Two Young Prisoners Flee Hagerstown Jail
Two young inmates Ronald Lee Billman and Max Cecil Kershner, both of Hagerstown, escaped from the city jail after a count last night. Billman had 10 days remaining on a drunken and disorderly sentence and Kershner was awaiting burglary trial. Police and county officers hunted through the area as a possible route out through the Kitchen Street corridor and over the roofs of nearby buildings.
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Hagerstown
Yester
Ronald Lee Billman
Max Cecil Kersaner
Billman
Kershner
Church Street
Winchesterings
County Health’ Center
Frederick County Welfare Department
Soil Conservation Service
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Board of Education
East Church Street
No Blanket Authority Is Sought By Eisenhower
President Eisenhower told GOP congressional leaders he does not intend to seek blanket authority for the secretary of defense to control all military spending. Senate Republican Leader Knowland of California relayed the position after their weekly meeting, clarifying the special message to Congress April 3 did not grant full control of military funds.
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Washington
Eisenhower
GOP
Secretary of Defense
Senate
Knowland
California
Congress
Capitol
Bryce Barlow
Quizzing Candidates On Pay Of Teachers
Baltimore candidates were asked by the Maryland State Teachers Assn. to support its plan for an additional 400 dollars a year in teachers pay. A spokesman said the question was sent in a mail survey after the association led a successful drive for a similar raise in the 1956 Legislature.
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Baltimore
Maryland State Teachers Assn
Shoemaker Named Chairman of City Republican Campaign
H Reese Shoemaker Jr a Frederick magistrate and attorney was chosen chairman of the coming Republican municipal campaign at a GOP meeting in Hotell Frederick. He succeeds Mehrl F Wachter as city chairman and committees were formed to run the campaign with emphasis on voter registration amid a complete reregistration this year. Delegates are being named as precincts organize for the May 12 convention at 8 pm in the Court House.
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H. Reese Shoemaker Jr
Frederick
G.O.P
Shoemaker
Mehrl F. Wachter
Court House
Vigorous Action Sought by Von Braun on Space Lead
Wernher von Braun urged the House Space Committee to take vigorous action to close the technological lead Russians hold beyond the earth. He testified as the committee began hearings on Earth orbit based space policy and Eisenhower proposed a civilian space agency built around the NACA.
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Washington
Wernher von Braun
von Braun
America
House Space Committee
Eisenhower
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Man Slaying Charges Filed In New Market Case
State Police charged 18 year old Harry Elwood Johnson of Mt. Airy with murder after the knife killing of 23 year old Melvin Anderson near the Thomas Calvin Hoy farm in New Market. The incident followed an argument between Johnson and Anderson in a lane near a barn. Anderson died from a severed artery after being wounded in the left thigh while a passenger rode with him. Funeral arrangements set for Anderson, son of Melvin and Anna Moore Anderson, with services at Pleasant Grove Methodist Church.
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New Market
Harry Elwood Johnson
RFD 3
Mt. Airy
Johnson
Melvin Lewis Anderson
Thomas Calvin Hoy
Plane No. 4
Hoy
Anderson
Sergt
H. L. Basore
L. C. Clark
R. J. Graham
H. J. Frost
Mel J Yin
Anna Moore Anderson
Harry Anderson
Mary 5. Timpson
Phoebe Lyles
Lewis-dale
Olin St Molesworth
Damascus
Pleasant Grove Methodist Church
Church
Pre School Registration Planned for City Schools
City schools plan pre school registration for April 23 with hours flexible by schools. Parents need not attend with children. registration and medical blanks will be provided. Children may start first grade in fall if six by January 1 1959. must have smallpox vaccination. Yellow Springs included. registrations start 1:00 pm at East Frederick North Frederick Washington Street Parkway. North Market 1 15 pm.
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Cp Yellow
Cholera Epidemic Hampers Calcutta Ambulances
Calcutta faces a severe cholera outbreak with shortages of ambulances hampering response. Four people died on the street due to lack of transport, while about 150 people are admitted daily. The city has 22 government ambulances, 16 of which are unserviceable as the epidemic spreads last week.
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Calcutta
India
Moscow Dancers Triumph at Metropolitan Op Era House
A Moscow Moiseev troupe of about 100 dancers performed 13 folk numbers at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York as part of the American Soviet cultural exchange. An audience of 3,600 applauded, with large crowds at stage doors afterward. Reviews praised their lively, humorous style and noted the presence of Soviet and American diplomats.
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New York
Moisevev
Moscow
United States
Metropolitan Opera House
McKeldin Signals VP Run If GOP Taps Him
Maryland Governor McKeldin says he would listen if the Republican party offers him the vice presidential nomination in 1960. He suggests his candidacy could balance a Nixon ticket if Nixon seeks the presidency, and notes he cannot seek a third term. He spoke at a local Republican workshop amid forecasts of bigger GOP gains and warnings about recession.
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Minneapolis
Theodore McKeldin
Maryland
McKeldin
Nixon
Republican Workshop
McKeidin
Eisenhower
Bicheldir
State To Build Test Service Station
The Maryland State Roads Commission will erect a test service station and restaurant area between dual Baltimore Washington Expressway lanes near Dorsey Road. Northbound lanes will curve outward to fit facilities on a 20 acre site, with construction by private contractors. Operations expected by late summer. Leased through competitive bidding to gather data for similar highway projects. Land for relocating northbound lanes partially acquired with negotiations for remaining parcels.
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Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Dorsey Road
Roads
Robert O. Bonnell
Bonnell
Production Cuts by Big Three Hit 24 Plants Nationwide
Detroit May 1969 production cutbacks by Ford Chrysler and General Motors idled about 60 000 workers this week as temporary shutdowns spread across 24 plants. Chevrolet plants in Bay City Flint Buffalo Cleveland Toledo Tonawanda Janesville Van Nuys Oakland Kansas City St Louis Tarryton Atlanta Baltimore and Flint will close or suspend operations. Ford plants in Chicago Dearborn Kansas City Long Beach Memphis Norfolk and Mahwah face closures with Mercury sites in Wayne Los Angeles St Louis and Metuchen shut down. Chrysler DeSoto and Detroit plants plus the Los Angeles assembly plant join the week long halt. Closures slated for April 21 affect most divisions except Norwood Ohio and Bloomfield New Jersey.
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Detroit
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
Chevrolet
Bay City
Flint
Audi
Buffalo
Cleveland
Toledo
Tonawanda
Janesville
Wis
van Nuys
Oakland
Calif
Kansas City
St. Louis
Tarryton
N.Y
Atlanta
Murder Case Appeal Set For High Court
The State seeks to uphold a death sentence for a 22-year-old man convicted of raping a Glen Burnie housewife. Court-appointed lawyers urge reversal, arguing the confession obtained after police pressured him should be excluded, claiming without it the evidence fails to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Annapolis WM
Glen Burnie
Glen Burnie Nelgro
Court of Appeals
Noah A ‘Hil
John Blondel
Former Fairchild official dies at 65 in Hagerstown
Lee Worley former assistant to the president of Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp dies at Washington County Hospital at age 65. He retired last December 1 after a career shaping aviation and arrived in Hagerstown in 1951.
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Hagerstown
Lee Worley
Washington County Hospital
Worley
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp
Hagershom
Charlotte
D.C
London
Panr
Fairey Aviation Co
Fairey
Paris
British European Airways
Deeds Recorded and Job Openings Reported in Baltimore
Deeds were recorded in the Clerk's office for property sales including a 139 acre farm to Frederick County and Carroll County areas with a near 28900 dollar value and a 161 Linden Avenue Middletown home for about 17000 dollars. State figures show job openings rising as 3701 people found work in March, up 763 from February.
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Marie G. Shipley
Roland L. Fisher
Baltimore
Frederick County
Carrol County
Charlies R. Nichols
Linden Avenue
Middletown
Stavyland
Department of Employment Security
Narrowly Uneven New York Market Opens Moderately
The stock market showed narrow gains and losses in early trading. Most key stocks moved fractions, with occasional shifts of about a point scarce.
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New York U
One Season Opens But Other Ends
The trout fishing season reopened in Frederick County while the income tax deadline approached midnight for federal and state returns. Early anglers braved thirties temperatures as caretakers reported modest catches. offices closed by 3 to 4 pm local time. Tomorrow's weather tipped toward rain with clearing by Wednesday.
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Frederick County
Frank Weddle
Fishing Creek
Church Street
Winchester
Soggy Soil Delays Farming in Maryland and Delaware
Wet conditions hindered field work delaying plowing and seedbed prep. Only a fraction of corn land was plowed versus last year, potato planting in Dover lagged, and early apples and peaches were nearing bloom in Maryland regions as farmers face several week delays.
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College Park
Sogley
Maryland
Delaware
Agricultural Marketing Service
Dover
Award Of Contracts Approved For Two Elementary Additions
The County Commissioners approved school board awards for additions at East Frederick and Brunswick elementary schools. Lloyd C. Culler secures the East Frederick contract at 3190,485 and Clark and Chapman, Inc. wins Brunswick at 151,900. East Frederick will gain four regular classrooms, a primary room, a library, health suite relocation, remedial room and restrooms for a 33-classroom building. Brunswick adds two regular and two primary rooms, a large physical education space, extra toilets and offices for a 20-classroom building.
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Board of Education
East Frederick
Brunswick
Lloyd C. Culler
Clark and Chapman, Inc
Rockville
Flooding swamps villages near Warsaw amid Bug and Narew rise
Waters from the swollen Bug and Narew flood 63 villages and thousands of acres around Warsaw. Treblinka evacuated as a death camp site is cited among affected areas. Joint inquiry announced between India and Pakistan on border shootings near Assam. U.S. trade official Walt Williams departs Osaka after meetings. Panama asks U.S. to release Panamanian condemned for rape of a white woman after 12 years in prison.
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Warsaw
Poland
Treblinka
India
Pakistan
Assam
Nehru
U.S
Tokyo
Walter Williams
United States
Firemman
Osaka
Seven Boys Accused in Slaying of Polio Victim
New York reports seven teenage boys aged 15 to 19 stand trial for the slaying of Michael Palmer, a 15 year old polio victim and son of a city fireman. The all male jury resumes deliberations after a day of charges and six hours of work with potential charges ranging from murder to manslaughter.
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New York
Michael Palmer
Solio
Irwin D. Daricson
Davidson
Nice Spring Weather Reported Across Most Sections
The Associated Press notes pleasant spring weather in most regions while the Far Northeast saw rain. Opening of the major league baseball season looms in eight cities as the wet belt extends from the lower Mississippi Valley to the Southeast. Louisiana reports the heaviest rainfall with Lafayette over 3 inches and Burmwood above 1 inch. Memphis and Pensacola also saw heavy showers. A Baltimore bus accident injures a resident in a two-story rowhouse fire and a baby sleeps through it. The Spanish freighter Midgard sinks in Pasajes harbor after grounding in fog. no casualties are reported.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
South Atlantic
Atlantic
Moon
Ohio Valley
Louisiana
Lafayette
Burmwood
Memphis
Tenn
Pensacola
Fla
Dulles Accuses Reds of Hijacking Diplomacy in Moscow Talks
Secretary of State Dulles accused the Soviet Union of debauching diplomacy for propaganda. He said Western ambassadors may begin Moscow talks Thursday with a plan approved by 13 Atlantic Pact nations but linked to Soviet demands for technical talks only. He warned progress requires careful expert preparation.
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Washington
Dulles
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Kremlin
U.S
Moscow
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Paris
iMoscow
Llewellyn Thompson
International Press Institute
Rebels On Yacht Try New Front In Castro War
Cuban army pursued a yachtload of rebels landed from Mexico on La Colomba Beach in Pinar de Rio. The El Coraje was seized with arms and munitions. new front could complicate Batista regime as Oriente and La Villas see activity around Guantanamo and the US base.
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Havana
Mexico
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Rand
inCastro
Fulgencio Batista
Oriente
Castro
la Villas
Guantanamo
Navy
Army
New Pain Killing Drug 100 Times Stronger Than Morphine
A lab produced pain killer alkaloid Piperidine shown to be 100 times morphine strength and up to 785 times as potent as Demerol in tests. Researchers caution higher toxicity but suggest potential for a new class of pain relievers.
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San Francisco
Billi
Elpern
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
American Chemical Society
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Defense Dept
State Department of Health
Pisque
Hiram Winchester
George D. Stupp
Burgess
Norman &, Earley and Son
Air
Stupp
New Jersey
Newark
Shoemaker Chairman
Chargers
Mikhail Venshikov
Arkady Sobolev
United Nations
W. G. Rogers
Associated Press Arts
Big Three
Fairchild
Freedom
Panama
Baltimore Transit Co
Alex Williams
San Sebastian
Spain
Pasajes Harbor
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