Lincoln Elementary Opens After Fire Repairs
Lincoln school resumes elementary classes with 334 pupils today, raising city elementary attendance to over 2,800. Principal Charles E Henson notes minor finishing touches remain while classrooms await blackboards and repairs near completion, with official city and county figures due later this week.
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Charles E. Henson
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Elizabeth Brown
Bertheana McGowan
Ruth, Summers
Pane Of Glass Removed From Local Business
A city policeman on routine patrol found a window pane removed from Fisher's Plumbing, 13 East Patrick Street, with the window raised but nothing missing after officials checked the premises. The investigation continues while a possible Berlin blockade report by East Germany's Deputy Premier Heinrich Rau is noted.
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Fishers Plumbine
East Patrick Street
Nothime
Leipzig
East Germany
Heinrich Rau
Reds
West Berlin
Frayed Online Exchange Sparks Debate
A brief, unclear message shows a tense exchange with a user declaring frustration and accusing another of a wrongful action. The fragment hints at interpersonal conflict online, with limited context and no verifiable details about participants or setting.
Liberty Man Slashes Throat In Jail After Arrest
Grover McClelland Nash, 40, of Liberty, attempted suicide in Frederick jail early morning by cutting a throat wound with a razor. He was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital and returned to jail. Nash had been arrested Saturday for assault and battery on his wife and was slated for a magistrate hearing. He had recently been under a doctor's care and had just returned from a convalescent home at Braddock Heights.
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Grover McClelland Nash
Nash
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Braddock Heights
Cars collide on Market Street cause damage over six hundred
Three northbound autos collided near Market and 13th street Saturday around 3:28 p.m. Occupants escaped injury. Roy C. Moore’s car was hit after stopping to turn into 13th, then struck by Donald W. Fritz’s northbound vehicle, which was hit from behind by Roland L. Keener’s car. Estimated damages: about 350 to Fritz, 250 to Keeney, 50 to Moore. No charges listed. NADLER BACK AGAIN: NEW YORK. Teddy Nadler, top money winner in TV quiz show history, tied on CBS The $64,000 Challenge with Sir Kenelm Guinness. Nadler has $252,000 and resumes contest on British kings and queens. tie with John Feltham noted.
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Denver
Roy C. Moore
Fourth Street
13Th
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Walkersville
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Roland L. Keener
Frederick
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Moore
Nadler
New York
Teddy Nadler
CBS
Kenelm Guinness
London
John Feltham
Huntingtons Station
N.Y
Frederick to test census procedures in September
The Census Bureau announced William T. Howard Jr will supervise a Frederick county test for the 1959 Census of Agriculture. Training runs September 13 to 16 at Walkersville Fire Department with 15 local census takers. About 500 farms in the area northeast of Frederick southeast of Thurmont and northwest of Mount Airy will participate. Confidential data remain protected as in regular census work.
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Reports To Eisenhower On Far East Crisis
President Eisenhower, vacationing in Newport, received telephone briefings from Brig. Gen. Andrew Goodpaster on renewed Chinese bombardment of Quemoy and other Far East developments. He planned a follow up call with Secretary of State Dulles as Washington leadership pledged firm stand against communism.
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Far East
Red China
Quemoy Island
White House
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Washington
Dulles
Quemoy
Citizens' Group to Study Frederick City Government
A citizen committee named by Mayor Jacob Ramsburg will meet at City Hall at 8 p.m. to study four city operations: salaries and pensions, planning zoning and parks, water and sewer, and finances and taxes. Glenn T. Swisher chairs a panel of prominent locals as subcommittees are formed. The group aims to report by year’s start to guide officials.
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Frederick
City Hall
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Glenn T. Swisher
Potomac Edison Company
Governors Struggle With Weather Delays At Conference
Storms delayed governors from Nebraska Florida Maryland and others arriving for a conference in Hanover New Hampshire. Victor E Anderson Nebraska arrived eight hours late by car after a failed National Guard flight and rough weather grounded earlier attempts. Theodore R Mckeldin Maryland reached an hour late, Leroy Collins Florida 30 minutes late, as they faced stormy air travel.
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Nuh
Lane Dwinell
Florida
Maryland
Nebraska
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National Guard
Turners Falls
Mass
Anderson
Theodore R. Mckeldin
Rmd
New York
la Guardia
Leroy Collins
D-Fla
Boston
Foot Patrols by Residents Pay Private Pinkertons
In New York City a block on the East Side funds its own protection with 30 residents each contributing 30 dollars monthly to employ Pinkerton guards from 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. The residents note fewer burglaries since the guards began patrolling, while a police official says there is no surge in crime.
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Patrel
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3Rd
Pinkertons
Maryland Traffic Toll Rises Amid Weekend Fatalities
The Maryland traffic toll reached 331 for the weekend with two pedestrians and a motorist killed in highway crashes. Victims include Charles Edward Harmison of Greencastle, his wife and two children, plus pedestrian Willie C. DeBoard of Washington and John B. Long of Huntington. Walter Roman, a Stev ensville High teacher, died from injuries in a Queen Anne’s County crash. The report notes the prior year toll of 373 through Sept. 7, 1957.
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Charles Edward Harmison
Gteencastle
Harmison
Willie C. DeBoard
Washington
John B. Long
Huntington
Calvert County
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Aberdeen
Long
Charles County
Patuxent
Benedict
Walter Roman
Stevensville
Memerial Hospital
Queen Aoues
Taher
Five Day Weather Forecast for Maryland and Delaware
The Associated Press notes fair weather across Maryland and Delaware with a chance of showers Wednesday night or Thursday. May precipitation near a quarter inch. Tuesday cool, warming Wednesday, then cooler again. Thursday and Friday trend several degrees below normal. Mountain streams mostly normal. Monocacy and Potomac areas show clear conditions with low 40s to low 60s in the east.
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Delaware
Potomac
Brunswick
LeMay Meets Chiang Kai-shek in Formosa Visit
Gen Curtis LeMay vice chief of USAF met Nationalist China's President Chiang Kai-shek in Taipei Formosa. He also spoke with Nationalist and American military leaders and visited Taoyuan Airbase. LeMay praised the Nationalists, saying they are doing very well.
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Mao Lets Talks With U S On Formosa in Warsaw
AP report from London says Mao Tse tung gave the green light for ambassadorial talks with the United States on the Formosa issue in Warsaw. He noted dialogue might yield results if both sides seek a settlement. Chou Enlai had proposed ambassadorial talks last Saturday after Geneva talks ended in December. The White House welcomed the offer and noted U S Ambassador Beam in Warsaw was prepared to meet. Mao also criticized the United States in the radio broadcast.
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Quemoy bombardment disrupts mail box moves warning noted
Taipen AP reports Communist shore batteries bombarded Nationalist ships on Quemoy as Red guns resumed shelling after 23 days. American ships presence unclear. Postmaster warns rural route changes Sept 20 affecting routes 1,6,7 and others. patrons must update names and boxes, no edits without notice.
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Formosa
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Ajl
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John Doe
Maine Holds Its Last Early Election Today
Maine votes for the final time in September as Edmund Muskie challenges Frederick G. Payne for the U S Senate. The result may signal national mood ahead of November contests. Registration officials outline Tuesday procedures and deadlines for the November general election. Brigette Bardot announces engagement to Sacha Distel after a Riviera meeting and previous divorce.
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France
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Roger Vasim
Corn Canning Season Ends and Water Use Declines
The Jenkins Bros packing plants closed over the weekend signaling the end of a strong corn canning season. Water Superintendent William J. Davis noted a substantial drop in water use with the factories shut, while Fishing Creek reservoir stood five and a half inches below full by morning. Davis saw no shortage risk unless a prolonged drought occurs. A few showers occurred but produced only traces.
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Wiliam J. Davis
Fishing Creek
Frank Weddle
Oleave Seayea
Peiping
Far East
Cyoli
Shanghai
Nationalists claim major air victory near Quemoy
Nationalist forces reported shooting down seven Communist MIG jets in a ten minute dogfight near Swa tow while another Super Sabre was damaged but returned to base. In the same period a large artillery exchange hit Quemoy beach and the main Quempoy hospital as Communist shells renewed bombardment. US 7th Fleet escorted a daylight supply convoy to Quemoy for the first time, though ships stayed several miles offshore amid Chinese protests of broader territorial waters claims.
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Peiping
Red China
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Formosa
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