Second Degree Verdict in Dewitt Murder Case
Hubert William DeWitt was found guilty of second degree murder in the death of his three month old daughter Patricia Ann in Oakland Maryland. The judge withheld immediate sentencing and the jury deliberated from 3:30 p.m. to about 9 p.m. The defendant denied smothering the child and disputed a handwritten confession. He claimed he signed it only after State's Attorney Pagenhardt promised leniency, a claim denied by the prosecutor. DeWitt described the events leading to the death after hunting, returning home, and finding the baby dead, with the child later buried near their Sang Run home. The trial included testimony about a jail confession and a note stating he used a bottle on the baby. A flood control bid near Cumberland was reported, with an apparent low bid of $817,480 by E. J. Albrecht.
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Oakland
Hubert William DeWitt
Patricia Ann
Neil C. Fraley
Maryland
DeWitt
Stephen R. Pagenhardt
Pagenhardt
Garrett County
Robert Lichliter
Newitt
Roger
Ronald
Geraldine
Patty Ann
Patty
Frederick
Blaine Friend
Sang Run
Walter R. Dawson
Clarksburg Optimist Boys Club meets at Clarksburg School
Clarksburg Optimist Boys Club meets on April 7 at Clarksburg School. Director Gaither Draper instructs boys on baseball. Ora H King shows films about boys’ activities. booster tickets for the baseball team are announced. Dozens of community events listed include PTA, Easter music, church services, and baptisms.
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Clarksburg
Optimist
Gaither Draper
Ora H. King
Draper
James R. King
John Warfield
Parent-Teachers Association
Markehure Eckans
Syracuse
N. Y
O. W. Hammond
Joe Uhrig
Bob Daniels
Hand To Heaven Television Ministry
King's Community Park
Clarksburg Parsonage
Luia MecDonough
Lillian Pearre
Benjamin Utterback
Bethesda
Arthur Grace
Charles Morris
Commission On Finance of
Commission On
Trinity Church
P. m
Dickerson
Woodfield Church
Van Fleet backs atomic retaliation for Chinese invasion
Gen. James A. Van Fleet tells Life magazine the United States should shoot back with atomic weapons if Red China invades the offshore Matsu and Quemoy Islands. He argues atomic retaliation would be a concrete deed, targeting a specific act of aggression without drawing Russia into the conflict.
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New York
James A. van Fleet
United States
Red
U. S
van Fleet
United Nations
Russia
Yugoslavia backs Russian plan for parliamentary exchanges
Belgrade reports in the Yugoslav press that Communist Yugoslavia endorsed Russia's proposal for a general exchange of parliamentary delegations to strengthen peace. It quotes Moshe Filiade, president of Yugoslavia's Parliament, approving on behalf of the government. The report also notes the first U.S. patent signed by George Washington was for a method of making pot and pearl ashes.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Russia
Yugopress
Moshe Fi
Lade
U. S
George Washington
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Washington
Cumberland
Hidgely
W. Va
E. J. Albrecht
Chicago
Buck & Donohue
Newark
N. J
Wright Contracting Co
Columbus
Williamson's Drug Store
Ned
Phite
Nelly Don
Save Kemp's Discount
MONET
North Market Street Monument
Wat
Trion
Lillian Pearce
Beverly Swank
John Robert Cosgray
Germantown Baptist Church
Louis Shifflett
Louis Dr
Gaithersburg
Howard Miles Jr
Harry Meem
Germantown
Commission On Finance
Ora King
Gloria Sirk
Lois Lancaster
Joan Edwards
Anita King
C. B. Steele
Jimmy Purdum
Hailelusyan
Benjamin F. Hartley
Kemp
Modern Pharmacy
Pearre
By Susan Thomas
Save Kemp's Discount Stampa
Mary Chess
Blue and Grey Beauty Shop
West Patrick St
Frederick High School
North Market Street
Armstrong Circle Theatre
THE
RUG Store
Armstrong Corsons
Coker
Apors
Wells
Armitrang
National
Moresq
the Rug Store
Patrick Street
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