Britain and France Stand Firm Over Suez Crisis
In London the Eden government and French Premier Mollet pledged to resist any interference with canal rights and agreed on further measures in the Suez dispute. A Foreign Office spokesman said details would be laid out in Parliament in the emergency sessions. Possible actions to take the issue to the United Nations were being considered, including Security Council briefing, presenting it as a threat to peace, or condemning Egypt for nationalizing the canal.
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Water Line Project To Start In Fall
The City Water Department will begin a fall water main project authorized by last year’s bond referendum. A 12 inch line from Virginia Avenue at Wilson Boulevard to Frederick Street will extend about 7200 feet, costing around $75,000. The new line will boost supply and pressure to industries and households in the Frederick Street area.
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Less Paralytic Polio Reported In Maryland Counties
Maryland records show 31 less paralytic polio cases from January to August, 7 percent below last year. Only one victim had a taviret vaccine. Cases spread across Baltimore City and multiple counties, with Baltimore County down sharply and Talbot County up.
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Oil Company Chief Questioned Over Lobby Tactics
Washington reports that Frank Prior, president of Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, was summoned to testify before Sen. McClellan's special committee on lobbying. The inquiry centers on alleged fraud and forgery connected to efforts to influence generals and other officials. The panel disclosed the company spent at least $1,560 last January to bombard officials with pressure.
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Frankfort
A.B. Gaandler
Sturgis
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Ames Gordon
Additional Guard Units Sent Into Kentucky Town
In Stungis Kentucky, two more National Guard units moved in amid racial strife as segregationists vowed to keep white children from Sturgis High School. A boycott began after seven Negro students were escorted into the school, with sparse white attendance and jeering crowds outside. Rocks were thrown as Negro students left, and guardsmen stood along the lawn three feet apart.
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Police Scent Homicide In Seminary Death
New York police investigate the hanging death of Alfred K. Hanmer Jr 27 a General Theological Seminary assistant cataloguer found bound and gagged in his apartment rope tricks and rope interest noted by investigators he may have attempted suicide earlier and a roommate was being sought for questioning
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County Auditor Submits His Resignation to Board Today
County Auditor John K. Baker submitted his resignation to the Board of County Commissioners, effective October 1, after a rift over accounting practices and a plan to hire John Tionohe Associates for a bookkeeping survey for up to 14,000, with potential setup costs. The board did not immediately accept the resignation. President W. Lee Elgin pledged to deliberate after a conference, while Commissioner George Fockler was absent.
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John Tionohe Associates
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Chester F. Delphey
W. Lee Elgin
Clarence Eldridge
Harry Snook
Television Instruction Starts at Two High Schools
Washington County launches a closed circuit educational TV project with South Hagerstown and North Hagerstown high schools teaching English geometry U S history and general science. Minor technical hiccups noted as Antietam Panghorn Boulevard Broadway Surrey and Howard schools are slated to join within a week. Students view lessons on 21 inch and 27 inch sets as lights are adjusted for better visibility.
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Night Burglary Reports Include Local Stores
Two burglary cases were reported during the night in the county. Detectives documented a break into the Conocovheague Store at the bridge on Route 40, with two vending machines damaged and about $70 in coins taken along with cigarettes and cigars. A separate break in the Engish class at Virginia block involved a break in and missing items. The incident affected a television project being aired from a classroom studio.
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C O Canal Clean-Up Plan For County Areas
Rep Dewitt S Hyde announced National Park Service plans for canal maintenance in the current fiscal year. About 91 dollars is allocated to clear brush at key spots including opposite Shepherdstown Williamsport Hancock Little Orleans and Paw Paw Tunnel with emergency work to stabilize Paw Paw. Hyde pushes funds next year for locks rock houses aqueducts between Pearce and Big Pool as part of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Park.
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C & O Canal
Interior Department
Hyde
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Park
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Shepherdstown
Williamsport
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Little Orleans
Paw Paw Tunnel
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Pearce
Big Pool
National Capital Park System
Maine Victory Boosts Stevenson Vote Swing
Democratic nominee Stevenson hailed Muskie's Maine win as proof that Maine goes, so goes the nation. Kefauver and Harriman backed the momentum, arguing Muskie's victory signals disillusionment with Eisenhower and strengthens the national ticket momentum toward November. Finnegan called the result especially notable as a test of Ike's popularity.
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Tennessee
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Maine
Averell Harriman
New York
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Eisenhower
United States
James A. Finnegan
Maine Governor Ed Muskie Is Son of Immigrant Tailor
AUGUSTA Maine the tall handsome governor candidate Ed Muskie 42 is the son of a Polish immigrant tailor from Rumford Maine He grew through Bates College and Cornell studied engineering and served as a naval officer in world war two He later practiced law and entered the Maine House rising to minority leader His wife Jane aided his 1948 campaign and he built a broad base in a Republican dominated Legislature while gaining statewide popularity for his work including a new State Department of Development and efforts to industrialize.
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Cornell
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Maine voters give Muskie second term biggest for a Maine governor
Democratic landslide in Maine yields Gov Edmund Muskie a record second term with 59 percent of the vote across 621 of 630 precincts. Frank Coffin secures first Democratic Congress since 1934, as James Finnegan notes national trend toward Democrats amid Eisenhower-era politics. Close race for first district may reach the House Elections Committee.
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