Washington County Leads in State Income Tax Share
Washington County was the highest in its share of state income tax this year, receiving 267 454 from the 1959 tax. Alleghany had 187 369, Cumberland 72 582, Hagerstown 198 000, Frederick County 171 376, Frederick city 55 050, Prince Georges 1 414 004, Montgomery 2 707 354, Baltimore 3 561 26, and Ann Arundel 794 474. The Comptroller paid 16 497 008 to counties and towns. Major George Davidson of the Maryland State Police said officers now live near their assignments to respond quickly. A Boonsboro farmer urged readers not to kill snakes, praising blacksnakes for controlling rattlers and copperheads. An arrest in West End for selling beer to an intoxicated man was not tied to a police drive, says Chief Blair Overton.
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Washington
Baltimore
Prince Georges
Ann Arundel
Montgomery
Baltimore- Washington
Washington County
Board of County Commissioners
Allegany County
City of
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Frederick County
Frederick
Prince Georges County
Montgomery County
Baltimore County
Comptroller's Office
George Davidson
Maryland State Police
Boonsboro
Sandy Hook
West End
Blair Overton
Driver Charged After Accident
Police report states motorist David Leroy Seibert, 25, of Virginia Ave., was driving north on Potomac Ave at high speed when his car sideswiped a vehicle in front of North Potomac Junior High School, resulting in notable damage and a charge of reckless driving.
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Potomac Ave
David Leroy Seibert
Virginia Ave
North Potomac Junior High School
Eisenhower Leaves Hawaii for Washington Speech Ahead
President Eisenhower ends a six day Hawaiian rest stop and flies to Washington to report to the American people on his Far Eastern journey. Honolulu June 25 AP report by John Scali.
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John Scali
Honolulu
Eisenhowler
Washington
Edwin S Guth Dies Former Hagers Town Public Works Leader
Edwin S Guth longtime public works chairman for Hagerstown died unexpectedly at 10 40 am after being taken to Washington County Hospital He was 73 born October 8 1884 in Irantan Pennsylvania and moved from Security Cement to North American Cement later becoming vice president in charge of operations The Washington County News notes his long service across five mayors and his retirement in 1949 to New York City before returning to Hagerstown
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Edwin S. Guth
Hagerststown
Board of Public Works of
Hagerstown
Washington County’ Hospital
Mr. Guth
Alwewwu
Guth
New York
North American Cement Corp
Old Security Cement & Lime Co
New York City
Linden Ave
Stur
Tokyo
Eisenhower
Travis Afb
California
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
White House
Far East
Philippines
Formosa
Korea
Tenth Anniversary Of Korean War Reminds Of Problems
The tenth anniversary of the Korean War prompts renewed calls for U.S. troop withdrawal from Korea and Asia. North Korea and the Communist bloc press the demand while the Western side defends the U.S. and UN presence as a deterrent. Pyongyang reports large protests and claims of U.S. atrocities, with relics of the war used to argue for reunification if forces leave.
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U.S
South Korea
Asia
North Korea
U.N
Panmunjom
D. White
U.S. Army
Pacific
Korea
United States
United Nations
ROK
Demilitarized Zone
Damage Suit Docketed In Circuit Court
Two suits for damages were docketed in Circuit Court. Kathleen N Harbaugh seeks $10,000 from B and O Railroad claiming injuries from a December train ride near Cumberland due to excessive speed. Shirlee Royer and James Royer seek damages from David F Myerly for a May 1959 collision on Potomac Street and North Avenue causing serious injuries. Royer and James Royer live in Waynesboro. Myerly serves in the Navy.
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Kathleen N. Harbaugh
B. & O. Railroad
Cumberland
Ernest V.wachs
Shirlee J. [Royer
James G. Royer
David F. Myerly
Shirlee Royer
Willis A. ‘Starcher
Myerly
Potomac St
House Fire Hides In Boonsboro Woman Visits Son
A visitor, Mrs Bes sie Alexander, left a Boonsboro home with doors and windows locked. Fire damaged the Locust Valley house of Mrs Lee Alexander, with $2,000 loss. Firemen say heat blasted walls. cause unknown though lightning is considered possible. Smoldering sofa suspected as origin.
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Lee Alexander
Boonsboro
Locust Valley
Bessie Alexander
Middletown
Pleasant weekend forecast with cool nights ahead
Weather Bureau predicts fine weekend for the area with a cooler night shift and lows in the low 60s. Oswald near the city reports 87 high and 63 low, Becken baugh at Boonsboro records 87 and 61, with yesterday’s 0.24 inch rain bringing June total to 3.92 inches, nearing average.
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Weather Bureau
D. Pad Oswald
Ciy
J. Howard Beckenbaugh
Boonsboro
Oswald Station
Man Sentenced for Indecent Exposure in Sharpsburg
Gilbert Keesecker, 36, of Sharpsburg, was sentenced to six months in the House of Correction on a charge of indecent exposure. Magistrate William J. Dwyer ordered the term after Keesecker was committed to Springfield State Hospital for a mental examination and found sane for trial. Roby arrested him after complaints by parents of young girls. exposure occurred from the doorway of a shed in the Keesecker residence yard.
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Gilbert Keesecker
Sharpsburg
House of Correction
William J. Dwyer
Keesecker
Springfield State Hospital
Howard Roby
Sharpssburg
Roby
Dwyer
Patuxant
Maryland
Car And Truck Sideswipe On Route 40 East
A car and a tractor-trailer were damaged but no one injured in a sideswipe on U S Route 40 about six miles east of Hagerstown. James E. Hartley of Washington DC drove east, Ronnie L Young of South Bend Ind drove west near Boonsboro Smithsburg Rd. Hartley car damaged considerably, truck lesser damage. Both drivers claimed to be on the right side.
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U. S
Hagerstown
Elmer Baum
James E. Hartley
Washington, D. C
Ronnie L. Young
South Bend
Ind
Boonsboro
Smithsburg Rd
Hartley
Baum
Old Swindle Story Here Told
John L. Miller uncovers a 19th century fraud in Washington County detailing the Farmers and Millers Bank of Hagerstown issuing notes without full gold and silver backing. The eight year scheme evaded law, drew local dupes, then collapsed after a legislative inquiry and public exposure.
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Washington County
John L. Miller
Millers’ Bank of
Miller
Twisters Leave Trail Of Damage In Northeast States
Tornado winds lashed Pennsylvania New York and Vermont as a mass of cold air chased warm air from the central states. Reaching roofs were ripped and buildings ruined with power lines down and emergency declarations in Schenectady Rot terdam Woodlawn and other suburbs. No deaths reported but damage likely surpasses a million dollars.
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Associated Press
Atlantic Ocean
Weather Bureau
Central States
Canada
Pennsylvania
New York
Vermont
New Jersey
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Schenectady
N.Y
Rot
Terdam
Woodlawn
Glens Falls
Jeffersonville
New England
Notables Face Federal Liens Over $400000 in Taxes
Los Angeles AP reports the IRS filed liens exceeding 400000 against a slate of celebrities and entertainers. Names include Joe Louis Bud Abbott Judy Garland Sid Luft Martha Hyer Claude Trenier Clifton Trenier and others with liens ranging from about 3 000 to over 16416 for various tax demands.
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Los Angeles
Holt
Sammy Davis Jr
Carol Chan
Se Nennee Neennease
George Marshall
Edward Dany
Fritzyk
Robert A. Riddell
Internal Revenue Service
Riddell
Lions
Joe Louis
Bud Abbott
Con Abbott
Art Aragon
Rysters
Rich
Abbott
Jenny Macdery
W. R. Burnett
William Saroyan
Martha Hyer
Claude
Clifton Trenier
Chis
Judy Garland
Sid Luft
Mary Qeececeiery
Wendell Corey
Brodericks
Crawford
William Low
Weather Report for Fair and Gaol Haverstown
Readable fragments indicate fair conditions across Western Aare and Haverstown with expected mild to warm temperatures, light winds, and no precipitation noted.
Field Hospitals Given To Chile
Two aging field hospitals flown to Chile to aid earthquake casualties in the Ameri can region. Ambassador Howes and Chilean authorities supervise the setup as weather remains clear, cool, with pleasant days and near 60 degree nights through Sunday.
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Washington
Aeing
Chile
West Virginia
Chedis
Walter Howes
Airliner Plunges Into Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro
A Brasilian airliner with 51 aboard including at least one American crashed into Guanabara Bay near Rio de Janeiro while approaching the city. Navy searchers recovered wreckage and body parts with no survivors. The Convair 600-mile Brasilia to Belo Horizonte route had a stopover at Belo Horizonte before disappearing from radar nearly eight hours earlier. Among the passengers was Newton B. Thompson of Waterville Maine, an official of American Bond and Share Electric Co. Others named include George Pfistern Janet S. Latter and H V Lee. One congressman Jose Gomes Talarico had boarded in Brasilia.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Guanabara Bay
Brasilia
Belo Horizonte
Navy
Paqueta
Ria
Dumont
Newton B. Thompson
Waterville
Maine
American Bond and Share Electric Co
Real Airlines
George Pfistern
Janet S. Latter
H. V. Lee
Thompson
Rio
Jose Gomes Talarico
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Major Davidson
Overton
Lke
Public Works Board
Allison A. and
Sarah (Snyder) Guth
Irantan
Edwin
Inoshita Tokyo
Free World
Pyongyang
North
South
Sinchun
Allegany and
Gar
Maryland State Game and Leland Fish Commission
Tidewater Fisheries Commission
Paul W. McKee
State Water Pollution Control Commission
Wen and
Samo
John Dickinson
White Oak Road
Gwynedd
J. ‘Ss. Owens
J. H. Grove
Crain
Willian UL
Tuck
Neame Taves
Haverstown
Western
Aare
Shore
Shee
John J. Frook
Delbert M. Huffer
U. S. Rt. 40A
Helen E. Yates
Harold C. Morris
Harwood Road
Charles M. Hykes
L. Hendrickson
Birch Knoll Road
Mary EF. Spander
To . L. Hendrickson
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