Four Jail Escapees to Face Trial in Frederick County
Four men who escaped from Frederick county jail in February 1952 and were later convicted in Arkansas on burglary charges will be brought back to Frederick over the weekend to face escape and related indictments. Deputies will fly to Little Rock, retrieve the men from Tucker State Farm and Cummins Prison Farm, and return them by train. The group includes John Wright Byrum, Lawrence Riggles, Richard M. Himes, and William R. Tregoning, all in their early twenties, with surrounding charges carrying multi-year terms.
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Frederick County
Arkansas
John Wright Byrum
Dewey E. Phimmer
Raleigh
N. C
Lawrence Riggles
Frederick
Richard M. Himes
William R. Tregoning
RFD 1
Woodsboro
George Layman
Willaai Ruggieill
Little Rock
Ark
Tucker State Farm
Tucker, Ark
Lee Henslee
Arkansas State Penitentiary
Horace M. Alexander
Tucker Farm
Cummins
Vanner
Tucker
Port Smith
Bath
Garrel
Eden Ready For Big Four Summit Talks
Prime Minister Eden said he is ready to attend a Big Four summit once the treaties with West Germany and Austria are ratified. In reply to questions, he noted progress on both matters and said talks with Soviet Premier Bulganin could follow, aiming to discuss all-out differences between East and West. A pilgrimage event in Maryland opens tomorrow with a tour of Anne Arundel Governor’s grounds.
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London
Eden
West Germany
Nikolai Bulganin
House of Commons
Alles
Russia
Paris
East
Mrs Wise Nominated For Frederick County School Board
The Republican State Central Committee of Frederick County recommends Mrs Jane Wise of Lewistown for a six year seat on the Frederick County Board of Education to succeed George J Martin. The governor will appoint with term beginning the first Monday in May and travel expenses set at 100 dollars.
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Republican State Central Committee
Frederick County
Jane Wise
Paul Wise
Lewistown
Frederick County Pla Council
Joseph Yona
Frederick
Frederick County Cizcus Council
Warner L. Brittain
Lincoln D. Engelbrecht
Wise
American Association of University Women
Vona
Emmett R
Republican Committee
Board of Education
Abs
Katies Jr. Goley Jr
Edwin Fnlkirk
Democratic Committee
Frederick City
Joseph F. Rhoderick
Braddock Heights
Republican Central Committee
Conley
GOP
Jetters
Caunty
PTA
Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers
PT Council
State Department of Education
Ptas
Frederick Countx Citizens Council For Public Schools
Frederick County Council of Homemakers Clubs
Lewistown Homemakers Club
Eisenhower Zhukov letters hint at easing Cold War tensions
President Eisenhower reportedly urged Soviet Marshal Zhukov to press for the release of American airmen held in Red China and to seek the return of a Russian schoolboy from East Berlin, signaling a possible path to improved U.S.-Soviet goodwill. Zhukov forwarded related letters after a personal request from Col. Vysikov, and Eisenhower acknowledged the humanitarian gesture.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Georgi Zhukov
Germany
Soscow
Zhukov
Nicolai Bulganin
Red China
Hisenhower
Zhukev
Fotr
East Berlin
West Berlin
Valery al Lasiko
Berlin
Zhusov
Col. Vysikov
Fires Kill Eight in Two Chicago Blazes
Early today two separate fires in Chicago swept a hotel and an apartment building, killing at least eight people including three children and injuring more than 20. One blaze at the Green Mill Hotel on N. Green Street was ruled arson with explosions preceding it. a fire captain was missing. Four unidentified victims and a woman and three men died in the May Street blaze where Levi Spencer aged 19 and siblings Susie May Erwin 6 Helen 47 and Charles 2 perished. Spencer’s identity was clarified as John R. Erwin, 30, the father. About 100 residents fled and 50 occupants escaped the apartment building without injury. Damage estimated at $30,000 for the hotel and $7,000 for the apartment fire.
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Chicagg
Halsted Street
Milwaukee Avenue
Earle Downes
Green Mill
N. Green St
N. May St
Levi Spencer
Susié May Erwin
Helen
Charles
Earler Spencer
John R. Erwin
Erwin
Girls 4-H Council Holds Big Frederick Meeting
The Frederick County Girls 4-H Council gathered over 300 friends and parents in the street school auditorium to hear Mylo Downey speak on Out of the Past Into the Future and view a fashion review of 1909 to 1935 styles. Awards went to Prospect club for outstanding record. Thurmont won largest attendance, Lewistown close second.
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Im Street
Frederick
Mt. Afry
Thurmont
Lewistown
Prospect Club
Maryland Bankers Association
Maryland
Betsy Lovington
Pat Smith
New Market
Frank Grabill
Johnsville
Doris Gramll
Barbara Carback
Charlotte Stiles
Vivian Wolfe
Dorothy VieBride
Charlotte Remshberg
Big Star
Bucketstown
China Talks Likely Involve Neutral Nation For Republic
Sen. George D-Gard suggested a neutral nation might represent the Chinese Nationalists at international talks on China. He said eventual inclusion of the Republic of China or a representative is unavoidable, though Chiang Kai shek’s supporters oppose such a move. President Eisenhower said talk with Chou En Lai should not exclude Chiang, while Knowland urged avoiding direct talks with Communist China without ROC involvement.
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Washington
George D-Gat
Formosa
George
Chiang Kaishek
Chiang
Kint
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
China
Chou En-lai
Eisenhower
Chou
Sen. Knowland
R-Califf
Knowland
Republic of China
Unconscious Girl Found Along Road
An unidentified 11-year-old girl found unconscious along the Baltimore Washington Parkway. A bandanna tied around her neck, later identified as Pauline Waskey of Bellsville. Bus drivers John A. Rossi and Edward Spriggs, returning from a Washington tour with students, administered aid until a doctor and hospital care followed. Schedule shows city truck routes for a Friday cleanup campaign.
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Bellsviille
Baltimore - Washington Parkway
Taz
Pauline Waskey
Bellsville
John A. Rossi
Harford Motor Coach Co
Edward Spriggs
Baltimore
Washington
Rossi
Spriggs
Prince Georges County General Hospital
Cheve
Temperature Drops to 30 in Garrett County
The Associated Press reports freezing temperatures across Western Maryland with Oakland reaching 30 degrees. La Vale and Cumberland saw lows around 36 to 92, with no reported frost damage to fruit trees. Weather outlook shows fair and warmer conditions tonight in the 40s, near 50 by larger water bodies.
Pressure Tightened as East German Authorities Hike Truck Fines
Germany reports Communist East German authorities tightened pressure on Soviet surrounded West Berlin by increasing fines on overloaded trucks. The measure seeks to curb traffic and assert control amid tensions.
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Helmstedt
Germany
West Berlin
Statisticians and engineers meet on weapons design
About 250 scientists from Canada England and the United States attended a two day symposium at the Army Chemical Center on statistics and engineering applied to weapons design. Key speakers included Dr Robert Lusser Dr William Cochran Williams H Martin and Dr Paul Rider with others from Johns Hopkins Wright Field and NBS discussing guidance missiles and test programs.
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Department of Biostatistics
Johns Hopkins University
School of Hygiene and Public Health
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Williams H. Martin
National Bureau of Standards
Charles A. Bicking
Office of the Chief of Ordnance
Sun Emerges After Cold Spell With Warm Up Ahead
The sun returned today after a near week of gloom as the Weather Bureau forecast higher temperatures reaching the sixes. A cold night dipped to 42 degrees at the airport but avoided frost. Yesterday's high was 44 and the day’s progress shown by 11:30 am. More showers and scattered thunderstorms are due by Saturday, the observer said.
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Weather Bureau
Saturdas
Speech And Music Events Open In York Pa
In York Pennsylvania 2 almost thousand high school students will compete in speech and music events at the 243rd annual state contests of the Pennsylvania Forensic and Music League.124 schools are represented in the three day competition. A masked holdup man in a liquor store on 14th Street N W was subdued by police gunfire last night. Police call him the handkerchief bandit who has terrorized Washington stores for months.
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Hood College
Hood
Princess Hood
Cobientz' Hall
Frederick Hood Club
Coblentz
Coffman Chapel
William Sprigg
Hagerstown
Kenneth Rose
Baltimore
A. Powell Davies
Washington
Reginald Laurie
Home Economics Department
Friends of the Hood College Library
Joseph Henry Apple Library
Katharine BE. Dutrow
Gentlewoman League
State Department
Voice of America
Frederick County Mental Health Society
Connei
Maryland
Lewistown Grange
Lewistown Crlivets Association
Cowles
PTA Council
York
Pennsylvania Forensic and Music League
Pennsylvania
14Th St. N. W
Chou Enlai Says Taiwan Crisis Could Lead to WWW
In a Jakarta dispatch, Chou Enlai told Samlache, correspondent for the Nation, that the Taiwan Formosa area carries the risk of a new international war. He said the outcome depends on the United States, as no war exists between China and the U.S. now. He would negotiate with the United States to ease tension but not with Nationalist China.
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Tokyo
Peiping
Chou Enlai
Taiwan Formosal
United States
China
Djakarta
Indonesia
Chow
Samclaffe
the Nation
New York
Formosa
Battle for Saigon Control Rages With Diem Facing Rebellion
In Saigon heavy fighting pits Ngo Dinh Diem’s government against the Binh Xuyen crime syndicate and allied sects Hoa Hao and Cao Dai. Mortar bombardments, prison takeovers, and a security police power struggle mark the struggle to control non Communist South Vietnam amid mounting casualties and refugee flows.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam i
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Binh Kuyen
Diem
Binh Xuyen
Hoa Hao
Cao Dai
Binh X Muyen
National Surete
Binh Nuyen
Confidence in Cutter polio vaccine prompts halt
Public health officials reaffirm faith in the Salk polio vaccine while halting Cutter Laboratory doses after eight children, including one fatally, developed polio following first shots. Tests began as the West Coast inoculation program paused, with continued vaccination urged elsewhere.
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Washington i
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Leonard Scheele
Public Health Service
California
Pocatello
Idaho
Chicago
Denver
Arizona
New Mexico
Hawaii
Nevada
National Biologics Control Laboratory
Health Service Agency
Malcolm H. Merrill
Hauswald Bakery Blast Shakes Up Baltimore
A blast in a large oven at Hauswald Bakery in Baltimore splattered about 1,000 loaves and shook 12 employees. No one required medical treatment. President Phillip J. Hauswald valued oven damage at $50,000. A sprinkler system extinguished the fire. windows smashed, one pane hurled into a nearby house. Cause not immediately determined.
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Baltimore
Hauswald
Phillip J. Hauswald
Baking Company
Playboy Is Given Term In Vice Case
New York supporting details state Mickey Jelke, heir to a marine fortune, received a two to three year prison sentence for a safe society vice conviction. After a 13 minute defense plea for clemency, Jelke was found guilty of inducing Fat Ward to prostitution and attempting to induce Marguerite Cordova into the same.
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New York
Mickey Jelke
Safe Society
Jelke
Fat Ward
Marguerite Cordova
Bus line owner sells to four employees for a song
Baltimore. Walter Rinard, longtime Mt. Savage to Cumberland bus operator, wins permission to transfer equipment and assets to a new corporation run by three drivers and the office manager for 11500 dollars, financed with 3000 down and 2000 yearly, with no interest. He retains ownership of a Mt. Savage garage and apartment building and leases facilities to the new firm at no charge while remaining the owner.
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Baltimore
Walter EB. Rinard
Mt. Savage
Cumberland
Maryland
Public Service Commission
Rinard
John H. Hessey
Flesser
New Corporation
Hessey
Frank Harper
Uaremar and
Texes
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Quarterfe
Ism
John H Messier
Salt Lake City
Utah
John H Wisher
Farmers Cooperative
Himes
Tregoning
Akoshex
Bentz
Big
Maryland House and Garden
Anne Arundel
Mrs. Wise
Central Committee
Mylo Downey
Carl
Siew Cowart
Hema
Auinior Chamer of Commerce
Frederick County Health Department
South Market Street
Clarke Place
Mt. Olivet Boulevard
Broadway
McMurray Street
Center Street
Washington Street
Madison Street
Sherman Avenue
Burek Street
Lo- Ran Street
Garrett County
Consolidated Orchards
Paw Paw
W. Va
Jen Setanticts
Weometry Open
Sun
U.S
Playboy
PSC
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