Train Car Crash Kills 2 Near Gaithersburg
Two men died and a third was injured as a car struck the Shenandoah passenger train on Brown Station Road north of Gaithersburg. Grant Buttry and Guy Perry were identified as victims. Harry Poole was hospitalized in uncertain condition. The crash halted train traffic for about an hour as wreckage spread 600 feet along the tracks.
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Brown Station
Gaithersburg
Montgomery County
Grant Buttry
Guy Perry
RFD 3
Mt. Airy
Buttry
Bethesda
Harry Poole
Noth
Shenandoah
Washington
Chicago
H. B. Trevillion
Fails Church
C. O. Bosley
Cumberland
Brooks
Bechtel
Montgomery County Police Department
Perry
Gartner Funeral
Eurcott City
Long Corner
Poole
Water Street
Gartner
Storm Edna Nips Maryland Shore On the Edge
The Assocated Press reports Hurricane Edna narrowly missed Maryland with winds up to 40 mph at Ocean City where waves swamped beaches and flooded basements. Salisbury saw 20-35 mph winds and rain. eye passed near Ocean City around 7 am about 150 miles offshore, with 125 mph winds at the center. Baltimore felt only light drizzle as the storm moved away.
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Maryland
Ocean City
Salisbury
Weather Bureau
Friendship
Washington
Baltimore
City Misses Rains as Edna Skirts Maryland Coast
Hurricane Edna passed far offshore and brought only trace mist at Frederick County airport. Rain yawned in the area with no heavy weather and winds stayed under 20 mph for brief periods, leaving Frederick largely dry and unscathed.
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Frederick County
Maryland
Weather Bureau
Frederick
New England Braces as Edna Approaches Coastline
New England prepared for hurricane Edna with broader warnings and evacuations across Massachusetts Connecticut and Rhode Island extending to inland areas. Beach communities and coastal homes were boarded up while beaches were deserted with the region still recovering from Hurricane Carol eleven days earlier which caused 68 deaths and nearly half a billion dollars in damage.
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Boston
New England
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Quemoy Island Faces Massive Russian Equipped Force Near By
Report states an army of about 100000 Russian equipped troops sits within 50 miles of Quemoy and nearby Little Quemoy while 30000 Nationalist defenders doubt a Red invasion. Newsmen observed Nationalist bombardments across the Formosa Strait as air force and warships target Amoy area bases.
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Owarnlance
Etraalead
Formosa Strait
Amoy
Defense Ministry
Taipei
Quemoy
Little Quemoy
Convicted Slaver Dies Of Poisoning
Hugh A. Brown, 50, convicted of poisoning his wife with strychnine, died last night in convulsions shortly after receiving a life sentence for the murder of Mrs Viola Brown, 36, a practical nurse. The couple had been married for 62 months, and the victim died January 7 in Fort Worth.
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Fort Worth
Hugh A. Brown
Viola Brown
Brown
Juniors Return to Hood College for Orientation
Hood College expects about 430 students this fall with 140 freshmen. Junior classmen arrive Saturday for orientation ahead of new student arrival on Sunday September 19. Registration for juniors is September 21 and for sophomores and seniors September 22. The incoming senior class will be 66 students, the smallest in years, though it has grown slightly since last September.
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Hood College
Hood
Schools of Nursing
First Baptist Church Reopens In New Sanctuary
The First Baptist church resumes services in its newly redecorated sanctuary after a year long project. The choir loft expands to 32 seats, new lighting is installed, and memorial gifts furnish pulpit furniture. Service Sunday at 11 a.m. includes the Ordinance of the Lord's Supper as the pastor speaks on The Summer is Ended.
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First Baptist Church
280 Voters Registered This Week
Registration in home districts reached 280 this week with Thurmont as the largest single registration site. 86 new names added in Thurmont Fire Hall, Republicans 59 to Democrats 27 there. County totals show 141 Democrats and 136 Republicans with three unaffiliated.
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Thurmont
Court House
Myersville
Jackson
Johnsville
Johnsvile
Unionville
Linganore
Yellow Springs
Tuscarora
Lewistown
Board of Registry
Emmitsburg
Woodsboro
Petersville
Mt. Pleasant
Jefferson
Rayburn Attacks Faltering Policy On TV During 83rd Congress
Fort Worth report notes House Minority Leader Rayburn blasted Republican policy as favoring big business in a nationwide NBC appearance closing the 83rd Congress. He criticized GOP silence on Yalta Potsdam and Teheran agreements and urged vigorous leadership from Eisenhower and the party.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Rayburn
House
NBC
Eisenhower
Republican Party
Yalta
Potsdam
Teheran
GOP
State Department
Emergency Switchboard Demonstration in Frederick Park
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co staged a live drill showing an emergency switchboard could be set up and in service in twelve minutes. Three repairmen connected central office, with four stations across Baker Park and fire, police, and first aid lines tested by 2 20 PM.
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Frank Keefer
John A. Derr
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Baker Park
J. Roger Fisher
Civil Defense
Kenneth Barngard
Walter M. Lanius
P. Frederick
Bud Rice
Preston Best
Police and Fire Departments
Civil Defence Authoriies
Camp Detrick
Pikesville
Frederick
Charles V. Main
C. and P. Repair Service
Telephone Company
Bentz Street
Bentz
Church Streets
Carroll Creek
Carroll Parkway
Senate panel readies two generals for McCarthy probe
Washington reports that Brig. Gen. Ralph Zwicker and Retired Maj. Gen. Kirke Lawton prepared to testify as Senate investigators edge toward a windup of public hearings on censure charges against Sen. McCarthy. Cross examination continued despite the anticipated testimony, with possible Monday appearances and a looming decision to end the hearings.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Ralph W. Zwicker
McCarthy
Kirke B. Lawton
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
Wisconsin
Zwicker
Guy de Faria
Ie Special
VicCarthy
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Zaicker
Lawton
Edward Bennett Williams
McCartnay
Roy M. Cohn
Chicago
Cohn
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Miss
New York National Guard
James No Julana
Watkins
R-Uiah
Special Committee
Francis P. Carr
McCarthy Group
Investigations Subcommittee
Mar
New York
Tremors Hit Orleansville As Aftershocks Continue
Earth tremors rocked Orleansville two days after a deadly North African quake that killed about 1,000. Shops reopened briefly as residents faced continuing hazards, with aftershocks rattling streets from midnight onward and sporadic activity resuming amid cautious optimism.
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Orleansville
Aleria
Opposing Montgomery Zoning Law Mobilizes Landowners
The Upper Montgomery County Landowners Association plans to oppose a zoning ordinance that would freeze land development for two years. Chairman C W Anderson led a Gaithersburg meeting where about 1,200 cards were sent to landowners and tenant farmers alike. Four of 108 returned cards had copies of the proposed 41 page ordinance. A September 20 meeting will seek permission to survey County Council candidates on the issue.
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Upper
Montgomery County
Fred Hazen
Soil Conservation Service
Agricultural Center
Gaithersburg
County Council
Landowners Association
Anderson
Rockville
Hurricane Edna Threatens New England Coastal Areas
Hurricane Edna moves parallel to the New Jersey coast and heads toward southern New England with 123 mile per hour winds, prompting evacuations along Long Island and Red Cross mobilization. New York harbor is quiet as coast guards, police, and shelters prep for a likely strike.
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Edna
Atlantic
New Jersey
Long Island
New England
Carol
Carolina
Carolinas
Virginia
Maryland
Red Cross
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Atlantic City
LaGuardia Field
Ohio
Washington
New Bedford
Boston
Cape Cod
New Haven Railroad
Maine
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Weather Bureau
Miami
Coast Guard
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