Coca Cola Truck Hits Pole On U S 35 Wreck Blocks Road
A Coca Cola truck driver Edward William Martin lost control after leaning from the window to spit, hitting a power pole on U S 35 south of Buckeystown. The crash spilled 240 cases of soda, blocked traffic for over an hour, cut power for about two hours, and left the driver with minor injuries. State Police charged him with reckless driving. Potomac Edison workers and Coca Cola staff worked to clear the mess and repair lines while Carroll Manor volunteers helped wash glass from the highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. 35
Edward
William Martin
Buckeystown
D. E. Rogers
Martin
U. S. 13
Potomac Edison Company
Coca Cola Company
Carroll Manor
Democrats Not Radicals, Truman Says
New York report quotes former President Truman denying the label radical. He tells reporters the term is a Republican invention and recalls Thaddeus Stevens’ Radical Republicans to explain the phrase is not Democratic. He also calls Eisenhower’s charge of Democratic schizophrenia a way to dodge issues. A separate update covers Community Chest Red Cross United Appeal progress in Frederick, with 45 percent of the $110000 goal raised, new subscribers, employer gifts, and planned intensive solicitation efforts led by Frederick W. Weitzel.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Eisenhower
Democratic Party
Thad Stevens
Thaddeus Stevens
Pennsylvania
Andrew Johnson
Chest
American Optical Company
Appeal
Francis Scott Key
Emphas‘is
Next Iweek
Frederick W. Weitzel
Safeway Stores
Safeway
Seventh Street
Niemann A. Brunk
Frederick Produce Co
Baptists Vote For 100000 Program In Maryland
The Maryland Baptist State Mission Board adopted a record cooperative program budget goal of 400000 for 1959, up from 344600 this year. The plan will go to the Maryland Baptist Union Assn meeting in Hagerstown November 10 to 12, funded by voluntary contributions from 178 churches and missions to support global missions and benevolences. Separately, the Air Force plans a manned orbit trial with a specially framed small animal, timetable pending a reliable return.
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Baltimore
Maryland Baptist
State Mission Board
Maryland Baptist, Union Assn
Hacerstown
Maryland Baptist Union
Animal
Washington
The
Air Force
Earth
Canned Raspberries At Auction And Court Action Details
A report from Johnsville notes home canned raspberries sold for 51 a quart at a Beulah Stuller sale generating $2.00. The case involves a writ to bring a zoning dispute to Circuit Court, with Conway Electric and Sutton Construction objecting to a county planning board decision. Ed Sullivan plans India and Alaska TV work, with streams conditions in Monocacy, Potomac, and Brunswick reported.
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Beulah Stuller
Johnsville
Kataryn V. Lawlor
Austin Bohn
Anc
Bohn
Circuit Court
E. S. Grimstone
Conway
Sutton
Board of Zoning Appeals
Lawlor
CBS
Appeal Board
Alaska
Potomac
Brunswick
Shovel Wields Defeats Bear in Chicken Yard
In Jonesboro Arkansas Lotus Cooksey a 63 year old ex postman fought a black bear for 13 minutes after hearing a commotion in his chicken yard. He struck the bear on the nose used an iron rod to prod its stomach and the animal climbed a tree before finally wandering off toward the Cache River bottoms. State officials had released bears recently imported from Minnesota to diversify wildlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesboro
Ark
Chicken Yard
Lotus Cooksey
First Phase Of Housing Job Pushed
The first phase of Frederick’s largest construction project nears completion as the Housing Authority builds a brick administration block on West Sixth Street. The $827,064 project includes six three story apartment buildings and a central maintenance shop, with offices to move from Taney apartments once finished. Completion of the full project is expected well into 1959. Nearby, an addition at the North End elementary school aims to ready two primary rooms by November to relieve space constraints for first grade shifts. Callas Contractors of Hagerstown has handled the work since summer.
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Frederick
Housing Authority of
City of Frederick
Bentz Street
West Sixth Street
Klinehart
Frederick Construction Company
West Sixth
Authority
Lincoln
Taney
Carver
North
Bentz. Street
Iit
Callas Contractors
Hagerstown
Leaps Out Of Window To Death
An elderly resident of Montevue, John Wesley McDonald Koblenberg, 84, a retired Urbana district farmer, died after leaping from a third story southeast window around 4:00 am. The death was ruled a suicide by the county medical examiner. Survived by a brother Daniel in Green Springs and several nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements to be announced by M. R. Etchison and Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevue
Sheriff's Office
John Wesley McDonald Koblenberg
Urbana
West Patrick Street
B. ©. Thomas
Koblenberg
Kohlenberg
Norman Ford
Ford
Roger Geisbert
Horace M. Alexander
John, O'Neill
Frederick County
M. R. Etchison and Son
Cova Come Home Campaign Ends With Vote Shift
Oklee Minnesota AP report notes Andy Koutson ends bid to sway vote for wife Cova Koutson Democrat congresswoman candidate. After competing primary, Andy disclosed he will vote for his wife in November elections citing disrupted home life and Washington absences.
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Oklee, Minn
Cova Koutson
Andy
Washington
Congress
Spend Huge Sum At Missile Test Center In 1959
The Air Force plans a record 305,886,000 for operating the Cape Canaveral missile test center in fiscal 1959, with about 1175 million in Brevard County and central Florida and 31.6 million in other Florida regions. Payrolls in Brevard County total about 9.15 million dollars since Cape’s 1930 opening through 1959. A portion of the 1959 total will be spent outside Florida and the United States.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Brevard County
Florida
United States
Police Officers In Baltimore Resign Over Shooting Affair
AP report from Baltimore states policewoman Margaret Cimbolo, 33, suspended Sept 24 after refusing to file a report on a Sept 21 shooting near her home with her own gun. Patrolman Ernest Shepherd Jr., present at the scene, also refused to file a report and resigned. Commissioner James M. Herbron accepted both resignations yesterday, Shepherd's resignation having been tendered earlier.
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Baltimore
October Dry Spell Drains Frederick Water Supplies
October drought pressures Frederick County with rivers and streams at low ebb and Fishing Creek reservoir at seven feet four inches below full, as weather patterns since August threaten one of the driest Octobers since 1945. Farm ponds shrink, leaves wash into filtration, and irrigation strains appear while the year’s total rainfall remains above normal only due to earlier wet months.
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Fishing Creek
Linganore Creek
Frederick City
362 Shells Hit Quemoy Up To Noon
Taipei AP report on the Dulles Chiang Kai-shek conference as renewed Red shelling of Quemoy continues. State Department spokesman says Dulles is not pressuring Chiang during the two hour meeting.
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Quemoy
Taipei
Formosa
Dulles
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
State Department
Defense Ministry
Joseph Greene
Greene
United States
Chen Cheng
Nist
Eisenhower
Southern Democrats feud with Butler over party unity
Southern Democrats clashed with Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler over civil rights plank stance and party loyalty. Butler signaled possible splits, while Dixie leaders urged his removal. The dispute surfaced amid Eisenhower’s critique of a split party and amid broader Cold War tensions and offshore island talks with Chiang Kai-shek.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Paul M. Builer
Butler
Wheeling
W. Va
Builer
Suching
Earl Hill
Hansonville
Frederick
Edward Kratz
Thur
California
Hane Named Court Crier and Librarian in Maryland
Carl Hane of Frederick was appointed Circuit Court cri er and law librarian following the death of P Kieffer Main. Hane had served in the roles during Main’s illness and brings 22 years of prior experience in local business and law office work.
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Hane
Court Crier
Carl H. Hane
P. Kieffer Main
Patrick M. Schinanffer
Frederick
Crier
Main
Frederick County
Mrr. Hane
C. E. Cline and Son
Fire destroys barns on Montgomery county beef farm
A midnight fire on a Laytonsville area farm leveled two barns and an adjoining shed, with $80,000 in losses. Owners T Blairs Middleton of Washington and Carlisle A Middleton of Baltimore reported damage to feed, hay, machinery. No crime suspected. investigation ongoing. Ed Bailey is the tenant.
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Montgomery County
Laytonsville
Eichison and
Unity
T. Blairs Middleton
Washington
Carlisle A. Middleton
Baltimore
M. T. Slater
Sandy Spring
Slater
Middletons
Ed Bailey
Hood College Day Proclaimed in Frederick
Frederick officials led by Mayor Ramsburg sign a proclamation for Hood College 165th anniversary and Frederick Female Seminary 119th founding. Convocation features Larry LeSueur and others with an honorary degree to Bertha Adkins. Hood employs nearly 200. signs and banners planned citywide.
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Hood Coll Das
Frederick
Jacop R. Ramsburg
Delbert S. Nuil
A. Irvin Renn
Merril H. Ramsburg
Board of
County Commissioners
Hood
United Nations
Larry LeSueur
Bertha Adkins
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Ike Calls For End To Bickering
President Eisenhower denounced Democrats as political radicals and urged Republican unity in a campaign swing. In Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium he blasted GOP rivals’ internal strife before heading to San Francisco for more addresses to energize the party.
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Los Angeles
Eisenhower
Congress
San Francisco
Shrine Auditorium
Democrats
A Stop in Alaska Reflected on China Talks Scope
The quote signals that renewed fighting by the Chinese Communists would limit U S consultations. It argues cease fire changes the scope and character of talks and implies negotiations hinge on peaceful conditions so discussions can proceed as planned.
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Alaska
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F. Twining
U.S
Nave
Eisenhrower
America
Dixie
Kenneth A. Roberts
Ala
Frank Boykin
Wiliam F. Knowland
Goodwin J
Knight
Knowland
Organized Labor
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Pat) Brown
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Korea
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Hood College
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