Truck Crash Wrecks Train in West Newton Kills Five
A runaway lumber truck plowed into a moving freight train in West Newton Pennsylvania killing five people including the truck driver and three building occupants. The impact derailed cars, damaged two stores and blocked the Baltimore and Ohio main line between Cumberland and Pittsburgh. Coroner reports braking failure cited. several injured, dynamite loaded cars evacuated, and witnesses described a scene of chaos as wreckage spilled across the street.
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West Newton
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Casale Fruit
Fries Hardware and Electric
William McManus
Connellsville
Joseph R Check
Pittsburgh
Check
Jacob Casale
Sheryl Ross
Sheryl
Dora Whiteman
Industry
Martha C . McConnel
Claude Brandt
Warrenton
N.C
Frick Memorial Hospital
Pleasant
William Ross
Rosschild
McKeesport
Emily Peternel
R. D
Cumberland, Md
Baltimore
Chicago
L. A. Peterson
Eats Garvie
Demos
Andrew Stankowich
Philip J Rouse
Russian housing officials tour US mills and homes
A group of Russian housing officials visited North Springfield Virginia to study conveyor line construction and prearranged house sequencing used in American multi family development. They observed a Monticello model with a swiveling TV divider and heard about costs ranging from 539,100 to 17,860 per home. The delegation plans further tours across 13 cities before returning. Robert Charles Parks posted 2645 collateral after a speeding in a restricted zone charge.
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Washington
Oct
National Assn
Springfield
Edward R Carr
Shorty Nussbaum
I. Ko Kozusha
Carr
Monticello
Miss Charlotte M Brown graduates nursing school in Baltimore
Miss Charlotte M Brown daughter of Mrs Edith B Brown Mi Airy completed training at Union Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Baltimore September 24 She also earned Mt Airy Medical School class of 32 and was among nine of 34 graduates to maintain an A average in theory and practice while many activities included editor of The Scope glee club student government yearbook staff and judiciary chair during senior year.
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Charlotte M. Brown
Edith B. Brown
Mi Airy
Union Memorial Hoetal School
Nurs Tae
Baltimore
Miss Brown
Mt Airy Med School
Union Memorial
Scope
Glee Club
Student Government Association
Judiciary Committee
Color Line Out Of Merit System Color Line Out Of Merit System
Maryland reforms merit rules remove race specific certification for job requisitions while keeping sex preferences. New policy eliminates race as a factor in appointing lists though religious or political beliefs remain protected. Authorities call change a major step in modernizing state personnel system. Union City crash kills at least three including Great Lakes Carbon chair George Skake and pilot Warren Whitney. Marriage licenses issued in Washington County to four couples including Younkins Brandenburg and Wenner Biller.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Russell S. Davis
C. Ferdi- Mau
Union City
Okla Gra
Here
George Skake
New York
The
Great Lakes Carbon Corp
Joe Warren Whitney
Washington County
Hagerstown
R. Wayne Younkins
Gapland
Wannie V. Brandenburg
Middletown
James L Wenner
Brunswick
Peggy M. Biller
Sandy Hook
Harold Eugene Kline
Wolfsville
Inez McIntyre
Smithshure
Tougher Military Training Aims At POW Code Fit
Stead Air Force Base hosts a 17 day program to teach the new POW conduct code. Training emphasizes psychological readiness to resist panic and maintain self control after crashes. The course includes interrogation and stress simulations but stresses safety, limited exposure, and voluntary withdrawal.
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Douglas Larsen
NEA
Stead Air Force Base
Ney
Air Force
Pentagon
Army
Navy
Marines
Raigh Mason
Lt. Mason
Stider
Baltimore Officer Named Policeman of the Year
Annapolis Oct 4 A Baltimore police officer who drove a pink man s car through a rainstorm for more than 11 miles has been named Maryland s Cop of the Year Officer Edward Poist will receive a week s vacation as the award from the Maryland Travel Council acknowledges his actions during the incident.
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Annapolis
Baltimore
Maryland
Maryland Travel Council
Edward Poist
Extra Savings on St Joseph Aspirin 200 Tablet Bottle
Pep talk ad promises quick relief with a large 200 tablet bottle of St Joseph Aspirin for 79 cents. Emphasizes economy and readiness, urging immediate purchase for fast help.
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St. Joseph
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Sergi Denver
Boyer Insurance Agency
North Court St
Post
N.B. Merkle
Rosewood State Training School
Poist
James 4. Hepbrow
Spencer
Eleanor Jones Warehime
Westminster
Davis
South Market ST
Stieff Silver
SFE
Furnas
Efertten
Modern Lighting CO
North Market St
Fishing Creek
Moountaindale
Frederick
Trout Stream
W. Braun
Francis Scott Key Hotel
PSHE
John Gunther
Africa
Berger’s Book Mart
N. Market ST. Mio
Penney
Patrick St
Penney’s
Velvet
Velour
Rayon Faille
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