Myersville School Hit By Illness
Illness sweeps area with high absentee rates across several schools. Myersville Elementary reports 95 of 187 students absent with worst gaps in first and fourth grades. Maryland State School notes 70 percent ill, prompting extra nursing and household help. Frederick High and other districts show reduced but lingering absences. Hood College reports overflow in infirmary. Local industries largely normal with only one firm noting sick workers.
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Maryland
Lied Ambrosen
Hood College
Shawn Cottage
Hood
Frederick High School
Boddieta
Middletown High
North Market
Parkway School
Ilness
French report flags heavy losses among Algerian rebels
Algiers reports nearly 150 nationalist rebels fatally hurt or captured over the weekend. Rebels damaged a railroad near Orleansville derailing 13 cars. In Algiers area, 42 acres of orange trees were cut down. One Mostemi was fatally hurt and 22 others injured. Depot and supply discoveries noted.
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Algiers
Orleansville
Mostemi
Achievement Night at Frederick High School Scheduled
The Older Youth Group hosts Achievement Night on Wednesday at Frederick High School to honor 4H club members and adult leaders. National state and county contest awards, plus ratings of 4H projects, will be announced. A short film on 4H activities will be shown.
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Jefforts
Frederick High School
Charles Black
Unionville
Paul Stull
Lewistown
Elite
Patsy Wise
Middletows
Progressive
Rita Smith
Betty Harbner
New Market 1Girls
Ned Zeiler
Buckeystown Lite Star
Charles Putman
Jeader
Mary Thomas
Kenneth Shifflet
Robert Stansfield
SRC to widen drainage on US 340 contract awarded
The State Roads Commission awarded Key Construction Company of Silver Spring a 393606 contract to widen drainage structures on US 340 west of Ballenger Creek toward Holter Road as resurfacing by Patapsco Engineering finishes. Maintenance crews repaint center lines across about 186 miles and snow fence is being prepared for winter. Heavy weather moved across the nation with snow and freezing rain from Texas to the Plains and Rockies.
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State Roads Commission
Key Construction Company
Silver Spring
U. S. 340
Ker
Commission
Texas
Plains
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Lander
Wyo
Rockies
Mississippi and
Ohio Valiers
80 To 90 Laid Off By Standard Lime Cement
About 80 to 90 workers were laid off last week at Standard Lime and Cement Co in Martinsburg West Virginia. L J M starter general superintendent said the layoff stems from excess cement on hand and the inventory could allow recalls within 30 days. Standard employs around 600 workers locally. The firm operates plants in several states with headquarters in Baltimore.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Standard Lime. and Cement Co
L. J. Mteller
Standard
Baltimore
Alpha Lime Kiln cement plant cost and capacity
The Alpha Lime Kiln Portland Cement plant at Lime Kiln will cost over 16 million dollars and start operations next summer. It will have a capacity of 2,000,000 barrels per year and use limestone from Frederick formation. The plant will employ about 490 workers, pay nearly 790 thousand dollars annually, and feature modern dust collectors, safety measures, and landscaped grounds.
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uCompany
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Trial Run On Keeping Office Open For Voter Registration
Election officials plan a trial run to keep the Registry Board office in the courthouse basement open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday to help residents register for the June municipal vote. The extra five hours aim to accommodate workers and boost registrations. Both parties are expected to push registrations during the extended hours as residents must re-register to vote in June.
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Registry Board
Court House
Temperatures Run Above Normal Then Cool Change Near
Temperatures over the last three days ran about six to seven degrees above normal after a mild weekend per the airport observer. The forecast called for cooler conditions today with highs around 64 along with fair and cooler turns for Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Brunswick man jailed in default of fines on multiple motor charges
A Brunswick man, John R. Wiles, was jailed 115 days for fines totaling 230 dollars and costs on four motor vehicle charges after allegedly hitting a hedge fence and a pole on Bethel road and leaving the scene. He pleaded guilty to all charges except reckless driving. Plus other locals faced short terms or fines for loitering and license issues in Peoples Court.
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Brunswick
Bethel Road
John R. Wiles
Howor
Wilbur F. Sheffield, Sr
Peoples Court
H. J. Frost
Lether Road
Lewistown
Wiles
Jack
Hurley
Churchville
Pennsylvania
Sergi
Harry Quinn
Raymond A. Ford
Frederick
Sherman Boone
Leonard J. Minnick
Middletown
RFD
L. W
Lewis
Joe D. Williams
Heljandale, Miss
Second Space Satellite Sends Stocks Downward
New York stock markets opened lower on heavy trading after word that a second Maryland Delaware space satellite was launched by Russia. Weather notes predict mostly sunny days with cool, variable temperatures and some rain by Friday into Saturday.
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New York
Associated Press
Russia
Maryland
Wall Street
Soviet Unveils Largest Passenger Aircraft in Operation
The Soviet government announced it had put the largest passenger aircraft into service. Powered by four propjet lines, the plane is capable of carrying 120 passengers from Moscow to New York in 16 to 12 hours.
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Moscow
New York
Scientists Claim Dog From Sputnik Could Return Alive
Cambridge Mass Americans Dr J Allen Hynek of Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory said it is possible to bring the dog aboard Sputnik back to earth alive using radio devices and a parachute in a capsule.
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Cambridge
Mass
Russia
Earth
J. Allen Hynek
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Khrushchev Supremacy Deepens After Zhukov Dismissal
Moscow reports confirm Khrushchev remains unchallenged as top leader after Marshal Zhukov is expelled from party posts. Central Committee accuses Zhukov of attempting to undermine party control and foster a cult of personality while pledging loyalty to Leninist supremacy amid Moscow’s anniversary festivities.
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Ixita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Georgi Zhuxo
Soviet Communist Party
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Party
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V. M. Molotov
Georgilasenkov
Zhukov
Central
Darty
German immigrant causes radium scare in Toronto drill
Gunder Kuhn a 29 year old German immigrant sparked a civil defense drill uproar by producing a vial of radium. Police with a Geiger counter read high and Kuhn was arrested for carrying an unregistered weapon while claiming he imported radium from West Germany eight months ago and used it to illuminate wrist watches and instruments at a hospital equipment firm.
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Kubn
Canada
West
Germany
Humans Volunteered For Sputnik Mission Debated
The Soviet embassy in London said many humans volunteered to travel aboard Sputnik II but a dog was sent instead as human sacrifice could not be accepted. Yuri Modin told a deputation that humans would be sent only after assessing risks. The dog was named Limonchik, with earlier IDs of Rudry lavka. Pope Pius II urged European unity as a vital economic necessity for power.
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London
Yuri I. Modin
National Canine Defense League
Modin
Lidie Lemon
Rudrylavka
Curly
Curly the Dog Aboard Sputnik Faces Space Risks
A dog named Curly aboard Russia’s second Sputnik faces unknown odds of safe return. Russian reports say she is in a sealed, air conditioned chamber with life-support systems and periodic data sent to Earth. Experts caution about food water and oxygen logistics while noting the mission tests animal space survivability and hazards from cosmic rays and heat. Meanwhile USS Wisconsin sails to mothballs as battleships retire from active duty.
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Alton Blakeslee
New York
Curly
Russia
U.S
Moscow
Earth
Leode
al Chen
Jerry Schneile
Angell Memorial Animal Hospital
Boston
Schneile
Curix
Curley
Curly Tan
Democrats To Meet Tonight At Pikesville
Maryland Democrats gather at St Marks in Pikesville for a public briefing on campaign plans. Dr Clarence D Long of Johns Hopkins University announces he will enter the 1958 US Senate race, citing defense concerns and union corruption worries. Other potential candidates include Judge Nellis Marshall and James Bruce with several party leaders invited.
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Pikesville
Maryland
Clarence D. Long
Johns Hopins
Council of Economic Advisers
Cochairman
Baltimore County
Stevenson
Long
Iab
Nellis Marie Marshall
Baltimore Orphan's Court
Ready
James Bruce
J. Millard Tawes
H. C. Brré
Guadernatorial
Thomas ‘D'Alesandro
Baltimore
Bruce
Senate
Louis L. Goldstein
C. Ferdinand Sybert
Russians launch Sputnik III with dog aboard Curly
Sputnik III roared into space at 11 38 p m EST carrying Curly a small dog. The craft weighed about 1120 pounds and orbited approximately every 103 7 minutes at 17840 miles an hour. Moscow said the mission shows rocket progress and may extend life over Sputnik I. US officials urged quicker programs but pledged to maintain priority. Curly reportedly remained alive and in good condition with data beamed to Earth.
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Sputnik
Curty
Neil McElroy
Kudryavka
Rus Sian
Curly
Earth
Sputnnik IE
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United States
Fred L. Whipple
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
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British Interplanetary Society
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Sputnik IL
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