Bulk Of Stolen Money Recovered In Virginia Farm Cache
Virginia State police say the bulk of the 160000 stolen from the Bureau of Engraving was found in a metal tool box on a Loudoun County farm near Centreville. Secret Service in Washington leads the investigation with troopers, noting an associate tipped them to the location. The cash was moved to Washington, and an associate suspect bought a new Oldsmobile with the funds as authorities pursue further developments.
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Washington
Virginia
Government Bureau of Engraving
Centreville
Secret Service
Treasury
Bureau of Engraving
Treasury Department
Loudoun County
A. E. Baughman
Baughman
The
Evening Star
498 To Be Identified 498 To Be Identified
Washington Defense Department will publicly identify 48 of 3,956 American soldiers and airmen declared dead at end of 1953 after being missing in Korea for over a year. First list of 10 Army officers and 398 enlisted will be published today at 6 pm EST. Army, Air Force, and Marine lists total 7, or more, to follow with last Friday release.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Army
Air Force
Marine Corps
Heavy Frost Grants City Cold Start
High humidity and clouds produced a heavy frost as overnight low reached 22 degrees. Frost clung to cars, with readings near 95 percent at the airport, while today’s high may edge above Monday’s 41 degrees amid light showers. Tonight and Wednesday forecast partly cloudy with cooler readings in the 30s.
One-way streets ease Frederick holiday traffic surge
The city reports its new four directional one-way system handled Christmas traffic at high speeds with few delays. Mayor Donald B. Rice credits South and Patrick streets for efficiency, with officers directing intersections and a Madison Market light reducing conflicts. Peak congestion occurred Christmas Eve but was less chaotic than in previous years.
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Frederick
Donald B. Rice
Thas
South
Patrick Streets
Uddy
Madison
Market Streets
Washington
Mayor Rice
Pope Pius X to Be Canonized May 29
Vatican City announces Pope Pius X will be elevated to sainthood at an outdoor ceremony on May 29 in St. Peter's Square. He will be the first pope canonized in 241 years, less than 40 years after his death on April 20, 1914. The event marks the second outdoor canonization in church history.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Pius X
St. Peter's Square
Maria Goretti
Missing 75000 Dollar Stolen From Bank Cage in Amarillo
In Amarillo Texas police and bank officials faced a mystery as 75000 dollars in five and ten dollar bills disappeared from a seller's cage at First National Bank. The loss occurred around 3 50 pm during a busy banking day with three sacks prepared for a Fed Reserve shipment in Dallas. Authorities reported no clues and not detaining anyone. Stock markets in New York showed steady gains across most sectors with modest advances and small losses.
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Amaring
Tex.p
First National Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
Dallas
New Storms Are Coming In Europe
Western Europe ends a three day storm stage as rescue teams clear snowbound roads and dikes lift flood warnings. Germany and Italy report major disruption with floods receding on the Baltic coast and drifts blocking rail lines. A derailment at Udine injures twenty four as wind drives freight cars into the sea at Trieste.
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London
Europe
Scandinavia
Italy
Germany
Baltic
Damegre
Kiel Harbor
Lae
Udine
Trieste
Ouster Stupid Clark Asserts Returns Home
William L. Clark former chief justice of U S courts in Germany arrived home and blasted the ouster naming the State Department as lying over his diplomatic passport he planned court action with Morris Ernst ACLU to restore the passport and hopes to return to Germany for a jurisprudence doctorate The judge was suspended December 9 after refusing a State Department order to return to Washington for consultation
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New York
William L. Clark
U.S
Germany
State Department
Morris Ernst
American Civil Liberties Union
John Foster Dulles
Clark
Washington
Mothers die in smoke with two infants in Baltimore
A 38 year old mother Elsie Mueller and her two daughters Jo ann 3 and Jean Ellen six months died from suffocation when smoke filled their second floor bedroom in Baltimore. Husband Joseph Mueller worked for a coal company nearby. In Baltimore County Essex firefighters rescued 45 year old Mrs Cleo Hunnecut in critical condition from marine aura and halation. Percy Mueller awoke to dense smoke but was driven back by flames as he tried to save his wife.
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Baltimore
Elsie Mueller
Joseph Mueller
Joanne
Jean Fllen
Baltimore County
Essex
Cleo Hunnecutt
New Dwelling Permits Off Commercial Work Up In 1953
Frederick building data show dwelling permits fell sharply in 1953 while commercial and industrial construction rose as material controls eased. Total city permits valued at 2 244 227 dollars, slightly above 1952 but below 1951, with 55 dwelling permits and 45 commercial or industrial improvements issued. December and November allowed several notable projects including multiple residences, garages, and a fire damage rebuild.
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Frederick
Frederick City
Melvin H. Baker
Culler Avenue
Twelfth Street
Catoctin Estates
Grant Place
Abraham Sclar
Kline Boulevard
Edward D. Shriner
D Jr
Rockwell Terrace
Price
East Street
Boyd Yates
Catoctin Avenue
Effie M. Gastley
North Market Street
Robert Troxell
Fairview Avenue
Annual C. Of C. Banquet Here On January 19
Boyd Campbell to deliver principal address at the Frederick C. of C. annual banquet honoring outgoing president Girard W. Gallup at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Rotarian Campbell, U S Chamber director from the Fourth District, will speak on Business and Education. Gallup to be honored. reception at 6 p.m. Dinner follows with music by Mrs Rueben Caplan.
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Boyd Campbell
G. S. Chamber of Commerce Education Committee
Frederick C. of C
Girard W. Gallup
Francis Scott Key
Chamher
Clyde M. Roney
Gallup
Gall
Robert L. Smith
E. P. Thomas
Paul W. McAuliffe
William H. B. Anders
George C. Slagle
Payments To Over 2,000 In County End 1953
The Hagerstown social security office reports end of 1953 totals for Frederick and Frederick county show 22,092 recipients in the county with about 78,643 dollars in monthly old age and survivors benefits. Nationwide, beneficiaries near six million, with 1953 adding about one million more and a history of rapid growth since 1932.
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Frederick
Frederick County
W. S. King
Hagerstown
Congress
K Ing
King
Social Security Headquarters
Iaa
Fay
Air Force Pilot Plunges To Death In Sacramento
A 25 year old Miami born Air Force officer identified as Lt Walter B Cumban, a 1952 Naval Academy graduate, died after jumping from the 13th floor cocktail lounge of the Sacramento Elks Building. Detected as a death by own action, bartender Jack Nissen recalled the man entered, ordered a drink and vanished into the restroom before the window opened to a fire escape.
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Sacramento
Calif
Miami, Fla
Air Force
Mather Air Force Base
Walter B. Cumban
Naval Academy At
Saltonstall backs withdrawal of troops from Korea
Senator Saltonstall urged quick briefing for the Senate Armed Services Committee on new administration defense policies and endorsed the decision to withdraw two SEATO divisions from Korea. He proposed drafting labor tax measures within days while a Pittsburgh income tax plan seeks a March start. An Indianapolis boy admits lighting a school fire after punishment.
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Washington
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Senate Armed Services Committee
Charmian
Eisenhower
Korea
Senate Labor Committee
Fee
Congress
Pittsburgh
Pittsbuck
India Receives Further US Economic Aid for Development
The United States approved an additional 325.5 million dollars in economic aid to India intended to finance steel imports and support agriculture and other development projects. Three people were shot to death at Blue Diamond in Perry County, and the wife of a man suspected in the shooting was wounded. In Edinburgh, Antenor Mataing sought to restrain his 18 year old daughter from a runaway marriage via a court order.
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India
United States
Blue Diamond
Perry County
Edinburgh
Scotland
Antenor
Five Day Forecast for Western Maryland and Maryland
Fair and colder Thursday and Friday. Warmer Saturday with rain or snow ending Sunday but with continued snow showers or flurries in Western Maryland. Temperatures will average near to a few degrees below seasonal normals. Normals are afternoon highs in the upper 30s and low 40s and early morning lows from 14 to 20 in Western Maryland to near 30 in southern and eastern Maryland and in Delaware.
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Maryland
Delaware
POWs urged not to appear in Korea talks
Cpl. Claude Batchelor of Kern, Texas, said Red commanders ordered 22 American POWs to avoid Allied explanations. He spoke at Tokyo Army Hospital, recounting his shift from pro American to pro Red views after propaganda. He denied informing on others and hoped to help others return. Kyoko, his Japanese wife, worked on letters to remaining prisoners.
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Tokyo
Red High Command
Cpl
Claude J. Batchelor
Kermit, Tex
Batchelor
Tokyo Army Hospital
North Camp
America
Korea
United States
Kyoko
Panmunjom
Claude
Army
Gouzenko Gave Senators Names and Information
Two U.S. senators said Igor Gouzenko who helped expose a Canadian Soviet spy ring provided them with names and details usable for U S internal security. Senators Jenner and McCarran reported five hours of questioning after a Canada trip, noting their mission was accomplished.
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New York
Igor Gouzenko
Canada
United States
William E. Jenner
Rind
Pat McCarran
D-New
Gouzenko
Five Children Die In Georgia House Fire
A flash fire in Oglethorpe Georgia killed five children as the Walker family visited a neighbor. Fire officials said the father returned home to retrieve cigarettes and found flames roaring from the frame dwelling. The parents were My and Mrs Tommy Lee Walker.
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Oglethorpe. Ga
Oglethorpe
Tommy Lee Walker
Oxygen Tent Explosion Kills Woman at Hospital
A one year old woman died at Michael Reese Hospital when a smoking accidental explosion ripped through an oxygen tent. Loretta Wold, admitted Saturday for pneumonia, had repeatedly been warned against smoking but lit a cigarette, triggering the fatal fire.
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Chicago
Michael Reese Hospital
Loretta Wold
Ward
Three Found Dead Near William du Pont Farm
Cecil County sheriff identifies three victims found in a car halted on the road near the William du Pont farm. William Carter, 38, driver. Jesse Jennings, 33. and Opa Sturgill, 18, all employed at the du Pont estate. Wilbur Sturgill, the father of the Sturgill girl, also worked there.
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Fair Wil
William du Pont
Cecil] Coun
Nathan Kaplan
William Carter
Jesse Jennings
Opa Sturgill
Jennings
Carter
The
du Pont Fam
Sturgill
Wilbur Sturgill
Resume Peace Talks With China Begin Informally
The State Department announced informal discussions with the Chinese to search for a formula to restart Korean peace talks. Intermediaries at Panmunjom relay the talks, not identified, as Special Ambassador Arthur Dean is ready to return to Korea on short notice if a renewal of talks on a peace conference can be arranged.
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Washington
State Department
Panmunjom
Henry Suydam
Arthur Deane
Korea
Suydam
United States
McCarthy urged to concentrate on waste and corruption
Sen. Ellender urged the Senate to curb McCarthy's permanent investigations subcommittee spending while administration sources reportedly pressed McCarthy to focus on waste and corruption rather than broad Red hunting. The administration push and McCarthy’s possible shift were reported by the Times, Herald Tribune, Post, and Sun.
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Washington
Sen
Ellender
Countess Is Found Dead Aboard Train
Countess Dorothy di Frasso, a prominent social figure with ties to nobility and the underworld, is found dead at 66 aboard a train en route to Los Angeles from Las Vegas. Actor Clifton Webb said he found her on a berth in a black sequined gown, with a mink and jewels worth 150,000 dollars on her fingers and wrists. The death appears due to heart disease.
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Los Angeles
Dorothy di Frasso
Herry
Cliftin Webb
Las Vedas
Wer
Webb
Accused of Entering Amvets Home Here
Edgar Weedon of Bartonsville jailed Monday on a charge of breaking and entering the Amvets Post No. and home on West Allen Street New Year's Day. Police report the building was entered and the coin container broken. Weedon claims innocence and awaits hearing. Other suspects connected to the break have been released on bond.
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Edgar Weedon
Bartonsville
Amvents Post Na & Home
al Saints Street
Amyet Employes
Weedon
Cahhan. Roth
Eor
POW Release Edges Toward Southbound March Midnight
The 8th Army readies for a mass release of over 20,000 anti Communist prisoners from neutral custody at midnight January 22. Plans call for prisoners to move southward toward Inchon and Formosa routes with isolated pro Communist detainees and loudspeakers guiding the march. South Korea and the Communists condemn the head count, while Indian guards report 4384 Chinese prisoners counted.
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Seoul
8Th Army
South Korea
U.N. Command
Inchon
Munsan
Formosa
ROK
Pyung Yung Tai
Lee Sang Cho
Dykae Thintala
China
Pyun
Deeds Recorded For Property Sales In Various Transfers
Real estate transfers noted include Ceres Villa in Ceresville from Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Shriner Jr to Mr. and Mrs. William H. Graham for about 547000, and Elizabeth Fisher Kline with Robert T. Fisher selling 1133 East Patrick Street for about 525000. Several other parcels change hands in town and New Market district with prices near 16090, 12000, and 3500.
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Ceres Villa
Ceresville
Edward D. Shriner, Jr
William H. Graham
Wallie R. Fisher
Alden E. Fisher
Elizabeth Fisher Kline
Robert T. Fisher
East
Patrick Street
Charles K. Roodrerick
M A
Forest G. Moler
Norman P. Churchman
Sth
Lilburn H Fail
Wondrow
Fox
New Market District
Frederick Hellweg
Daniel B. Smith
Monrovia
S.A
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