First Coast to Coast Microwave Skyway Opens
The Long Lines division of AT&T opened a new coast to coast microwave skyway linking 107 towers from New York to San Francisco, including a Catoctin Mountain relay near Frederick. The $40 million system speeds calls by radio, with three key tech advances and lines-of-sight towers about 30 miles apart.
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Long Lines Department
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Catoctin Mountain
Frederick
Bell System
New York
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Toledo
Chicago
Davenport
Des Moaines
la Omaha
Denver
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Munsan
Korea
Sion
Henry I. Hodes
U. N
Lee Sang Cho
U. &Rear Adm
Arleigh Burke
Chienese
Haleh Fang
Elso
Kaesong
Peiping Radio
38Th Parallel
Fally
Frederick Peiping
Fis
Red China
N. H
United Nations
Tokyo
Nam
Pensions for veterans with attendant care approved over veto
The House voted 318 to 45 to override President Truman and pass a bill granting 120 monthly pensions to certain disabled veterans requiring attendants. Senate action remains. if approved, the measure becomes law despite the president's veto.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
GOPs Push Fallout From Presidential REC Report
Washington August 17 Republican and Democratic Senators clash over a Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan investigation. Capehart and Bricker plan a rival minority report while Fulbright accuses the move of political motive. The dispute centers on whether to issue a windup report or pursue broader reforms. The public version is expected Monday noon.
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Washington
Pyreontean
God Wilks
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
REC
State Banking Committee
Fulbersht DeArk
White Hose
Donald
S. Dawson
Truman
Fulbright
Capehart CR Lok
Ricker
R-One
Capehart
Bricker
Brieker
Senate
Rglt
Maple Wilt Strikes City Trees Amid Drought
County Agent Mark Miller reports a maple wilt fungus affecting trees citywide. The disease causes wilted brown leaves and seems linked to extended drought, with fertilizing failing to halt progression. pruning advised for lightly affected trees.
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Mark Miller
Miller
Wheel Comes From Auto Man Charged After Wreck
Milton Stover of 850 Siwmimit Avenue was charged with operating a motor vehicle on plates issued to another after a collision on Sharpsburg Pike. The right front wheel came off his car causing it to swerve into a ditch and inflict about 300 dollars in damage. No injuries were reported. The plates were found to be fictitious.
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Milton Stover
Siwmimit Avenue
Sharpsburg Pike
Michael Parrle
Farrie
Boy suffers facial lacerations after fall at home
Spencer Eugene Stoddard seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Wood row Stoddard of 192h York Road sustained facial lacerations when he fell and struck his face with a blunt object. He received treatment in the hospital emergency room.
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Spencer Eugene Stoddard
Woodrow Stoddard
York Road
OPS launches nationwide drive to enforce price ceilings
Washington August 47 UP The government began a nationwide campaign to enforce price ceilings. OPS head Michael V DiSaile said enforcement staff will focus on cattle sales prices with immediate checks at slaughter plants to detect abnormally high purchases linked to excess ceilings.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSaile
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Probers Reopen Maryland Gambling Hearing Faces Absence
Washington officials report Senate Crime Committee reopens Maryland gambling inquiry after star witness Chas. Nelson fails to appear. Nelson allegedly financed a profits from a numbers scheme and may be sought for further questioning as a grand jury probes gambling in Maryland and DC. District Officer testimony and Lews is tied to Nelson’s business Uncle Milly's in North Beach.
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Washington
Chas
Nelson
Senate Crime Committee
Maryland
District of Columbia
George Morris Fay
United States
Senate Crime Investitating Comittee
Nist
Mixed Start Sends Stock Prices Up and Down
Fairly mixed early trading in New York stocks today with gains for American Telephone up 1/4 to 162 3/8 after an initial rise on 2000 shares. Radio Corp led active issues with a new year high as the market moved within a dollar range.
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New York
American Telephone
Tueaterday
Radio Corp
Churches Struck By Flood Damagewide in Kansas Missouri
The National Council of Churches reports floods damaged or destroyed 40 church congregations in Kansas and Missouri. Preliminary estimates place property losses between 1.5 and 2 million dollars, with many more churches severely damaged.
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New York
Kansas
Missouri
National Council of Churches of Christ
U.S.A
Stoner
Hryan Place
Pshan
Wynn C. Fairfield
Holtz Way
Charch World Service
Rone
Kansas City
Gancy
Maglatrate Chicken
Martin L. Ingram
Beehive Swarm Disrupts Kuhn Avenue Neighbors
A sudden bee swarm on Kuhn Avenue near East Wilson Boulevard forced residents indoors. An expert for bee removal was being sought as five or six children suffered stings. The queen bee may have separated from a nearby hive triggering the swarm.
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Kuhn Avenue
East Wilson Boulevard
Baily Mail
Daily Mall
Man Held On Check Charges
David G. Slagle of State College Pa was ordered held for grand jury on three counts of issuing bad checks to Hagerstown merchants Bond set at 500 in each case Checks written on the Nickodemus National Bank without an account totaled 36 at Rudisill’s Men Shop 15 at McEwen’s Furniture 15 at the Costello Hotel and 11 at Leiters Men’s Shop Slagle was arrested earlier in July for a bad check at the Hotel Hamilton and released August 1 Authorities held him after merchants reported receiving bad checks last Saturday night
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David G. Slagle
State College
Hagerstown
Slagle
Hamilton
Edward Rowland
Nicodemus National Bank
Rudislil's
MecEwen's
Costello Hotel
Leiter's Men's
Ile
Pennsylvania
Reds Again Violate Berlin Safety Agreements
About 70 armed Russian fighter planes staged a low level parade over the American sector of Berlin in a second breach of four power air safety accords. Nine Soviet jets buzzed the American airbase at Tempelhof Tuesday night.
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Berlin
Teimplejhof
Motorist Fails To Stop Hits Car In Collision
A motorist identified as Rannella W. Shanholtz, 43, of Paper Mill Road, ran through a boulevard sign at Winter Street and West Washington Street and struck Luther A.’s car, causing considerable damage to both vehicles.
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Rannella W. Shanholtz
Paper Mill Road
Winter Street
West Washington Street
Luther A
Board Rejects Uncle John's Cabin License
The Washington County Board of Alcoholic Beverage License Commissioners denied the beer and light wine license for Uncle John's Cabin at 780 Frederick Street after residents petitioned against it. No city or industrial protests were raised. The board had previously approved a license transfer from John A. Ridenour to Alvin L. Stevens for Casa B.
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Uncle John's Cabin
Frederick Street
Washington County Board of Alcoholic Beverage License Commissioners
John A. Ridenour
Ridenour
Bottling Works Proprietor Fined Over Parking Violations
Joseph Coons owner of a North Prospect Street bottling works was fined 2.45 for a June 2 parking violation in front of his business. Patrolman John Draper testified that he issued most tickets and had warned Coons about illegal parking before. The judge noted the new loading zone corrected the issue.
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Joseph &. Coons
North Prospect
John Draper
D. K. Mc.Laughlin
Coons
Doublding
Coots
Draper
Hagerstown
Ingram
State Trooper to Lead Frederick Police
First Sergeant Woodrow W. Corbin of the Maryland State Police will head the Frederick City Police on leave from the State force. The city will reimburse the State for his services as he organizes and trains Frederick officers, reporting to Mayor Donald B. Rice on September 1. Fred M. Straley remains as special investigator. Corbin is a Westminster native who joined the force in 1938.
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Frederick
Maryland
Woodrow W. Corbin
Donald B. Rice
Col
Elmer KF
Munshower
Sgt
Corbin
Westminster
Fred M. Straley
Rice
Straley
Frederick City
Korean Front Fights Slow as Rains Halt Air War
Allied patrols report mild Red resistance in East Korea with only brief clashes elsewhere. In Kaesong neutral zone a Communist platoon seen but not engaged. Dawn attacks near Kumsong continue as U N and Reds clash on hills near Yanggu Inje and on the east coast in running battles. Rain slows air sorties by U S Fifth Air Force Friday dawn.
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8Th Army
Korea
Ang
East Korea
Kaesong
Central Front
United Nations
Red
No-Man’s-Land
Wnlls
U.N
U.S. Fifth Air Force
Thirteen Local Men Draft-Called From Hagerstown and County
Thirteen young men including a Puerto Rican fruit picker in Hancock have been called for induction next Monday at the Martinsburg Army reception center. Names reported to City Hall include Joseph W. Shank Jr, Benjamin L. Lushbaugh, Robert E. Powles Jr, Robert Appleyet, Raymond R. Bartz, Edgar E. Smith, William A. Valentine, James E. Sullivan, Irvin C. Shaw, Robert E. Haton, Harold J. Cline, Glen G. Wyand, and Jorge Soto Castro, who transferred from a board in Puerto Rico after arriving in Hancock for harvest work.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Hancock
Army
Martins. Durg
City Hall
Joseph W. Shank, Jr
Summit Avenue
Benjamin L. Lushbaugh
West
Washington Street
Flobert E. Powles, Jr
Oak Hill Avenue
Robert Applevet
Moller
Raymond R. Bartz
Allentown
Ilocal
Edgar E. Smith
East Lincoln Avenue
William A. Valentine
Keedysville
James E. Sullivan
Mulberry Avenue
Irvin C. Shaw
Fountain Head
Robert E. Haton
Big Poot
Harold J. Cline
Rt. 1
Wikiamsport
Glen G. Wyand
Sharpsburg
Jorge Soto-Castro
Castro
Puerto Rico
Hanscock
Another Plane Missing Today in Alaska
Anchorage reports a fourth missing aircraft in under a month. Veteran bush pilot Glen Hudson led a flight that did not return from a lake near Dead Man Mountain about 170 miles northeast of Anchorage. Passengers included a 10 year old boy. names were not learned. A Navy bomber with 12 aboard was sighted wrecked on Amak island. Missing also are a DC airlift with 38 aboard and a single engine plane with three aboard from July.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Glen Hudson
Dead Man Mountain
Lonely Amak Island
Alaska Peninsula
Kodiak
Adak Island
Aleutian Chain
Cape Spencer
Yaskutat
van Jahed
Fairly Pleasant Weather Forecast For Keedysville
Yesterday afternoon the temperature reached 97 at Keedysville as brief showers ended the heat and humidity. Tonight will be fair and cooler with some cloudiness, and Sunday should be mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A cool night is expected with lows near 68.
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Mercury
Keedysville
Reds Foresee More East Asia Uprisings by Youth
Berlin Aug 17 P United by the world youth peace festival in East Berlin young Communists from Malaya Barna and other colonies forecast further uprisings in East Asia. They urged strikes in Singapore Rangoon Malayan rubber plantations and Ceylon tea estates as the road of freedom supposedly leads to Singapore and Mandalay. Meanwhile West Berlin remained a focal point for East Bloc youths with another 68 000 leaving the festival for visits to the west despite fears of police brutality.
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Berlin
East Asia
Malaya
Barna
East Berlin
Singapore
Rangoon
Ceylon
Southeast Asia
West Berlin
West
Explorer claims Queen of Sheba lived and ruled in ancient Yemen
London reporters say American explorer Wendell Phillips believes evidence will prove the Queen of Sheba inhabited Mareb and Timna in southern Arabia about 940 BCE. Excavations near Mareh uncover ruins and temple sites while Archaeo team studies abandoned Quataban in Timna and plans to display finds at Carnegie Museum.
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London
Sheba
Arabia
Wendell Phillips
American Foundation For the Study of
Manu
Mareb
Phillips
Mareh
Steve
Yemen
Phillip
Pee Ward
Timna
Marah
Amd
Marek
Abraham
Tima
Quataban
Praeps
Sybee Rontes
W. OF. Albright
Johnstooking University
Carnogle Museum
Texas Still Hottest Spot in the Nation
Texas remained the hottest spot with 100 to 105 degree readings as heat deaths rose to at least 29. Cattle were sold as pastures dried up while storms pummeled New York State with hailstones baseball to ping pong ball size and heavy rain.
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Texas
New York State
New England
Mississippi Valley
Midwest
Chenango Valley
Auburn
Schenectady
Crage
Massachusetts
Hightning
Palmer
Mase
Civilian Defense Fund Slashed by Appropriations Panel
Washington August 17 The Mouse Appropriations Committee trimmed the Civil Defense Administration budget from 535 million to 45 million 256 thousand after denouncing the agency for an unrealistic plan and pledging to fund it later when Congress resolves broader money disputes. The action followed leadership efforts to move other government funding amid Senate House deadlock.
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Washington
Truman
Civil Defense Administration
Congress
Comriltes
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