Army takes control in Haiti amid unrest after twister toll
Brig. Gen. Leon Cantave and Haiti’s army seized power in Port au Prince to avert anarchy, dissolving an Executive Council and imposing curfew and press bans. The move aims to ensure free elections June 16 with a provisional president to be chosen by a provincial delegate convention. The island, facing repeated chaos since December, remains tense as northern Haiti boards join the seizure.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Leon Cantave
Caribbean
Cantave
U. S. Marine
Executive Council
Committee For Public Safety
Cap Haitien
St. Marc
le Jour
Paul Magloire
Forest And Field Fire Fighting Equipment OK'd
Washington County fire companies will acquire 17 tank units and 136 rakes for field and forest fires. Each department receives two tank units and eight rakes, total cost 638 dollars, funded from surplus. An agreement with Frederick County enables mutual equipment exchange for large fires.
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Washington County
Board of County Commissioners
Washington County Firemen’s Association
Chester F. Delphey
Washington
Frederick County
County board bars bonding fee for 55 fire police deputies
The Board of County Commissioners refused to pay a $3 bonding fee for 55 special deputy sheriffs who will serve as fire police at fires, but agreed to fund $16 of equipment per man to identify them as special deputies. Herbert McElwee stated the 55 deputies will operate under a defined chain of command with captains and lieutenants. The board noted 449 residents are sworn deputies, many of them already sworn police officers in Washington County. Continued on Page 2. Cat 1)
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Board of County Commissioners
Herbert McElwee
Washington County Firemen’s Association
Sam Brown
Chester F. Delphey
Washington County
Court House
Sheriff's Office
McElwee
Fire Police
Delphey
Wives and husbands vanish after Reno divorce swap
Two Millbrae couples divorced on grounds of extreme cruelty in Reno then remarried each other in Carson City and Reno. Betty Jean Schwartz and Martin Brooks wed in Carson City while Betty Brooks and Frank Schwartz married in Reno. The pairs then disappeared. their lawyer declined to reveal their whereabouts. The families, connected through PTA, Cub Scout events, and church activities, described the situation as a blended family with two new parental figures.
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Reno
San Francisco
Nevada
Grant Bowen
Betty Jean Schwartz
Martin Brooks
Carson City
Justice of the Peace
Dan Murphy
Betty Brooks
Frank E. Schwartz
William Beemer
Eli Livierato
Millbrae
PTA
Millbrae Community Methodist Church
Dr. Schwartz
Brooks
Mrs. Schwartz
Schwartz
Boy Reunited With Mother After Berkeley Springs Abduction
A 10 year old Berkeley Springs area boy was taken from Berkeley Springs School by his mother, Mrs. Ann Dyson, last Friday. He was found in Baltimore with her last night. The boy had been in the Miller family care for ten years after being placed with Mahlon and his wife by the boy’s father, Joe Letkowski, amid a divorce. Police consultations had been made in Hancock and with lawyers. The mother, a half sister to Mahlon Miller, had previously visited the Miller home on the former Lacy McCoy orchard. The mother went directly to the school on May 11 and took the boy without going to the Millers. The boy’s father’s custody arrangement had prevented formal adoption.
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Joseph Miller
Berkeley Springs
Baltimore
Ann Dyson
Mahlon Miller
Lacy McCoy Orchard
Miller
Ralph Widmyer
Millers
Western Railway
Bristol
Wytheville
Eisenhower asks Congress to approve foreign aid plan
President Eisenhower formally submits a trimmed-down 3.865 billion dollar foreign aid program and argues that only peace successes can justify tax cuts. He urges steady aid to allies, cites Greece, Turkey, Yugoslavia, South Vietnam, Korea, and the Middle East, and warns that halting aid could be costly to all citizens. He will address the nation tonight in a radio television appeal.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Greece
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Fire Losses In Hagerstown Below National Averages
Hagerstown shows better fire prevention and control than most U S cities, with last year’s losses at 77000, down from 135900 in 1955. Per capita loss was 1.92, far below the national 4.39 average, while loss per building fire stood at 266 versus a national 1075. Cars and prank false alarms added to incidents, with 28 false alarms locally.
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Hagerstown
United States
National Fire Protection Association
Freight Train Derailment Delays Tracks For Hours Near Hagerstown
No injuries reported as crews rushed to repair damage after a 67-car freight train derailed. Estimates to clear the lines ranged from six to twenty four hours, with about fifteen cars blocked behind the twelve derailed. The engine continued onward. A railroad spokesman in Reapeat attributed the derailment to a broken journal in the leading car.
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Hagerstown
Reapeat
Benny Hooper Jr Emerges From Well After Night Trapped
Benny Hooper Jr 5-year-old from Manorville N Y was removed from an oxygen tent at Bayview General Hospital in Mastic Beach after a 24 foot backyard well incident. Doctors planned tent removal if his temperature stayed down. He described his entrapment saying the dark, cold air and sand between his teeth made him angry yet not terrified. He spoke of calling for mommy and waking in a hospital bed after rescue.
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Benny Hooper, Jr
Bayview Hospital
Mastic Beach
N.Y
Manorville
Benny
N. Y
Benny Hooper Jr
Bayview General Hospital
Benjamin
Borghild
Man Held In Forgery Of Welfare Check
Keyser West Virginia man Henry N. Sylvia, 41, is held for Grand Jury action in 1000 bond for forging and cashing a Washington County Welfare Department check worth 74.85 mailed to Mollie R Leasure at 916 Main Avenue. He waived preliminary hearing before Magistrate William P. Kreykenbohm. detectives Grayson Wigfield and Henry Whittington arrested him.
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Keyser
W. Va
Washington County Welfare Department
Henry N. Sylvia
Mollie R. Leasure
Main Avenue
Sylvia
William P. Kreykenbohm
Grayson Wigfield
Henry Whittington
Potomac Motor Lines Sold to Edward L Bell
Edward L Bell of Chambersburg has acquired the controlling interest in Potomac Motor Lines Inc. Bell becomes president and general manager, continuing the business under the same name. The May 18 transaction includes twenty modern intra city buses and the firm’s tri state routes plus charter operations. Headquarters remain 119 West Franklin Street with Bowers remaining in an advisory role.
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Edward L. Bell
Chambersburg
Potomac Motor Lines, Inc
Jack Bowers
Bell
Bell Bus Lines
Potomac Motor Lines 1
Potomac Motor Lines
West Franklin Street
Tri-State
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
United States
Canada
Mexico
Bowers
Tornado Rips Kansas City Area Killing Dozens
A severe tornado carved an 80 mile path across Kansas and Missouri near Kansas City, killing 34 and injuring hundreds. Ruskin Heights and Hickman Mills suffered major destruction including a shopping center and a two million dollar high school. martial law was ordered in parts of Missouri as rescue teams and Red Cross workers aided survivors.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Piertin City
Lowell Atkinson
Silverton
Tex
Little Udall
Kan
Ruskin Heights
Hickman Mills
Kansas-Missouri Line
James T. Blair
110Th Engineers
Missouri National Guard
Ottawa
Spring Hill
Martin City
Lees Summit
Red Cross
Harry Truman
Independence
J. M. Kaesner
Adolph Angotti
Jennifer
Angotti
Richards- Gebaur Air Force Base
Grandview
J. A. Marsh
Almanack Weather Foresees Prolonged Rain Through Mid June
The Hagerstown Almanack, aligning with Weather Bureau forecasts, predicts a longer than usual moist spell with rain likely for four days, followed by cloudy and warm conditions on May 25 and 26 and continued local showers and wind through the rest of the month. Nationwide, conditions vary with heavy snow in Idaho and Montana, light rain from Virginia to Maine, and 74 degree day here with a 49 degree low yesterday.
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Hagerstown
Weather Bureau
Almanack
Mullan Pass
Idaho
Montana
Bozeman
Dakotas
Atlantic
Virginia
Maine
Scrap Of Paper Signals Moment In Tornado Damage
A National Guardsman found a torn scrap in rubble at the Hickman Mills bank mentioning ACT OF GOD. The note defines it as a legal term describing natural hindrances to normal events and states that, unless a special contract exists, no one is held responsible for damages resulting from such forces.
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Kansas City
Hickman Mills Bank
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