Short Lived Prison Riot at Canon City
Five armed convicts staged a brief riot at the Colorado Penitentiary in Canon City. They wounded two guards before a tear gas barrage ended the uprising. Leaders included Harold Hathaway, with others named Garton Mora Davis Fisk Henerbry.
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Canon City
Colo
Colorado Penitentiary
Roy Best
Harold Hathaway
Hathaway
Denver
Chet Yeo
Yeo
Amon Worley
Pueblo
John W. Davis
Arthur Fisk
John D. Henerbry
Examination Announced for Rural Carrier Post
United States Civil Service Commission announces an examination to fill the rural carrier position at Lantz. The test will be held in Hagerstown with applications due by August 2.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Lantz
Hagerstown
Housing Project At Camp Ritchie Begins
Waynesboro Pa July 16 a vast government housing project on the grounds of Camp Ritchie is under way. Barracks type buildings about 300 feet long will occupy the former firing range area and may house personnel of the Second Pentagon. Ground clearing is done but contracts for construction are not yet awarded.
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Waynesboro
Camp Ritchie
Pentagon
Orphans Court approves three admin accounts
Ruttenberg calls the tax provisions discriminatory against single persons and lower income groups. Three administration accounts were passed and approved. Personal property totals 34 769.32 in Irving S Biser estate with executors Eric C. Biser and Lizzie Coblentz Biser. Disbursements 2 550.42 and the balance distributed per the will. William Speckhardt estate shows 2 995.61 assets, disbursements 140.231, continued per will. Fannie D Zeigler estate reports 3.79 assets, disbursements 1 847.43 and remainder per will.
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Orphans Court
Irving S Biser
Eric C. Biser
Lizzie Coblentz Biser
William Speckhardt
C. Marion Crutchley
Fannie D. Zeigler
Ella Z. Fabries
CIO backs billions in tax increases for defense
The CIO backs President Truman's plan for a ten billion dollar tax rise to fund defense. It favors a five billion from corporations and supports a 122 percent increase in individual income taxes, while urging a one point two five billion rise in taxes on liquor gasoline autos and appliances.
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Washington
CIO
Truman
Defense
Labor Organization
Senators
Senate
House
Stanley H. Ruttenberg
Education and Research Department
Second child slain shocks Bath in murder spree
Bath England July 16 report says Brenda Goddard aged one was found dead in a secluded glen, allegedly lured and strangled. Police point to a maniac linked to earlier Windsor case where seven year old Christine Butcher was killed, suggesting a connected serial killer.
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Bath
England
Brenda Goddard
Britain
Colin McDougall
Scotland Yard
Christine Butcher
Windsor
Brenda
FDA Warns Sex Hormones Can Trigger Prostate Cancer
The FDA cautions sex hormones may stimulate prostate cancer and harm female reproductive health. Dr. Edwin F. Nelson warns improper use of testosterone and other hormones by laypeople can fuel dormant cancers, especially in men in their 40s and 50s. Two Los Angeles mail order firms are accused of distributing testosterone nationwide with self administration directions.
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Washington
Food & Drug Administration
Edwin F. Nelson
Los Angeles
Nelson
Maryland court asked for third hearing on circumstantial evidence rule
Annapolis lawyers for a 28 year old Negro convicted in the Glen Burnie murders urged the Court of Appeals to grant a third hearing. They contended a firm circumstantial evidence rule would have altered the verdict. The motion names former Circuit Judge William J. McWilliams and Ridgely P. Melvin Jr.
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Calrd
Annapoelis
Glen Burnie
Maryland
Court of Appeals
Thomas Alexander Edwards
William J. McWilliams
Ridgely P. Melvin, Jr
New Home Vacuum Claims Powerful Suction For Rugs
A new domestic vacuum cleaner features an oversized motor delivering high suction to lift suds water and dirt from rugs and upholstery. Rubber sealed meta components promise durable operation and efficient cleaning.
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the Letter Shop
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Frederick
Cumberland
McCool
Keyser
W. Va
Potomac River
Parkersburg
Vulcan Welding Co
West Virginia
Here
State Department
Donald MacLean
MacLean
Guy Burgess
Foreign Office
London
Cairo
Egypt
Riad el Solh
Lebanon
Amman
Jordan
el Soth
Abdullah
Jerusalem
Syrian National Party
Beirut
Ruttenberg
Aros Cya
Evangelical Reformed Church
City Playground Commission
Frederick Garden Club
Harry Tinney
Hamilton Ave
Glade Valley
Hoffmann
W. 4Th
Vhone
Cail
Hamilton Homes, Inc
the News
Frederick, Md
SEVEN
Burtner Bros
South Market ST
Sam Miller
Ford
Bidges
Boest
James Malon
Wec-Tv Network
BOCET
the Frederick Motor CO
West Patrick St
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