Rate Cut Seen Boost To Business Activity
New York reports a fractional rate cut by the Federal Reserve affecting Philadelphia and San Francisco banks. Economists expect banks to adjust rates, firms hope lower borrowing costs revive homebuilding, autos, and steel, while stock markets react to cheaper credit and cautious consumers dampen retail demand.
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New York
Federal Reserve
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Bers
Reserve Board
Ixtus
Fries
Cars Damaged In Route 40 Crash
Two cars collided on Route 40 near Edgewood Drive east of Hagerstown. Driver Kenneth Beegle, 32, Baltimore, and Larry Kearns, 17, Crest Drive, were involved. Beegle cited for failure to yield.
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Edgewood Drive
Hagerstown
Kenneth J. Beegle
Baltimore
Larry Lee Kearns
Crest Drive
State Police Corp
Richard Garvey
Beegle
Sirl Lacerates Arm On Glass
Four year old Kared Smallwood suffered a laceration to the arm after breaking three pieces of glass on West Side Avenue. She was treated in the emergency room with sutures and discharged after treatment.
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Kared Smallwood
West Side Avenue
Annual Quincy Home Activities at E A B Orphanage
About 4000 people attended the 57th Annual Day at Quincy E A B Orphanage and Home near Waynesboro. Dale Shugart spoke on community responsibility and church roles. Offertory reached 522 dollars. food stands and bakery raised around 5008 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy E.A.B
Waynesboro
Dale F. Shugart
Sth
Obituary of Mrs Edna E Peterman of Clearwater Florida
Mrs Edna Elizabeth Peterman of Clearwater Florida died Tuesday morning at her home. Born in Martinsburg she was daughter of Oscar and Aillen Cole and spent early life there. Survived by husband Walter T Peterman daughter Jean Peterman and sister Elis Cromer. Funeral at A K Coffman Funeral Home Sunday at 2 pm with Rev Roy C Snyder officiating. Interment West Haven Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 tonight.
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Eane E. Peterman
Edna Elizabeth Petermen
Clearwater
Fla
Mart ‘Insburg
Oscar and
Aillen I Cuvell
Altimore
Elis Cromer
Hagerstown
A. K
Potomac Edison Wins Again On Ad Copy
Potomac Edison wins multiple awards in the Better Copy Contest conducted by the Public Utilities Advertising Association. Two local entries receive prizes among utilities nationwide. Potomac Edison NEWS wins an award for an electric clothes dryer advertisement as the company marks 18 years of success in the contest.
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Potomac Edison Company
Public Utilities Advertising Association
United States
Canada
Potomac Edison
Potomac Edison News
PUAA
Phil O'Connell
Lynne Keller
Francis Stoner
Patsy Reese
Sandra Cook
Kenny Coss
Guy Ridgeley
Margaret Potts
Ed Newcomer
Accuse Scrap Firm Worker In Copper Theft
Thomas Miller a 24 year old yard man at Maryland Pipe and Metals Co was charged with larceny in a copper theft case involving an ald car motor block and about 500 pounds of copper tubing. He allegedly received the tubing at the West Church Street yard and sold it in Cumberland after being dispatched from the Security yard. Police caught him at his father s La Vale home after a two day manhunt by sheriff s officers and state police.
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Yaruman
Thomas Miller
West Washington St
Charles Price
Miller
West Church St
Maryland Pipe and Metals Co
Local Liquor Store Ad Highlights Beers and Pizzas
An old ad lists B G and Cutrate Liquors at W Washington Street offering pizza pies from 11 a.m. and spaghetti sauce, plus gin, bourbon, blend rum, sloe gin, and beer cans priced around 2.99. It notes hours across the day, a contact number RE 8-3486, and a separate listing on W Wilson Blvd in Ady.
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Washington St
Corsi
W_ Wilson Blvd
Ady
Victor's Visitors greet Indonesian executives at Victor plant
R. B Grove, center, vice-president in charge of sales for Victor Products, meets two Indonesian industrial executives who toured the plant yesterday. The visitors include R. H. Soehartokoescemo, production executive with a radio electronics firm, and another official whose name is partially cut off.
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R. B Grove
Center
Victor Products
R. H. Soehartokoescemo
Teft
Diploma Wins for Richard H Wells at Fishbourne Military School
Cadet Richard Hardwick Wells son of Mrs Samuel Rob ert Wells 1375 The Terrace received a diploma at the first graduation by Fishbourne Military School Waynesboro Va He was presented Fishbourne Ting by Miss Ma son of Alexandria Va Wells is a YMCA member and crack Hudgins Rifles drill team sergeant cadetship earned a marksmanship medal and a good conduct medal
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Richard Hardwick Wells
Samuel Robert Wells
the Terrace
Peerches
Fishbourne Miliary School
Waynesboro
Fishbourne
M Missi Mason
Alexandria
Richard
YMCA
Hudgins Rifles
Ringgold to Celebrate Street Lights Parade
Ringgold hosts a parade to mark new street lighting funded by the Raritan Club. Participants meet at 6 30 pm at the Mason and Dixon Line and march to Community Hall for a strawberry festival. South Penn Power Co. will have entries in the procession.
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Peope A
Songgold
Raritan Club
Mason & Dixon Line
South Penn Power Co
Strawberries Never Better On City Market Morning
Strawberries were abundant and of good quality with prices from 25 to 50 cents a box. Growers report peak season yields despite wet weather, while some berries rot from dampness. Asparagus was scarcer but spinach, lettuce, onions, and radishes filled the market. Eggs ranged 35 to 40 cents per dozen as butchers stayed busy.
Youth Pleads Guilty To Barn Fire In Peters Township
Harry Warner Decker, an 18 year old Greencastle high school student, pleaded guilty to starting a two story bank barn fire in Peters Township causing about 40000 dollars in damage. He was committed to the Pennsylvania Industrial School at Camp Hill and ordered to make restitution in the thousands. The court noted his prior arson admissions in March and February 1958 near Waynesboro.
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Harry Warner Decker
Greencastle Area
Pennsylvania Industrial School
Camp Hill
T 9
Peters Township
Decker
Waynesboro
Marine Pvt Marshall E Rowland Jr reports for training in N C
Pvt Marshall E Rowland Jr son of Mr and Mrs M E Rowland of South Sister Lejeune N C has reported for specialized job training after a 20 day leave spent with his parents He completed 16 weeks of training in the Marine Corps and is a 1959 graduate of South Hagers town High He enlisted through the local Marine recruiting office on January 5 of the current year.
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Lejeune
Rainy Weekend Forecast
The Weather Bureau predicts a wet weekend with showers and a few thunderstorms through Monday morning when clouds clear and cooler air moves in. Record highs reached 85 at D Paul Oswald station, lows near 65 at Oswald and J Howard Beckenbaugh stations, with trace rainfall at Beckenbaugh and a trace at Oswald.
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Weather Bureau
D. Paul Oswald
Oswald
J. Howard Beckenbaugh
Boonsboro
Beckenbaugh
Oswald Station
Glenn Julian Receives ROTC Merit Medal for Excellence
Glenn M. Julian of Greenbrier Road, a Carnegie Institute of Technology junior majoring in physics, receives the Military Order of World Wars Merit Medal for ROTC and academic excellence. He is Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Mu Epsilon member, Pershing Rifles team, and will participate as commander of the ROTC color guard in commissioning ceremonies. 1960 ROTC graduates.
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Gleon M. Julian
Mra. G. HK. Julian
Greenbrier Road
R.O.T.C
Girl Survives Plane Crash in Sequoia Park Ordeal
Janet Robertson, a San Francisco secretary, survived a Cessna crash in Sequoia National Park and six days in rugged timberland after traveling from San Carlos to Las Vegas. Her fiance Jack Steele was killed. Robertson endured fracture jaw, shock, possible internal injuries, and exposed cold while seeking a ranger station, aided by an Air Force helicopter.
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Fresno
Hackett Meadow
Ranger Station
Ant Air Force
Hanger
Deer and Turkeys Survive Harsh Winter in Washington County
State Inland Game and Fish Commission reports deer and wild turkeys endured heavy snow and cold well. April night counts found 204 deer across six farms, with 71 on the top farm, while turkey surveys showed 349 birds survived, indicating a substantial winter carryover.
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Washington
State Inland Game and Fish Commission
Chester M. Kerns
Special Weekly Dine-In Offer At Mrs Farries Restaurant
Monday Tuesday Wednesday deal at Mrs Farries Restaurant 14 Madison Ave offers two homemade pizzas for 1.50 dollars and a buy one quart spaghetti sauce to get six meatballs free.
Broadway Show Shutdown Tests City as Strike Bites
Broadway faces a long shutdown after Actors' Equity and the League of New York Theaters deadlock on pension terms. The blackout suspends performances, endangering 800 actors and 4,000 stage workers, with off-Broadway drawing limited crowds and the industry looming toward autumn without a settlement.
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Gerald Miller
Manhattan
New York
Sta Ibirds
East Side
Times Square Show District
Broadway
David Moss
Tobacco Road
Cricket Theater
Randle
League
Burton A. Zorn
Theodore Sikel
Equity
League of New York
Clifton Muritz Wins Farm Mechanics Certificate
Clifton Muritz of Wun county receives a Certificate of Merit in Farm Mechanics for top skill among Smithsburg High School graduates. The award, from Thor Research Center for Better Farm Living of Marengo Il, was announced by the agriculture teacher. Cadet David Stephen Noel of Fantival received a certificate at the same graduation exercises held at 4 p.m. in South End Fire Co.
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Clifton Muritz
Wun County
Smithsburg
Thor Research Center For
Marengo
David Stephen Noel
South End
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Commerce Department
Railway Express
Hng
Trenton
Marty Lou Freebling
Heisterboro
Kearns
Prive
Quincy
Tzaak Walton League
Clear Spring Amervbary Legion
Buddy Allen
Dick‘s Gas Mart
Route 11
Greencastle
Penna
Richard L. Hummer
Conococheague Park & Miles
Stevens Bros
Wark
Victor
Handojo
Syracuse University
Ringgold
GEQUA
Fleigh Motors
Shockey Furniture CO
Summit Ave
Chewsville
Adv
Glenn Julian
Halfway
Scotland
Halfway Fire Company
Washington Street
Bohman - Warne, Inc
B. W. Franklin Street
City Labor
Harold A. Felix
Zorn
Ralph Betplay
Hollywood
Steffey O Fradlay Se
Hagerstown Loan & Thrift Corp
J. A. Hoffman
Mgr
Clopper-Michael Legion
Honor Guard
Rohbersville
Milt Grant
Gail
Don Owens
Dune &Tehru Huly
THE
Starfires
Martin Bros
Dominion
Dance
JO Vernon Taylor
Antique
Majorese Corp
Hoanshoro High School
HUB Dry Cleaners
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