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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1956
Page
6
A Maryland newspaper notes a local case with a girl from Pittsburgh testifying during an officer trial. The report mentions Devereux planning a bid, and Montgomery County officials including Hyde seeking re-election after a close race in 1952.
A long row of social notes from Lovettsville and nearby towns records visits and dinners over the holiday period. Families such as Becks Potterfields Hickmans Myers and Georges share meals in Brunswick Falls Church Purcellville and Arlington with relatives and friends.
Secretary of Navy Thomas announced the appointment of Rear Adm. William R. Smedberg as superintendent of the Naval Academy at Annapolis starting this spring. He will relieve Rear Adm. Walter F. Boone, superintendent since August 1954, who will receive an important sea assignment.
Smedberg, serving as deputy and later head of naval operations staff, has a long record from World War II to the Korean conflict. A 1926 Naval Academy graduate, he rose to rear admiral in May 1954 and is the son of the late Brig. Gen. W. R. Smedberg.
U S ambassador to West Germany Dr James B Conant travels from Bonn toward Washington with a consular entourage aboard a United Nations aircraft. No further details were provided on the purpose or timing of the trip.
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