Chambersburg Bus Fire Destroys Seven Of Eight Vehicles
A fierce blaze at the Couchman Transit garage in Chambersburg destroyed seven of eight buses and damaged two nearby homes. Fire Chief John Shatzer estimated total damage at 60 000 dollars. Buses will be borrowed from Latterkenny Ordnance Depot to maintain service while replacements are secured.
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Couchman Transit Company
Chambersburg
John Shatzer
B. XK. Ely
Coachman Transit Company
Latterkenny Ordnance Depot
North Sixth Street
Foster Heatherly
Samuel J. Miller
Trs
Lynn Whiteman
Whiteman
Bevan
Pole Transfer Job Completed In Hagerstown
The State Roads Commission finished removing all its wires from public utility poles in Hagerstown at noon Saturday to protect workers. It said signs on duty in Hagerstown remain, with the same number on other poles as before.
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State Roads Commission
Hazerstown
Hagerstown
Men Plan Ocean Crossing With No Food Aboard
Monte Carlo May 26 Two men set out to cross the Atlantic in a 16 by 7 foot rubber life raft carrying no food to test if shipwreck victims or downed airmen can live on sea supplies. Dr Alain Bomberd leads with Jack Palmer a naturalized Panamanian citizen born in Chiswick England. The raft named LHeretique was towed offshore before dawn with a sail two oars a radio transmitter cameras film and a harpoon aboard.
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Monte Carlo
Monaco
Atlantic Ocean
Alain Bomberd
France
Jack Palmer
Chiswick
England
Panama
Mediterranean
Boy Skips School Lived Four Days at Midway Airport
Casimir Bienlasz found his nine year old son Wayne at Midway Airport after a four day search. Wayne said he had been there since Wednesday skipping school and subsisted on orange juice and peanut butter sandwiches from airline staff. He slept in waiting room chairs and watched airplanes and television during the stay.
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Chicago
Casimir Bienlasz
Wayne
Midway Airport
Russia Pushes Four Power Talks For German Peace Treaty
Moscow urged the West to begin four power talks on a united Germany and noted that Bonn and East German leaders could sign a separate peace with West Germany. Soviet notes, broadcast and published, argued a fully sovereign all German state with its own armed forces could bind itself to foreign agreements. The Kremlin kept opposition to a European defense alliance in focus.
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Moscow
Russia
Germany
West Germany
Moscow Radio
Bonn
Soviet Union
Ray Cries At Own Wedding Magic Trick Outed On TV
ITV cameraman fails to follow the act as singer Ray and Marilyn Morrison wed in a private ceremony at the Warwick Hotel in Manhattan. Viewers saw the box open and the bride escape to a balcony, while the magician’s box remained still on air.
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New York
Johnny London
Ray
Marilyn Morrison
California
Clibi
Ware
Lin
Hotel Warwick
Mid-Manhattan
Vincent Impellshow
Ordi
Dabra
ABC
Camerman
BC Headache Tablets and Powders advertising claim
An early 20th century ad promotes BC Headache Tablets and Powders as a fast acting remedy for headaches neuralgia and muscular aches. It touts a blend of popular pain relievers in tablet or powder form with dose sizes including 10c 23c 50 and 100 tablet bottles and emphasizes economy in larger sizes.
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Blaze
Couchman Transit, Company
Tackey
John D. Myers & Co
ERI
Eaton
Femcaite
Soa
Med
W. Washington St
ITV
Minnesota
The
University of Minnesota Press
Speed Broiler
Westbend Aluminum
Bolansa Os
Roper
Penfield
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