Plans to Save Downtown Merchants Face Traffic Hurdles
Dawson reports on strategies to bolster downtown shopping districts as suburban malls lure customers. Key executives like Ralph Lazarus and Earl Puckett foresee growth in department store sales, with Lazars citing downtown stores driving significant net sales. Traffic and parking remain chief obstacles as cities weigh pedestrian focuses and expressway access.
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Dawson
Sam Dawson
New York
Puzsues
N -E
Ralph Lazarus
Federated Department Stores
Fedway
Earl Puckett
Allied Stores
May Department Stores Co
R. H. Macy & Co
Lazarus
School Bus Crash Near Sideling Hill Injures Ten
A Baltimore owned department of education bus carrying 40 Roosevelt Recreation Center youths aged 7 to 14 skidded in rain on Sideling Hill Mountain and rammed an embankment. Ten were treated by a physician in Hancock. others were driven by motorists to Hancock and then to Baltimore.
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iSideling Hill Mountain
Hancock
Wallace McCoy
Baltimore
Department of Education of
Robert Kirby
New Germany Recreation
Garrett County
Roosevelt Recreation Center
Kirby
Hancock Fire Hall
Girl Suffers Broken Wrist in Local Accident
Donna Higgs six year old daughter of Clyde Higgs at 1109 Fairview Road received a cast at Washington County Hospital ER for a fracture of her right wrist from a fall. Pamela S Pike two daughter of Daniel Pike Longmeadow Apts lacerated knee needing four sutures. Mrs Mary J Boward wife of Charles Boward 844 Guilford Ave twisted her left foot and suffered a fracture. a cast was applied and she was discharged.
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Donna Higgs
Clyde Higgs
Fairview Road
Washington County Hospital
Pamela S. Pike
Daniel Pike
Longmeadow Apts
Mary J. Boward
Charles E. Boward
Guilford Ave
Play Money Turns Out To Be Real Cash
An 11 year old, Robert Crane of South Street, told police a six year old offered play money which Crane accepted. He later found the bills were real. Patrolman C B Bible gave Crane a ride to search the area, but the younger boy who handed over the money could not be located.
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Robert Crane
South Street
Crane
C. B. Bible
Boy Returns Home After Eye Injury
Fred Gayman ten of Route three Greencastle has returned home from Washington County Hospital where his eye was removed after a knife slipped and struck him last week.
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Fred Gayman
Route 3
Greencastle
Washington County Hospital
Embroidery Pattern 7398 For Baby Crib Cover
Classic reader notice from The Daily Mail Household Arts Dept inviting readers to send 35 cents for Pattern 7398 to crochet embroidery for a baby crib cover. Includes color chart, transfer at 9 motifs 6x7 inches, directions, plus offer of two free patterns and 1957 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book.
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Daily Mail
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N. Y
Brooks
Pastor Assigned To Youth Mission in Western States
The Evangelical United Brethren Church board assigns Rev. John W. Schildt of Walkersville to lead a Western Team for Youth Mission to Youth. The program runs June 17 to August 5 across 23 centers with Mrs. Schildt joining as mission staff in several western cities.
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Board of Evangelism
Evangelical United Brethren Church
John W. Schildt
Walkersville
Maryland
Schildt
Big Pool
Wolfsville
John R. Knecht
Dayton
Youth For Christ
The
Church
Red Warships Open Suez Passage in Show of Soviet Reach
Two Soviet destroyers and an auxiliary tanker crossed the Suez Canal bound for Vladivostok with possible time in the Red Sea. The voyage follows a recent push of Soviet naval activity in the Mediterranean, amid Middle East tensions over access to the Gulf of Aqaba.
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Cairo
Suez Canal
Vladivostok
Far East
Red Sea
Middle East
Egypt
Israel
Gulf of Aqaba
Port Said
P Rs
Mediterranean
Suez
Safety Mark Sets Record for Pedestrian Safety
The nation and Maryland reported record low pedestrian deaths last year, with 7,950 nationwide and 140 in Maryland. Hagerstown earns an excellence of record certificate for zero pedestrian fatalities. An awards luncheon in Baltimore on July 2 will feature AAA pedestrian safety awards and attending local authorities.
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Maryland
Earl H. Howard
Automobile Club of Maryland
Howard
United States
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Woman Injured Rocking At Pinesburg Home
Mrs. Etna Shank of Pinesburg was admitted to Washington County Hospital after a fall from a rocking chair. She suffered severe leg and arm injuries when the mishap occurred at her brother George Shank’s home on the edge of Pinesburg yesterday.
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Etna Shank
Pinesburg
Washington County
George
3 Car Crash Near Hancock
Three cars were involved in a collision a mile west of Sneock on Route 4 yesterday afternoon during heavy rain. Joseph R. Gallen of Cumberland slowed to turn left, was rear ended by Hugh R. Conaway of Fairmont, who was then rear ended by John R. Felton of Fairmont. Trooper Kirby charged Conaway and Felton with following too closely.
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Sneock
Robert Kirby
Joseph R. Gallen
Cumberland
Gallen
Hugh R. Conaway
Fairmont
W. Va
Conaway
John R. Felton
Kirby
Conaway Land Felton
Jews Return to Germany Slowly Amid Antisemitism Reminder
In Dusseldorf a Jewish council helps returning emigrants settle, led by Berlin lawyer Hendrik van Dam. About 30,000 Jews live in Germany now, 2,500 in East Germany, with 2,000 new arrivals last year. Each returning Jew receives 6,000 marks plus real estate losses compensation. Remains of former camps stand as warnings while anti Semitism persists.
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Herr Altschull
Duesseldorf
Germany
Rhine
Berlin
Hendrik van Dam
Dr. van Dam
East Germany
Hitler
Israel
van Dam
Bonn
Belsen
Dachau
Rock crashes through roof at Gurath home
A rock weighing an estimated 0 to 25 pounds smashed through the Gurath roof at 1107 The Terrace yesterday at 5 15 p m. Mrs Gurath saw it fly into the attic but the family was not in the attic. Plaster knocked from walls by the impact. Officials suspect a nearby explosives detonation as the source of the moment that sent the rock airborne.
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Howard Gurath
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