Disc Jockey Aboard 56-Mile Bermuda Trip Found Alive
Melvin West a 21 year old radio disc jockey was found alive about 249 miles from Cape Lookout after a 56 mile outboard voyage to Bermuda. He had run out of fuel and took food aid from a merchant ship before rescue. Coast Guard reports place him at latitude 33.41 north longitude 72.02 west and note calm seas as ships and planes searched the Atlantic. West had expected the trip in a 30 horsepower boat to last until midnight last Saturday.
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Morehead City
X.C
Melvin West
Bermuda
Cape Lookout
North Carolina
Sun District Coast Guards
Norfolk
Sun- Say
Coast Guard
Suell
West
Senators to Stay in Washington Next Year
Mrs Dorothy Elizabeth Bushey of Sykesville and William Frederick Wildberger Jr of Baltimore were married October 31 at Messiah Lutheran Church near Berrett. Washington senators voted to keep the baseball team in the capital for 1955. The wedding featured paned arrangements and a reception for 20. The couple will reside in Baltimore after a brief honeymoon in Ann Arbor Michigan.
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Dorothy Elizabeth Bushey
James L. Bushey
Sykesville
William Frederick Wikdberger Jr
Baltimore
Messiah Lutheran
Berrett
Washington
Prmertl
Washington Sena'ors
Rein Motter
Taneytown
Tors
David and
Kenneth Reifsnidt
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Henry K./ .Brown
An Arbor
Ichigan
Lothian Road
Airs
Wildberger
Sykesville High School
The
Slag Company of
Mrr
City College
US Coast Guard
Baltimore Officials Weigh Record Budget Next Day
Baltimore city officials begin hearings on a proposed record budget of 232.7 million dollars as the Board of Estimates reviews recommendations from its budget committee. The plan would raise general funds and salaries, with tax changes expected to fund the increased spending, including arts teachers.
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Baltimore
Board of Estimates
Crease
Charles L. Benton Jr
Library Association Meeting At Fort Meade
The Maryland Library Association hosts a regional meeting at Fort George G. Meade with MLA president Miss Dorothy W. Reeder presiding. Reports cover Maryland library school progress, legislation, and scholarships. Luncheon speaker Miss Mullen will follow, with open house earlier.
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United States Office of Education
Officers’ Club
Dorothy W. Reeder
MLA
Maryland
Mullen
Fort George G. Meade
Katherine E. Dutrow
Joseph H. Apple
Head College
Josephine P. Etchison
C. Burr
Maryland Library
Phoenie Association
San Francisco
withiThe
San Francisco Giants
Irom
New York
San Fran
Alice L. Robinson
Fredericisco
Sick County
Margaret
Seals
Wehler
Phoenix
Ariz
New Yorkiber
Public Library
Horace Stoneham
Maini Giants
Evelyn Day Mall
Arizona! Ten
Whrary
Mexico
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Atlantic
Senators
Erma Lee Boone
Woodbine
Betty Ann Koller
Ruth
Wampler
Beverly Thompson
W. Wallace Jubb
James E. Busher Jr
Everett G. Schroeder
Ann Arbor
Mich
Edwin W. Lopez Jr
Urehuw
Andelpic
Calvin Griffith
Moore
James Shields
Ilinois
Minnesota
Missouri
Library Association
Ft. Meade
the News
Frederick, Md
Iphoenix
PCL
Joseph Lanser
Stoneham
Applied Research, Inc
BOOZ + ALLEN
Applied Research Inc
Industr
Green Bay Road
Kenilworth
Illinois
Chicago
Dayton
Washington, D.C
McCrory
Glen Cove
McCrory’s
Longies
Ist
Paddy Girl
Laurel
Hallowe'en
West Patrick St
N. Market St
Unter
Williams Typewriter & Supply CO
East Patrick St
Mars Opticians
Cline
South Market ST
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