police cited a ten minute knife flashing melee with roughly 20 injuries, two serious, and no arrests reported. Separate item notes Worth Atlantic Treaty forces maneuvers in Europe next week.
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Forest Amusement Park
Pennsylvania
PRRIS
Worth Atlantic Treaty
Europe
Norway
Turkey
Memorial Day Road Toll Near Record As Traffic Swells
As the Memorial Day weekend passes its halfway mark safety officials warn of high traffic and potential accidents. Ned H. Dearborn of the National Safety Council says tolls run near the 1953 three day record while drivers are urged to exercise extra caution amid heavy volumes on U S highways and interstates. An Associated Press survey tallies 294 traffic deaths during the non holiday period from 6 p m Thursday to midnight Sunday.
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Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Hidalgo
Til
Associated Press
Notable deaths and French crisis dominate regional brief
Norman W. Caldwell 53, professor of history at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and author of The French in the Mississippi Valley, died of a kidney ailment. Joseph E. Warner 74, former Massachusetts attorney general and long-time judge, died of a heart attack. In Paris, De Gaulle sought full powers from the National Assembly, aiming for about 100 votes to secure a majority as Socialist deputies debated backing him amid lingering civil war fears.
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Associated Press
Norman W. Caldwell
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Iap
Southern Ilinois University
Carbondale
Mississippi Valley
Caldwell
College of the Ozarks
Clarksville, Ark
Joseph E. Warner
Taunton
Mass
Aps
Massachusetts Attorney General
Massachusetts Superior Courts
Massachusetts House
Trouse
Sopcom
I A. m. Est
Socialist
de Gaulle
National Assembly
la Perouse
Arc de Lriomphe
Rene Coty
Pierre Pflimlin
Coty
Pflimlin
Pilimlin
Algeria
Paris
France
Mie
Automobon
Champs Elysees
Cardinal Stritch laid in state in Chicago Cathedral
Thousands filed silently past the bier of Samuel Cardinal Stritch, the 70 year old Chicago archbishop. His body lay in Holy Name Cathedral for the funeral Tuesday as bells tolled and purple drapery framed his 18 years of service. An estimated quarter million viewed the caravan of the body from Rome to the cathedral. Catholic churches along the route and students with rosaries showed mournful observance.
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Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Holy Fame
Rome
Touie
June Week Opens At Naval Academy
The Naval Academy in Annapolis opens June Week with five days of parades dances and athletic events culminating in diplomas to be presented by President Eisenhower next Wednesday. Midshipmen in new dress uniforms parade before families and officials as part of the busy schedule.
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Naval Academy
Eisenhower
Navy
Donald A. Quarles
Defense
Washington
Midshipmen
Severn River
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