Bad Checks Blamed For His death by own action
Edwin Joseph Becker, 38, of near Wakefield Maryland, died from a self inflicted gunshot. Police say motive may be death by own action tied to insufficient funds and bad checks blamed on Becker. He faced financial troubles and had a history of passing bad checks, with recent incidents including a counterfeit check to a Westminster jeweler for a $150 watch later pawned in Baltimore. Interment was in Lorraine Park Cemetery, Baltimore County, after private services at Towell Funeral Home in Woodlawn.
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Edwin Joseph Becker
Wakefield
Westminster
Becker
Charles P. Towell
Windsor Mill Road
Woodlawn
Lorraine Park Cemetery
Baltimore County
Uniontown Road
Carroll County
James T. Marsh
Lawrence L. Dunn
Dunn
New Jersey State Penitentiary
New Jersey
Baltimore
Maryland Glance: Drought Area Not Declared Emergency
Maryland will not seek designation as an emergency drought area. A drought committee after a light rain noted few farmers would qualify for federal aid and urged measures to ease feed shortages. Hay is mildly short in several counties while others have ample supply and prices in neighboring states remain reasonable. later action remains possible if conditions worsen.
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College Park
Maryland
Farmers Home Administration
Production Credit Association
Kent
Queen Annes
Anne Arundel
Calvert
Harford
Howard
Charles
St. Marys
Baltimore
Cecil
Maryland Department of Markets
Pennsylvania
New York
Canada
George J. Martin
Emmitsburg
Ralph Peters
State Farm Home Administration
Sherley Ewing
State Civil Defense
Hebert L. Bruce
University of Maryland Extension Service
Father of Six Is Charged With Reported Incident
Daniel David Green of Westminster a father of six is jailed without bond after being charged with a reported incident involving a 14 year old girl he lured from home and confronted July 30 under the pretense of employing her as a babysitter. Investigators say the victim was not from Westminster and was identified as living near the Carroll Frederick counties line known to Green as Lucithele Lieguinur Ui OS Lammy. Green allegedly called for the girl July 30 to take her to his home to watch over his younger children and drove off the highway to a lonely lane where he confronted her.
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Westminster
Donald C. Sponseller
Daniel David Green
Carroll
Carroll-Frederick Counties
Green
Saar region forests and croplands form majority
Forests and croplands together cover about 60 percent of the Saar region, an area renowned for its industries.
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Saar Region
Yugoslav Dairy Expert Studies Frederick County Operations
Miss Dubravka Filjak a Sarajevo agronomist is in Frederick County as part of a four week study of United States milk processing and dairy plant practices. She compares U S refrigeration and farm handling to Yugoslavia, tours Chestnut Farms laboratory, observes milk pre cooling and farm to plant transport, and notes UN health program support for agricultural education and equipment.
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Yugoslavia
Frederick County
Dubravka Filjak
Sarajevo
Chestnut Farms
Filjak
United States Department of Agriculture and
Foreign Operations Administration
Muss Filjak
Faculty of Agriculture
United Nations
Theieet Fly Tildien
Senate Votes For Flexible Price Supports
Washington Aug 9 administration forces won key Senate votes on the farm bill in a debate over flexible price supports for major crops. The chamber approved a 49 to 44 vote to adopt a flexible range for parity and dairy supports at 75 percent while rejecting a 80 to 90 percent dairy boost. Final passage was postponed to Tuesday as floor action continued amid negotiation and opposition concerns from McCarthy and Morse.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen
Aiken
R-Vi
McCarthy
R-Wis
Russell
D-Ga
Anderson
D-Nm
Dworshak
Idaho
Schoeppel
R-Kan
Congress
Young
R-Nd
Morse
Morse Und-Ore
American Farmer
Schoeptel
Humphrey
D-Minn
Dairy specialist outlines modernization and rebuilding plan
A visiting 32 year old dairy expert emphasized modernizing plants while pursuing a nationwide rebuilding program after the war. She will tour Chestnut Farms in Washington and Baltimore, then study at the University of Maryland in September. Fellow specialists Svare and Goludovic will continue in the in plant milk processing program.
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Washington
Baltimore
University of Maryland
Djordje Bubakovic
Missi Filjak
Frane Svare
Farmer to Decide Supporters in 1964 Election Clash
The article records heated remarks from Humphrey advocating against raising the lower limit from 80 to 82 percent. He accuses opponents of voting to please the White House and insists farmers will choose allies on Election Day. The exchange signals sharp partisan stakes in early alignments before November voting.
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Humphrey
White House
Electric sights on 1925 model cars compared with current models
The report notes five or six electric sights on 1925 model cars versus twenty to thirty eight on newer models, illustrating the rapid growth of electrical features in vehicle design.
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International
Westinghouse
G. E
Admiral
Philco
F. Gaver
Middletown
C. E. Cline & Son
East Patrick St
Sam Miller
South Market Street
Army Combat Shores
L. H. MacKenzie
Facverson Trofical Aquarium
S. Market ST
Snalls Aquariums
Hendrickson
Monocacy Oil Company
Frederick, Md
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Frederick Motor Co
W. Patrick St
Jack
Jug Bridge
Hartonsville Road
Sieh Mae A
NeMam
Better Homes Equip. Co
Patrick ST
Austin Harris
N. Bente St
Economy Oil CO
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Eureka Roto-Matic
MOMET
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