Judging At Frederick Fair Opens With High Hopes
Judging began across all departments at the Frederick Fair as fair goers expected a strong year. Rain cooled the grounds but added a fresh feel while poultry and 4H displays expanded. Dairy and pomological spaces were increased, and late applicants were refused, signaling robust participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Fair
Pacers
Pontry
Wade Hursey
Henry Shoemaker
E. C. Lanner
Alton Williar
Poultry Committee
LH Club
Leman Sappington
Lock and Sey
Bernard Offutt
Dave Ford
New Oxford
Clyde Smith
Carmen
One Killed and One Hurt in Cumberland Area Crash
An Air Force man died and another was injured when a car ran off Route 220 near Cumberland six miles north into Pennsylvania early today. Ernest E Hartman Jr died at Sacred Heart Hospital after the crash in which Ronald O Tipton sustained cuts and contusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland, Md
Air Force
Ernest Edward Hartman Jr
R.D
Cumberland
Sacred iHeart Hospital
Ronald O. Tipton
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Pennsylvania
Rain Expected Alongside Great Frederick Fair This Week
Forecaster warns of showers today and tonight with heavier rain and wind expected by Wednesday as Hurricane Gracie disrupts the Georgia South Carolina coast. Rain could curb fair attendance but help dust in the midways, with monthly totals around 0.34 inch and normal 3.56 inches. Cooler weather is forecast for Thursday after a high near 85 and low around 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Fair
Gracie
Georgia-South Carolina
M Midways
Sleeping Sickness Claims Twelve Lives
In southern New Jersey officials fight encephalitis with mosquito control as 12 deaths and 22 suspected cases are tallied across Atlantic Burlington Cape May Cumberland and Ocean counties. State Health Department teams seek where victims were exposed while spraying continues. The VFW water supply briefly halted then restored after a plumbing firm fixes a primer in the main line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
New Jersey
Atlantic
Burlington
Cape Mar
Cumberland
Ocean_ State Health Department
Farm Machinery Display Attracts Attention In Exposition
Exhibits show new cars and household goods beside farm equipment. Larger tractors featured to power bigger farming gear, from forage harvesters to furrowed plows. A merchant displays a silo built to illustrate modern farming.
Frederick county to hold open hearing on 1959 budget
Citizens will have a chance to present views on the 1959-60 school operating budget before the County Commissioners. Dr. James A. Sensenbaugh announced an open session for October 7 at 2 p m in the School Board Office conference room. The focus is on the operating budget including salaries materials and transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
James A. Sensenbaugh
Sensenbaugh
Board of Education
School Board
Division Seeks $18000 for Community Chest Appeal
The Commercial Division of the Community Chest Red Cross Appeal set a goal of $18000 and held a kickoff lunch Monday at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. W Meredith Young and Glenn A Main presided. Members including Austin Angleberger, Herbert Staler, William Mu Horine, Donald Fadeley, John Warfield, Jack Lee, Woodrow Harrison, Nathan Jacobson, Donald Hiltner, Harry Fogle, William Moore, William White, Merhi F Wachter, Glen Keilholtz, Henry Durrell, William Routzahn, Lawrence Sibert, Guy Kelly, Edward McGuiness, Sary W Maples Jr., and Elmer Ehier will canvass locals as divisions report progress and place an achievement chart in a store window. The thermometer will be installed next Monday at Square Corner to reach a high mark.
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Community Chest
Red Cross United
Appeal
Francis Scott Rev
Meredith Young
Glenn A. Main
Austin Angleberger
Herbert Staler
William Mu Horine
Donald Fadeley
John Warfield
Jack Lee
Woodrow Harrison
Nathan Jacobson
Donald Hiltner
Yarry Fogle
William Moore
William White
Merhi F. Wachter
Glen, Keilholtz
Henry Durrell
William Routzahn
Lawrence Sibert
Guy Kelly
Edward McGuiness
W. Maples Jr
Elmer Ehier
North Market
Church Streets
Court Cases Heard Today
Two county residents were cited by State Police for the same driving violations with fines or jail terms. Herbert Lee Johnson of Adamsstown faced 25 dollars and 16 days then 50 dollars and 30 days for two licenses violations. Mrs Bianche Meiz of Frederick received a 30 day sentence with note of earlier warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Lee Johnson
RFD
Adamstown
Bianche Meiz
Frederick
Magristrate
Byron W. Thoms
Johnson
Metz
E. L. Nicewarner
K. O. MacAlister
Nicewarner
Imade
Butterfly Lane
Route 15
Buckeystown
Robert E. Williams
Xi. Airy
J. R. Gallen
Williams
Lewin Dorsey Mitchell
Baltimore
Nagashima Typhoon Disaster Grips Japanese Town
Nagashima, a 7 000 resident farming town in central Japan, was engulfed by Typhoon Vera. Rescue workers report widespread devastation with many dead or missing and communities still inaccessible after four days. The disaster is part of a nationwide toll reaching over two thousand dead and two thousand missing.
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Nagashima
Japan
APY
Pacific
Nagashima rhaver’Leaien
David Eisenhower Recalls Khrushchev Meeting
In Gettysburg Pennsylvania AP reports 11 year old David Eisenhower spoke to his sixth grade class about meeting Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. He said Khrushchev has grandchildren about their ages and invited the class to visit Moscow when their grandfather visits.
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Washington
State Department
North Atlantic
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
Harold Macmillan
London
Omatic
Khrushchev
Lzke
West Berlin
U. S
Camp David
Gettysburg
David Eisenhower
David
Kefauver
Mescow
Suspended fine for tags charge in Fair troupe case
James E. Moore of Denver was given a suspended 25 dollar fine or 30 days in jail for being intoxicated and found lying in a driveway on East Patrick Street. He must stay on good behavior until the traveling fair group leaves town Sunday. James E. Weedon forfeited 25.86 dollars for intoxication within city limits.
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Th. Roberts C. Snyder
James E. Moore
Denver
Colo
Ioun
James Stockman
East Patrick Street
Moore
Prell
Tair
James E. Weedon
Ice Street
Okay the word that charmed Khrushchev in New York
Khrushchev praised the word Okay saying it could be used more in Russia. The term emerged from American slang, possibly Choctaw origin or the Van Buren era Old Kinderhook club. It spread as a versatile adjective verb and noun, symbolizing approval and agreement.
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New York
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita
Russia
Moscow
Andrew Jackson
Amos Kendall
O.K
Amos
News Democratic
Taneytown P M Burke Dies at 52
Carroll County postmaster James F. Burke 52 died at Annie Warmer Hospital Gettysburg after a brief illness He had served 24 years with the Post Office Department and eight years as Taneytown postmaster Survived by wife Virginia Rickell Burke and daughter Patricia L Burke Funeral at St Josephs Taneytown with Rev Francis P Wagner officiating He belonged to multiple local organizations and his siblings are listed for family notice
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Carroll County
James F. Burke
Annie Warmer Hospital
Gettysburg
Burke
Taneytown
Post Office Department
St. Joseph's Church
Holy Name Society
William E. Burke Jr
Neal W. Powell
Francis P. Wagner
C. O. Fuss and Son
Taney- Washington
Eisenhower
California
Washington
George E. Allen
la Quinta
Calif
Palm Springs
Allen
White House
New York
Motors
Car-Telephone Service Okayed For Frederick
Frederick area gains authorization to install equipment for two way mobile radiotelephone service. $154000 approved for Frederick Hagerstown area with about 40 50 in car phones planned and transmitters atop Gambrill mountain and in Hagerstown. Service could start about eight months from now enabling calls in car and reception while driving. Eventually statewide expansion expected beyond Easton Salisbury and Baltimore Washington metro areas.
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United States
Frederick- Hagerstown
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Carl Weakley
Weakley
Frederick Exchange
Gambrill Mountain
Hagerstown
Ocean City
Baltimore
Washington
Easton-Salisbury
Gracie Strikes Carolina Coast With Extreme Danger
Hurricane Gracie battered the Carolinas and Georgia coast with 125 mile per hour winds. Beaches flooded, shelters opened for about 3,000 evacuees, and urban areas faced high tides and widespread rain as forces moved inland toward North and South Carolina.
Oldest Senator Theodore Green Nears 92
The long serving senator from Rhode Island, Theodore Francis Green, returns home to rest while still slated for two radio talks, two meetings, testimonial dinners, and a lecture as he nears his 92nd birthday. In Pennsylvania, the Senate defeats a measure to abolish the death penalty 34 to 12.
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Nears
Providence
Theodore Francis Green
D-Ry
Congress
Washington
Harrisburg Pa
Pennsylvania Senate
Gracie Leadfooted Compared With Hazel
Hurricane Gracie is likened to Hurricane Hazel in size and strength by the weather bureau. Hazel moved faster toward the U.S. mainland after devastating Haiti and claimed 347 lives in October 1954.
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Associated Press
Miamt. Fla
Jacie
Hazel
North
South Carolina
Weather Bureau
Gracie
Haiti
U.S
Caribbean
Antilles
Cuba
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V.F.W
Norman H. Null
NATO
NEA
Yokkaichi Harbor
Changsha
Mather
America
Taneytown P.M
Ike
C&p
Charleston
Carolina
John Cummings
Charleston Weather Bureau
Carolinas
Georgia
U.S. Weather Bureau
Savannah
Wilmington
N.C
Brunswick
Morehead City
Red Cross
Myrtle Beach
St.c
Folly Beach
Ian Charleston
Fort Sumter
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
George Washington
North Carolina
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