Still Wants Guarantees From Egypt
Israel defies United Nations with troops in Gaza and Sharm el Sheikh while Cairo resists guarantees for stopping raids and a sea blockade. UNEF deployment is approved but Egypt rejects freedom of passage and insists on force limits. Arab states urge sanctions as Hammarskjold seeks action on January report. Continued on page 2.
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United Nations
N. Yfeb
Pyisrael
Gaza ‘Strip
Egypt
Gulf of Aqaba
U. N. Assembly
Jerusalem
Gaza Strip
Sharm el Sheikh
Red Sea
Foreign Ministry
Israel
U. N
UNEF
Gulf
Mahmoud Fawzi
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
To Turn Colder Tonight Showers Again Wednesday
The Weather Bureau forecasts a colder night with continued cool conditions through Wednesday. Highs in the upper forties today, overnight lows 26 to 32 degrees, with more showers expected late Wednesday. Maryland to see general precipitation by Thursday as temperatures average 2 to 4 degrees above normal.
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Weather Bureau
Maryland
Satheast
Uke Obi
Floods Hit Four States Leave 15 Dead and 15,000 Homeless
The A P reports floods across Alabama Georgia Mississippi and rising water in West Virginia Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee. Death toll reaches 15 with a like number homeless and damage exceeding 75 million dollars. Rescue and cleanup teamswork, typhoid clinics planned, water systems checked, and Red Cross relief centers set up in Bristol Logan and other sites.
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Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Coosa
Gadsden
Ala
AFL-CIO May Oust Three Unions On Racket Charges
AFL-CIO charges three unions Laundry Workers Distillery Workers and Allied Industrial Workers with corruption and failure to reform. Reports allege looting of welfare funds totaling millions tied to 1955 Senate probes. District leaders debated punishment while others urged leniency and reform.
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Afl-Cio
Miami Beach
Fla
Allied Industrial Workers
Senate
Afl-Cio Executive Council For
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Ethical Practices Committee
Louis B. Saperstein
Newark
N.J
SoliCilento
George Sealist
Anthony
Little Augie) Carfano
Joseph O'Neill
Eugene James
Seperstein
Itoo
James
Franklin Bowling Center Fire Destroys Baltimore Alley
A West Baltimore one story brick bowling alley named the Franklin Bowling Center burned for over four hours before crews gained control at 7 AM. Six alarms and 34 fire units fought extreme heat and a post-explosion window blast sent glass across Fort Avenue. No injuries were reported, residents were alerted but not evacuated, and investigators began assessing possible causes tied to internal pressure and the metal roof complicating access.
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Baltimore
UWA
U.S
Franklin Bowling Center
FE Aariit Street
Charles A
Knapp
Waitia
Maryland Mental Health Group pushes for action plan
The Maryland Mental Health Association met in Annapolis to urge higher state spending on mental hospitals and the creation of a standing committee to study mental hygiene clinics. Dr Philip Lerner led a study group calling for salary increases for medical staff and increased research funding, with a luncheon to discuss proposals. The association plans to press Gov McKeldin and the Legislature to form a standing mental hygiene clinics group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Maryland
iAssn
Philip F. Lerner
Balti
the Mental Health Assn
Carroll and
How- Continued
Fatal Crash Groundhogs Tip Best
A Daily Mail notice highlights top tips from readers. A Hancock resident earned for a fatal automobile collision tip while a Day Road housewife shared a ground hogs story. Other tips referenced fishermen and truckers with fuel tank leak discoveries, a Williamsport resident, a Summit Avenue housewife, and a Scout troop with prize wins.
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Daily Mail
Williamsport
South Cannon Avenue
Summit Avenue
Pace 2
Col. v
Youth Abandons Auto On Tracks After Turn Error
A teen motorist abandoned a father's car on railway tracks blocking Western Maryland Railway traffic for about 30 minutes. Richard T. Clark, 17, of 431 B Suman Avenue, pleaded guilty to driving without a license and was fined 25 dollars plus costs. Police and railway officials investigated before the vehicle was towed.
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Jack Piquett
Western Maryland Railway
Piquett
County Board Condemnation Bill Advances in Annapolis
Legislation to empower the Board of County Commissioners to institute condemnation for road construction and improvement will be introduced in the Maryland House of Delegates tonight. The bill also covers condemnation for eliminating curves and for drainage of roads, clarifying the board’s authority amid prior questions.
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Board of County Commissioners
House of Delegates
Annnapolis
More Litter Bags To Be Distributed In Maryland
State Roads Commission trucks carry litter bags as part of Keep Maryland Beautiful. Letters go to agencies urging participation while Health Department workers receive bags for roadside trash. SRC chairman Robert C Bonnell notes 8 1000 truckloads collected last year at $22 per load, about 176000 total.
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State Roads Commission
Maryland
Health Department
Robert C. Bonnell
SRC
Urgency In Voice Saved Hamby Daughter from Convulsion
D H Hamby of Clear Spring credited an unidentified caller and the Hagerstown police with saving his daughter's life after Cheryl Ann Hamby suffered a convulsion. Night supervisor Mrs Elsie Swink of the C P telephone exchange alerted an officer whose quick response brought a police escort and rapid hospital transfer, with Cheryl Ann reported doing nicely.
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D. H. Hamby
Clear Spring
Hagerstown
Elsie Swink
Rt 40 Crash Injures Four and Blocks Pike
A two car collision on U S Route 40 ten miles east of Baltimore left four people injured and tied up rush hour traffic for two hours. A tractor trailer carrying cattle rolled, eight head injured and several killed. State Trooper Mullinix reported the sequence from the roadside after stopping to help a disabled car.
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Baltimore
Phos
Here
St. Agnes Hospital
Horace Smith
Old Court Rd
Woodstock
John Wirts
Hamilton
Eugene Mayo
Lovettsville
Lester Wilder
Glenwood
Thomas
Mullinix
Waterloo Barracks
Driver Jailed On 4 Counts
A 19 year old Ft Myer soldier Ruben L Sepulveda was jailed for 90 days in default of fines totaling 175 dollars plus costs for reckless driving, drunken driving, failing to stop after an accident and driving with no license. He also owes 78 dollars for a damaged traffic signal at East Washington and Locust Streets. Janet L Crossland was fined 25 dollars for permitting an unlicensed driver. Sepulveda admitted to buying whiskey earlier and was remanded to jail until all fines costs and damages are paid.
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Ft. Myer
Ruben L. Sepulveda
Mustalso
East Washington
Locust Streets
Paul Ottinger
Sepulveda
Janet L. Crossland
Broadway
North Jonathan Street
Miss Crossland
Mine blast kills nine in Bishop coal mine
A gas explosion deep in the Bishop coal mine near Bishop Virginia killed at least nine miners and left twenty seven missing. Rescue work moved via the West Virginia entrance as officials and families awaited updates with hope of survivors amid heavy smoke and dust.
Trapped Miners Feared After Bishop Mine Blast
A joint statement from West Virginia Mines Chief Julius Olzer and Pocahontas Fuel vice president A V Sproles says an underground gas explosion at the Bishop mine occurred at about 1 55 this morning. About 177 men were in the mine with fewer than 40 involved and none of the identified survivors. The blast location is roughly 2 200 feet from a new air shaft completed in October 1956. Most workers escaped via another opening. cause remains undetermined. The section had been checked by a fireboss before midnight and found free of hazard. The area contains six working places with foremen and four other helpers equipped with gas detectors.
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Bishop
West Virginia
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Geerttedt
Martin E. Martin
Martin
Raymond Owensby
Tazewell
Virginia
Eisenhower
Rufus Trail
Trail
Radford
Horsepen
Mine 34
Pocahontas
Pittsburgh Consolidated “Coal Co
Pittsburgh
West Virginia’ Mines Department
West Virginia Mines
Julius Olzer
A. V. Sproles
Pocahontas Fuel
January Building Permits Set Record For One Month
A Washington County report shows January issued 23 new construction permits valued at 3 258 346 dollars. The tally surpassed prior records and included dwellings, additions, garages, storefronts, a factory building and a university expansion. Two injuries occurred in construction activity. no license was granted for a liquor premises after a court ruling.
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Jclly
Washington County
Torist
George Henredlight
Circuit Court
Donald J
Skizenta
Cleveland
Ohio
North Hagerstown High School
W. E. Pinel
Washington Street
Rt. 11
Hagers- i
Mulberry
Joseph
Gale
Cairo
Egypt
the Loveless
Carrolton Avenue
al Shaab
Loveless
Liquor Board
Itsjand
Ernest Y. Burnett
Eisenhow
Blooms Alley
Sfa Skizenla
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Gaza
R. C. ‘Hayes
Tombigbee
Columbus
Miss
Alfred M. Gruenther
American’ Red Cross
Tennessee, ‘ Gruenther
Supreme Allied Commander
Europe
Red Cross
Bristol
Tenn
Logan
W. Va
Joseph H. Wise
Virginia Civil Defense
Big
Rt. 40
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