Gramm er set to die for 1952 murder in Maryland
Judge Moser set the week of June 7 for George Edward Gram mer to die on Maryland penitentiary gallows for the 1952 murder of his wife. Clemency appeals likely. courts rejected reversals. Gram mer, 39, bludgeoned his wife, then staged an accidental death in a car. He was brought to the court under heavy guard. execution time follows Thursday tradition. NBC Tokyo reports secret peace talks between France and Ho Chi Minh in Saigon on Indochina peace efforts.
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Baltimore
Herman M. Moser
George Edward Grammer
Maryland
Vernon L. Peppersack
New York
U. S. Supreme Court
Grammer
Trish
NBC
Tokyo
Ho Chi Minh
Saigon
Indochina
James Robinson
Viet Nam
Petitions For Trial In Baltimore Car Theft Case
Robert E. Miller of Baltimore sought immediate trial in Circuit Court on a larceny charge for using Frank Rehman’s car. State’s Attorney filed criminal information. no trial date set. Miller, jailed at Brethren Males Reformatory, and companion Dodson fled after high speed chase that night. Dodson shot Buckshot, car dumped near Pine avenue, Rehman’s car recovered near Reisterstown.
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Robert E. Miller
Baltimore
William E. Dodson
Frank Rehman
East Church Street
Charles A. Price
Miller
Breathersville
Dodson
Henry Fox
Frederick
Paul Miosburg
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Pine Avenue
Fox
Bernard King
Rehman
Reisterstown
Generally Suspended Sentence for Crippled Watchmaker
A crippled watchmaker near Johnsville was given a generally suspended sentence for assault and battery on his landlord in Peoples Court before Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker Jr. Thomas P. Cole faced Norman H. Graham after an altercation at the Graham residence. Graham said he did not want Cole in his house and welfare authorities placed Cole in a new home. Cole admitted drinking and taking part in the altercation.
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Johnsville
Peoples Court
H. Reese
Thomas P. Cole
Norman H. Graham
Folinsville
Graham
Cole
Carroll County
Nixon Address Was Not Trial Balloon
New York Times reports Vice President Nixon did not intend his Washington talk to launch a U.S. intervention in Indochina. Reston notes Nixon defended policy limits, blamed misattribution, and urged editors to record background details of the meeting with newspaper leaders.
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New York
New York Times
Nixon
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Washington
Indochina
Washington Dispatch
James Reston
U.S
Reston
Eisenhower
State Dulles
Ilere 1
LNG Vaackriuumu
Gabe
Inland Press Assn
Chicago
Road-e-o prizes total $75 for top teen drivers
Prizes valued at 75 will be awarded to the top three finishers in the Teen-Age Road-e-o set for May 16 to identify the community’s most skilled teen driver. First place includes a cup and a $25 Defense Bond, with plaques for second and third. A school plaque will honor the winning school for its trophy case. Forty entries have been received countywide. The written test occurred April 9 in county high schools. Bertha Geisler petitions for habeas corpus to gain custody of Patricia Keeney, 12, currently with defendant Teeny Mae Reynalds. An order sets writ returnable April 26 at 10 a.m.
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William F. Tell
Chaiman
Bertha
Geisler
West Seveenth Street
Circuit Court
Teeney Mae Reynalds
East Fourth Street
Maryland June 28 primary slate tops 46 candidates
Maryland voters face a 46 candidate field for the June 28 primary with 26 Democrats and 20 Republicans. Notable moves include John B. Kennedy running for governor alongside George P. Mahoney and H. C. Byrd, while incumbents like J. Millard Tawes contend in the comptroller race amid Republican challenger intrigue. Several new entrants and running mates emerge as the parties shape a high stakes cross section of statewide and congressional contests.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Secretary of State
John B. Kennedy
Baltimore
H. C. Byrd
George P. Mahoney
J. Millard Tawes
Crisfield
Haile Chisholm
Garrett Park
Montgomery County
GOP
J. George Bierman
Tobaco
McKeldin
Bierman
Board of Election Supervisors
Tawes
Kennedy
Congress
Temus
Tim) Bright
Pedro A. del Valle
Elkridge
James W. Gunn
Dickerson
Bright
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Harry Kemp
Attorney Genal
Edward D. E. Rollins
Elkton
Philip H. Dorsey Jr
Leonardtown
Mahoney
Ranning
T. Barton Harrington
Balltimore
C. Ferdinand Sybert
Ellicott City
Byrd
Tos C Reed Catjene
Woman Given Term For Driving Drunk
Miss Geraldine Viola Faust, 25, of Middle River, was sentenced to days in jail after a court heard she drove onto a sidewalk and struck a wheeled carrier carrying a legless man. Witness William Isaacs, 21, said he narrowly escaped as the car rammed a parked auto. She faced drunk driving and failure to identify charges.
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Baltimore
Geraldine Viola Faust
Middle River
William Isaacs
Stanley Scherr
Isaacs
Lost Child Found Alive In Allegheny Mountain Search
A 3 year old girl Shirley Sherman was found alive and in good health near her grandparents home in Franklin West Virginia after a Sunday morning disappearance. She was located in an apple orchard about a mile and a half from home, scratched and with swollen feet but otherwise fine. A neighbor discovered her, a helicopter arrived as she was found, and National Guardsmen had been on standby. Police noted she wandered from her parents near Mouth of Seneca.
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Franklin
W. Va
Shirley Sherman
Allegheny Mountain
Eda Dolly
Petersburg
Veach Townsend Clinic
W. G. Cunningham
Cunningham
National Guardsmen
Goldie Sherman
Rt. 1
Kingwood
Ollie Siles
Here
Seneca State Police
Sherif
Car Damaged In Collision On Grant Place
One car sustained about 350 dollars damage in a collision on Grant Place near 120 feet south Then Avenue. The accident occurred Monday at 10 44 A M police said. Participants were Harry G Curry 125 East Fourth Street and David L Koogie 1 West Seventh Street both South on Grant Place. Curry stopped. Koogie rear ended Curry. About 350 dollars damage to Koogie car and 10 dollars to Curry. Charges of failing to signal and tailgating were filed. case set for April 26. In a second incident at West Charca Beats street intersection a youth Shankie 8 of 241 North Maker Street sustained a minor injury. driver Derr 8 Frederick, was involved. Shankie treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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Grant Place
Avenue
Harrys G. Curry
East Fourth Street
David L. Koogie
West Seventh Street
Gran Place
William Mutchner
Curry
Trettle
Koogle
Curis
Wearius
Charca-Beats Street
North
Maker Street
Frank Lorses
John
Derr, Jr
RFD
Freeeerick
Yous Shankie
Church Street
Vic
Frederick Menora Hospital
Dist Hardy
Letters Issued for LeRoy Hake Estate in Orphans Court
Letters of administration issued in Orphans Court for the estate of LeRoy Hake, noted contractor near Frederick. The widow Mrs Ola Hake is named administrator with two sons and six daughters as heirs. No valuation given.
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LeRoy Hake
Near Frederick
Ola
Hake
Valua
Ion Jas Fiver
No Decision To Send GIs To Indochina
Washington reports two Republican senators Ferguson and Bridges said no decision to dispatch American troops to Indochina is being considered after a meeting with Secretary of State Dulles. They noted the Geneva conference and said the situation appears hopeful yet uncertain. Senator Cooper voiced readiness to support efforts against Communist control of Indochina.
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Washington
Tony
Secretary of
Dulles
Indochina
Ferguson
Michigan
Bridges
New Hampshire
Addra
State Department
Liman
Sen Cooper Ray
Eisenhower
Frederick County to Parade in Washington on May 8
Preparations are underway for Frederick county to join the DIB annual School Safety Parade in Washington on Saturday May 8. The advisory board of the Frederick branch of the Automobile Club of Maryland plans to send local patrolmen, with fifteen chartered buses, to participate and help promote safety for school children. Leonard F. Kolmer of the Automobile Club of Maryland spoke at the meeting about Maryland’s Mary land history tour sponsored with the club and travel editors and counselors. the group will spend one night in Frederick to showcase Maryland’s attractions.
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Frederick
Automobile Club of Maryland
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Washington
Maryland
Frederick County
Leonard F. Kolmer
The
Automobile Club
State of
Coun- Wa
Warm Weather Persists Through Midweek
The forecast calls for warm weather with highs near 83 at the airport yesterday, continuing into Thursday. Skies are sunny or partly sunny with shirt-sleeve conditions and the forecaster notes a chance of widely scattered afternoon showers and possible thunderstorms by late Wednesday.
Permit Granted for 450-Gallon Underground Gasoline Tank
The Board of Zoning Appeals granted Ox Fibre Brush Company a permit at a public hearing in City Hall to install a 450 gallon underground gasoline tank and pump for industrial use on its south side East routed street. No objections were raised.
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Board of Zoning
Board of Aldermen
City Hall
Ox Fibre Brush Company
Harrisburg Railways Strike Halts City Transit
About 230 Hudson River? No, Harrisburg drivers and mechanics of the Harrisburg Railways Co went on strike for higher wages. The move leaves Pennsylvania's capital without public transportation for the first time since 1916.
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Harrisburg
Harrisburg Railways Co
Pennsylvania
No Interest In Second Little League
Low turnout at a YMCA meeting dampens plans for a second Little League here as officials and a few city leaders discuss forming an additional league. The present league will share facilities and cooperate, with tryouts ongoing and a May 1 players auction set. A Monday evening meeting at Frederick High School will decide boundaries and recruit fathers for possible northern and southern leagues.
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Frederick High School
Robert B. Staley
Romanian Communist Party Secretary Quits in Vienna Report
Vienna reports Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej resigned as general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party. Gheorghe Apostol was named to the post after the Central Committee ordered the shift. Apostol gave up deputy premier and agriculture minister roles to assume the new duties, as broadcast by Radio Bucharest.
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Vienna
Austria
Romania
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Romanian Communist Party
Soviet Union
Hungary
Poland
Radio Bucharest
Gheorghe Apostol
Agricullture
Market Irregular New York Stock Trading
Selective trading kept the stock market irregular today in New York with uneven fluctuations and muted volume. Investors looked for direction as results from large firms influenced sentiment and led to mixed trading signals across sectors.
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New York
FBI Joins In Hunt For Former Convict
FBI agents joined the search for a 23 year old ex convict after a federal warrant was issued for Nisallgae Goin in Baltimore. Police say Melvin Oliver was armed and extremely dangerous. Oliver was released from Marsland Penitentiary last May for auto theft and burglary. Patrolman Aubrey L. Lowman was shot Sunday night near a stolen car. An hour later a man robbed two people in a nearby house and the description matched the suspect.
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Baltimore
FBI
Nis allGae
Melvin Oliver
Cero
Marsland Penitentiary
Aubrey L. Lowman
Burmese Capture Key Stronghold
Burma reports a Burmese army capture of a key stronghold blocking a supply route into southern Thailand from Karen rebels and Chinese guerrillas. The claim followed an April drive intended to clear rebel tribesmen. a cross-border alert and police action were recorded amid tense regional activity.
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Rangoon
Burma
Thailand
Oliver
Tenasserim
Georgia
Ijp
Myans
Virginia
Dien Bien Phu Defenders Trapped by Viet Minh Siege
Forces at Dien Bien Phu receive American supplied air drops as Dakotas and Flying Boxcars deliver ammo food and war materiel amid encirclement by Viet Minh. French defenders withstand two major assaults while awaiting peace talks with the world powers.
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Hanoe
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Ho Chi Minh
Asia
Hanoi
Thurmont to Get New Elementary School bid call
The Board of Education invites bids by May 11 for a new Thurmont elementary school on a 10 acre Graceham road site funded by the State loan pool. The project mirrors East End school design with eight classrooms and a multipurpose room, aimed to relieve overcrowding and complete North Frederick school finances.
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Board of Education
Thurmont
Graceham Road
Board of County Commissioners
North Frederick
East End
Frederick
Seriol
Five Day Forecast Warm Period With Rain Chances
Five day forecast calls for warm trend from Wednesday through Friday with mainly fair spells and occasional afternoon showers especially in Western Maryland. Expect cooler turns with showers and thunderstorms later Friday into the weekend, as rain and mild weather dominate. Temperatures run about 4 to 8 degrees above normal with highs near 50s to 70s and lows in the 30s to 40s across Western Maryland, eastern and southern sections.
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Maryland
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Philp H Dorsey Jr
Leonardwn
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Centreville
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Marbury
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Rex A Taylor
Salisbury
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