Niagara daredevil dies riding over falls in improvised barrel
William Red Hill, a 36 year old Ontario riverman and former game warden, attempted to ride over Niagara Falls in a barrel made from inner tubes. Though the craft was recovered and his shoes found, his body was not initially located. The attempt drew about 200000 spectators as Hill pursued the risky feat since 1947, becoming the sixth to try with three survivors and two fatalities prior.
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Niagara Falls
Hill
Hil
Corky
William Hill
Red
Bill
Niagara River
Usher's Creek
Niagara
Province of
Ontario
Hyattstown Firemen Open Carnival Tonight
Hyattstown firemen kick off a manual carnival at Mountain View Park along Route 240. The Blue Notes provide dance music all week with barn dancing games titles and round dancing. Skyline Boys Mountain Ramblers Browningsville Bane Blue Mountain Boys Western Rangers and a Chevrolet car prize headline the lineup.
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Byattstown
Mountain View Park
Blue Notes
Skyline Boys
Mountain Ramblers
Browningsville Bane
Blue Mountain Boys
Western Rangers
Deny Use Of Threats At West Point
West Point officials deny coercion or threats were used to obtain confessions from cadets facing dismissal for cribbing. Three cadets spoken to reporters said threats of perjury and Fort Leavenworth imprisonment were used, while Col Leer asserted rights were explained and no classroom cheating occurred. The article notes other cadets were questioned and some from last June’s graduating class were cleared for lack of evidence.
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West Point
Fort Leavenworth
United States Military Academy
James”.B. Leer
Leer
Earl Blaik
Army
Academy Press Information Office
Paul D. Harkins
Academy Commandant of Cadets
Berlage Wins 300 Prize in Maryland Green Pastures Essay Contest
Bruce Berlage of Olney claimed first prize of 300 in the Maryland Green Pastures Essay Contest by Southern States Cooperative with help from Maryland's agricultural college and department of education. A Sherwood high school senior, he has eight years in Four-H under R. N. Whipp, and has led Laytonsville Four-H as president and serves as secretary. He belongs to Jersey Cattle and Holstein Four-H clubs and won the Hoopes Memorial Trophy as junior Maryland Jersey Cattle Club member for notable yearly achievement.
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Bruce Berlage
Olney
U.S
Maryland
Laytonsville
Jersey Cattle Club
Maryland Jersey Cattle Club
Ceiling Prices For Anti Freeze Set In Maryland
Maryland OPS sets ceiling prices for anti-freeze effective tomorrow. Retail ceilings range from 1.40 to 3.75 dollars per gallon, and 0.35 to 1.00 for under a gallon. Retailers must post prices and provide free radiator service if done last year, containers may be charged only with a three cent discount per gallon upon return.
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Baltimore
Maryland Office of Price Administration
Hugo R Hoffman
OPS
Maryland
Four Held For Thefts Here In Gettysburg and Nearby
Four youths are in custody as City and State Police clear petty larceny cases. John Peamroy of New Design Road is held at Gettysburg with others held locally on $2,000 bonds: John Himes of North Bentz Street and Robert Fitez of Five-and-One-Half Street, plus a juvenile whose name is withheld. Another youth was questioned and released. Beer thefts from Erwin and Shafer warehouse yielded 29 of 36 cases recovered. some beer found hidden in a barn and in a shack by the Monocacy River. Additional items from Kephauver’s, Brachey’s, and West End Motors were recovered. Investigators expect to resolve seven or eight recent larcenies. Peamroy reportedly was nabbed in Littlestown tampering with a car. State Police Lieut. Bartgis, Sgt. Phebus Jr., and Trooper Basore assist.
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Gettysburg
John Peamroy
New Design Road
John Thomas Himes
North Bentz Street
Robert Eugene Fitez
Erwin and Shafer Local Beer Distributors
East Church Street
Monocaty River
Leslie Kefauver
East Fourth Street
Bruce JA. Brachey
North Market Street
West End Motors
Monocacy Motors Co
Ing
Peamroy
Littlestown
Allen S. Bartgis
Benjamin F. Phebus, Jr
Harold Basore
State Police
Mower Knife Injury Causes Finger Amputation
William H. Sell of Taneytown suffered partial amputation of his left index finger while attaching a knife to a mower. He received treatment at Annie M. Warner Hospital in Gettysburg, Pa. Official records note that a tarantula bite is not fatal.
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Mishal
William H. Sell
Taneytown
Annie M. Warner
Gettysburg
Lodge backs Eisenhower for 1952 GOP nomination
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts declared support for General Dwight D. Eisenhower as the Republican presidential candidate in 1952 but said the time is not right to press him on political intentions. He urged no rush and noted Eisenhower’s ongoing duties as Allied Supreme Commander.
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Washington
Lodge
R-Mass
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Allied Forces
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
NBC
Meet the Press
United States
Experimental blackout hits Karachi and border towns
Karachi Pakistan Aug 5 experimental blackout implemented in the capital. Similar defensive drills carried out in border towns amid ongoing India Pakistan Kashmir tensions.
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Karachi
Pakistan
India
India-Pakistan
Kashmir
Boy Tells Police He Shot His Father
In Dallas an 18 year old boy admitted to police that he shot and killed his wealthy oilman father, Walace E. Hawkins, age 36, general counsel of Magnolia Petroleum, as he slept in their northwest Dallas home. Det. Capt. Will Fritz said the motive was unclear, citing a disagreement over future plans and his father’s objections to late hours. The youth, siblings, and servants lived in the swank residence. he was sent to the county juvenile detention home after the admission.
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Dallas
Will Fritz
Walace E. Hawkins
Magnolia Petroleum Company
John Michael Hawins
Hawkins
Fritz
Air Force
Oe Young Hawkins
Canada
California
Las
Youth in Nevada Visit Spotted in Blue Jeans and Silk Shirt
A slender youthful visitor described as handsome toured Nevada visiting friends. He said he paid his own way, buying and selling stocks for profit. Fritz noted charges would come via a Juvenile Court petition under Texas law. Scientists have devised a vacuum gauge one molecule in a billion, 200 times more sensitive than prior devices.
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Esas. Nev
Fritz
Texas
Unable to Charge Mun Tava as Felon Handling
A local court ruling states that Mun Tava cannot be charged as a felon under current charges. The decision centers on applicable statutes and the interpretation of prior offenses within the case. Prosecutors indicated possible avenues remain for pursuing lesser counts based on available evidence.
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