Lar City Shaken by Two Shocks Devastates City
TEHRAN April 25 AP A massive earthquake devastates Lar and nearby villages with official death toll 1200 to 1500 and unofficial estimates up to 8000. Rescue teams comb wreckage as schools collapse and the mayor’s office falls. Governor Qarib says the town is destroyed and tents are needed. The quake is described as the most ruinous since 12,000 were killed in a Feb 24 event in Agadir Morocco. The report notes the city population and police casualties. The story also mentions a missing judge and national figures, with continued coverage on page 2.
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Tehran
Iran
Lar
W. Lynn Parkinson
Lake Michigan
Ings
Chicago
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Agidgr
Morocco
Nusrat Qarib
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Perados
Cuba
Roonsboro
Coast Guard
Key West
Texas
Louisiana
Alabama
E.G. Miller
Affice
Table
Tor
Miami
Hokanson
Tance
Calif
Boatwright
Imarried Table
San Antonio
John RB
Stanton C. Fogue
East McKee
Boat Skipper Slain In Rescue Mission At Sea
Two tourists flee aboard a lifeboat after a pirate attack off a Bahama island. Capt. Angus Boatwright was killed during the rescue, and armed fugitives escaped into Cuban waters as Coast Guard aircraft watched. Four Pennsylvania sport fishermen later reported being terrorized by the desperadoes in the Isla Mora yacht drama.
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Nassal
Bahamas
Anester Haroop
Wilkins
Burg
F. J. Schoalz
Monroeville
Edward McCrady
Pits
Coast Guard
Bahama
Paassaf
Cuban
Pine Mandal
Blachan
U.S. Coast Guard
Isla Morad
Fla
Muriel Til
Pennsylvania
Boonsboro Vote Contest Sparks Office of Mayor Ballot Clash
In Nassau a woman named Barbara Table, 18, testified amid a local contest for all seats in Boonsboro. She described being shipwrecked and raised questions about the eligibility and details of the mayoral race as candidates vie for every seat.
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Boonsboro
Nassau
Barbara Table
Jealousy Probe Shocks Durham Banker Killing Case
A prominent banker and baseball figure Charles S. Allen was shot dead on his front porch after a domestic dispute with W. Pollard, who claimed no romantic link to Allen’s divorcee companion. Witnesses described a struggle and a second fatal shot as Pollard fled with a girl. Prosecutors move for first degree murder charges. Pollard held without bond. The incident rocks Boonsboro election and local registrars race.
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Awger
Murdock
Pollard
Virginia Pitchford
Allen
Feener
Pitchford
Polllard
Permit Issued For Garment Plant Here
A city building inspector issued a permit for a garment manufacturing plant on Commonwealth Avenue. Westbury Fashions Inc and Dorbee Manufacturing receive the permit for a 205 by 104 foot one story steel and masonry building costing about 225000. Groundbreaking occurred last week on a site purchased from the city of Frederick Street. The city also issued a permit to demolish dwellings 152 to 168 North Jonathan Street to expand the Marker House parking lot. Other small notices list Rev Stephen L White at Mitchell Avenue and Donald C Sneckenberger on Pope Avenue for new one family homes.
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Commonwealth Avenue
Westbury Fashions, Inc
Dorbee Manufacturing
Tane
Frederick Street
Hagerstown
Jonathan Street
Marker House
Stephen L. White
Mitchell Avenue
Donald C. Sneckenberger
Pope Avenue
Parked Car Demolished In County Crash
A parked car owned by Leon ard Lee Vance on Mt Etna Road was destroyed when hit by a patrol car operated by George D. Baker in the 400 block Mt Elna Road. Deputy Sheriff Donald Allan and Deputy Lester Davis heard the crash at about 12:50 am. Baker, who said he struck the parked car, was charged with failing to stop after an accident and with reckless driving.
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Leonard Lee Vance
Mt. Etna
Mt. Elna
George D. Baker
Funkstown
Donald Allan Saint
Mt Finn
Lester Davis
Baker
Alton
Yah
Driver Fined 5150 On Charge Convicted of DUI
Arthur C. Provard age 53 of Hagerstown was fined 150 dollars and costs by Magistrate William J. Dwyer with a 31 day jail alternative after a Rock Dale Road arrest. Deputy Harold McCarty made the arrest.
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Arthur C. Provard
Hagerstown
Weather Outlook: Showers Likely Tomorrow and Saturday
The Weather Bureau forecasts scattered showers tomorrow and Saturday with total rainfall of half to one inch. Temperatures will average six degrees above normal for the next five days, warm again tomorrow, cooler Wednesday and Thursday, then warm again by Saturday.
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the Weather Bureau
Totorrow
Fires Among Best Of Tips Contest Winners
Amateur reporters covered dry woodland fires last week and submitted tips to the editor. A Smithsburg man and a Boonsboro Rt. 2 housewife each won 2 dollars for providing complete details on the Smithsburg house fire and the Mt Lena woods fire that burned two small buildings and threatened several acres. Prize money is being extended.
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Smithsburg
Boonsboro
Mt. Lena
Eisenhower and De Gaulle Reach Berlin Policy Accord
Washington April 25 Presidents Eisenhower and de Gaulle summit completed with agreement on three Berlin policy points and hope for a disarmament deal with Soviet Premier Khrushchev. They met with foreign ministers at the White House and planned a late afternoon communiqué outlining the talks.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Charles de Gaulle
Berlin
Nikita Keushchev
White House
Pannee
Top Scientists Visit Coffman Research Laboratory
A group of fifteen leading cancer researchers toured the Coffman Research Laboratory on Saturday to review progress and discuss parallel studies. The visit highlighted the growing nationwide and international interest in cancer research and its environmental implications, with officials from several states expressing hopes for careful, credible validation of findings.
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Coffman
Whites And Negroes In Beach Riot
Racial violence at a 2 mile man made beach in Biloxi Mississippi left 10 wounded and four more hurt as whites and Negroes clashed during attempts by African Americans to swim at the all white shore. Police patrolled the city after scattered confrontations. Dr Gilbert Mason a local physician involved in desegregation was later charged with fighting and disrupting traffic.
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Biloxi
Miss
Gulf of Mexico
Desort
Mississippi
Pulf
Gilbert
Mason
Negra
Werasuely
Dr. Mason
De Gaulle Seeks French Renunciation of Nuclear Arms
In a Washington speech during his four day U S visit President de Gaulle urged real disarmament by all major powers. He warned the Soviet Union against Berlin brinkmanship and urged comity in concluding treaties and border settlements under international supervision. He spoke in French, English translations read aloud.
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Waliington
Berlin
de Gaulle
Troy Laund Workers Strike Over Wage Talks
Over 100 workers at Troy Laund Co on East Washington Street walk out as Local 464 and management reach a stalemate after the old contract expired April 20. The union seeks a $35 weekly guarantee for female workers and a five day week for sales staff, while current wages are $80. A stockholders meeting was underway with attorney Edwin Miller reporting no further negotiations. Gerald Peters of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union accuses the company of hiring too many workers and cutting hours, potentially affecting long‑time staff.
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Troy Launch Co
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
East Washington Street
Edwin Miller Iattorney
Miller
Gerald Peters
Khrushchev vows Soviet alone over Berlin peace plan
Soviet Premier Khrushchev declared at a jubilee in Baku that Western powers would lose rights to fly into Berlin if he signs a separate East German peace treaty, warning the Soviet Union would meet force with force. He said Moscow would go it alone if the West ignores the issue, reportedly threatening to bar land, sea, and air access to West Berlin.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Berlin
East Germany
Soviet Union
Khushchev
Baku
Azerbaijan Communist Party
Tass
United States
Britain
France
Woman Rescued From Stream Near MELP
A 32 year old woman, Helen Ashley of Potomac Street, was rescued from Antietam Creek below the Municipal Electric Plant by two painters from Gehr painting contractor after being swept downstream. Police charged her with being drunk and disorderly, though witnesses say she slipped and fell in the water.
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Antietam
Municipal Electric
Helen Ashley
Neeth Potomac Street
Roger Durd
Elmer Hurd, Jr
Gehr
Miss Ashley
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