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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1954
Page
7
Secretary Benson said a large majority of Republicans and some Democrats back the administration’s proposed farm plan with flexible price supports to replace mandatory high levels. He predicted the plan could become law and noted possible announcements on dairy support prices and surplus disposal within days.
Rome reports Mario Scelba as a former interior minister who led riot police against the Communists in 1948 agreed with reservations to form a new Italian government. President Luigi Einaudi asked the Sicilian born Christian Democrat to lead a coalition including Scelba’s party the Social Democrats the Republicans and Liberals to seek a Western aligned majority in the 590 seat Chamber.
Turkish and American forces launched a four day operation to defend NATO's eastern frontier. Joint maneuvers mix Turkish army with carrier based U S aircraft over Iskenderun area in south central Turkey northeast of Cyprus. Units from the 2nd Turkish Army and 3rd Turkish Tactical Air Force participate. A separate Washington dispatch reports a search for 17 year old Anton P Burgess of Camp Springs Md missing after a Potomac River incident last December.
In Berlin the Big Four foreign ministers held a secret session at the Berlin conference to discuss peace settlements in the Far East and a world disarmament conference. Present were Molotov, Dulles, Eden, and Bidault with their aides and interpreters, Bidault serving as chairman.
Pope Pius rose from his sick bed and sat in an arm chair marking a notable step in recovery. The Vatican announced improvement as he began moving within his chambers and took solid food for the first time in days. He heard mass and received holy communion as doctors noted continued progress.
MADISON Wis Sen McCarthy lashed out before an overflow crowd at a Lincoln Day Dinner accusing Democratic leaders of betraying millions of loyal American Democrats. He singled out John McCloy denying his charges, while McCloy called the claims utterly untrue and said no records were destroyed. In Urbana a trustee sale sold a five room dwelling with nine acres for 2300 dollars and a six acre woodlot for 50 dollars. A Stratjet bomber exploded on approach at Upper Heyford England killing all three crewmen.
Five people died in Maryland highway accidents over the weekend, state police reported. The latest victim was James D. Sellner, 20, a U S park police man from Washington, who died when his car overturned near Mortingside in Prince Georges County. Other victims included Ernest Bachschmid, 18, Bethesda, Martin E. Wals, 22, a sailor at Bainbridge Naval Training Station, Pius L. Clingan, 45, Unionville, and Cleveland Stevens, 37, of Indian Head Md.
Eighty eight prisoners who sought transfer to neutral nations and about 1,300 Indian troops moved under heavy guard from Korea’s neutral zone to a ship bound for India. Some 50 South Koreans pleaded at Inchon for POWs to reject neutral-country relocation. POWs, captured by Allies, refused return to North Korea and Red China. Under armistice terms they chose neutral nations over South Korea or Nationalist China. Two went to Communist Poland and Czechoslovakia. They will stay in India pending placement in chosen countries. Train movement from Panmunjom area occurred without incident.
DL PAUL S LUIELD Ciuc in Walkersville shares in the residue of the estate of the late Harry G. Rice, a Walkersville store keeper and former chick hatchery operator, probated in Orphans Court today. The estate is substantial and directed sale of all property for cash. St. Pauls church receives one sixth, with a 500 bequest to Grace Hedges. Other one sixth parts go to Marion Boyer, Pau line Boyer, Russell Rice, Louise Rice, Mrs. Ellen Wright, Mrs. Helen Buckholtz, Eduard Hedges, and Grace Hedges. Millard H. Rice named executor. The will dated August 27, 1953, witnessed by Holden S. Felton and Edith E. Wickhar. Letters of administration on the estate of John C. Twenty, Sr. granted to John C. Twenty, Jr. Route 3. Five daughters and four sons are heirs. No valuation given.
Baltimore police said a 32 year old Negra will be charged with murder rape and robbery in the Jan 17 killing of Della Honeyman. The victim, who ran a grocery store she owned with both the home and store ransacked, was found strangled behind the counter. Police recovered about $1900 in cash and bonds from hidden locations.
In Maryland Circuit Court a $5,000 suit was filed for the death of Frederick Burdette in an Utah auto accident in 1952. The case, for the widow Doris Loraine Burdette and daughters Jody Ann and Cheryl Lynn Burdette, names Galen Lyle Horswill of Illinois as defendant. The accident near Leeds Utah on November 2, 1952 left Burdette fatally injured, with the claim for loss of support and services.
The Grade Evangelical and Reformed Church at Walkersville won approval for a $10 program of improvements. Volunteers moved 160 tons of earth to clear space for Sunday School rooms, a new kitchen, and a heating plant. Rev. Charles A. Price serves as pastor.
City officials including Mayor Donald B. Rice and the Board of Aldermen reviewed the South Carroll street bridge over Carroll Creek. It would cost about 5 000 dollars to reinforce the west side for heavy traffic while the east side had already been reinforced by Potomac Edison for railway use. A sign directs traffic to use the east lane, and a decision on the west lane was not yet made. The inspection also prompted plans to create a second loading zone on North Market street between Sixth and Seventh streets to ease customer parking, with the city attorney instructed to draft the ordinance.
Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran church elected its first council in a 134 ballot open vote after a Sunday service at 1030 in the Staley Park field house. Nine men and three women win three year terms, with others for two and one years to establish annual replacement. charter memberships extended. Rex Carroll L. Boxer leads as mission pastor and services of formal organization follow next Sunday.
James M. Stockman of 204 West 12th street reported a 1949 dark blue Ford Tudor Custom sedan stolen from in front of his home between 1 and 5:30 a.m. today. The vehicle had not been recovered by midmorning and State Police were notified.
Washington attorney general Brownell says Justice lawyers are examining 20000 lost documents. He cites a 1945 FBI report on Soviet spying naming Harry Dexter White as an example. Brownell claims the files reveal many cases needing follow up and that the department is pursuing them.
The City Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday Feb 23 at 7 pm in the aldermen room City Hall to review a preliminary subdivision plat for lands owned by Hamilton Homes Inc and Asa Jr Watkins along East Street between Eighth and 13th streets. The 65 acre tract near Lansdale Tube Co previously eyed a 10 acre shopping center with industrial to business residential rezoning proposed earlier.
The State Roads Commission has filed condemnation suits in Circuit Court seeking land for a new Route 40 corridor near Plane 1 No 4 to New Market in New Market district. One case targets Otto Skibbons and others, seeking 61 of an acre in fee simple and 06 of an acre for slopes and drainage. $1 500 deposited as fair value. A second case targets Raymond Gue and Ruth Ro Flaw Frederick, seeking 4 of an acre in fee simple. $90 deposited. Defendants have 15 days to answer. February 18 is return date. Attorneys include Edward J D Rollins and J P Buscher.
In Boulder Colorado an 80 year old mine guard Frank Graves is jailed without charge after fatally shooting 13 year old Boy Scout Howard McCoy near Qld Slide Mine. Graves claimed he fired to scare the boys not to injure them as Scoutmaster G C Taylor and youths visited the mine. The incident occurred after the scouts camped at Camp Tahosa and were returning from a side hike. A dog was also shot. two other scouts were uninjured. Graves had lived at the mine for about 12 years and was questioned by Sheriff Art Everson.
Baltimore judge S Ralph Warnken refused to dismiss a perjury indictment against Franklin Roosevelt D Alesandro son of the city mayor. The youth court ruling denied defense requests for witness details and jury record notes while dismissing three other motions from D Alesandro and counsel.
Ice formed on many sections of Culler Lake overnight though not extremely cold. Merender bureau station at the airport logged 29 degrees and the State Police barracks 2? at the time. Snow flurries appeared this afternoon. A milder end to the early week was forecast with a high near 45 degrees today and 39 yesterday. The observer added a milder Tuesday outlook.
Washington D C security chief R W McLeod says the State Department is gradually cleaning up a mess without harming effectiveness. He downplays claims of lowered morale and notes about 300 employees were dropped over security concerns last year while 21 000 remain employed. He cites more than 500 homosexuals dismissed since 1947 as an intolerable percentage in a sensitive agency.
Rag Apple a renowned dairy bull dies at 15 with 8 000 daughters in Maryland herds. He stood at Wimbledon Farms and Watviand Artificial Brecd stud, starting at University of Maryland in 1946. Production records show 1 714 pounds milk from 107 daughters, milking twice daily.
Mrs Marx Houston Robinson editor of Georgetown Delaware Sussex Caum an becomes the first woman to lead the Delaware Maryland Virginia Press Association in Wilmington Delaware. Her election marks a milestone for the organization and highlights advancing roles for women in regional journalism.
The Justice Department announced the indictment of nine individuals and six corporations on conspiracy to defraud the government in postwar ship deals. Notable figures include Joseph E. Casey, former Massachusetts representative, and Aristoteles Onassis. The case involves false statements to the Maritime Commission and related agencies in ships purchases totaling over 18 million dollars. Penalties include fines up to 10,000 dollars and up to five years imprisonment per offense.
Police seek a 25-year-old fast talker named Harold Weinberg alias Joseph Greenberg as a 63-year-old writer Maxwell Bodenheim and Ruth Fagen 35 are found slain in a Manhattan rooming house. Investigators say the crime was not robbery and step up patrols follow broader regional manhunts.
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