Senators push 25 percent raise for GI pay
Senator Mansfield calls for a 25 percent rise in military pay to retain trained personnel and support better housing benefits. He advocates reviving the excess profits tax on war production and notes technicians should be kept in service with adequate compensation. The Pentagon plans a pay rise request to Congress alongside improved housing and commissary benefits.
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Mansfield
D-Mont
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Congress
Fred Seaton
Defense
Television Programs and Traffic Radar Overload Highlight Evening
TV listings show a varied schedule from 7th to 11th 30 as the Gaithersburg area ran a radar speed check outside town. In three hours 26 arrests and 45 warnings were issued for speeding in a 130 mile zone, prompting state trooper Joseph A. Muir to note that 35 officers would have been needed to manage the volume. The patrol left as traffic jams grew.
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Gaithersburg
Joseph A. Muir
Alcohol tests urged in auto crashes by Maryland doctor
Dr Henry C Freimuth of the Maryland State Board of Medical Examiners urged passage of laws allowing blood and breath tests in drivers involved in accidents with suspected intoxication. He spoke at a Kiwanis luncheon, noting breath tests are the most practical on scene and presenting data on the prevalence of drinking related traffic fatalities.
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Board of Medical Examiners
Baltimore
Elmer Munsho
Board of
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Freimuth
Fremmuth
More Speeders Caught Than Can Be Handled in Gaithersburg
A Maryland state police radar traffic team near Gaithersburg had to close down and retreat after catching more speeders than it could handle. The incident occurred on December 28 as officers reported heavy violations and crowding at the roadside checkpoint.
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Gaithersburg
Maryland
Costly Test Methods Hint for Police Use
A discussion at a meeting noted that affordable test methods could be adopted by even small police departments. The doctor expressed optimism that state legislation allowing court use of test results would reduce accidents from intoxication. Attendees included John Weaver, Dave Worley, H. Reese Shoemaker, W. Ho Fuqua, and a State Police corporal hosted by Col. Munshower.
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W. Merval Weaver
Dave Worley
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Hem. R. Shoemaker
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Joseph Kline
Col. Munshower
Four Frozen Bodies Pulled From Beclay Lake Car
Four bodies found in a submerged car at a park lake near Beckley are believed to have drowned. Two occupants were identified James Lenford Coa 33 Beckley and John Grover Ward 29 of near Sullivan Raleigh County. No foul play suspected. The other two in the rear seat remained unidentified. Local youngsters spotted open water in the otherwise thick ice and alerted park officials.
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Beckley
Wo Va
John C. Ward
James Lenford Coa
John Grover Ward
Sullivan
Raleigh County
B. Richmond Jr
John Marsh
Marsh
Sherff Watdh
Joe Asbury
Biggest Baby Boom In U S History Occurred In 1954
U A Bureau reports 1954 will see the largest U S baby boom yet with births topping four million, while birth rate per 1000 may dip below the 1947 high. Death rate expected at 92 per 1000, infant and maternal deaths hit new lows, marriages and divorces decline vs 1953.
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Washington
Leonard A. Scheele
U. S. Public Health Service
Scheele
Lons
Lot B
Seneele
Last Robber Is Caught
New York FBI captured John Henry Foster 23 the last of three Black robbers in the Andrews Air Force Base heist of 124 658 on August 13 The other two Earl Smith 25 and Clarence Duke McGann 24 were seized in Texas and Maryland respectively All three from New York City were indicted in Baltimore after the robbery authorities say they restrained four employees and four customers in the vault and shared the loot Foster faced a pistol and yielded without a struggle.
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John Henry Foster
Andrews Air Force Base
FBI
Foster
Earl Smith
Laredo
Texas
Clarence Duke ‘McGann
City
Baltimore
Smith
Upper Broadway
McGann
Charles L Petrygo
The
Health Department Sets Hearing on Marsland Aid Jan 5
The State Health Department has called a hearing for January 5 at 4 pm in Bennett Hall to hear objections and suggestions on the Marsland participation cost year in the Federal Hill Burton aid program for hospitals and other medical facilities. Hospital administrators and trustees may attend. The decision follows a revised survey and work schedule reflecting Hill-Burton amendments expanding aid to chronic disease hospitals diagnostic centers and nursing homes.
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