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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1954
Page
1
Frederick mayor and aldermen vote to decide whether to scrap the curb and gutter on Motter avenue and Tenth street. City engineers estimate moving costs near 2500 dollars amid traffic hazards and park land loss concerns.
Vernon Sims of Beausville, 26, colored, was sentenced to two years in the Maryland House of Correction for a pop bottle holdup of Frederick taxi driver Pete Gross in Montgomery county on July 18. He also faced a fine of 50 dollars for failing to pay the fare, with extra jail time if unpaid. Gross testified Sims and companions rode from Frederick to Sims' home and then to a side road where Sims threatened him with a bottle, later driving to a telephone to report the crime. Sims was arrested the next day by Montgomery County police. Also included is a note about a bill sent to President Eisenhower to strip nationality from Americans convicting of advocating forcible overthrow of the government.
President Eisenhower campaigned for Republicans in Springfield and addressed clergy at Northwestern University Evanston, urging a global, simultaneous act of prayer for peace. He argued that only the mind and spirit of man can sustain lasting tranquility, criticizing “economic prophets of doom” and stressing unity among faiths to shape world peace.
In a broad briefing, the President touted a brighter outlook with a Korea War settlement, Indochina settlement progress, and a Southeast Asia Treaty Organization move with allies. He credited a farm program reform, tax cuts, and a $10 billion spending reduction for domestic renewal, as he flew from Washington to Springfield for a Fair appearance.
In Chicago area events Governor Stratton hosted a lunch with Joseph T. Meek and Republican Senate hopeful tied to Douglas. A critic labeled the president’s remarks doom laden for farmers as the campaign pivots on economic outlook and energy issues.
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