Akron Readies Derby for All-American Champs
Akron gears up for the 17th All-American Soap Box Derby with 151 champions arriving Aug 15 from across the U S and Canada. Entrant Billy Offutt will fly in Thursday. festivities include Derbytown camp events, a Saturday barbecue hosted by Akron Chamber of Commerce, and a parade, radio broadcast, and Banquet of Champions with $15,000 in prizes from Chevrolet.
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Akron
America
Frederick
Billy Offutt
Jerome Offutt
Dill Avenue
Capital Airlines
Rubber City
Mounis
Derbytown
Derby Downs
Akron Chamber of Commerce
Portage Lakes Motor Boating Association
Sand Beach
Chevrolet
United States Second Army Band
Columbia Broadcasting System
Goodyear Hall
Housewife Confesses Dates With Suspect Doctor in Murder Case
A 27-year-old suburban housewife in Cleveland admitted recent dates with Dr. Samuel Sheppard, saying she hugged and kissed him during amorous encounters. She joins other women in detailing relationships tied to the osteopath charged with his wife's murder, though she notes no plans for divorce.
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Cleveland
Samuel Sheppard
Susan Hayes
Sheppard
Metropolitan Park
Bridge Construction Progress and Dodd Family Reunion
Bridge steel work on the Potomac bridge at Brunswick is completed and contractor cleanup finished. Equipment moves continue on site with the Virginia approach, while Bowers Construction moves in for flooring and railings as M J Grove Lime Co advances Maryland approach grading and paving. The annual Dodd reunion was held August 1 in Baker Park with a large basket lunch and games, attendees listed.
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Potomac River
Brunswick
American Bridge Co
Virginia
Bowers Construction Co
Raleigh
N. C
M. J. Grove Lime Co
Maryland
Lewis Dodd
Kenneth Clem
Cecil Burter
George van Fossen
Lewis Ward
Linsey Hor‘ton
Hubert Yinger
Melvin Fink
Kenneth Hendricks
Charles Dodd &R
Carrie Elsrode
Mary Hiltner
Frank Dodd
Mary Dodd
Edith Harrison
Charles Yinger
Agnes MacClain
Minnie Dodd
Suzann Dodd
Sally Dodd
Ruth Ann Dodd
Patticia Dodd
Linda van Fossen
Jan Clem
Cindy Clem
Janice Hendricks
Ruby Angleberger
Mstienen
Uneer
Margaret Dodd
Brenda Harrison
Mary Harrison
Edward van Fossen
Carlton Dodd
Lee Ward
Larry Dodd
Paul Morris
Wayne Horton
Charles Burtner
Court News and Local Transactions In St Marys County
Equity case filed for absolute divorce between Charles Eugene Smuth and Lillie Bele Smith. Marriage licenses issued for William Burner and Pauline Bowman, Ralph Smith and Mary Markett. Property deeds record transfers including Stella Lanner to Maurice Guss and wife, and Frank Zepp Sr. to William Zepp. Charges dismissed for Joseph and Abe Weiner in a gambling and bawdy house case following national broadcasts criticizing local law enforcement. judges found no overt acts of conspiracy occurred in the county.
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Charles Eugene Smuth
Lillie Bele Smith
William 5. Burner
Woodstock
Pauline F. Bowman
Edinburg
Ralph E. Smith
Gapland
Mary L. Markett
Bur
Kittsville
Stella B. Lanner
Maurice L. Guss
Frank T. Zepp Sr
William T. Zepp
Charles C. Lawson
Delbert
Leonardtown
Joseph D
Abe Weiner
St. Marys County
Fulton ‘Lewis Jr
John B. Gray
J. Dudley Digges
Seventh Judicial Circuit
Camp Detrick Awards Honor Two Employes for Innovations
Camp Detrick awards Friday morning presented to John H. Boyer and Bayior A. Crist Jr. by Colonel John J. Hayes for constructive suggestions. Boyer modified an apparatus costing about $42 to save $133 vs new equipment. Crist devised a safer laboratory instrument. Also notes on birth announcements, bridge tournament participants, club news, administrative training graduates, and social events at Camp Detrick.
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Camp Detrick
John H. Boyer
Bayior A. Crist, Jr
John J. Hayes
Boyer
Crist
Mayflower ‘Hotel
Washington, D. C
Berhard Goetz
Wayne W. Fort
Leonard Spero
Robert Russell
Elizabeth C. Mayo
Dorothy M. Portner
Benjamin Warshowsky
Iris Yonétz
Everett L. Neff
Goetz
Goren
Culbertson
Spero
Patsy Tayior
M. A. Tulis
Louis A. VonTill
Cmdr
Bernard Berger
Joanne Blumenauer
Shirley Brown
Christina Davis
Evelyn Haines
Jack Howard
Jacqueline Keyser
Ruth Little
Betty Lind
Ella M. Pearl
Maisel Ritter
Ruth Roberts
Mignon Sanger
Anne E. Spencer
Frank E. Spivey
Betty Strine
Merril Saber
Grace Wainwright
Betty Potts
Virginia Riggles
Elizabeth Smith
Mary P. Straisman
Peggy Webb
Emiline Zimmerman
Miriam Feeley
Marian J. Zentz
Local social notes and family travel highlights
Mrs. June A. Fouche keeps a box garden with blooms near her office. Mrs. Ethel Whitenilt has been ill at home for three weeks. Ralph Schultz and wife with Twila Fox vacation in Atlantic City. William Six and wife on annual pilgrimage to Maine. Paul Fogle enjoyed Potomac fishing vacation. Tilly Kent and Girl Scout Troop 15 hike the Appalachian Trail. Sally Kent and May Sue plan visits to Canada and Monticello Indiana. Oliver Leakins visit Ohio. Jimmy Decker stars in Mountain Theater production The Great Big Doorstep with daughters Jul 4 and Holly 7 also in cast.
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June A. Fouche
Ethel Whitenilt
Ralph Schultz
Atlantic City
Twila Fox
William Six
Mountain Theater
Jul
Holly
Emergency Hospital kept Open urged by AMVETS post
Frederick Post of AMVETS unanimously adopts a resolution opposing the closing of Emergency Hospital. A copy goes to the County Board. The post charter, missing for years, was found and displayed. Seven new members bring total to 432. Plans announced for a September family preme. Budgets: Joseph Baer and G Horton Peace named to the Halloween committee. Kids fishing party at Cul ler Lake praised. State Commander Maynard Summers and alternate delegate Robert Hoffman to attend the national AMVETS convention in Miami on August 25. TEEN AGE DANCE: Carol Ann Molesworth and Dale Ramsburg win spot dances at Wednesday Staley Park event, 200 teens. Tuesday youth talent show planned at Baker Park bandshell, dances and musical selections.
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Culler Lake
G. Maynard Summers
Robert Hoffman
Amvets
Miami
Carol Ann Molesworth
Dale Ramsburg
Staley Park Fieldhouse
City Recreation Commission
W. W. Corbin
Baker Park
The
Recreation Commission
State's Surplus Already Committed
Baltimore August Maryland's financial chief reported a 1954 general fund surplus of 6,004,533, up from earlier estimates, but most of it was committed by the governor and legislature to balance the budget for the new fiscal year. Tawes warned a near term surplus could vanish if revenue declines.
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Baltimore
Maryland
J. Millard Tawes
Tawes
Strength For Today By Ear L Douglass
A reflective piece on the secret strength of a few who shoulder dirty tasks and endure unseen suffering. It questions whether martyrs truly suffer and notes many lives and causes disappear with their deaths.
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L. Douglass
Nameless graves and local heroics in Frederick
The piece honors unseen war heroes including ground fire fighters and hospital workers while noting Winston Churchill’s praise for the brave. Brig Gen D John Markey of Frederick visited Indiantown Gap, presented the Markey Trophy to Elkton’s Company E for training excellence, then traveled by 29th Division planes. Argentina has 140 daily newspapers.
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Winston Chuchill
Chicago Tribune
Markey
D. John Markey
Frederick
Henry Evans
Randolph Mithholland
115Th Infantry
Indiantown Gap
Elkton
Gen. Markey
St. Michael's
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Derby
United States
Alaska
Canada
Germany
Court News
Frederick County National Bank OF
North Market Street
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Detrick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
John A. Edwards
Wendy Elaine
Charles Edward, Jr
Charles E. Wilkes
Karl W. Zimmerman, Jr
Keith Watkins
Karl
Karl W., Jr
Wilkes
Edwards
Pic
Campbell Ryan, Jr
Chicago
Ill
Edward Fowler
Cedar Rapids
Roy F. Valentine
Clyde Wachter
Thomas E. Smith
John F. Burkholder
Edwin Cox
Patriciav. Poole
Jo Ann Blumenauer
Women's Club
John W. Lakin
Vincent L. Ruwet
Conrad of Governors
Ruwet
Col Ruwet
Leo J. Hardin
Skyline
Lakin
F. L. Davis
W. H. Lee
Second Army
Vincent L. Rowet
Torrington
Conn
Luther A. Thompson
Ralph M. Parsons Co. Employe
Elia Pearl
George Fukui
Kinny
Lonely
Edward Golbie
U.S. Public Health Hospital
Melvin M. Englen
Carroll St
Suppor Williamson
Prescription
E. 2Nd
Mountain View
Wash Blvd
New House
Mt. View
Fred
Bath
Early Pass
Baik
Dan Wight
B. E. Carmichael
Piper & Hill
North Court St
Cruise
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac Motor Line
S. S. Tolchester
Pratt ST
Balto. MD
R. F P. Bennett
S. Zeiler
N. Court ST
Erick, MD
the News
Frederick, Md
Argentina
ST. Josapn
Ine
American Legion Ballroom
Thurmont, MD
Briggs Phillips Orchestra
Charlie Stull
Bass Violin
Legionnaires
Ambulance Fund
Mary Donegan Howe Orch
Dees Amis
Mairis
Narry Footer « Co
Market St. -Frederick
Market St
Hag
U.S
Part
Cavetown Planing Mill CO
Cavetown
Enterprise
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