Red Jets Return In Heavy Air Battles Over Korea
American Sabre jets fought 27 Red jets and 30 Migs in a sustained three day air duel over northwestern Korea near Sonchon. Four MiGs were damaged as U.N. naval and ground forces pressed a push along eastern front while shore batteries at Wonsan faced Marine Corsair air and naval fire.
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Tokyo
Korea
U. S
United Nations
Sonchon
Fifth Air Force
U.N
Wonsan
U. N
Marine Corsair
Detroit Ends Nation's Longest Municipal Strike
Detroit's 3500 transit workers returned to work after a 59 day walkout that shut down buses and trolleys citywide. Wage talks go to mediation with a possible arbitration if unresolved. Courts weigh Hutchinson Act implications while wage and fringe pay dispute remains central to the dispute.
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Detroit
AFI
Mmétrepolitat
Aorebien
Wien
Motor City
Michigan
Local 842 Backs Four Councilmen In Hagerstown
In a letter to four city council members seeking to repeal the current zoning law in favor of a lower one, Local 842 president BK. T. Michael expressed strong support. He lauded their courage amid opposition and urged expansion to meet defense industry housing and employment needs in Hagerstown.
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BK. T. Michael
DAW: Cio
Hagerstown
Roy N. Knight
W. Broom
Melvin C. Jennings
A. G. Hellane
Michael
Flageratown
County Treasurer Seeks Pay Boost for Frederick County
The Frederick County Board of Commissioners received a request from County Treasurer Hugh K. Troxell seeking a salary increase from $4800 to $6000 per year. The letter notes a comparable Frederick County Treasurer’s pay of $4000. No action was taken by the Board today.
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Hugh K. Troxell
Board of County Commissioners
Frederick County
Badger Sees South China Potential Revolt Against Reds
Vice Admiral Oscar C. Badger told Senators there is a chance South China may revolt against the Communists. He cited March War College report noting Manchuria and inner Mongolia as under Moscow control while southern China could face revolutionary pressure.
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Washington
Oscar C. Badger
South China
Badger
China
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
War College
Manchuria
Inner Mongolia
Sinkiang
Sam Angotti resigns as Fairchild director to join Lands Tool Co
Samuel A Angotti, director of Industrial Relations at Fairchild Aircraft, resigns to become assistant secretary at Lands Tool Co of Waynesboro Pa. A native of Clarksburg West Virginia, he studied law and business, and led Fairchild through wartime labor challenges. He has served since 1943 and is a director of the Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce and a member of the American Management Association.
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W. L. Landers
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Samuel A. Angotti
The
Lands Tool Co
Waynesboro
Clarksburg
W. Va
Angott
University of West Virginia
LaSalle Extension University
Fairchild Aircraft
Nortman Beverage Co
Newark
N. J
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Corporation
Faircchild Aircraft
Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce
American Management Association
Stiffer Fines Jail Terms In Driving Cases
County magistrates after a College Park conference plan heavier penalties for traffic violations. Drunken driving and revoked license cases may incur longer jail terms with fines possibly eliminated. Officials will announce the new policy to the public to curb accidents and fatalities and to deter repeat offenses.
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College Park
Au Fr
Ti Wan
Maritime workers strike halts scores of ships at Atlantic ports
In New York and other ports, about 80 vessels idle as CIO unions press for a contract. West Coast talks show faint hope with mediators optimistic for a settlement today. NMU leads 60,000 members with ARE and MEBA in a coast to coast stoppage labeled a dispute over no contract rather than a strike.
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New York
CIO
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
West
Omar Hoskins
San Francisco
Union
CIO American Radio Association
ARA
Cyrus 8
Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Washington
National Maritime Union
Clyde M. Mills
Mediation Service
Hast
NMU Aaid
ARE
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
NMU
Maine-to-Galveston
Tioup
Plotner Boy Still In Coma Two Months After Accident
Eight year old David Plotner remains in a coma two months after a severe head injury and broken leg from being knocked down by a calf at home in Williameport Route 2. He is at Washington County Hospital in critical condition, fed through a tube and cared for in an oxygen tent.
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David Plotner
Washington County Hospital
Vincent L. Plotner
Wil-liameport
Packers Again Deliver No Beef To Local Stores
Independent food merchants in Hagerstown report persistent beef shortages as big packers cut beef from orders. Traders rely on home killed meat but quotas limit supply. Officials note cattle flow rising but not enough to meet demand amid a measles outbreak and stockyard market pressures.
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Hagerstown
Chicago
Wayneaboro
Sewage Dump Endangers City, Officials Warn
City sewage chief Don Croft reports unknown parties dumped cleaning fluids into the disposal system over recent days. Gas fumes at the plant burned workers eyes, and a single spark could trigger an explosion. Investigations trace the fluid to the responsible industry amid penalties for volatile liquid dumping.
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Don Croft
Croft
Leg Amputated After Tractor Accident
Glen Bumbaugh aged 16 son of Mr and Mrs Crawford Bumbaugh of Lantz had his left foot amputated last week at the Children's Hospital and School Baltimore He was injured six weeks ago on his father's farm when his leg became entangled in a tractor chain He had been treated at Waynesboro Hospital before transfer for the operation.
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Glen .Bumbaugh
Crawford Bumbaugh
Lantz
Children's Hospital
Baltimore
Glen
Waynesboro Hospital
Seven year old Rutledge suffers head cut after slide fall
Henry Rutledge aged seven son of Mr and Mrs Irvine H Rutledge 646 Orchard Road suffered a laceration of his head this morning when he fell from a sliding board. He received treatment in the hospital emergency room.
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Henry Rutledge
Irvine H. Rutledge
Orchard Road
Astronomers claim Palomar big eye supports exploding universe
Los Angeles June report from Dr. Milton L. Humason on the 200 inch Palomar telescope shows galaxy groups 250 to 360 million light years away exhibiting red shifts and runaway speeds up to 38 000 miles per second. The findings bolster the theory that the universe is expanding, expanding the measured scale of space and prompting further observations toward 600 million light years.
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Rennie Taylor
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Palomac
Milky Way
Milton L. Humason
Himm' Ason
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Humason
Earth
Edwin P. Hubble
Mt. “Wilson
Gtars
Mt. Wilson
Hublite
Britain blocks shipments to Red China via Hong Kong
London reports Britain will block all shipments of strategic goods to Red China through the Crown Colony of Hong Kong as part of wartime controls.
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London
Britain
Red China
Hong Kong
Pilots Strike At United Air Lines Nationwide Action
Nine hundred AFL pilots of United Air Lines walked out at 4 55 am across the nation today. An AFL Air Line Pilots Association spokesman said the strike will not affect UAL crews flying the Korean Pacific Airline Operation.
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Chicago
AFL
United Air Lines
AFL Air Line Pilots Association
State Firemen To Open Convention In Cumberland
The 6th annual Maryland State Firemen's Association convention opens tonight in Cumberland Maryland. Four to five thousand delegates and visitors are expected for the four day meeting.
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Cumberland
Maryland State Firemen's Association
Derailment halts Reading freight near Boiling Springs
Fifty six loaded coal cars derailed last night at Boiling Springs Pa near the Cutrio Yards. The train from Hagerstown bound for Harrisburg was routed via Reading and most cars were damaged or overturned. No injuries reported among crew led by W F Ankeney. Western Maryland Railway dispatched wreck trains to assist cleanup and track clearing was urgent.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Cutrio
Bolling Springs
W. F F. Ankeney
Higerstown
Reading
Hagerstown
Harrisburg
Western Maryland Railroad
Norfolk and Western
Grimes Station
Cumberland
Western Maryland
Elusive bear sighting in Frederick County draws crowd
Clarence Fogle and four relatives reported a large black bear about 4 pm Sunday in a Frederick County cornfield near Woodshoro. The bear weighed over 200 pounds and paid little attention to onlookers as it moved into nearby woods.
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Clarence Fogle
Frederick County
Woodshoro
Fogle
Cornfeld
Alde
Aide
James and
Paul Né Cosgrave
George Creager
Arouing
George Siler
Monrovia
Washington County
Weather Forecast Calls for Pleasant Days Ahead
The Weather Bureau forecasts continued fair weather for the next two days with near mid eighties daytime highs and 55 to 60 degree nights. Scattered thunderstorms are possible Thursday afternoon as a cold front moves in.
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Weather Bureau
Keedysville Westherman
Travis Knode
Man Stopped To Buy Expensive Eggs Ends With Car Crash
Clifford Holmburg, 48, of Burncot Wisconsin, halted near East Franklin and North Cannon Avenue to purchase eggs. His car rolled down North Cannon Avenue into a porch causing substantial home damage. Police charged him with failing to set brakes properly. he paid a $1 fine and costs.
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Clifford Holmburg
Burncot
Wisconsin
East Franklin
North Cannon Avenue
Holmburg
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Sam Angotti
AIFAD
Landis Tool Co
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Palomar
Galaxy
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