Fires Above Caledonia Quickly Contained by Volunteers
Two forest fires burning on ridges above Caledonia were extinguished after threatening hundreds of acres. About 200 acres burned along Slate Quarry Road near Pine Grove Furnace with involvement from Mont Alto State Forest School students, local fire departments, and foresters led by William Vandistine. Fire officials say both blazes started independently, with rain needed to prevent rekindling.
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Caledonia
Pine Grove
Pennsylvania
Forest Rangers
Big Flats
Imues
Fine Grove Furnace
Slate Quarry
Pine Grove Furnace
John Shatzer
Goodwil Mira Company
Chambersburg
William Vandistine
Michaux District Forester
Vandistine
Biglersville
Forestry Department
Mt. Holly Springs
Carlisle
Shippensburg
Forester Vandistine
Laurel Lake
Big Flat
Long Terms For Assailants Of City Policeman
Three men convicted of kidnapping Baltimore Patrolman Charles Zeller, robbing him of his pistol and lashing him to a tree in freezing weather were sentenced to a total of 95 years. Judge Ralph Warnken handed out 35 year terms to Morris Buckley and Caral E. Midgett, both Camden, N. J., and 25 years to John R. Davis. The trio abducted Zeller at pistol point near a Southwest Baltimore factory, took him to Howard County, stripped him of gear, tied him to a tree, and left him. Davis was captured in Chester, Buckley in Chester after a gun battle, and Midgett in Florida.
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Baltimore
Ralph Warnken
Morris Buckley
Caral E. Midgett
Camden
N. J
John R. Davis
Charles W. Zeller
Howard County
Davis
Chester
Buckle
Midgett
Florida
Salem Leads 6th Fleet In Eastern Mediterranean Move
The Salem serves as flagship of the 6th Fleet which recently shifted to the eastern Mediterranean amid the Jordan crisis. Hatchee refuels a destroyer, a light cruiser, and the aircraft carrier Lake Champlain during ongoing operations.
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Hatchee
Lake Champlain
Salem
6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Jordan
U.S. 8Th Fleet
Caloasa
24 Year Old Man Held For Shooting 13 Year Old Boy
Richard E F Sollenberger a 24 year old elevator operator was held on 25000 bail as the rifleman who stalked two boys in Gwynns Falls Park and wounded one. He appeared silent before Magistrate Howard L Aaron as police called him a mental case. The victim Ronnie Milligan 13 remained in fair condition after spleen rupture repair from a .22 bullet. Police planned to question him about a 1955 Missouri reform school incident and a double slaying of Nancy Shomette and Michael Ryan in North West Branch Park.
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Baltimore i
Richard EF. Sollenberger
Sollenberger
Howard L. Aaron
Ronnie Milligan
Gwynns Falls Park
St. Agnes Hospital
Ola Sollen
Berger
Aaron
University Hospital
Alfred Kormack
Missouri
Prince George County
Nancy Marie Shomette
Michael Ann Ryan
Northwest Branch Park
Washington
Too Few Men In Top Draft Class
Lt Gen Lewis B Hershey told the Baltimore Armed Services Committee that there are too few men aged 18 to 25 in the 1A draft class. He cited 3,700,000 untrained men in that age group, with 1,400,000 described as fathers and largely inexperienced in combat, save for occasional practice in matrimonial conflicts.
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Baltimore
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service Program
Baltimore Armed Services Committee
National Jewish Welfare Board
Get 30 Years For Kidnaping In Norfolk Case
Thomas J McNabola of New Haven Conn was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping and slugging Deputy Warner T. Davis of Accomack County. The assault occurred last August when Davis stopped a car containing McNabola and two others. Davis testified he was dragged into the car and dumped in a field after being struck in the head. The car trip went from Onancock to Wye Mills Md.
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Norfolk
Thomas John McNabola
New Harven
McNabola
Onancock
Wye Mills
Seven Rescued After Atlantic Plane Belly Landing
Seven U.S. fliers were rescued from a life raft after their KC97 tanker splashed on rough Atlantic seas two hundred miles off the Azores following engine failure on a flight from Europe to Lockbourne Ohio. Rescuers from European North Africa and Azores bases responded to distress signals.
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London
Atlantic
U.S
Gibraltar
U. S. Air Force
Azores
Europe
Lockbourne
Ohio
U. S
North Africa
Life Term Given To Negro Slayer
Richard Fats Snead, 30, of Worcester County, received a life term in the Penitentiary after a Porchester County Circuit Court jury convicted him of first degree murder in the robbery slaying of William Floyd, a 34 year old paper bag salesman. The sentence by Judge W Laird Henry Jr followed a four day trial moved from Worcester County. The jury deliberated one hour and ten minutes.
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Cambridge
Richard
Fats) Snead
Worcester County
Tiety
W. Laird Henry Jr
Snead
Porchester County
William H. Floyd
Worcester Contery
McLeod Confirmed as Ambassador to Ireland by Senate Vote
Senate approval of Scott McLeod as ambassador to Ireland passed 60-20 after a roll call. Republicans Beall Butler from Maryland and Williams from Delaware voted for the nomination amid party alignment.
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Washington
Senate
Scott McLeod
Ireland
Maryland
Beall
Butler
Delaware
Williams
Most Nations Ready To Use Canal Again
Fourteen of forty four members of the Suez Canal Users Assn say they are prepared to resume shipping through the Egyptian waterway with only France withholding full endorsement. They indicated ships will likely begin using the canal soon, while reserving legal rights under the 1888 Constantinople Convention. The United States urged testing the Egyptian plan, and the group noted remaining concerns but moved toward resumed action.
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London
Nasser
SCUA
Egypt
United States
Security Council
France
Plan for City Bypass Nears City Council Review
City engineer says a north-south bypass plan, backed by Michael Baker Jr., will be completed in about a week for Mayor and Council consideration. The project would connect Pennsylvania Avenue in the North End with Virginia Avenue in the South End, using Elgin Underpass to bypass the Western Maryland Railway yards, and would require widening Foundry Street after tracks are removed.
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Claude Williams
Public Works Board
Michael Baker, Jr
Harrisburg
State Heads Commission
Pennsylvania Avenue
Virginia Avenue
Elgin
Western Maryland Railway
West End
Foundry Street
South End
Wilson Boulevard
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Mont Alto
School Destructors
State Forrest
Tatreno
Mike Bourke
Sacramento
Calif
Mike Trouday
Finside
Robert Wiles Wiles
Hoovers
Hagerstown
Park Circle
Hoover Bros
Penna. Ave
Virginia Ave
McLeod
Toas
USA
Dr. Scholl
DE Scholls
Weautl
Potomac St
Dial
B.F. Goodrich
Bic
Safe Driver League
Goodrich
W. Franklin Street
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