Grand Jury Action Buzzes Around Maryland Murder Case
Larry Lord Motherwell, held without bond in Frederick county jail on first degree murder charges, seeks a writ of habeas corpus. The Montgomery County Circuit Court postponed action until February 7 1959 as a special grand jury session is planned for Friday to consider the Motherwell case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Law Jer
John T. Reyes
Motherwell
Edwin F. Nikirk
Frederick County
Larry Lord Motherwell
Maryland
Las Vegas
Nevada
Takoma Park
Reyes
Alexandria Ordered To Admit 9 Negroes
U S district court judge Albert V Bryan upheld the Alexandria School Board's denial of three Negro students requests to enter white schools. Nine students were admitted to Fort Holabird for induction and several others transferred to white schools for preinduction exams. Inducted from Board No 48 were John D Harris Robert K Main Richard L Haffer Jefferson Beal and Steining Weel Jr. Inducted from Board No 9 were James M Freeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
U.S
Tuo
Albert V. Bryan
Fort Holabird
Armed Services
Bryan
Tians
John D. Harris
Adams Board
Robert K. Main
North Mar
George Bet Street
Richard L. Haffer
Jef Washington High School
Deferson
Jarry L. Molter
Brunswick
Beal
Steining E. Weel Jr
Walker-Gray
Glass Strike Talks Reach Crucial Stage
Philadelphia AP reports talks in the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co strike move into a crucial stage. The United Glass and Ceramic Workers Union seeks member sentiment on a company proposal for immediate return to work with binding arbitration for unresolved issues. About 13,000 workers across nine plants have been on strike since October 6, causing glass shortages and furloughs at Chrysler Corp and American Motors Co. Federal mediator Robert Donnahoo will first meet with the union, then the company, followed by a joint session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
United Glass and Ceramic Workers Union
Chrysler Corp
American Motors Co
Robert Donnahoo
Brunswick High School Expansion Debate Strikes Brunswick
The Industrial Development Commission urged the Brunswick Board of Education to build a new high school after a study showing growing enrollments and inadequate facilities. The commission proposed transferring students from Burkittville Lander Point of Rocks and part of Jefferson to Brunswick High, while considering consolidation with Wolfsville. The board offered no immediate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Board of Education
Industrial Development Commission
Jtown
Foxville
Wolfsville
W. Carlos Myers
Development Commission
James E. Cummings
He Brunswick
Myers
Fourth Avenue
Cymnasium
Widdie States
Jue
Middle States Association
Burkittville
Lander
Point of Rocks
Jefferson Area
Brunswick High School
Siddietoun
Frederick
Gn Pare
Soviet Officers Talk At Border In Marienborn Exchange
A Soviet army officer and an American MP met briefly at the Marienborn border post as a four-truck convoy parked nearby on the East German frontier. The talks came amid ongoing efforts to resolve a two day stalemate involving a U S convoy stranded in satellite East Germany.
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Helmstedy
West Germany
APU
Thry Frontier Post
East Germany
U.S
Marienborn
Free West
West Berlin
West
Comvas
Cphienarat Massvie
West Stockbridge
Wass
Foam Rubber Mattress Highlight At MSU Farmers Week
Michigan State University Farmers Week features a novelty display with two cows on foam rubber mattresses branded Dairy Queen Cow Mattress. The exhibit touts time saving bedding reduces waste and increases milk production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lansing
Mich.p
Michigan State University
Gisprayen
Dairy Queen Cow Wattress
Avalanche Claims Life Of Skier In Aspen Trail
Three young skiers entered a closed post ed trail in Aspen Colorado triggering an avalanche that killed Gary Macavern twenty one Seattle. His body was recovered from snow by Richard Walker twenty one Seattle and other rescuers. Walker and Macavern were reportedly searching for powder skied by experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aspen. Colo
Gary Macavern
Seattle
Richard Walker
Walker
MacGivern
Ice Thaws as Mercury Rises on Warmer Day
Highways across the county eased from ice as temperatures climbed to the forties. State and County Roads crews manned salt and binder operations after an overnight glaze, with bridges initially slick and showers continuing. The forecast called for colder conditions and more snow flurries later, while Frederick's Fishing Creek dam neared its top levels and rainfall total reached .37 inches by morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Roads Commission
County Roads Board
Frederick
Fishing Creek
Frank Weddle
Wolfsvile
Gambrill State Park
High Knob
Soviets Inspect British Army Truck in Berlin Checkpoint
Soviet officials halted a British army truck at a Berlin checkpoint and searched it. A British Foreign Office spokesman said the army commander in Berlin protested the action. The truck was allowed to proceed after the Soviet review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawight
Helmstedt
Tto
East Germany
Mays¢ow
West Berlin
United States
Soviet Union
Trafic
Berweeshed
Raeeee Ul
Britton London
Berlin
Policeman Killed in Alexandria Gun Battle
In Alexandria an early morning gun battle left 21 year old Pvt Bobby Padgett dead after being shot and beaten. Padgett and Pvt Joseph Serafin attempted an arrest. Serafin wounded once, returned fire wounding the gunman. The suspect Harry Eugene Fuller, 29, was captured. coroner unsure if Padgett died from a gunshot or a fractured skull.
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Alexandria. Ya
Alexandria
Bobby Padgett
Padgett
Harry Eugene Fuller
Padget
Joseph Seray Fin
Serafin
Alle
Wnappins
Roanoke
Five Day Forecast From The Associated Press Maryland Delaware
Colder weather moves in Thursday with some warming expected by Sunday or Monday. Snowy flurries likely in the mountains and precipitation over the area Sunday or Monday. Snow totals around one-quarter to one-half inch. Temperatures run about five degrees below normal. Normal highs 28 to 43, lows 17 to 23 in mountains and around 22 elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Maryland
Delaware
Eisenhower warns spending would raise taxes across bills
President Eisenhower warned that high spending in major bills would require higher taxes and fight against excessive spending. He cited a $3 billion housing measure and a $15 million airport aid proposal as targets while praising Virginia for school integration and criticizing Soviet missile claims. He emphasized US military strength and a balanced security posture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
APY
Kisenhower Todas
Congress
Eisenhower
Virginia
Norfolk
Artington County
Berlin
Moscow
United States
Wisenhower
R. Y. Mal‘inovsky
Fisenhower
Weather Spread Brings Snow and Freezing Rain Across Regions
Arctic air pushes into the Midwest as rain freezes on highways from the Gulf Coast to the Ohio Valley. Snow and sleet mix in the Great Lakes while the Southeast sees drizzle. Temperatures fall below zero in northern Minnesota. eastern areas rise to the 40s.
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Midwest
Gulf Coast
Ohio Valley
Virginias
New England
Great Lakes
Carolinas
Florida
Plains
Rochies
Pacific Coast
North Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Toareree Bela
Tr Falls
Minn
PE To Spend $23 Millions In This Area
A nearly 23 million dollar budget for expansion of generation transmission distribution and general service facilities was planned for the four state Potomac Edison System area for 1959 through 1961. Major transmission line projects include a 132000 volt line from Millville West Virginia to Frederick with feeder lines to Hagerstown and Waynesboro and a 132000 volt line from Marlowe to Opequon Substation near Martinsburg. Over 9 million for distribution line work and nearly 5.5 million for substations add to the three year total. An additional budget line notes 14 million for transmission distribution expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac Edison
Millville
W. Va
Frederick
Albright
Hagerstown
Waynesboro
Martinsburg
Marlowe
Opequon
Luray
Garrett County
Carlos Junction
Montgomery County
East River airliner crash kills and injures many
A new Lockheed Electra four turboprop airliner crashed into fog over the East River near La Guardia just after 11:54 p.m. 19 bodies recovered, 46 missing, 8 survivors in hospital, and 9 rescued from water as currents and weather hampered search efforts. Passengers included Beulah Zachary, producer of Kukla Fran and Ollie, and Richard Winn of Norwalk. The craft plummeted from 2,500 to 4,000 feet, breaking in two upon impact with luggage and debris drifting in the river. Coast Guard and tug crews recovered survivors and bodies as authorities set up a nearby morgue and hospital care facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weesayrt
East River
Disty
Beulah Zachary
Kukla
Fran
Ollie
la Guardia Field
Chicago
Richard Winn
Norwalk, Conn
Facil
Wbvel Dalladie
Rikers Island
la Guardia
North Plainfield
Joh Neasmen
Queens General Hospital
Albert M. de Willy
Three Die in Halltown Crash at Double Curve
Three men were killed and two injured when a car struck an eastbound tractor trailer on U.S. 40 Double Curve near Halltown, Jefferson County. Victims: William Cline Mencar 23 of Summit Point, William Osborne Shull 19, and Rotald Ales Gladhard 17. One driver, Alfred Miller Kapps of Winchester, Va, piloted the first truck. second truck was operated by Ward Be ward Cooter of Bulls Gap Tenn, with Bill Jones of Limestone Tenn a minor injury. Mencar was in the Air Force stationed in New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Town
Wal Cap
U.S. 40
Halltown
William Cline Mencar
William Osborne Shull
Rote
Ald Ales Gladhard
Mit Point
Jefferson County
Mencar
Air Force
New Jersey
Alfred Miller Kapps
Winchester
Tie Auto
Ad Beward Cooter
Buils Gap
Tenn
Cooter
Bill Jones
Limestone
Tens
Aunor
Mipps
Howe
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Grand Jury
Rockville
Cpewcuick
Foral Board
James M. Freeze
RFD 1
Richmond
Cerone
Oboe Levine
Frederick Shopping Center
Norman Dietz
City Police Department
Dietz
Morris L. Barber
Joe's
Barber
Russell Mayo
Key
Aive
Jann
Muiee
Easton
New York
Americas
Joseph Finnegan
Me‘oatan
Mip
Tuck
United Steelworkers Union
Everett Phelps
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