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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1957
Page
19
A guidance column recounts Timmy a first grader pushed into rapid reading. He regressed becoming timid and ill with migraines after peers mocked him. The piece urges waiting for readiness and seeking professional help for struggling students.
The Sun rises at 7 23 a m and sets at 4 48 p m while the Moon rises at 11 45 a m in December. The Geminid meteor shower reaches its height radiating from near the bright star Castor in Gemini, giving the shower its name.
In Baltimore an unnamed defendant received a life sentence for criminal assault of a ten year old. The case details indicate a Kent jurisdiction and the sentencing outcome.
Scattered snow is forecast tonight from Maryland northward through New England with rain in northern central California and local valley fog across much of the Far West. The system brings varying conditions, including pockets of reduced visibility in foggy valleys.
Senate figure Mansfield urged immediate steps to prevent a nuclear war and pressed for preliminary talks between American and Soviet ambassadors. He said Moscow’s rejection of Bulganin’s calls and the threat of war complicate any peace efforts while Stevenson questioned the value of continuing talks.
In Cambridge Dorchester County, 17 juveniles ages 11 to 17 faced Circuit Judge W Laird Henry Jr on larceny and obscene literature charges. Police described two gangs, Black and White Club and Ledro Park Club, responsible for thefts across the area with bikes radios jewelry and cash stolen from city stores and homes.
A compressed reminiscence of Maj. Adrian FE Drew of the Air Force, holder of a record speed of 1,207.6 mph, born near Carroll County Georgia and raised on a cotton farm. He joined the Army Air Corps in 1942, flew 104 combat missions in Korea, earned the Distinguished Flying Cross, and led a jet crossing of the Pacific. The report notes his early life and notable aviation feats, including a record in a McDonnell F101A Voodoo.
In a note to France's Préix Gaillard Bulganin urged Paris to sway NATO members toward Soviet proposals. He said the NATO meeting aimed to speed war preparations and warned Britain’s Harold Macmillan that nations allowing American bombers on their soil risk grave consequences.
Cambridge report quotes Dr. A. Allen Hynek of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory stating the Soviets have met IGY agreements so far. Discussion centers on a Russian proposal for a rapid satellite data exchange code to reduce cable costs and increase accuracy.
By Bob Thomas Hollywood reports Universal-International faces drastic changes with layoffs of long-time workers and a possible six month shutdown. The studio, amid theaters’ weak fall business, holds 22 unreleased pictures and plans a reappraisal of future projects. Analysts cite banking loan hesitancy and missed opportunities in writing, direction, star power use, and early TV production as factors.
CHEYENNE Wyo. Thirteen years after Cleo Mikey Orrison lost his Army dog tag in New Guinea a Royal Dutch Navy draftsman Robert A. Rolfes sent the tag to Orrison's sister Mrs. Lloyd Miller Panhandle Tex who was listed as next of kin. Rolfes shared condolence on Orrison's presumed death and explained he found the tag while clearing a site for a new building.
Hollywood reported that actor Rock Hudson and his wife Phyllis Gates plan to divorce. The couple, who married November 9 1955, separated in October, according to friends.
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