Aging and population shifts noted in local column
From Our Reporters Books notes aging at Fahrney Reedy Home for the Aged with 1954 and 1960 Maryland nursing home age averages. Franklin County population growth edges Washington County, driven by suburbs around Chambersburg Waynesboro and Hagerstown. Tank damage in Cumberland prompts city action. possible Farm purchase for storage. Social Security’s 25th anniversary highlighted with David J Lewis link. Local hunting outlook reports good rabbit pheasant quail turkey season prospects. Dove outlook remains unclear. Continued on Page 13 Col 1.
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Fahrney-Reedy
Maryland
Franklin County
Washington County
Chambersburg
Waynesboro
Hagerstown
Halfway
Fountain Head
Jefferson Blvd
Maugahsville
David J. Lewis
Wagner Lewis
Robert Wagner
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senator Wagner
Rep
Lewis
Rep. Lewis
Sepember
Air Force reels in first aerial catch of satellite capsule
In Honolulu, a U.S. Air Force crew celebrates history as a C119 Flying Boxcar snags a parachute outfitted capsule ejected from Discoverer XIV over Alaska. The 85 pound capsule with instruments heads to Lockheed Sunnyvale for analysis before Washington review.
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Honolulu
U. S. Air Force
Space
Pacific
Alaska
U. S
Hawaii
C. J. Ritland
Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
Los Angeles
Robert Counts
Yuba City
Calif
Lockheed Laboratory
Sunnyvale
Washington
Harold E. Mitchell
Bloomington
Ill
Louis F. Bannick
Hermiston
Ore
Vancenberg Air Force Base
Talif
Mitchell
al Harmon
Wedowee
Ala
America
Pacific Ocean
Emmett O'Donnell
Twe Air Force
Bannick
Hickam Air Force Base
Trial Seen Big Try At Propaganda
Western Europe viewed the Powers trial as a propaganda showpiece that failed to sway Western Europe. The verdict was anticipated and the sentence lenient, with sympathy for Francis Gary Powers and his family but little for the Soviet bid to indict U S policy. The piece notes American rashness over overflight moments and cites varied editorial reactions.
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London
Western Europe
Francis Gary Powers
Powers
Moscow
U.S
Soviet Union
State Department
Department
Francis Powers
Hiway Drive-In Theater Along Route 40 Changes Owners
The Hiway Drive-In Theater on U. S. Route 40, about six miles east of the city, changed owners this week. Other notes describe real estate moves by The Evangel Temple and First Church of God of Chestnut Grove, with a page 2 continuation on local traces of a Moscow espionage case and U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers.
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Hiway Drive-In
Jefferson
Cannon
Cleveland
Feliz
Troy Laundry
The
Evangel Temple,Inc
Sam Stone
First Church of God of
Chestnut Grove
Eakle’s Mill
John M. Hightower
Washington
Soviet Union
Francis Gary Powers
Moscow
Barns Destroyed In Early Blaze Frederick County
Two barns on a Frederick County farm were destroyed in an early fire. One barn measured 110 by 45 feet and the other 40 by 60 feet, with two silos and several pieces of equip ment lost. Firefighters from Walkersville and neighboring towns battled the blaze for hours, aided by water pumped from a nearby farm pond. The owner, Harry Trout, reported cattle were not in the barns, and no livestock were harmed. Estimated losses ranged from 70 000 to 80 000 dollars.
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Jerick County
Harry Trout
Walter Eaves
Walkersville
Walkersman
New Market
Woodsboro
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Hill family recalls son in orbiting C-119 exploit
The Hill family, told by Mrs. Hill, celebrated their son Airman 2-C Daniel Hill, a crewman aboard an Air Force C-119 aircraft involved in a midair satellite catch. His father, a retired C-119 builder, and mother described pride in the crew’s milestone while noting Daniel’s service and layoff at Fairchild Aircraft. Local letters and news reports indicated the family’s long wait for news and joy at the news of the exploit.
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Air Force
Daniel R. Hill
Chambersburg
Hill
Wes
Daniel
St. Thomas
Cham
Aibersburg
Fairchild “Arabe
Am R. Hill
Indi
Powers' family plans drive to seek sentence relief
In Moscow the Powers family rallies behind an appeal to ease Francis Gary Powers' 10 year spying sentence. Lawyers plan a layered approach, starting with a court appeal and potentially a direct plea to Khrushchev, then Brezhnev, as the family awaits action from Soviet authorities.
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Moscow
Francis Garys
Khrushchev
Asygne
Powers
Soviet Union
Khrush
Chev
Nikita Khrushchev
Powersj
Mikhail I. Grimiov
Frank Rogers
Roanoke
Barbara
Virginia Bar Assa
Leonid
Rogers Brezhnev
Gary
Oliver W. Powers
Pound
Weather Outlook Turns Warm Across Maryland and West Virginia
Fair tonight across Hagerstown and western Maryland with lows in the 60s and Sunday turning warm with scattered afternoon or evening thundershowers, highs in the 80s. Eastern Shore and Southern Maryland see fair tonight, cooler nights in the 60s, and similarly warm Sunday and Monday with afternoon and evening thunderstorms likely. West Virginia outlook shows partly cloudy tonight with lows in the 64 to 70 range and Sunday becoming warm with showers and thunderstorms mainly in the afternoon.
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Hagerstown
Maryland
Eastern Shore
West Virginia
Youths Get 30 Day Sentences for Shoe Theft
Carl R. Emrick, 19, of 106 Wayside Ave, and Douglas E. Dobson, 17, of 456 Park Place, were each sentenced to 30 days after stealing shoes from a Super Shoe store at 330 Frederick St. They replaced the new shoes with their own worn pairs. Clerk Woodrow Liggett identified the act and pursued the suspects before their escape. Police later arrested them.
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Carl R. Emrick
Wayside Ave
Douglas E. Dobson
Park Place
William Dwyer
Frederick St
Woodrow Liggett
Ad Tha Maim
Tinhean
Hama
Youth Struck In Face With Beer Bottle
Randall Lee Grams, 17, of 843 Chestnut St., stopped his car on East Franklin St. after youths yelled insults at him. He was struck in the face with a beer bottle and required 19 stitches at the hospital. Grams and passenger Jerry Resh, 19, could not identify the assailants.
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Randall Lee Grams
Chestnut St
East Franklin St
Grams
E. Franklin St
Jerry Resh
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Daily Telegraph
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Health
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Hancock
Smithsburg
Bureau of Environmental Hygiene
Public Health Department
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Perry F. Prather
Health Department
Prather
Boonsboro
Rogerstown
Williamsport
Sharpsburg
Clear Spring
Keedysville
Division of Sanitary Engineering
Marva Theaters, Inc
Melwood Corpo
Bitter
Wood W
Alexander Hotel
Antietam Hotel Corp
Alexander Hotel, Inc
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Denmark
Copenhagen
Bert Paul Ridenour
Lingske Tidende
Mithe Hagerstown
York
Cal Co
West Franklin
Albert
Foltz
U.S.S.R
Rome
Independent
Messaggero
I Messaggero
Freeman Brace Olmstead
Elmira
N.Y
John Richard McKone
Tonganoxie
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William A. Palm
Oak Ridge
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McKone
Frederick County
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