24 May 1960
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1960
Page
1
A Sunday incident details officers and witnesses, including Miss Shaw and Mrs. Clark, awaiting in a car with two bags of change as a suspect was pursued. Bartlett completed locking doors and was approaching the scene later that day.
LOUPERSTOWN VA (AP) A steelworker, recently discharged from a mental institution, killed his wife Vera Rose Shuffstall 47 and neighbor Harold Du Pont 42 near Cooperstown about 100 miles north of Pittsburgh. Lloyd Shuffstall 51, a part time farmer, fled after shooting them with a .30 rifle, then returned home and killed his wife. State police traced a call from Derald Shuffstall, a son, and a search spread through Warren County area as two Shuffstall children remained in the home.
A lender advertises quick cash with friendly service and reasonable charges. The message notes growing use as more people borrow this way and invites potential customers to take advantage of the offer.
County commissioners discussed building a new welfare department facility and enabling the county to borrow funds. They took no immediate action beyond leasing space and will hold further meetings to compare costs. A road project involving William Hetzer Inc. for surface work on county sections and a 40 foot wide road to Williamsport and the Holland Woven Label Mill was authorized.
Robert A. Liston of Baltimore has been named Chief of the Division of Tourist Development and Publicity for the Maryland Department of Economic Development. The appointment was announced by George W. Hubley Jr. after the Economic Development Commission meeting in Annapolis. Liston, a former Baltimore News Post and American staff writer, brings investigative reporting in fiscal taxation and government affairs.
The petitioners allege Central Chemical Co emissions injure health and property in Carroll Heights, Brous Homes, Greystone Manor and Linganore Avenue, citing a health department study and spreading blight to Pennsylvania Avenue as authorities consider an injunction. Included are local residents and a U.S. Air Force family among those affected.
A reader asks how to help her sister keep a boy from being raised in girls’ clothes and dolls. Ann Landers warns the mother and warns the reader about dangers of a married man’s entanglement. A housewarming party raises questions about damage and compensation, with guidance to avoid paying for others’ mess and to seek teenage guidance books.
A reader laments mislabeling of snakes in Washington County Maryland. They argue many snakes vary species and urge better education about snakes like king snakes, rattlers, and copperheads without branding all as poisonous. The letter questions reports of copperheads near Public Square and notes no moccasins in Maryland.
LAGRANGE Ky Feb 1—Vice Admiral Joe T Boone a Knox College graduate and former White House physician was elected president of Mercersburg Academy Board of Regents at the spring meeting. Austin V McClain was named vice president, succeeding Rev Dr Earl L Douglass who asked to be relieved after long service.
A massive Pacific and Indian Ocean surge damaged coasts from the United States to New Zealand and Australia. Reports say 1,600 injured and 600 missing in Chilean towns. Waves up to 24 feet flooded Philippine towns, Crescent City reports and Los Angeles to Oregon coast damage. Lily Langtry noted as the Ternny Lily, daughter of a clergyman.
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