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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1956
Page
7
Police and medical examiner investigated a decomposed body found in Mineola area. The baby Peter Weinberger had been kidnapped from his Westbury home on Yann Teta. FBI and Nassau County police arrested Angelo J. LaMarca on kidnapping charges.
Two cases at Trial Magistrate Court led to 60 days in Frederick county jail in default of a $100 fine for a Lovettsville man convicted of driving on a revoked license. James E. Giles, 32, Lovettsville, faced charges of operating a car on a revoked license. A no-car accident at Yellow Springs resulted in not guilty verdicts for Glendora A. Cannon and John W. Groves Jr. Collateral fines ranged for multiple drivers cited by state troopers.
A five nation committee led by Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies met in London to press Egypt's President Nasser for international control of the Suez Canal. The plan, backed by 18 of 22 conference nations, would create an international board with Egypt as an equal member while preserving sovereignty.
James A. Farley, former postmaster general and Democratic national chairman, underwent emergency eye surgery for a detached retina after being struck in the face by a scorecard at the Democratic Convention. He is resting comfortably at Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Hospital with an expected recovery barring complications.
A federal judge warned Thelma G Passwaters of Cambridge to bring her Glenburn Convalescent Home records to Easton for IRS review or face imprisonment. Officials say she failed to file income and social security tax returns since 1950 and ignored multiple court orders to appear, despite attempts to purge contempt. The stock market meanwhile edged higher in quiet early trading in New York.
Vice President Richard M. Nixon rushed to Frank Nixon’s bedside in La Habra after his father, bedridden since 1954, suffered a ruptured abdominal artery. Doctors warned complications could follow the severe shock from his condition. The president candidate arrived with Pat Nixon and Don Nixon at Los Angeles airport and spoke to reporters.
Five day outlook calls for weekend showers possible Monday. Rain totals around a quarter to a half inch. Saturday cool, Sunday warmer, then turning cooler Tuesday and Wednesday. Temperatures averaging several degrees below normal with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s and lows from the lower 50s west to the mid 60s east.
The city is expected to stay cool this weekend with a warming trend by Sunday. Overnight lows around 55 to 62 degrees and daytime highs near 72 to 78 degrees are anticipated, with Thursday’s low around 51 and high near 79.
Alachua County prosecutor Osee Fagan faces a murder inquiry after his 30 year old wife was shot to death outside their Gainesville residence shortly after midnight. Detectives say a grudge may be involved as a roundup of jail inmates is launched.
New York socialite Peaches Browning died at 46 after a bathroom fall in her apartment. Authorities protested delayed reporting, with an autopsy ordered after the medical examiner was alerted by Acting ME Sidney Weinberg. Browning, famed as a 1920s society figure, had a history of epilepsy and alcohol issues and was once married to Edward Daddy Browning.
The records room of the Court House has air conditioning installed. James McSherry reported at the Dundem meeting held at Francis Scott Key Hotel, with W Jerome Offutt presiding. The Bar Association funded the installation until it can be budgeted by the county. Potomac clear at Weverton. Monocacy clear at Frederick Junction.
The July consumer price index rose seven tenths to 117 as the Labor Department notes a record high, with wages rising for auto workers and 90,000 electrical workers. Clague cites super seasonal fruit and vegetable prices and broader price increases in rents transportation and services.
A two car crash on West College Terrace caused about 75 dollars in damage and no injuries. Clifford E. Clabaugh, 41, of Thurmont, was charged with passing on the right when movement cannot be made safely. Col. Richard Miles Clendenin, 51, of the 100 block College Avenue, an Fort Detrick officer, reported both cars southbound. Clabaugh allegedly misjudged the other vehicle’s turn and tried to pass on the right as Clendenin began a right turn into Frederick High School. Clendenin’s car sustained about 75 dollars in damage. Clabaugh faces trial at People's Court tonight at seven.
In Philadelphia a Canasta game dispute between brothers Kenneth Nixon and Argalls Nixon led to a shooting and stabbing. The men, both residents of Easton Maryland, sustained multiple abdominal and arm wounds and were hospitalized in critical condition.
The American Medical Association reports 28 639 students enrolled in seven four year medical schools and six schools offering the first two years of medical training.
London dispatch portrays Dmitri Shepilov, new Soviet foreign minister, as a growing obstacle at the Suez talks. Though friendly and charming at first, he grows confrontational, repeatedly opposing majority decisions as Molotov and Vishinsky had done, with Selwyn Lloyd steering the debate.
Frederick County Tuberculosis and Public Health Department reports 7 960 people x rayed for tuberculosis during a 22 day schedule. An eight day follow up period runs September 24 to October 4 for high school college and university students. City residents total 3810 county residents 1150 and first time x rays m9.
The Dutch royal couple issued a brief statement denying divorce talk and abdication rumors amid reports they had ended ties with faith healer Miss Greet Hofmans. They planned a short Corfu holiday with King Paul of Greece.
State Police report an Allegany County driver died in a two-truck collision west of Hagerstown early today. The tractor-trailer driven by Larve Garvey failed to stop at the Maryland 38 intersection and struck the northbound truck driven by F Sherman of Virginia. Investigation continues.
The restored Westminster chimes at Baker Park replace three years of silence. Dr. Henry T. Wade, Hood College music professor, supervised testing of tone and quality. New equipment from Shulmerich Electronics was installed by Max Kehne and A David Hagan, with Wade and Hagan alternating manual plays on Sundays and holidays.
The article notes President Eisenhower, still recovering from recent illness, showing renewed vigor as he accepts the Republican nomination. His firm bearing and resonant voice contrast with the pale, thinner figure seen weeks earlier. Reporters in Washington and Chicago observed improved strength during the acceptance address.
Wuerzburg Germany and Four Americas sol iers were sentenced to life imprisonment and others to 40 years each for the attack on a 15 year old German school girl near Bamberg last July 9. The seven Black soldiers were convicted by a U S Army court martial after a trial that began August 7. The girl testified she was hurt while her companion Wilfried Pillokac 22 a student was restrained. The court allowed a deposition from her bedside as she could not testify in person. The Army said passing sentence could not be delivered under military law and the sentences include dishonorable discharge and total forfeiture of pay and allowances. The case sparked nationwide German criticism of Allied soldiers.
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