107 Year Old Lydia Hitchcock Celebrates Birthday
Mrs Lydia M Hitchcock aged 107, oldest Allegany County resident, marked her birth anniversary at Memorial Hospital in Cumberland where she has lived five years. Her late husband Luke H Hitchcock formerly served four years as Cumberland mayor. The piece adds facts about high peaks in South and North America including Mount McKinley at 20257 feet.
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Alaska
Dr Oliver Warns World War Three Has Begun In Korea
Dr Robert T Oliver of Pennsylvania State College addressed the Hagerstown Kiwanis Club at Hotel Alexander on Korea. He warned that Russia seeks warm water ports and dominates the Far East, noting Korea has been a Russian interest for 75 years and claiming South Korea had reforms and a democratic operation before the invasion. He cited U S policy shifts over South Korea.
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Pennsylvania State College
Hagerstown Kiwanis Club
Hotel Alexander
Walter Pollard
Hagerstown
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Korea
Far East
Alger Hiss
South Korea
Oliver
United States
South N Korea
Canada ministers call for Korea troop decision
Ottawa reports Canada's cabinet orders all ministers to meet Monday for a possible final decision on defense readiness and the potential deployment of Canadian forces to Korea.
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Ottawa
Canada
Korea
Oberammergau Passion Play Presented With Few Lapses
The long running Oberammergau passion play has been staged with only a handful of lapses since its 1634 introduction. The historic performance festival continues to attract crowds and maintain its renowned tradition amidst strict conduct and enduring figures linked to the event.
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Oberammergau
Big IOOF Picnic Planned August 13 at Fort Frederick
The sixth annual Washington County Odd Fellows Picnic Association gathering will be held Sunday August 13 at Fort Frederick with attendees from Maryland Virginia West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Dignitaries include Past Grand Masters Leonard E Mason and Charles V Tracey. Free refreshments and an old fashioned picnic supper are planned after afternoon activities.
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Washington County
Odd Fellows Picnic Association
Fort Frederick
Rebekah Lodge
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Leonard E. Mason
Charles V. Tracey
Baltimore
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Clear Spring
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Hagerstown
Mt. Moriah
Aaron Lodge
Williamsport
Adam J. Harsh
Picnic Association
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Bee Sting Sends Man To Hospital
John Oscar Ausherman of Hagerstown Route Two was stung in the right eye by a bee yesterday afternoon. He received emergency room treatment and was discharged. Also treated for burns were Charles Biando of Camp Greentop for first and second degree burns on the right arm from hot water and Steven M. Costion of 200 block North Conococheague Williamaport for a burn on the left foot.
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John Oscar Ausherman
Hagerstown
Charles Biando
Camp Greentop
Steven M. Costion
Conococheague
Williamaport
Youth Hurt In Head On Motorbike Crash In West End
An 11 year old youth named Lawrence Joseph Hamil suffered injuries yesterday on Lincoln Street in the West End after his motorbike collided head on with a car. He was admitted to the county hospital for treatment.
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Lawrence Joseph Hamil
West
Washington Street
Sweden will not join the North Atlantic Pact
Police report a motorbike collision with a car driven by Kenneth McClure of 5 Lincoln Street. The rider suffered a fractured leg and multiple cuts and bruises. Separate note reports Premier Tage Erlander repeating Sweden’s stance on NATO membership. A wood cord is 128 cubic feet.
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Lincoln Street
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