Thornburgs Volunteer Spirit Spurs Wartime Service at Home
Nellie and Bob Thornburg, long-time residents, volunteered during wartime, with Nellie aiding at hospital units and later as Blood Program worker while Bob served as Army translator and pursued higher education. After the war Bob became English professor at Muhlenberg College. the couple maintained a large home to host family visits, while remaining active in Trinity Lutheran Church. They supported their son Stobert B Thornburg, Phi Beta Kappa graduate and Army veteran, now a professor, and their daughter-in-law Jean Decker Thornburg with two granddaughters.
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Gettysburg College
Bob Thorminburg
Nellie
Bob
Gettysburg
Vanderbilt U
University of Pennssyvania
Thornburg
Muhlenberg College
Allentown
Nelle
North Ave
Jean Decker
Millheim
Ann
Mary Jane
Baltimore
Children's Hospital
Harriet Lane
Johns-Hopkins
Trinity Lutheran Church
Altar Guild
Muttenberg College
Lutheran Church
Japan Apologizes On Live Telecast For Stabbing Case
Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda apologized in a live U S Japan telecast for a knife attack on U S Ambassador Edwin Reischauer by a Japanese youth. Reischauer was reportedly recovering, with doctors hopeful for a two week recovery. The broadcast aimed to strengthen U S Japan ties and promote future joint telecasts including the Tokyo Olympics.
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Japan
Kenneth Ishii
TOKYO
Hayato Ikeda
United States
Edwin 0. Reischauer
People of
Reischauer
U.S
John Emierson
Reischater
Ikeda
Thedal
Emmerson
Easter Sunrise Service Set at Kraiss Clubhouse
The Fellowship Class of St. John's Reformed United Church of Christ Clear Spring will hold a sunrise service at Kraiss clubhouse on Easter Sunday at 6 49 am followed by light breakfast. In case of bad weather the service will move to the Sunday School room. The public is invited.
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St. John's Reformed United Church of Christ
Clear Spring
Kraiss
IBM Branch Office Opens Here Today
IBM inaugurates a Hagerstown branch on Northern Avenue with Congressman Mathias officiating the 330th Maryland anniversary celebration. The facility serves parts of Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia and employs about eighty people. An open house follows the ribbon cutting through the day inviting public demonstrations of IBM equipment.
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Maryland
International Business Machines Corporation
Hagerstown
IBM
Tanager
G.C. Roper
Norther Avenue
TBM
Winslow F. Burhans
Washington County Commissioners
Fio+an
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Tay
Area Deaths Jd. Calvin Cantner
J Calvin Cantner 88 of Mercersburg PA died Tuesday at Franklin Farms Chambersburg He was born near Mercersburg son of Jacob and Catherine Todd Cantner He was a lumberman Surviving include Ray Cantner Corting Ainsley Beulah Hepner Ralph Cantner Zelda Harris Stellal Hornbaker and 10 grandchildren 17 great grandchildren Funeral Friday at 1 30 pm at M S Tydor Union Church Mercersburg with Rev Lester Misner and Rev Charles Myers officiating Burial in Vine Grove Cemetery Mercersburg Family will receive friends Thursday 7 9 pm at Lininger Funeral Home Mercersburg
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J. Calvin Cantner
Mercersburg
Franklin Farms
Chambersburg
Merscersburg
Jacob and
Catherine Todd (Tosten) Cantner
Ray Cantner
Boomboro Rt
Cortiing_ Ainsley
Beulah Hepner
Pulfersville
Ralph Cantner
Magerstown
Zelda Harris
Stellal Hornbaker
Tydor Union Church
Lester Misner
Charles A. Myers
Vine Grove Cemetery
Lininger
Nome
Jean Brodie Broadway String Choice Sparks The Prime of Miss
The British star Jean Brodie who was to appear on Broadway in The Chinese Prime Minister selects The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie as her subsequent performance string.
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Bow
Miss Prathia Hall
Temple University
Philadelphia
Stiles
Fulton County
Atlanta
Miss Hall
U.S. District Court
Boyd Sloan
AP Witephotod
Troops Called Out Against Protesting S Korean Students
In Seoul police fired tear gas and soldiers blocked thousands of students from Hun Yang University and others as protests surged around President Park’s hillside mansion. Two dozen injuries were reported as troops used force while students urged suspended talks with Japan over Tokyo negotiations.
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Seoul
Chung Wee Park
Japan
Tokyo
Park
Hun Yang University
Um Min - Yung
Lee Hurak
Lee
Jyu
Pusan
Tae-' Gu
Korea
New Ruby Lawyer Plans Tactics To Change Sentence
Dallas AP report states Ruby's new defense team, led by professor Jack Ruby's new chief counsel, will pursue new lines of defense to seek reversal of his death sentence for the slaying of Lee Harvey Oswald. The article notes Smith as Texas Law School institute head and mentions prior lawyers, including Molli- cierse and Belli, with adjustments after the verdict.
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Peggy Simpson
Dallas
Tex
M-real
Bert Winslow Smith
Ruby
Fessor
Jack Ruby
Anoth
Joe Tonnhill
Lee Harvey Oswald
Smith
Uni
John F. Kennedy
Texas Law School
Law Science Institute
Eva Grant
Vin M. Belli
San Francisco
Ciie
Marvard
British Columbia Highway Minister Bets On Speed Limits
British Columbia minister of highways Philip Gaglardi defends higher speed limits saying lower limits cause more accidents and that speed control on weekends ferries more tickets. He leads a six member delegation to promote tourism and insists safe drivers are those who drive at higher speeds.
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Robert
Angeles
Britieh
Columbia
Paigna
Philip Gaglardi
Gaglordi
British Columbia
Gol
Road Hogs Tie Up Dan Ryan Traffic
Chicago AP reports five hogs escaped from a truck on the Dan Ryan Expressway causing a traffic stoppage of over an hour. Drivers were wary as safety campaigns and dramatic coverage heightened concern.
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Chicago
Nixon Visits Capital Of Pakistan Today
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon arrived in Rawalpindi and said he carried a message from former President Eisenhower to President Ayub Khan. Nixon travels on a world tour for clients of his law firm and interviews officials at his stops.
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Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Richard M. Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Nixon
Ammonia Gas Kills Worker At Blue Ribbon Packing
In Houston a broken ammonia line connection released gas killing Cordell McGee, 30, and suffocating five others at Blue Ribbon Packing Co. Firemen in gas masks rescued a second worker from the loading area as ammonia used for refrigeration at the plant and trucks caused the incident.
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Houston, Tex
Blue Ribbon. Packing Co
Cordell McGee
Prayer and court views mix in Dallas testimony
In a Dallas courtroom the Ruby trial is debated as jurists reflect on public sentiment and possible transfer. Smith cites community views and Kennedy assassination echoes while Judge Joe Brown weighs keeping the case in Dallas. The religious leader Faul Wright prays for faith and guidance to endure changing times.
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Ruby
Smith
Dallas
Joe B. Brown
Kennedy
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