Baltimore Fire Destroys Warehouses in Massive Blaze
A Baltimore fire roaring through a complex of warehouses between Pennsylva nia and Baltimore Ohio tracks caused an estimated 3 to 6 million dollars in damage. Two houses and three trains were destroyed while hundreds watched as flames towered 150 feet high. Firefigh ters evacuated off duty crews and two firefighters were hospitalized. Cause under investigation after a night watchman reported smoke from a nearby building.
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Dan Hamrick
Associated Press
Baltimore
Side
Ohio
John J. Killen
Img
Avante
Stock Co
Philadelphia
Tarce
Penn Pa
Per and Stock Co
Dela
Valley Cushioning Co
Zemith
Martin Co
H. J. Ery
Wardera
Rem Shaltz
Shultz
Rain And Hail Storms Sweep Across West
Thunderstorms with rain hail and strong winds swept a six state area from Arkansas to Iowa. Tornado watches were issued for parts of Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas. One tornado touched down near Tonkawa Oklahoma and Wellington Kansas with no injuries or major damage reported. Local obituaries note Margaret Cora Johnson 88 died at 2:38 a.m. Tuesday. callers may arrange a viewing at the funeral home.
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Margaret Cora Johnson
Clear Spring
Associated Press
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Missouri
Okahoma
Tonkawa
Wellington
Columbus
Ephraim Theodore LI
Isansky
South Pacific
Alea
University of Maryland
Muscogee County Courier
Washington County
Pheniical Society
May City
Ala
Commissioners Approve EDC Reappointments
The County Commissioners approved reappointment of three EDC members for three years. Jesse J. Folion Jr. represents labor, Robert Lakin Jr. represents contractors, and Raymond H. Miter Jr. and James M. Willson represent the public at large. The commission sent two names for Chamber of Commerce comment for a wholesale representative vacancy.
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Economic Development Commission
EDC
Jesse J. Folion Jr
Robert Lakin Jr
Raymond H. Miter Jr
James M. Willson
Commissi
Chamber of Commerce
Accountants Set Final Meet Of Fiscal Year
The Hagerstown chapter of the National Association of Accountants will hold its final meeting for the 1965 866 chapter year at The Ranch Chambersburg Pa on Thursday evening May 9. A social hour at 6 30 p.m. will precede dinner and the election of officers and directors for 1906 1987. The speaker will be Dr Orville R Keister Penn State associate professor of accounting. He holds B S and MBA degrees from Ohio State University and a Ph D from the University of Illinois.
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Hagerstown
National Association of Accountants
Chambersburg
Orville R. Keister
Penn State University
Keister
Ohio State, University
University of Minois
American Accounting Association
Area Deaths Walter S Bidle Sr 81 retired farmer
Walter S Bidle Sr 81 retired farmer of near Myersville died at the home of his daughter Mrs Wilbur May Frederick on Monday. He is survived by daughter Mrs Wilbur May Frederick son Walter F Jr Glenn W Ralph in Myersville. He was a member of Lutheran Church Middletown where services will be held Thursday at 2 pm Rev J Paul Seltzer officiating with burial in Lutheran Church Cemetery. Body rests at Gladhill Funeral Home Middletown. Friends may call after noon Wednesday until noon Thursday.
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Charlotte
Deckie) Ritter
Fonkalaws
Samuel
Elizabeth Do
Lisansky
Ran Whitesell
University of Maryland
Bet
Presbyterian Church
Rockbridge
Bert A
Snithsburg
Detmar A
Hegerstown
Irene Wiles
Clear Sprig
Josie E. Flemming
Woodstock
Ill
Florence
A. Poindexter
Bealton
Sadie J. Pillows
Brookmeal
Pearl Austin
William
Green Cemetery
Waynesboro
Monroe
J.j Shearer Sr
Vial Im Scaithburg
Hazel Ethel Hoffman
Gram L. Hollmas
Frederick J
Clear, Spring District
James and
Joanie Heumis Hull
Magerstown
Grace Eub Church
Paul ¥. Hull
Cearfoss
Mieces
Pephena
A. K. Coffman
Ev. Laverne Rohrbaugh
Earl Redding
Rest’ Haven Cemetery
Anna Walt Bi
Shearer Mayen Jaughters
Virginia Jones
Elaine Staith
Doris
Ike
Norma Rohrer
Hagerstown
Arthur
Shearer Jr
Clyde
Greencastle
George
Alona
Norman
Jon Daniel Sarmhart
Alexander St
William Harvey
Nancy Alice Tenne
Wilmaspert
Sal
Vation Army
Fanny
Martha Miller Barnhart
Mary Ruth Now
Grace Gorton
Catherine Ormdorf
Charles E. Barnhart
Warnerboro
Perani
Rest Haven Funeral
Salvation Army
Robert Gilbert
Rest Haven
Rest Haven Chapel
Salvation Army Citadel
Walter S. Bidle
Frederick
Myersville
Wilbur May
William A
Laura Summer “Bidle
Gona
Walter F. Jr
Glenn W
Middletown
Ralph
Else Putman
Conservatism Won't Prevail at 1968 GOP Convention
Leading GOP senators challenged Barry Goldwater's claim that the 1968 convention would mirror 1964. Senators Scott Morton and Fannin predicted a balanced, power driven event with a moderate conservative tilt, not a pure ideological battle, likening it to 1952 patterns and a clash for influence rather than doctrine.
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GOP
Walter R. Mears
Washington
Barry Geldwater
Sen
Hugh
Scott
Pennsylvania
Hruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Morton
CBS Televi
Goldwater
Arizol
Paul J. Fannin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Med Students Going To Viet
Two St Louis University medical students plan to work in a jungle hospital in South Vietnam this summer if they raise 2000 for travel. Sophomores Peter Collis of Stockton California and Peter Terry of Kewanee Illinois will join medical aid group Project Concern at a hospital 180 miles north of Saigon.
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ST. Louis, Mo
St. Louis University
Peter Collis
Stockton
Calif
Peter
Terry
Kewanee
Project Concern
Saigon
Inventories Jump in March as Manufacturing Upward Push
Washington AP—The Commerce Department said manufacturing inventories rose sharply in March, climbing $640 million to a seasonally adjusted $368.68 billion, the largest gain in three months. Retail inventories also increased by $120 million that month.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
The Daily Mats Estabishedt Yer Publishes Every It
A garbled local notice from The Daily Mats outlines a periodical with a city street address and price details in a rough OCR of a 19th century issue. It lists monthly and weekly rates alongside scattered state figures. The piece is fragmentary but centers on publication timing and charges.
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Mats Estabishedt
Sommit Ave
Tigeratoon
Tereohoma
Bats B.C
Fainmont
Ember
Fee Increase for Medical Examiners to $50
Medical examiner E W Ditto Jr and colleagues urged County Commissioners to raise the fee per case from 25 to 50 dollars. Ditto cited Maryland’s bill authorizing increases from 15 to 50 dollars, noting the 24 hour on call duties and three to four hour case time. Chairman Crossley acknowledged current budget strains and supported considering a raise in a future year.
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E. W. Ditto Jr
Ditto
Maryland
FE. W. Ditto
Howard Fe Weeks
Evan Crossley
Perhans Co
Weather Satellite Program Described To Dentists In Maryter
A space engineer explained NASA satellite work to local dentists. The plan includes Tiros Nimbus SMS satellites to capture cloud cover and transmit images to Earth. The goal is global coverage and data on humidity wind velocity and storage for weather prediction.
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NASA
Earth
Butler Sai
Tiros
Ihead
Nimbus
SMS
Butler
Mixed stock market as gains fade amid early drift
The New York market opened with mixed averages as trading began. Du Pont Polaroid and Eastern rose while United Aircraft and Boeing showed weakness after news of an outboard engine explosion on a Continental Boeing 720B before takeoff from Kansas City.
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New York
Acstead
du Pont
Polaroid
Eastern
United Aircraft
Americas
United Air Lines
Aman
Kenneth Pope
Dallas
Tex
Continental Air
Chuvets
Kansas City
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Kirby's Korner Restaurant
Toke Ritter
Roselle Park
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Ralph Ritter
Joseph Ritter
Betty Bishop
Lats Jeam Hull
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Jobs D. Barnhart
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Medway Rd
Washington County Hospital
George W. Ad Elizabeth Conner Shearer
Panghorn Corp
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Panghorn
American Red
UAW
Gulf Coast
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Dr. Ephraim T. Lisansky
Medical Society
Fed Co
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United States
LE and
Harbert Butler
Butler Tering Hintas
Fourtoin Head
Hallmark—Gibson—Norcross
Hays, Inc
W. Washington
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Woodmen of the
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Woodmen of the World
Settadine Progrem
Mates & Quick Eat
Wat Sheet
Wiendman
Hees” Stoddard
Woodmen OF the World Life Insurance Society
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