Plans Form East Street Extension Through City
The city engineering department prepares final plans for the East Street extension from Eighth to North Market with bids likely this fall. The project includes storm sewers, concrete encasing of sanitary sewer to Peters Lane, a box culvert and underdrain for the railroad, and may involve all necessary services with alternate bids for grading and paving. City crews also advance temporary paving on Pine Avenue and East Fifth Street extended, and have paved Narva Avenue to the Flantt subdivision.
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East Street
Eighth Street
North Market Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pine Avenue
East Fifth Street
Fifth Street
Pine Street
East Church Street
Fourth Street
Narva Avenue
Flantt
Post Office
Fairview Avenue
Aldermen Extend Date For Trailer Camp Law
The Board of Aldermen extended the effective date for the trailer tour and tourist camp ordinance to about October 22 to give operators time to comply. The extension applies to camps operating on May 10 and allows 150 days from May 22 without licensing. Health officer Dr Forbes Burgess explains the health basis and notes a city food control bureau will coordinate inspections of food handlers.
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Board of Aldermen
Forbes Burgess
Burgess
City Board of Health
Charles H. Conley, Jr
8. O. Thomas
Uef
Walter Comer
Health Department
Korea War Toll Said To Reach Five Billion
Congress heard an unofficial figure that the Korean War has cost the United States about 5 billion dollars and may rise to at least that amount by June 30. Rep. Mahon disclosed the estimate as the House opened debate on a peacetime military budget of 59.06 billion dollars for the year ending next June 30.
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Washington
Congress
Korea
U.S
Mahon
Hambletonian Delayed To Thursday After Rain
Goshen N Y August 8 The 26th Hambletonian tote postponed from today to tomorrow due to all night rain. Twenty one standard breds entered. Officials plan to work on the track through the day hoping to race trotting classic tomorrow. Overnight skies were overcast with threat of more moisture.
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Goshen
Andere
Some Cadets May Be Cleared Of Cribbing
West Point officials say extenuating circumstances may clear some of 80 Cadets admitting cribbing, while the status of 10 others remains unclear. A screening board may find new explanations or extenuating reasons to acquit those who admitted guilt to a prior board that recommended dismissals.
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West Point
N.Y
Military Academy
Senate
Washington
James B. Leer
West Point recruiting vacation raises questions
Chicago Tribune reports that 23 prep football stars, including Dun tan MacDonald from Flint Michigan, spent an expense paid six week vacation at West Point. He says recruiters offered easy academy entry, draft free status, and exam shortcuts, though only 11 of the group passed entrance tests and MacDonald then chose not to enroll.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Flint
Mich
West Point
the Tribune
Duntan MacDonald
Army
MacDonald
Col
Earl
Red) Blaik
Col. Blaik
Flint Northern “High School
Service Academy
More Balloons Sent Up Today
The Air Force will launch weather balloons from Clinton County airport in Wilmington Ohio as part of a New York University science contract. Balloons, eight feet to eighty feet in diameter, carry radio transmitters to report wind and atmospheric conditions to ground scientists.
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Baltimore
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Air Force
Clinton County
Wilmington
New York University
Research and Development Command
Magistrate Hears Charge Of Assault In 30 Day Suspended Sentence
A neighbor dispute over a private road led to a self defense assault conviction for Ralph Weagley of near Foxville. Magistrate Wilbur F Sheffield suspended a 30 day term after testimony claimed both men threatened each other. Also heard were dismissals and support orders in other local cases including Edmonds leaving premises, and Bernard Wills ordered to pay child support.
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Wilbur F. Sheffield
Peoples Court
Ralph Weagley
Foxville
Kenneth Smith
Smith
Weagley
Sheffield
E. Austin James
H. Kieffer DeLauier
Elman Edmonds
Louis Reed
Walkersville
Charles Herbert Jackson
Mr. Airy
Burton D. Hughes
Baltimore
H. E. Olson
Kensington
Harry Mays
W. W. Corbin
i/e
M. J. Whitney
Crack in Iron Curtain Prompts U S Effort to Tell Truth
Senator McMahon urged immediate action to broadcast American friendship toward the Soviet people after Moscow aired Congresss friendship resolution and Truman letter. He proposed exchanges of lawmakers to improve U S Soviet understanding, though he doubted Soviets would agree.
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Washington
McMahon
D-Conn
U. S
Moscow Radio
Congress
Truman
United States
Kremlin
Russia
Five Communists Rounded Up by FBI in Baltimore and Nearby
The FBI arrested George Meyers Roy Wood Maurice Braverman Philip Frankfeld and Dorothy Blumberg in Baltimore New York and Cleveland on charges of conspiring to overthrow the U S government by force. Braverman denied party membership but served as attorney for District Four. Bail set at 75000 each with hearings scheduled August 22.
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Baltimore
FBI
U. S
George Aloysius Meyers
Cumberland
Roy Wood
Communist Party For
District of Columbia
Maurice Louis Braverman
Braverman
Communist Party
District Four
Philip Frankfeld
Maryland
Cleveland
New York
Dorothy Rose Blumberg
Brooklyn
Frankfeld
Regina
Meyers
Wood
Baltimore City
Myers
Maryland Civil Liberties Union
Loch Raven Dam
Annapolis
Associated Press
Red Pearly
AHL
U.S
J. Edgar Hoover
San Diego
Calif
Hoover
Maryland Korea veterans return home from sea voyage
Thirty one Maryland veterans of the Korean War arrived in Seattle aboard a troopship on their way home. Most will be assigned to Army units in the United States after a 30 day furlough. Read as they embark from Seattle with furlough addresses listed for Pfc Charles H Lake, Cpl Philip L Griffith and Pfc Charles B Waskey.
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Seattle
Maryland
Korea
United States
Charles H. Lake
East Sixth Street
Frederick
Philip L. Griffith
Route 1
Adamstown
Charles B. Waskey
Lander
Elderly man jailed for posing as Civil War veteran
Walter Arwiler, 67, admitted to posing as Lt. John Boyer, 104, to obtain free hospital treatment across the country. In Pierce County court he was sentenced to 60 days in jail for vagrancy after police tied him to multiple hospitals and sensational newspaper clippings from Reno and other cities.
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Tacoma
Wash
Walter Arwiler
John Boyer
Urwiler
Reno
Nev
Arwhler
Pierce’ County
Jon
Frank Hale
Fire Devastates Tobacco Warehouse in Wilson North Carolina
A spectacular early morning fire in Wilson destroyed the Center brick warehouse No. 1, the largest in the tobacco center, with 166000 square feet of floor space. Damage was estimated at one million dollars. the cause was undetermined. City building inspector B L Hedgepeeth reported the loss.
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Wilson
N. C
North Carolina
B. L. Hedgepeeth
Beetle Numbers Reported Down at County Stations
New figures from Japanese beetle checking stations show a drop of about 200 000 from last week, with total near 900 000. County agents note some fields still damaged, while corn borers show fewer eggs and Weather may shift to warmer, drier conditions in coming days.
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Henry R. Shoemaker
Daniel J. Thomas
Thomas
Shoemaker
Blame One To Take Heat off Another
Senator Wherry accuses the Democratic National Committee of seeking to oust Senator McCarthy to deflect heat from its own chair. Senator Benton urges public hearings on the McCarthy ouster. A subcommittee investigates Boyle’s alleged influence over loans or contracts. Boyle denies the charges and stays on as DNC chair until 1952. Newport welcomes four destroyers returning from Korea amid a large greeting.
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Washington
Wherry
R-Neb
Democratic National Committee Today
McCarthy
R-Wis
Benton
D-Conn
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
William M. Boyle, Jr
Boyle
White House
McCarthy Proposes Naming More State Department Officials
Senator McCarthy says he will name in a Senate speech 29 current or former State Department employees under loyalty investigations. He cites 24 still employed, two suspended, two resigned, and one cleared, calling some “very high officials.” He seeks press assurances to release names publicly without Senate floor timing.
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Washington
McCarthy Jr-Wis
Senate
State Department
Meet the Press
NBC
McCarthy
Crom
Alled Press
Associated PI
United Press and International News Service
Associated Press
United Press and Inernational News Service
Congress
House
Cons
Texas Faces Blistering Heat Wave Across State
A brutal Texas heat wave drives temperatures to 116 degrees and 109 in Presidio. Dallas reports its 12th heat death as water restrictions curb lawn sprinkling. Houston records deaths and hospitalizations while farms from McLennan to Tom Green suffer crop losses. Livestock endure, and residents improvise cooling methods at home.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Presidio
Houston
Fort Worth
Central Texas
McLennan County
Harris County
Marshall
Electra
Tom Green
West Texas
Scurry
Impossible To Start Almost Any Type Home
New York August 8 It is virtually impossible to start construction of most houses beyond small bungalows due to new metal use restrictions under order M 4A by the National Production Authority The rules froze start of new industrial commercial buildings apartments and hospitals to conserve steel copper and aluminium for the national defense emergency implica tions felt broadly across building circles
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New York
National Production Authority
NPA
Delegates Attend Junior Red Cross Meeting at Hood College
About 75 junior Red Cross leaders from ten states gather at Hood College August 7 14 for adult training. Foreign delegates include Dr Franz Josef Weber from Essen and Miss Josephine Pieters and Roberto Gonzalez from Caracas as sessions address health safety and international understanding.
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Charles V. Main
Frederick County
Red Cross
Hood College
Main
Maine
Mentucky
Franz Josef Weber
Essen
Germany
Josephine Pieters
Roberto Gongalez
Caracas
Venezuela
JRC
Richard Gerstel
Pennsylvania
Civil Defense
Gerstell
Frank Roomney
Gambrill Gymnasium
Can-Can Girls Back By Popular Demand At Dockside
Seattle dispatch reports 1553 U.S. soldiers home from Korea as can can dancers return to greet them. The routine resumed after protest letters to Greater Seattle, Inc. prompted the reappearance amid cheers and sailor whistles.
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Seattle
Ccancan
Dockside
Korea
Joe Martinez
Greater Seattle
Ing
Booked by Police In Chicken Theft Case
Robert Edward Lee Warner of Westminster was taken into custody by city police for investigation into a local chicken theft. On parole after a suspended Carroll county sentence, he will be turned over to state parole officers. Investigators Swomley Sergi and Officer Marks made the arrest on South Market Street.
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Robert Edward Lee Warner
Westminster
Warner
Carroll County
State Parole and Probation Department
South Market Street
Sergi, Swomley
Marks
Some Comics Omitted Today As Mats Damaged By Fire
The News acknowledges help from Cumberland and Hagerstown papers for mats used in today's cartoons. Some mats were unavailable and omitted due to water damage from Tuesday morning fire at the plant.
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Cumberland
Hagerstown
Reds Stay Silent On Guarantees At Kaesong Talks
Tokyo reports say Red radios claimed waiting for Ridgway reply to a pledge on Kaesong neutrality. Allied negotiators return to Korea ready to resume cease fire talks if Communists confirm inviolability of the five mile neutral zone. Joy leads U N delegation back, unsure when talks restart.
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Tokyo
Korea
Kaesong
Peiping
Pyongyang
Matthew B. Ridgway
U. N
Red
Ridgway
Kim Il Sung
Peng
Tch-Huai
C. Turner Joy
United Nations
Joy
Koutrak
Nam 0
Panmuchon
State Crime Probe Opens Maryland Hearing on Gambling
Senate Crime Investigating committee opened a two day hearing in Maryland into gambling dope traffic and police corruption. Witnesses included executives from Howard Sports Daily World Wide News and others. hearings focus on Baltimore and Anne Arundel county activities with prior closed door questioning in Scranton and Wilkes Barre.
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Washington
Hunt
D-Wye
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of
Baltimore
Senate
Maryland
Oconer
Kefauver
Dtenn
O'Conor
Anne Arundel County
Bilson Ing
Howard Sports Daily
Continental Press Service, Inc
Leonard J. Matusky
World Wide News and Music Co
Howard Sports
Myer Rosen
Louis H. Oppleman
John J. Maddock
Harry J. Silverman
Ike Sapperstein
William
Little Willie) Adams
Willis
Buzz) King
Thomas Aversa
Julius
Blinky) Fink
Baltimore and
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