Step Nearer to Closing of County Emergency Hospital
The County Commissioners moved a step closer to closing the Emergency Hospital by proposing to transfer maternity patients to Frederick Memorial Hospital. State health officials demand improvements and a closing by August 31. issues include licensing, separate maternity care for colored patients, and funding implications for both facilities. The plan involves potential state takeover, possible county support to Memorial, and reallocation of state aid. Mayor Donald B. Rice marked the end of his term by releasing a statement defending aldermanic compensation amid election-year scrutiny.
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Mayor Made Co
Frederick Memorial Hospital
State Department of Health
State Department
Board of Managers
A. Grant Hooper
Board of County Commissioners
Memorial Hospital Board
Hooper
Lo Lee
E. Brooke Parkinson
County of Emergency Hospital
Fredericks Memorial
Board of Commissioners
Frederick Memorial
Forbes Burgess
Memorial
Samuel H. Young
Robert R. Rhoderick
Walter EB. Linn
Allen G
Mahoney denounces recount as unfair in Queen Annes primary
CENTREVILLE Md George P Mahoney charged he was denied a fair recount in the Queen Annes County primary for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He accused Richard T Earle, attorney to the supervisors, of advising on challenged ballots without inspecting them as ballots were reexamined. He urged a fair deal while the board reviewed the tally. Also noted are river conditions with Monocacy muddy at Jug Bridge and Potomac clear at Weverton.
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Centreville
George P. Mahoney
Queen Annes County
Baltimore
H. C. Berd
Mahoney
Richard T. Earle
Kerr Forced Into Runoff In Oklahoma Primary
Oklahoma City voters faced a bitter Democratic U S Senate primary as Kerr led but failed to reach 50 percent, forcing a runoff with former Gov. Roy J. Turner. Gary led the governorship race, with 16 candidates, toward a July runoff. Murray trailed. Other notes include a Carroll County 4H fair queen contest, a fatal electric shock in Hampstead, and a Baltimore snake dancer indicted for attempted extortion.
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Oklahoma City
Robert §. Kerr
Okla
Roy J. Turner
Oklahoma
U. S. Senate
Raymond Gary
Madill
William O. Coe
Gary
Willie E. Murray
Johnston Murray
Murray
Kerr
Turner
Dec
Logan
France Eyes Drafts If Geneva Fails Indo China
Premier Pierre Mendes France announced he will ask the National Assembly to approve sending draftees to reinforce French forces in Indochina if Geneva talks fail. He also said he will depart soon to lead the French delegation at Geneva and expressed cautious optimism for a favorable outcome.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes-France
National Assembly
Indochina
Geneva
Thorne May Have Been Poisoned In Chicago Inquest
Montgomery Ward Thorne, 20, heir to a multimillion dollar mail order fortune, may have been poisoned. Dr Harry Leon testified that traces of barbiturate and alkaloids suggesting morphine were found in Thorne's brain, with alcohols and other substances possibly contributing to death. Thorne’s mother Marion Thorne testified she barely knew his fiancée Maureen Ragen and alleged blackmail. she denied arresting her son for alcohol or narcotics use.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward
Thorne
Harry Leon
Leon
Walter T. McCarren
W. R. Camp
Maureen Ragen
Hope
Truman to Leave Hospital Shortly
Former President Truman nearing discharge after major surgery. A Research Hospital spokesman said he showed vigor and could return home soon while still on a soft-food diet. His gall bladder and appendix were removed on June 20.
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Kansas City Wo
Truman
McKeldin to review Battle of Monocacy ceremony
Governor McKeldin will attend the Battle of the Monocacy observance at Camp Detrick Friday with a 2 PM parade review. The event includes a Maryland State Flag presentation, a concert by the Second Army Band, and a flyover plan by the Air National Guard.
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Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
Camp Detrick
Max Elkin
Second Army Band
William J. Harrington, Jr
McKeldin
Hayes
Detrick
Gus Eutine Tigiseiul
Edwin F. Nikirk
The
Bar Association
Emmett R. Bowlus
Maryorelect
John Derr
Donald B. Rice
More TB Cases Discovered In Maryland Decline In Deaths Too
The Maryland Tuberculosis Association reported a long term drop in TB deaths from when 1930 to 1953. New TB cases fell from 2800 in 1930 to 2200 in 1953, while overall deaths per 100000 people dropped from about 100 to under 18. Dr Russell JA Nelson attributed the trend to better diagnosis, treatment facilities, new drugs and advancing surgical methods.
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Baltimore
Maryland Tuberculosis Assn
Marland
Russell
JA. Nelson
Association
Nelson
Chemical Compound Provides Cure For Rat Cancer, Sloan Kettering Says
New York reports that TEM triethylene melamine produced a permanent cure in all rats with Jensen sarcoma in trials at the Sloan Kettering Institute. The seventh annual progress report notes potential for human cancer cures though no such success yet. Other compounds show high leukemia cure rates in mice and some human activity.
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New York
Sloan-Kettering Institute
Man
Memorial Center For Cancer & Allied Diseases
Stocks Edge Higher In Early Exely Dealings
New York markets opened with mixed gains as the Stack Market edged up in early交易. Radio Corp led with a small rise from yesterday, while Douglas Craft slipped fractionally. Winn & Lovett jumped to 40 on heavy volume, and several majors including Southern Railway American Telephone Columbia Gas Anaconda Copper Allied Chemical Republic Steel U S Steel Goodyear Boeing and Zenith traded higher.
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New York
Radio Corp
Douglas Craft
Winn & Lovett Grocery
Mso
Southern Railway
RRO. Theatres
American Telephone
Columbia Gas
Ananda Copper
Allied Chemical
Republic Steel U. S. Steel
Goodear
Boeing and
Zenith
Baltimore man jailed five years on narcotics charge
A 23 year old Baltimore Black man arrested May 8 on narcotics charges was sentenced yesterday to five years in prison after pleading guilty.
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Baltimore
Calvin Shivers
Murdered Baltimore Child In Florida Kidnap Case
Judith Ann Roberts seven year old daughter of a Baltimore attorney was kidnapped from her grandparents home in Miami and found slain near Biscayne Bay. Police said she was raped and strangled with gauze, as FBI aided a statewide hunt for the kidnapper. The Roberts family was visiting from Maryland for a summer trip and the father is a Baltimore lawyer linked to UAW history.
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Miame
Fla
Judith Ann Roberts
Baltimore
Bayshore Drive
Biscayne Bay
Ben Sheppard
Sheriff’s Office
Shirley Roberts
I. J. Whitman
Charles Sapp
FBI
Miami
Roberts
Jimmy
Betty
Maryland
Pittsbursh
United Auto Workers
UAW
General Motors
University of Baltimore Law School
Judith Ann
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Richard Gilbert
Frederick area unemployment seen at 3.6 percent
A Frederick Chamber of Commerce survey projects total unemployment at 3.6 percent of a 21 849 labor force, or 787 people, with 16 333 jobs for men and 4 728 for women. Manufacturers expect sales gains and more jobs, while construction totals exceed 10 million dollars and defense work affects only a small share.
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Frederick
National Chamber
Frederick Area
State Roads Commission
Will Demand Return Of Delta Area Saigon
Premier Ngo Dinh Diem said Viet Nam could not accept the French withdrawal from the southern Red River delta as final and would demand it be returned to his government. The area of about 2,000 square miles was evacuated by French forces last week, and the Vietminh moved in, while Geneva talks hinge on partition plans involving Hanoi and Haiphong. A Geneva source said the S western portion would be partitioned at the 17th parallel with Hanoi and Haiphong remaining in Communist hands.
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Donald B. Rice
City Register
Rice
Aubrey A. Nicodemus
General Assembly of
Maryland
Washington
Eisenhower
China
United Nations
U.N
Senate
Knowland
California
United States
Peiping
Oak Ridge
Congress
House
Hisenhower
Allen Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Executive Branch
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
CIA
McCarthy Investigations
McCarthy
Hoover Commission
Dulles
Eiisenhower
Capitol Hill View
Mark W. Clark
Saigon
Indochina
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Red River
Diem
Unon
Hanoi
Haiphong
Quent
Geneva Aid
Haiphone
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Jug Bridge
Potomac
Weverton
Westminster
Carroll County
Farm Bureau
Timonium State Fair
James Beam
Hampstead
Union Memorial Hospital
Beam
Martha Corlvine Sout
Tangara
France
Upper Marlboro
Prince Georges County
William F. Wedge
U. S
Appalachians
Continental Divide
John E. Schell
G. L. Baking Company
William B. Lebherz
George C. Slagle
Chamber
Richard F. Kline
Robert W. Lebherz
Girard W. Gallup
William B. Leichert, Jr
Lower
State Planning Commission
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