Rockefeller’s Defiant Call Shapes GOP Debate
Nationwide reaction followed Rockefeller’s challenge to Nixon urging the party to define its direction. Republicans largely backed Nixon amid questions about Rockefeller’s timing and aim. Democratic momentum grew as Symington energized AFL-CIO delegates in Michigan and Kennedy drew Kennedy supporters in New York amid new organizer moves.
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Associated Press
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Washington
Congress
Nixon
New York
Rockefeller
Rockefelle
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Michigan
Afl-Cio
Grand Rapids
G. Mennen Williams
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Adlai E. Stevenson
Henry Taylor
Sarah Lawrence College
Eugene Meyer
Kennedy
Stevenson
Henry Steele Commager
Amherst College
Harvard
John K. Galbraith
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr
Weather Just About Perfect This Week In June
A remarkably pleasant week in June is forecast with the pattern to continue through Saturday. Temperatures will rise slightly tomorrow and Saturday. Boonsboro observer J Howard Beckenbaugh recorded a high of 75 yesterday with a low of 49, while D Paul Oswald near Hagerstown logged a 75 high and a 47 low, the coolest since May 15. By 9 am today the temperature was 60 degrees.
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J. Howard Beckenbaugh
Boonsboro
D. Paul Oswald
Hagerstown
My. Oswald
Weather Forecast Summary for June 1960
The report notes mostly sunny and dry conditions in Hagerstown and Western Maryland with a pleasant night ahead. Maryland eastern shore and southern areas expect fair and cool nights with a warm Saturday. West Virginia and Southeastern Pennsylvania forecast clear, cool nights with Friday slightly warmer and Friday forecasts mostly sunny.
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Hagerstown
Maryland
Astern Shore
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Glider Pilot Schreder Freed By East Germany
American glider pilot Richard E. Schreder of Toledo Ohio was released by East Germany. He had crossed the Iron Curtain during the Cologne world gliding championships and landed near Wismar in Mecklenburg. East German officials called the crossing not a serious case.
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Berlin
Richard E. Schreder
Toledo
Ohic
East Germany
ADN
Luebeck
Germany
Ohio
Kluetz
Schreder
Cologne
Foreign Ministry
Schreider
Iron Curtain
Fehmarn
Baltic
Ruegen
Wismar
Mecklenburg
Cyclist struck by auto suffers broken leg in Maryland
An eleven year old boy, David Lee Montgomery of 420 Mechanic St., was fractured when struck by a northbound auto on Berner Ave. The driver, Benjamin S. Miley, 67, of Delwood Ave., faced no charges. In separate incidents, a truck fire on St Locust St. caused $50,000 damage to Zem's Clothing, with 70 volunteers fighting the blaze.
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Berner Ave
David Lee
Montgom
Alleg Ontc Ery
Berner
Benjamin S. Miley
Delwood Ave
West Washington St
West Side Ave
Mauk
Winter St
Washington Ave
Mary L. Thomas
Hagerstown Rt
Gary Damascus
Fire Fox
Lincoln St
St. Locust St
Nathaniel
Lee
City Fines Weed Rule as Sunset Ave Complaint Hits City Park
City officials enforce an anti weed ordinance tackling properties with weeds over 12 inches. A Sunset Avenue resident reports tall weeds on City of Hagerstown property at City Park. Police inform Street Department to cut the overgrown site.
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Sunset Ave
City of
Hagerstown
City Park
Motorist Here Convicted On Citizen Charge
A Hancock man, Robert E. Wirts, testified that H. Robert Murfin of Hancock repeatedly acted as if he would collide with Wirts’ car on Maryland Avenue. Murfin was fined 25 dollars and costs for reckless driving, with the magistrate noting a possible assault with a deadly weapon charge. Wirts said the dispute related to a property sale and Murfin’s driving behavior.
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Hancock
Hagerstown
Robert E. Wirts
Maryland Ave
H. Robert Murfin
Hancock But
Virts
Murfin
William J. Dwyer
Wirts
Water and Sewage Experts Open Parley Here
Maryland and Delaware water and sewage specialists opened their 33rd annual conference in Hagerstown at Hotel Alexander. More than 150 delegates from cities in both states attend, with seven addresses plus a forum over the two days.
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Maryland
Delaware
Hagerstown
Hotel Alexander
Potomac River
Don K. Croft
Baker and Wibberley and Assomatics, Inc
White Tile Pool Planned for Senate Health Suite
The New York Herald Tribune reports senators secretly ordered a 2 by 20 foot white tile pool for the basement of the old Senate Office Building in Washington. Construction would be financed from a $100,000 1958 appropriation to remodel plumbing, with plans drawn on Capitol Hill. The pool would be hidden under a stairway on the building’s ground floor, amid a private health suite already featuring a 8 by 12 foot pool and dressing rooms. The Senate Office Building Commission, chaired by Sen. Dennis Chavez, approved the project at a closed meeting 16 days earlier. no cost estimate was given and no record of formal approval exists in public files.
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NEW York
New York Herald Tribune
Senate
Capitol Hill
Washington
Washington Dispatch
Capitol
Senate Office Building Commission
Sen
Dennis Chavez
D-Nm
Miller Picked For National Committeeman
Edward T Miller, former Congressman from the Eastern Shore, was chosen by two Maryland U S Senators to replace Theodore R McKeldin as national committeeman. The Washington Post reported the agreement reached at a meeting of Sens John Marshall Butler and J Glenn Beall, with D Eldred Rinehart Maryland GOP chairman present.
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Washington
Edward T Miller
U.S
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
Washington Post
John Marshall J Butler
J. Glenn Beall
D. Eldred Rinehart
GOP
Rinehart
Fishman testimony critics say WH hearings repeated witness
Washington AP report notes House hearings on unAmericans and mail seizure propaganda feature Irving Fishman repeated at each stop from 1956 to 1959. Knight Newspapers report says the series traced congressional spending and a large investigative fund.
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Washington
Fishman
Inter- House
Star Witness
Aganda
Knight
Congress
Don Oberdorferj
Walter Pincus
U. S. Cus
Irving Fishman
Dep-Itoms Bureau
Ury
Port of
New York
Richard Arens
Sandy Hook Group Disputes Sheriff Over New Deputy Move
The Sandy Hook Citizens Association pressed for a full time deputy for northern Washington County while disputing Commissioner Lem Kirk who said a deputy is not the only solution. Kirk suggested more State Police protection or moving the Hancock deputy. the group accuses officials of promising a deputy and criticizes premature action by Sheriff Charles Price.
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Sandy Hook
Charles Price
Mr. Fockier
Mr. Downey
Tennessee Lad Spelling Champ
Henry Eldman, 13, of Oak Ridge Tennessee, won the 1960 National Spelling Bee. He overcame two prior tries by correctly spelling "eudaemonic" meaning producing happiness after earlier success with "velleity" meaning mere wil lingness. Runner-up Betty Jean ilschul, 12, of Norfolk Virginia, misspelled a competing word.
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Washington
Henry "Eldman
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Betty Jenn Ilschul
Norfolk
Henry
Betty Jean
No Changes Predicted By Leaders In Defense Bill
Washington June 9 The Senate Appropriations Committee is expected to approve a 40,166,097,000 defense appropriation Friday with no major changes said chairman Dennis Chavez and senator Leverett Saltonstall. They note the subcommittee added 828 million to the House figure and expect possible floor efforts to add funds. The bill’s full committee action is anticipated next week.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Dennis Chavez
D-Nm
Leverett Saltonstall
Mass
Appropriations Subcommittee
House
Saltonstall
Chavez
Senate
Eisenhower
City Firm Wins Walkersville School Contract
Callas Contractors Inc of Hagerstown won the Walkersville High School alterations contract with a low bid of 38000 dollars. The bid faced initial resistance and a 119000 ceiling was proposed for all other improvements including work by school personnel.
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Callas Contractors, Inc
Hagerstown
Walkersville
Frederick County
Callas
Dallas
Frederick County School Board
Paul S. Wise
C. Gordon Smith
James A. Sensenbaugh
Six year old finds 153 mushrooms in yard square
Mushroom hunters report a poor season but six year old Steven Bloom of St James found 153 edible mushrooms in a single yard square beside the Bloom stove. The meadow along the St James Run behind the residence yielded few mushrooms this year, making the find notable.
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Steven Bloom
Myron J. Bloom
St. James
St. James Run
Bloom
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