Talbott Probe Details Public Hearing Revelations
Washington July 25 A Senate investigations subcommittee heard testimony from Sam Ewing RCA attorney alleging Talbott used a top Air Force lawyer in a private January contract matter. Mulligan claimed Talbott tried to assist but never used his office. Ewing said a call from Air Force counsel Johnson suggested RCA’s legal concerns were solvable. The RCA project never advanced.
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Washington
Air Force
Talbott
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sam Ewing
Radio Corp. of America
Ewing
RCA
Paul B. Mulligan & Co
New York
Mulligan
John A Johnson
Johnson
Eng
Murray Smith
Yalbott
Robert F. Kenneax
Mirk Talbott
David Satnall
Talbot
Tus
Chrysler
Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Eisenhower
Secretary's profits from engineering firm rise with years
Mulligan presented committee figures showing profits paid to Talbott by the engineering firm over eight years, with yearly business years ending Jan 31. The firm, founded 1947, saw gross income climb from 76,000 to 411,850, and the 1953 year after Talbott became secretary reached 405,300 compared with prior 285,500. McClellan called the rise not unusual for a new business.
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Mulligan
Profis
Talbott
Yalcott
McClellan
Varied Cases in People's Court Monday Session
A sequence of court actions includes assault and battery cases and a drunkenness charge. James Hildebrand waived a jury, pleaded not guilty, and was ruled not guilty after conflicting testimony. James Rawlings Harler was fined for speeding in a 30 mile zone and a separate driver offense. Reve Monroe was acquitted of reckless driving and fined for no registration card. Harry Keeney faced a reckless driving fine on a warrant by Staley L Flook after a sideswipe incident.
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People's Court
Reese Shoemaker
James Hildebrand
Marshall Strube
Elmer F. Munshower
Motter Avenue
Harry Brant Keeney
RFD
Frederick
Staley L Flook
Pine Avenue
Flook
Court Hears Pace and Noise on City Streets
Keeney drove down Fourth Street turning into Pine at high speed causing a loud din from a hop cap loss and squealing tires. The court told the defendant not to travel over 30 and to cease speed and noise on city streets. Sgt. Mades served the warrant. Guy Stockman was fined $10 and costs for not keeping to the right of a white line on Braddock road. Mrs. Annie Fisher testified her son John F Dean was habitually drunk and disorderly but was found not guilty of that charge and ordered to secure his possessions and stay away from his mother. Collateral was forfeited by John Donald Williams for operating an automobile on expired temporary Maryland plates. All fines paid. no jail.
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Keeney
Fourth Street
C. DB. Mades
Braddock Road
Guy Stockman
RFD
Frederick
Charles Mades
Annie Fisher
Point of Rocks
John F Dean
John Donald Williams
Sgt. Mades
Jehovah's Witnesses hold Triumphant Kingdom assembly at Yankee Stadium
Delegates from Frederick City hear Watchtower president Nathan Knocr declare God's kingdom will replace this world. The five day convention in New York City draws 55,009 attendees from 11 countries and includes graduation of the 25th class of the Watchtower Bible School of Gilead with 102 students assigned to 22 countries and 1,375 immersed ministers. Ball's Bluff National Cemetery near Leesburg features fifty-three identified soldiers amid war dead as Lincoln’s view on freedom and slavery is cited. The NY gathering will distribute convention materials to local congregations and reports to be shared at weekly Watchtower meetings.
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Frederick City
Nathan L. Knocr
Watchtower
Kingdom
Assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses
Yankee Stadium
New York City
United States
Canada
Europe
Watchtower Bible School
Gilead
Jehovah's Witnesses
Donald Doesecker
Potomac River
Leesburg
Route 15
Ball's Bluff
Christmas At Greentop Brings July Yuletide To Camp
At Camp Greentop in Thurmont Maryland 101 handicapped youngsters spent July enjoying Christmas activities. Santa visited and actors staged The Littlest One while trees were decorated and a turkey dinner served. Camp staff used soap-snow and carols filled the hall as campers anticipated December’s Christmas.
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Thurmont
Greentop
Maryland
Catoctin Vountains
Santa Claus
Camp Thespians
Baltimore League For Crippled Children
Margaret M. Huffington
Baltimore League
Greentop Camp Aims to Help Children Embrace Talent
Greentop helps children learn to be happy with their personal talents despite handicaps. Campers are chosen by the league's orthopedic advisers based on medical and social adjustments needed. Early morning alarm at 4:30 a.m. noted. A fire at Joseph H. Ganley's dairy near Monrovia damaged the dairy house attached to the main barn but was confined and extinguished with several hundred dollars in damage reported by Fire Chief James K.R. Hahn.
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Greentop
League
Joseph H. Ganley
Monrovia
James KR. Hahn
Damascus Water Co Sets Directors and Stock Plans
Damascus Water Co to elect officers at a 8 o'clock meeting at the Bank of Damascus and finalize stock sale. Directors named include Hyatt Gladhill Williams Watkins Fisher King Burdette. The group seeks funds to build the public water system after World War I expansion and notes wells supply in some town sections.
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Bank of Damascus
Damascus Water Co
Herbert 8. Hyatt
Bernard Gladhill
O. E. Williams
Guy C. Watkins
Harry A. Fisher
Clark F. King
Perry G. Burdette
Gladhill Bros
Man Who Lived Model Life Faces Prison Again
Robert H. Wilkinson, once a model citizen after escapes from Maryland and Delaware prisons, faces possible return to custody. A parole hearing date awaits a history review by the Reformatory for Males superintendent Clement Ferling, with hearing location to be decided. Wilkinson was recaptured by Laurel, Delaware, Police Chief Harley Tice, who recognized him in January. He previously lived in Richmond as a sign painter and hospital maintenance supervisor after escaping from Georgetown prison and Maryland reformatory while serving terms for armed robbery and land entering in Wicomico County.
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Hagerstown
Robert H. Wilkinson
Maryland
Delaware
Clement Ferling
Reformatory
Maies
Ferring
Wilkinson
Harley Tice
Laurel
Del
Richmond
T O
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Georgetown
Maryland Reformatory
Wicomico County
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