Hurricane Audrey Hammers Texas Louisiana Coasts
Hurricane Audrey struck the Texas Louisiana coast with 75 to 100 mph winds and high tides. Massive damage was reported along hundreds of miles of shore as thousands fled homes and cabins. The Weather Bureau warned of eight inches of rain, dangerous tides, and continued rough seas. The storm was already blamed for multiple deaths.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Audrey
Louisiana
Texas
Cameron
New Orleans Weather Bureau
Sabine
Giant Auger Rescues Five Miners After 14 Hours
In Steubenville Ohio five miners trapped since 8:15 a.m. were pulled to safety at 10:50 p.m. through a 230 foot hole bored by a 42 inch auger. The Betsy Mine No 3 rescue involved Hank Horvath Martin Kowalski Joseph Lupinski Kenny Hamilton and Fred Sabol. They emerged from a horizontal end shaft amid cheering crowds and were reported unharmed.
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Arthur A. Parks
Steubenville
Ohio
Fred Sabol
Harrisville
Hank Horvath
Glenn Robbins
Martin Kowalski
Joseph Lupinski
Mount Pleasant
Kenny Hamilton
Adena
Betsy Mine
Thel Powhatan Mining Co
Horvath
Lupinski
Chief Blair Overton Seeks Eligible List For Police Vacancies
Chief Blair Overton announced efforts to build an eligible list for upcoming police vacancies. An advertisement for examinations appears on the newspaper’s back page. Successful examinees not yet appointed will be placed on a future-appointment list. Applicants must have good character, be 21 to 35, and pass a department medical exam. Starting patrol pay is $200 per month, rising to $219.88 after one year, with retirement system membership, vaca tions, and uniforms provided.
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Blair Overton
Ehiet
Police Dept
Mmambetu
Maryland
Nick
Maryland Democrats Face Another Governor Primary Fight
Maryland Democrats primaries spark two counter moves as Byrd and Mahoney vie for advantage. Byrd files against Comptroller Tawes over Eastern Shore influence while Mahoney threatens to challenge Mayor D Alesandro if he runs, aiming for a decisive or split Baltimore result.
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George Bowen
Baltimore
Maryland
Dy. H. C. Byrd
Millard Tawes
Tawes
George P. Mahoney
Thomas D’alesandro
Taney
Byrd
Maho
Contracts Signed For New Low Rental Housing Units
Hunton Mills leads Hagerstown Housing Authority with Trons and Reynolds of Washington DC as contractor. Bid totals 31,502,000 with Wy Norman L Barley & Son at 1,627,900 as next lowest. Plan includes thirty white family units on Park Place extension and one relocated Frederick manse site, with shared office and maintenance building. Historic figures Leonard Curlin and Frederick Douglass noted as influences in project development.
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Hunton Mills
Hagerstown
Park Place
Leonard Curlin
Frederick Douglass
Lincoln
Lanner
Cmetand
Soviet Okay Of U S Plan Nears Disarmament Step
London June 27 officials considered partial disarmament nearer today Russia accepted in principle an American plan for major powers to transfer stocks of nonnuclear weapons to international control. Stassen proposed lists of armaments to stockpile under supervision with later destruction or conversion. Britain and France favored changes to avoid disadvantaging smaller armies.
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London
Russia
U. S
Harold E. Stas- Sen
U. N
United States
Britain
France
Stassen
Canada
Valerian Zorin
U. S.o
Fire In Dwelling Behind Terminal Report Flammable Sand Pollution
A noon hour fire behind the Greyhound bus terminal caused no serious damage to a dwelling. Investigators linked by authorities are studying the sandwashed water from a plant between Hancock and Berkeley Springs as a potential pollution source. Fishermen report fish life declines downstream and sand discoloration on the West Virginia side, while authorities sample water near Hancock and downstream for tests.
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Greyhound
Antietam
Potomac River
Hancock
Williamsport
West Virginia
Maryland
Berkeley Springs
Custody Awarded to Maternal Grandmother in Tragic Case
Judge D K McLaughlin granted custody of the three Broadus children to their maternal grandmother Mia Milder Smith of West Bethel Street. The children became orphans after Carl Franklin Broadus killed Betty Jane Smith Broadus and then died by suicide months earlier. Casper Casper J and Anna Belle Broadus had sought custody, arguing they were better equipped financially, but the court ruled the children should remain with their maternal grandmother.
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D. K. McLaughlin
Broadus
Mia
Mildred Smith
West Bethel Street
Carl Franklin Broadus
Betty Jane Smith Broadus
Casper J
Anna Belle Broatus
Carl F. Broadus
Waln Enatody
Fractures Hip In Roof Fall At Hancock Route 0 Area
John Shives, 65, of Hancock near Copill's packinghouse, fell from his house roof Monday while repairing it. He fractured his hip and sustained additional injuries as he landed on the center of the highway. X rays confirmed the hip fracture at the hospital.
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John Shives
U.S. Rt
Copill
Hancock
Shives
Moller Organ Co
Fis Eee
Corderman Hospital Patient Passes In Washington County
John E. Corderman, a well known local cutter and board member of License Commissioners 4, died while a patient at the Washington County Hospital. He had been ill and hospitalized, with his passing noted by local officials.
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John BE. Corderman
Ocal Cuhier
Board of License Commissioners
Washington, County
Market Schedule Change Due to Fourth of July Holiday
City Market schedule altered for the holiday week. Market will open Wednesday July 5 at 5 am and close Saturday July 6 at 5 am local time. City Cherk E. 1. Kermey announced adjustments affecting Wednesday through Saturday operations.
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Cherk
Kermey
Tre
Weeday
Wate
Wong
Ud Mee
1957 Hunting Licenses Here No Increase
Hunting licenses for 1957 go on sale Monday at the Clerk of Court office in the Court House or through authorized agencies. Price is $1.23 for county residents, same as last year. A Hunters' Guide is issued with each license. seasons include squirrel and turkey October 5 to October 15 with one turkey per season, rabbit quail pheasant and grouse November 15 to January 5, bow and arrow deer October 25 to November 14 with one male or female deer per person, and firearms bow and arrow deer December 2 to December 7 for male deer only.
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Court House
Man Gets Jail For Kissing Small Child
Harry Bingaman, 38, of Fairground Avenue, was sentenced to six days in jail by Magistrate Paul C. Ottinger after being found guilty of assaulting a five year old girl in Fast End Park. police and park patrolman Harry Hartman aided the arrest following the child's frightened report. The magistrate noted Bingaman’s sobriety history but affirmed guilt, stating touching a child constitutes assault.
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Harry
Bingaman
Fairground Avenue
Paul C. Ottinger
Fast End Park
Said & Man
Harry Hartman
Ottinger
Bingsman
House of Correction
Retirement Of Jesse Brown Now Official
The retirement of former Police Chief Jesse Brown was made official at the regular meeting of the Board of Public Works. Brown left the Police Department June 15 after examinations by two physicians and was granted retirement retroactive to June 15. He served more than 36 years and was chief for the past eight years in Columbia.
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Jesse 5
Brown
Board of Public Work
Palica Department
Columbia
Board of Public Works
South Carolina
State Board of Health
Grant
G. S. T. Peeples
Local Sailor Reports Flu Outbreak At San Diego Navy Center
Tony Gordon writes from the San Diego Naval Training Center that influenza has swept the facility. He notes several staff and trainees were hospitalized for a few days, with lab tests pending and one reported to have received a vaccination. Gordon describes a mild illness course lasting about three days.
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Renoreas
Tony) Gordon
Saeniah
San Diego
Navy
Harry Co
Sane Atant
Gordon, Jr
Cypress Street
California Health Department
Calif
Phils
Tony
Tne
California Health de
Wea Aloo
Baal Estar
No Hurricane Near Us Yet
A resident warned about approaching weather as Hurricane Audrey neared the Gulf but hadn’t reached New Orleans or Maryland. The Weather Bureau forecast scattered thundershowers across Maryland with warm humid nights and mild days. Local highs reached the upper 80s with lows around 60s as clouds drifted over South Mountain.
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South Mountain
Audrey
New Orleans
Hagerstown
T Hat
Weathwe
Maryland
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Gulf of Mexico
Pela Gamo
Powhatan Mining
Cu's-Mine
Steubensville
Hamilton
Ressuers
Millard Tydings
Mahoney
Tydings
Mahoney-Tawes
John Marshall Butler
U.S
Galveston
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Stewart Beach
WeLaughlin
John E. Corderman Hospital
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