Maryland Legion debates abolishing recruiting at convention
The Maryland Department of the American Legion debated a resolution to urge the Defense Department to end recruiting and rely on the draft. The measure cited federal recruiting costs and new enlistments in the first year of the current budget. The convention also discussed veteran preference in merit employment. About 1,300 Legionnaires and 700 auxiliary members attended.
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Maryland
Memorial Stadium
Baltimore Orioles
Kansas City Athletics
Legion Auxiliary
Man Victim of Self-Inflicted Death in Maryland Yard
Randallstown State Police reported the self inflicted death of Alen Tourman Wright a 70 year old resident of Maryland 26 Taylorsville in his backyard near 3 30 yesterday afternoon A bystander alerted police and Dr James T Marsh Carroll County Coroner ruled the death self inflicted with a .22 rifle Wright is survived by his wife Margie H Wright four children and eight grandchildren including A Preston Wright of Winfield and L Wright of Marston near New
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Randallstown
Jarsvile
Alen Tourman Wright
Maryland
Taylorsville
Wright
James T. Marsh
Carroll County
C. M. Waltz
Margie H. Wright
Tastorsvile
A. Preston Wright
Winfield
L. Wright
Marston
New
Wright of Taylorsville Dies. Funeral Plans Announced
Harold C Wright of Jackson Mississippi and Wilfred W Wright of Baltimore survive with three sisters and a brother The deceased born in Carroll County lived in Taylorsville most of life A retired farmer son of George A and Mary Wright Funeral home in Winfield holds visitation 7 to 10 pm and 2 to 10 pm with services forthcoming Rev Hoy Dudley to officiate at Taylorsville Methodist Church Interment Taylorsville Cemetery
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Waltz Funeral
Winfield
Friends
Hoy. Dudley
Taylorsville
USS California Surrenders To Scrap
The USS California, sunk at Pearl Harbor and later refloated, surrendered to be cut up for scrap in Baltimore by Bethlehem Steel Co. The battleship, once flagship of the fleet, served off New Guinea, the Marianas, Luzon, Okinawa, and Bataan, housing 2,200 Navy officers and men.
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Baltimore
California
Pearl Harbor
Bethlehem Steet Co
Bremerton –Washi Navy Yard
New Guinea
Marianas
Luzon
Okinawa
Bataan
Pacific
Democratic Women Fault Tawes Over Promises
Maryland Democratic women accuse Gov Tawes of breaching a promise to appoint women to top posts. Telegram from Dr Mildred Otenasek signed by the state's Democratic national committeewoman says the organization helped make him a candidate and he then turned his back.
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Baltimore
Democratic Women of Maryland
Tawes
United Democratic Women’s Clubs of
Maryland
Democratic National
Boy Found Alive After Long Search
A three year old Fulton County boy was found alive and in apparent good health after a 24 hour search by nearly 300 volunteers in a mountain area near McConnellsburg. Little David Fischer’s calls for his mother were heard by four searchers cruising in an automobile about 15 miles west, and he was found by Mr and Mrs George Grissinger and Dr and Mrs Frank J Alexander in a wooded area near Route 30. A decomposed body of a truck driver was found nearby and identified as Forrest Reynolds of Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Mcconnellsburg
Fulton County
Here
David Fischer
George Grissinger
Frank J. Alexander
McConnelsburg
Park Avenue executive found dead in apparent self harm
Reynolds died by his own action asphyxiation with the car exhaust still running in the residence. Wallace R. Harper, 49, steel industry executive, was found dead Thursday in his Park Avenue apartment with a shotgun wound. Police said the death in New York appeared self inflicted and related to personal safety concerns involving his role as executive vice president of the American Institute of Steel Construction.
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New York
Wallace R. Harper
Steel Industry
Park Avenue
Assistam
American Institute of Steel Construct A Wade Association
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