Three Trucks Crash Hurt Three In Freak Collision
A freak crash on a busy highway injured a three year old girl and two adults when three trucks collided after a bicyclist darted toward a Fairchild Aircraft tractor. The child suffered fractures and cuts, the driver and wife sustained facial injuries, and both drivers and the child were treated at a hospital. The scene required police and fire units to clear the mess and manage traffic for hours.
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Bertha
Joyce Ann
Irvin Avenue
Fairchild Aircraft
Melvin Hu Willer
Hancock
Fairchild
Marvel
Shilling
Hoover
Hoovers
Cmity
Antietam Fire Company
John Hall
Pennsylvania Avenue
U.S
Hamilton Park
Thomas Simpon
Alf
Obituary Notices and Survivors From Maryland and Pennsylvania
Obituaries continue with details of Mrs Anna M Le Fever dying at 218 Norway Avenue and survivors including Hattie Paden and others. Separate notice recalls William M Keyser, 73, of Greencastle, a painter for James Smith, with four children and multiple grandchildren. funeral set at Minnich Funeral Home in Greencastle with burial at Songer Hill.
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Summit Avenue
Emma Virginia Clingan
Union Bridge
Joseph and
Margaret (Walls) Smith
St. Matthew's B.U.B. Church
Rath
Hagerman
Rose Barnes
Hagerstown
Ric Myers
Lena Frushcoma Park
Mit
Gandchildren
W. D. Sands
BE. Roane
Charles G
George P
Frederick Smith
Hagers Own
Walter E. Smith
Windsor
Robert K. Smith
Smithsburg
Suter
Lester £. Teter
Rose Hill Cemetery
Anna HM. Lefever
Norway Avenue
Hattie Paden
Pen Mar
William m. Keyser
Greencastle
Shady Grove
Keyser
James Syith
Greenfeastle
Methodist Church of
Fort Loudon
Howard Statler
Chambersburg
Meredith Keyser
Ridgeway
Pas
Eugene Keyser
Publo
Colo
Emory Stine
Waynesbar
Livin
Edward
Minnich Funeral
Daniel Koon
Songer Hill
Minnich
Greencaste
Prayer for T Day in a Local Congregation
Fragmented OCR text preserves a prayer focusing on Lent. It asks to remember, to take up not only abstinence but good works, and to replace sin with positive thoughts and deeds. The setting appears to be a Washington DC church, with references to a first congregational body and a general exhortation for enduring temptations.
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Ammer
al Heath
Washington, D.C
Drive Against Gambling Machines Grows in States
A nationwide drive to curb gambling devices gains momentum as lawmakers in many states propose bans on slot machines and related gambling information networks. measures target manufacture possession and distribution of devices, with several states considering seizure powers and new crime commissions.
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William J. Conway
Chicago
Associated Press
Idaho
Nevada
Ilinois
John M. King
Indiana
Arizona
New Hampshire
Charles Russell
Hatchet Killing and Self Immolation Reported in Florida
A despondent 10 year old woman drenched her clothes with kerosene and set them ablaze after killing her husband Edward Leland Barney with a hatchet in their Florida home. Sheriff Norvell described the grim sequence as Mrs. Barney struck her husband on the head, then repeatedly hit him, cleaned the scene, tied a handkerchief around his throat, and later burned herself in the garage. The report notes a later statement to police and mentions a night baseball mention in Sunlich, Alaska.
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Katherine Barney
England
Sherff JR
Norvell
Barney
Edward Leland Barney
Isband
Navy and Air Force Personnel From Clear Spring Area
Philip F. Baker seaman aboard the Carter Hall trains in amphibious warfare during a Mediterranean tour and visits France Italy Greece Turkey Sardinia Crete Sicily. Jack Boward airman first class, formerly clerk-typist student of Oklahoma A&M College, now at Travis Air Force Base in California. Private Melvin L. Polley from Williameparl Md. trains at the Medical Replacement Training Center at Camp Pickett Virginia.
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Carter Hall
Philip F. Baker
Loman Baker
Clear Spring
Atlantic Fleet
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
France
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Sardinia
Crete
Sicily
Jack Boward
Guy Boward
Oklahoma A & M College
Jack
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Camp Pickett
Virginia
Melvin L. Polley
William Polley
Williameparl
Jorrd
Medical Replacement Training Center
Killed Wife For Younger Woman Will Get Life
Jonah L Roberts a 46 year old Edwardsville machinist was found guilty of first degree murder for killing his wife after an affair with Frances Allen 24. A seven woman five man jury recommended life imprisonment. Defense seeks a new trial. prosecutors said Roberts plotted the death on a lonely mountain road last June 10 then wounded himself to mislead authorities.
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Wilkes-Barre
Jonah
L. Roberts
Edwardsville
Roberts
Slary
Louis G. Feldman
Frances Allen
Miss Allen
Allen
Synthetic Gasoline From Oil Shale Declared Impractical
The National Petroleum Council reports that government plans to produce synthetic gasoline from oil shale and coal are impractical under current conditions. It notes the need for liquid fuel remains distant and questions the wisdom of multi billion dollar pilot plants. Some shorter term studies hint feasible production in special cases. More than 74 million dollars has been spent on the program since 1944.
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Washington
National Petroleum Council
Sas
Bureau of Mines
House
Lome ¢ McCabe
Tatty Gael Eeptopiven Divis Sion
GAA
Aame Arras
Hetraleum Council
Ich Ander
Interior Department
Mines Bureau
Two Weeks Enough So Driver Quits
In Cleveland a bus driver named Van Horn quit after routine passenger balks as he asked two men to move to the rear. He complained the daily harassment continued and handed in his badge after a decade on the job, with passengers shifted to another bus.
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Cleveland
Samo
Big State Roads Program Faces Senate Hurdles in Maryland
In Annapolis Democratic lawmakers clash over an 368 million dollar roads program tied to a 330 million bond issue and tax hikes. Senator Turner urges added data on tolls while others warn the plan is too large and risky. Rural concerns focus on secondary roads and a smaller four year plan than 12. Senate leaders consider automatic tax relief bills amid ongoing partisan debate.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Senate
House
Turner
Queen Anne's
Committee On Aviation, Roads and Transportation
Senate Finance
Ways and Means
Goldstein
D- I Calvert
Sen. Shehan
D-Lalbot
Markus
Dorchester
Sen. Phipps
Anpe Arundel
Roads Commission
Shehan
Finance Committee
Della
Father Of Eight Given 20 Years Here For Rape Of Young Daughter
A judge imposed a twenty year term for the rape of a young daughter, as other defendants received varying sentences from suspended terms to several months in correctional facilities. The docket includes multiple cases from theft to morals charges with probation denials noted by Judge Mish.
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W. A. Sinclair
Ramond C. Swarts
Hagerstown
Michigan
Joseph Young
Robert E. Wolf
Herman J. Gruden
House of Correction
Mish
Roger
Favey
Harry C. Gordon
I Cypress Street
CIO Leader Blasts Ike Cabinet as Communist Threat
Cumberland Md Emil Rieve national union leader warns Local 1874 officers that Eisenhower's billionaire cabinet gives the Reds ammunition. He criticizes unemployment, defense‑driven economy, farming crisis, and resource policy while urging labor leadership to act boldly amid a difficult road ahead.
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Cumberland
Emil
Rieve
Textile Workers Union of America
Eisenhower
Voice of America
Confederate veteran dies at 106 in Louisiana
William Townsend, a 106 year old Confederate veteran and Louisiana’s last Civil War survivor, died at his home last night. Known as “The General” though he was a private in Confederate gray, he had rejoined with Yankees only two years ago after a lifetime of service.
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Ona
William Townsend
Louisiana
Hancock Club Presents Mr Texas Film Event in Fort Worth
A large audience has seen the Billy Graham Crusade film "Mr Texas" in Fort Worth near Wild Rogers Coliseum. The movie, shot on Texas locations including Hardin Simmons University, features Mayo r Rodeo Riders and the Hardin Simmons Cowboy Band. Audiences fill midweek showings with no admission charge, doors open at 6 45 p m and screenings at 7 30 and 9 30 if needed.
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Shick
Texas
BSWO
Graham Film Organization
Washington, D. C
Billy Graham
Wild Rogers Coliseum
Fort Worth
Hollywood
Hardin Simmons ‘University
Hardin Simmons
Cindy Walker
Redd Harper
Mt Texas
Tlancock
Mr. Texas
Democrats Back In Control in Philadelphia Talk
Senator Henry M. Jackson told the Philadelphia Americans for Democratic Action chapter that Democrats may regain leadership of Congress in under four years. He quipped about Republicans renting apartments, not buying houses, and referenced a local conviction of Miro and Mrs. Thomas McCarter for keeping four disorderly houses. The report notes Native Americans in New Mexico smoked wild tobacco before white contact.
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Henry M. Jackson
Awashni
Congress
Jackson
Philadelphia
The
Americans For Democratic Action
Washington
Miro
Thomas McCarter
Promac Street
New Meira
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Miller
Fairchild Frick
William H. Keyser
Erie
Maryland Bridge
Laurel
Savage River
Dorine Itt
Harry Shackelford
Virginia Alsip
D.C
William Kelley
Arkansas
Missouri
Massachusetts
Kansas
Harold R. Fateer
Oregon
New York Crime Commission
State Department of Justice
Sunlich Thanks
Alaska
USCO
Rusco Window & Supply Co., Inc
East Franklin Street
Halfway Fire CO
Greencailia Firm Co
South Potomac Jr. High School
General Assembly
Nellie Perkins
Clarence Moser
Boonsborn
Moser
Burneys Ingram
Baltimore
Potomac Street
Jeremiah Eskrides
Robert Elias
CIO
Ike
Eir
Eakles Drugstore
Washington St
Bs Todey
Jet Ue
Amer
Maytag
Fiat Maytag
Hoge
Nuance Alii
Inege
Equare Pearcelain
Ser
H&t
Franklin Se
Hancock Club
Herald-Mail
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