Bomb Blast Injures 13 Americans in Saigon Attacks
Time bombs shattered the U S Information Service library a military bus and a hostel in Saigon injuring 18 people including 13 U S soldiers. Most were evacuated to Clark Field Manila. No fatalities reported and the events disrupted Diem administration hosting Colombo Plan talks.
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Viet Nam
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Britain
Australia
Southeast Asia
United States
Nelson E. Jones Nets 19-Pound Turkey Gobbler
Nelson E. Jones, a known bottled gas distributor, shot a 19-pound turkey near Clear Spring. The report notes additional local kills by Benjamin F. Herbert in Williamsport, Wallace R. Heft and Wilbur L. Gossard in Clear Spring, and Charles F. Holder in Ti West Charen Breet, with varied turkey weights.
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Nelson E. Jones
Clear Spring
Howard
Ankaney
Benjamin F. Herbert
Wes Salisbury Street
Williamsport
Wallace R. Heft
Wilbur L. Gossard
McComas Street
Charles F. Holder
U K Given New Fishing Regulations
The Attorney General approved new Maryland Game and Inland Fish Commission rules effective January 1 1958. Trout may be fished April 15 to March 14 with a 30 day March April stream closure. Creel limit five. Trout streams listed in the county include Beaver Creek Marsh Run St James Run and Little Tonoloway Creek with permitted hours from dawn to dusk Eastern Time.
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Game and Inland Fish Commission of Maryland
Beaver Creek
Hagerstown
Mt. Elna Road
Marsh Run
Se Purity
St.James Run
Tonoloway Creek
President On iAir Tonight at Waldorf Astoria Dinner
President Eisenhower will discuss America's health and medical needs in a nationwide radio address from New York. He will be principal speaker at a Waldorf Astoria Hotel dinner honoring Alfred P Sloan Jr, philanthropist and honorary chairman of General Motors. Mrs Eisenhower will not attend. The couple will fly to New York this afternoon and stay overnight before returning to Washington.
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Eisenhower
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New York
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Washington
Stocks Post Gains Losses and Watershed Fishing Rules
Stocks opened with mixed results as large blocks traded and the ticker lagged behind transfers. Early selling followed yesterday’s sharp decline, while fishing season rules limit gear and tackle to one hook per line and six tip ups per operator.
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Csive
Cary
Alli
Asian Flu Deaths Mounting Amid Steady Uncertainty
The Associated Press reports rising Asian flu deaths across states with exact figures hard to verify. City judges, hospitals, and prison officials note casualties among elderly and disabled while many schools cancel activities and public gatherings. Public Health Service to meet in Washington to discuss the epidemic's reach and impact.
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Scranton
Fev
Lackawanna County
Pennsylia
Lehigh Valley
Vanla
Pennsylvania
Detroit
Indge
Shi
Lansing
Mich
Jerome Garcia
Service
Washington
Maryland
D. C
Prisets
Mail Boxes Torn Down By Vandals
Vandals damaged mail boxes on Broadfording Road and at Conococheague Creek last night. Investigators expect at least six boxes destroyed and warn of possible federal charges alongside state counts of malicious destruction of property. Deputies increase night patrols to curb further vandalism.
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Vendals
Broadfording Road
Conococheague Creek
Improvement Planned At Rail Crossing
The Western Maryland Railway crossing at Security where Mrs Phyllis Miles Maloy aged 25 was killed Sunday is set for improvements. The Washington County Road Department will coordinate with the railroad on safer changes at this and other county grade crossings. County Commissioner Delphey cited ongoing or planned improvements at Mauggansville and Charlton crossings and said the county will do its part to enhance safety.
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Phyllis Miles Maloy
Board of County Commissioners
Washington County Road Department
Chester F.delphey
Maugansville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Charlton Cross
Delphey
Ike and Dulles To Discuss Red Moves
Washington reports President Eisenhower meets Secretary Dulles to discuss countering Soviet scientific advances and a broader Western plan. The talks lead into tomorrow's summit with Prime Minister Macmillan as both sides consider sharing scientific secrets and a possible East West disarmament framework amid tensions with Russia.
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Eisenhower
Dulles
Russia
Middle East
Spofky
Macmillan
White House
Selwyn Lloyd
Fisenhower
London
United States
Lauching An In
Man Pressed By Debt Admits Forging $1100 In Checks
Charles L. Brown of Smithsburg 44 admitted forging two checks totaling 300 each on funds from four loan companies to pay debts. He told Judge D K McLaughlin he was laid off a machinist, sought work in Cleveland, then returned to discuss restitution with his father in law and police. Sentencing awaited parole investigation.
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Smithsburg
D. K. McLaughlin
Brown
Arthur J. Smith
Waynesboro
Cleveland
Ohio
Washington County
McLaughlin
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Board of Parole and Probation
County Board Talks School Building Plans For Session
The County Commissioners and the Board of Education will meet to discuss future school plans for Washington County. Delphey cites an early meeting urged by Superintendent Brish to address a new Boonsboro school and overall school architecture. A public debate on costs features sodding versus grass, and single story versus multi story layouts, with notes on past debts and projections of ongoing building needs.
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Board of Educasion
General Public Schools
Chester F. Delphey
William M. Brish
Delphey
Boonsboro
Washington County
Board of Education
Hancock
W. Lee Algin
Harry Snook
FFA
Future Farmers of America
Commission High
South End
Bass Take Big Catches on Potomac River Weekend
Fishermen report strong bass activity along the Potomac area with live bait. Williamsport staff check voting lists and address changes for transfer to the Males Reformatory while anglers near Big Pool and Hagerstown report sizable bass and multiple catches. Officials urge voters to confirm addresses by mailing two-cent post or delivering to the Election Board.
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Elvetton Super- Mentzer
Williamsport Visors
Reformatory
Hagerstown
Williamsport
Ern Banzhoff
Fred Herbert
Francis Shaw
Ray
Voters
Charles
Long
Big Pool
Cat Leo
Rel
Fisher Lsy
P. O. Employes Get Flu Shots
Ha ngerstown Post Office last week inoculated all 212 employees for influenza. Postmaster Thomas M. Simpson said Uncle Sam supplied the vaccine to keep the office well staffed if the flu epidemic grows. Other local postal workers and many private industry employees have also received shots.
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Hangerstown
Aslan
Thomas M. Simpson
Uncle Sam
Picketing at Fairchild over prefab building dispute
About a dozen Cumberland iron workers banded together to picket the new pre fab building near Fairchild Aircraft Division plant No 2. They protest Holston Steel Structures Inc Bristol Tenn contractor on the job rather than Fairchild. The project to house the bonding and adhesive section for the F 27 jet will cover 76000 square feet and work continues.
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Cumberland
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Fairchild Company
Holston Steel Structures, Inc
Bristol, Tenn
Fairchild
Olston
Adenauer Faces Clash Over New Cabinet In Bonn
Konrad Adenauer won a third term as West German chancellor but faced a revolt from farmers and Protestant CDU members over cabinet seats. He halted plans to present the new cabinet as factions press for representation and a vote tally showed 274 to 192 with nine abstentions.
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Bonn
Germany
Bundestag
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Adenauer
Christian Democratic Union
O Se
Father and Son Die After Mountain Freeze
A father and his eight year old son froze to death in the Glenwood Springs area after a hunting trip gone wrong. Coroner Jack Farnum reported the day’s high around 63 degrees, with a night drop to the mid forties and frost in the mountains signaling a sudden cold spell. The tragedy underscores the abrupt weather shift as autumn changes to winter conditions.
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Glenwood Springs
Cole
Leontimie
Yestern
Jack Farnum
Deliboy
Richard Leroy Scott
Farnam
Top Senate Leaders Add To Demands
Senators Mansfield and Humphrey pressed broader action on the U S missile program on the eve of U S British talks. Mansfield urged a speedup while Humphrey demanded a full congressional probe into administration failures in scientific advances. Clarence Randall said the U S could have launched a satellite using ICBM launching gear, warning that deploying a satellite over Russia with military power would risk global danger. Sputnik circled Earth as Vanguard test preparations continued at Cape Canaveral. Humphrey criticized Eisenhower for allegedly knowing of Soviet advances while cutting U S programs and called for an explanation. Mansfield proposed subsidized education tied to post schooling service. Continued on Page 2.
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Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Humphrey
Dminn
Clarence B. Randall
United States
Russia
Sputnik
U.S
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Vanguard
Eisenhower
Turey
Armed Services
Flu Epidemic Triggers Jail Visit Ban in Scranton
In Lackawanna County Jail Warden Patrick Manley banned all visits to 85 inmates as an upper respiratory illness epidemic continued to affect the area.
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Scranton
Lackawanna County
Patrick Manley
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