Mau Mau Leader Gets Freedom for Kenya’s Kenyatta
Jomo Kenyatta, known as the Burning Spear of African nationalism, was granted freedom to move about among his people after nine years of imprisonment and house detention for leading the Mau Mau rebellion. He may become Kenya’s prime minister when independence comes, though a prison record blocks his entry to the Legislative Council.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Jomo Kenyatta
Britain
Kenyatta
W. Rayner
Kenya Legislative Council
Church of Scotland
Kikuyu
Kenyan
John Chinaman
John Stone
England
Jomo
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Paul Robeson
FHA Plan Could Help Frederick Homes Modernize
Adlai Magee president of the Real Estate Board of Frederick County says a new FHA home loan insurance program will be well received here. It insures home improvement loans from 2500 to 10000 with up to 20 years repayment to finance modernization of existing houses in good neighborhoods. The plan targets projects like new roofing insulation wiring plumbing kitchens and added rooms. Realtors expect to assist buyers with FHA insured loans and further home renovations. Navran Dies in Kansas City at 78 after long illness. former Burd & Fletcher Printing Co. chairman.
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Federal Housing Administration
Adlai
Magee
Real Estate Board
Frederick County
Lewis J. Navran
Kansas City
Burd & Fletcher Printing Co
Navran
Motorist Convicted On Drunken Charge
Magistrate Richard R. Burgee presided last night over two drunken driving related cases. Donald Perry Shook 29 of Park Avenue was found guilty of operating a motor vehicle under the influence and reckless driving with a $150 fine plus costs on the DUI charge and a suspended sentence for reckless driving. Officer Claude Evans testified to a July 10 crash at North Market Street and East Street where Shook’s 1960 Chevrolet Impala skidded 17 feet, struck a curb, and hit a utility pole. Sidney Grant Scott 43 of Montgomery County received a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to being intoxicated within city limits, conditional on leaving town on the next bus.
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Richard R. Burgee
Donald Perry Shook
Park Avenue
Shook
Claude Evans
North Market St
East St
Evans
Frank Main
Harry Quinn
Evan
Sidney Grant Scott
Montgomery County
Scott
East All Saints St
Norman Trump
Burgee
Churchill's cigar disturbs at airport as he departs
London AP reports Sir Winston Churchill, 86, left for Nice on Monday amid blue cigar smoke that shocked airport staff. He lit an unlit cigar once aboard, gasping officials watched in disbelief as the aging leader walked near a jet and flicked the cigar away while photographers surged forward.
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London
Sir Winston Churchill
Nice
Sir Winston
Riots Reach New Intensity as Police Report Casualties
A police officer described the political riots as deadly, noting five people were killed. He dismissed concerns about Sir Winston’s cigar, saying no one would dare tell him to extinguish it, and that this flare up was worse than usual.
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Wei
Sir Winston
Martin Co. Secures Two Government Contracts
The Martin Co. announced two new government contracts. The first, worth 17 million, covers planning and building a floating nuclear power plant for the Army Corps of Engineers. The second is a 52 000, 18 month study by NASA's Goddard Center on how extended space missions affect non metallic materials to gauge durability for future space vehicles. A separate report notes a fatal supper club fire on Pulaski Highway in Baltimore causing $125,000 in losses with no injuries.
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Baltimore
Martin Co
Army Corps of Engineers
Goddard Space Flight Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
America
Supper Club
Pulaski Highway
U. S. 40
Here
Manhattan
Riots in Santa Cruz Kill Five in Political Turmoil
Five killed and several injured in Santa Cruz during protests in support of Sen. Luis Sandoval Moron. Riots followed his firing by the National Revolutionary Movement amid smuggling accusations. Troops halted the demonstrations after the main square clashes.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Santa Cruz
Sen
Luis Sandoval Moron
Sandoval Moron
National Revolutionary Movement
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Jand
Conference speakers include governors at Florida and Tennessee
The article notes Thursday evening August 24 as part of a three day conference with major speakers Governor Farris Bryant of Florida Governor Buford Ellington of Tennessee and former governors Millard Caldwell of Florida Colgate Darden of Virginia plus the Southern Regional Education Board chair. Delegates will tour the University of South Florida in San Francisco and more than 100 delegates will attend. A separate obituary mentions Captain John H. Forney 50 former Coast Guard Academy athletics director buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Atlanta
Charles H. Smelser
Frederick County
Southern Regional Education Board
Tampa
Florida
South
Elvis J J Stahr, Jr
Farris Bryant
Buford Ellington
Tennessee
Millard Caldwell
Colgate Darden
Virginia
Commission On Goals For Higher Education
Uni
Versity
South Florida
U.S. Marine Hospital
San Francisco
Ie Tee Eel
Guard Academy
Forney
Service School
NEW London
Conn
John H. Forney
Coast Guard Academy
Arlington National Cemetery
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Alabama
Philadelphia
Churchill
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Edward S. Mobley
Wilson Place
Village Square
Cline
S. Market
E. Patrick MO
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Frederick
Maryland
Cury Meteor
DR. Sedam
Mercur
Mercury
DR. Sedan
COMET
East Patrick St
Frederick, Maryland
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