Soldier hurt in West Patrick Street crash when driver asleep
Michigan soldier Leonard G. White, 23, of Muskegon, was injured after his sedan struck a parked tractor-trailer off West Patrick Street near Baughman’s Lane in Frederick. He was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital with hand and facial lacerations and chest injuries. The tractor-trailer belonged to Victor Cushna and Sons of Williamsport, Md., driven by Robert B. Mitchell. Police reported White appeared to fall asleep, with no skid marks or brake use evident. No charges were filed.
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Michigan
Patrick Street
Baughman’s Lane
Pic
Leonard G. White
Muskegon
Mich
Frederick Memorial Hospital
White
Victor Cushna and
Carl I. Bender
Gen Plastiras dies in Athens after long leadership
Greek leader General Nicholas Plastiras age 69 dies in Athens after a long political career marked by revolutions, multiple terms as premier, and battles with monarchy. Known as The Black Rider, he led revolts, deposed kings, and backed by Americans, guided Greece through tumultuous periods.
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Plastiras
Athens
Greece
Nicholas Plastiras
Chios
Revolutionary Committee
Constantine
George H
Paul I
George
John Metaxas
Ministry of War
Drunken driver spared jail after admitting more alcohol
Rodney Woodrow Tomas of Pine Avenue pled guilty to a drunken driving charge and admitted having more than two beers. Magistrate Wilbur F. Sheffield leniently fined Tomas $25 on a reckless driving count, noting his truthfulness. Officer R Arnold Simmons testified Tomas nearly collided with another car on North Market Street. Other drivers were fined for speeding or improper passing on Route 40 and Route 49. Troopers Bowman and Guilmino made the arrests.
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Wilbur F. Sheffield
Peoples Court
Rodney Woodrow Tomas
Pine Avenue
North Market Street
Arnold Simmons
Tomas
Market Street
Aorman Dietz
Marshall Murray
Frederick
Harry E. Maul
Hyattsville
Glenn Bowman
Braddock Mountain
Arthur J. Wennerstrom
Towson
Daniel M. Blickenstaff
Rowe
New Market
Louis E. Pratt Cresaptown
Dug Bridge
D. D. Julisi
Washington
Dive Fatal at Easton Claims Dundalk Man
Charles E. Greathouse, 22, of Dundalk, died from a broken neck after injuries from a dive into shallow water at Romancoke Kent Island last Sunday. He succumbed Saturday at Easton Memorial Hospital.
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Easton
Charles E. Greathouse
Dundalk
Greathouse
Easton Memorial Hospital
Romancoke
Kent Island
Fire Department Bill Hearing Sparks County Debate
Montgomery County volunteers and civic groups plan a large turnout for Tuesday’s council hearing on veto of Fire Department Control Bill No. 12. If vetoed, the measure would allow the council to set fire tax rates across five areas, with a 43 vote needed to kill it.
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Montgomery County
Stella B. Werner
Harold F. Hammond
Herman M. Dil
Hillandale
John Cole
Silver Spring
Joseph E. Giammatteo
Glen Echo
Kensington
Cabin John
Upper Montgomery
Montgomery County Civic Federation
The
County Safety Board
Allied Civic Group of
Civic Federation
Citizens’ Committee
Kensington Fire Board
Wife Of 92-Year-Old Doctor Delivers Son In Iowa
In Clinton Iowa the wife of 92-year-old Dr John D Hullinger gave birth to a son at their home. The 81 pound infant arrived just after 12 48 a m with the doctor delivering the baby himself. The couple says both mother and child are doing well and the doctor quipped he did not need tonics for the birth.
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Clinton
Iowa
John D. Hullinger
Hullinger
Tidewater air patrol boosts Ocean City fishing enforcement
In Ocean City Maryland on July 26 the Tidewater Fisheries Commission began an air patrol to enforce the three mile offshore limit. Chairman Arthur H. Brice said the operation follows a complaint from Frederick W. Brueckmann of Berlin about trawlers near shore depleting marine life and harming sports fishing. Brueckmann urged enforcement and Brice expected good results.
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Ocean City
Tidewater Fisheries Patrol
Arthur H. Brice
Tidewater Fisheries Commission
Air Patrol
Frederick W. Brueckmann
Berlin
Brueckmann
Brice
Maryland
Seaboard
Brucek
Iann
Ike Makes Short Talk After Armistice Signing
President Eisenhower announced from the White House that the Korean War armistice proves UN resolve but warned the nation to keep its guard. He praised sacrifice and courage, saluted South Korean forces, and urged vigilance against untoward developments as peace efforts continue.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United Nations
White House
Korea
United States
Panmunjom
South Korea
Lincoln
Annapolis Lawyer Named Special Assistant to AG
Noah A. Hull, a 49 year old Annapolis lawyer, was appointed special assistant to the state’s attorney general to handle Tidewater Fisheries Commission affairs. The agency governs oyster, fish and crab laws and operates patrol vessels and had no prior dedicated attorney. Hullman’s salary is about 3000 dollars annually. Other appointments include Charles Mathias Jr. to Edward D. Rollins as assistant with no specialized function. George W. Todd of Crisfield named Eastern Shore representative on the Board of Natural Resources. Joseph Myerhoff of Baltimore to the State Board of Public Welfare. Richard W. Case, a Baltimore lawyer, and Mrs. Russell A. Dudrow of Frederick along with Mrs. William F. Joachim and Mrs. Jeanette S. Schenker of Annapolis to the Medical Care committee of the State Planning Commission.
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Annapolis
Noah A. Hullman
Tidewater Fisheries Commission
McKeldin
Hillman
Statehouse
Charles Mathias, Jr
Frederick
Edward
D. E. Rollins
George W., Todd
Crisfield
Eastern Shore
Board of Natural Resources
Josseph Myerhoff
Baltimore
State Board of Public Welfare
Richard W. Case
Russell A. Dudrow
William F. Joachim
Jeanette 5. Schenker
State Planning Commission
Seven Army Colonels At Meade To Retire
Seven Army colonels at Meade Command prepare to retire next Friday after serving 33 to 38 years each. Notables include Col. John H. Frey chief public information officer and Col. Thomas H. Davis special services officer, among others at 2nd Army Headquarters.
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FT. .Meade
2Nd Army
John H. Fre
Lwho
Levie W. Foy
Col
Miss Miller Elected Legion Auxiliary Head at Post Election
Mrs Virginia Miller was elected head of the American Legion Auxiliary Francis Scott Key Post at the officers election held Tuesday. The slate includes Marian Whichard as first vice president Ruth Eyler as second vice president Frances Morgan recording secretary Alice Kennedy corresponding secretary Dorothy Staley treasurer Anna Wastler chaplain Mary Holdcraft historian Helen Wachter sergeant at arms. Executive committee members are Velma Graham Helen Musso Sallie Haines and Mariam Remsburg. Kennedy presided and noted reports from chairmen on hospital visits child welfare and memorials. The roster shows 337 members and the annual auxiliary picnic is set for July 29 at Baker Park.
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Virginia Miller
American Legion Auxiliary
Francis Scott Key
Miller
Auxiliary
Marian Whichard
Ruth Eyler
Frances Morgan
Alice Kennedy
Dorothy Staley
Anna Wastler
Mary
Holdcraft
Helen
Wachter
Velma Graham
Helen Musso
Sallie Haines
Mariam Remsburg
Edna ¥Elton
Kennedy
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Kitty Escholtz
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Mary Holdcraft
Katherine Stull
Baker Park
New Wage Agreement Ratified By Pittsburgh Teamsters
The Pittsburgh based teamsters union and Western Pennsylvania Motor Carriers Association ratified a wage agreement affecting about 5000 truck drivers. The deal adds 12.2 cents per hour for most drivers with higher rates for tractor trailer operators at $2.15 hourly and high run trucks at $2.45. Night differential rises from six to seven cents per hour for night hours 12 pm to 6 am.
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Pittsburgh
Pafi Teamsters
Western Pennsylvania Motor Carriers Association
Maryland
West Virginia
Two Men Held in Salisbury Post Office Burglary Case
Two men Roland Borman and Thomas Bradshaw are jailed on $1000 bond after admitting to breaking into the Marion Station Post Office in Somerset County last week and stealing seven or eight unemployment checks. They await transfer to Baltimore for a federal court hearing.
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Salisbury
Somerset County
Baltimore
Roland Borman
Thomas Bradshaw
Marion Station
William J. Carle
Young GOP Club Bids For State Convention 1955
The Frederick County Young Republicans Club submitted a bid for the 1955 state convention at a State Federation meeting in Hotel Frederick. Glenn Beall Jr. presided. Directors ratified committee chairs and membership, with Miss Grace Hildreth reporting on the national convention theme.
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Frederick County
Young Republicans Club
State Federation of Young Republicans
Hotel Frederick
Glenn Beall, Jr
State Federation
Annapolis
Grace Hildreth
Baltimore
Rapid City
S. D
Russell Donaldson
Kathryn Benight
Hagerstown
Herbert Cohen
Richard Gilbert
Reed Baldridge
Montgomery County
George Hughes
Alleghany County
Hugh Hassell
Bethesda
Miss Hildreth
Wild Men On Witch Hunt Rally Sparking Fear
At St. Anne's in Annapolis the Rev. Dr. C Edward Berger denounces anti subversive probes as a terrible witch hunt. He says congressional committees undermine American institutions and create fear among millions of citizens. Broadcast sermon criticizes the overzealous push to define Americanism and silence dissent.
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Annapolis
St. Anne's Episcopal Church
Washington
Edward Berger
WNAV
Berger
Russia
Birthday celebration for Connie Miller in Myersville
Connie Miller daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Miller held a party for her sixth birthday on Tuesday with playmates from Myersville and Frederick. Guests included Doris and Linda Lewis Kathy Fay Falkenstein Nancy Stevens Linda Rice Bever 3 Cindi Harp Landa Marie Poe Linda Rice Sandra Summers Sarah and Gary Gouker Carole and Gene Miller Bunkie Gulbert Linda and Karen Gilbert Brenda Lee Null and others from Myersville and Frederick.
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Connie Miller
Harold Miller
Myersville
Doris
Linda Lewis
Kathy Fay Falkenstein
Nancy Stevens
Linda Rice
Bever 3
Brenda Furdis
Cindi Harp
Landa
Marie Poe
Sandra Summers
Sarah
Gary Gouker
Carole
Gene Miller
Bunkie Gulbert
Linda Amd
Karen Gilbert
Brenda Lee Null
Frederick
Compromise On Cut Seen In Foreign Aid Talks
Washington reports indicate President Eisenhower may accept about a half billion dollar compromise on the foreign aid request as House and Senate negotiators seek to resolve a broad cut. Vice President Nixon is pushed to keep the final total near four point six billion, with Democratic backing expected to restore portions of the trimmed funds. The Senate plans to take up the measure Wednesday as the last major unapproved appropriations bill.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Senate Committee
Nixon
Congress
Truman
Two Killed In Wreck On Old Frederick Road
Two Baltimore Negro men died when a speeding car left Old Frederick Road in Howard County and overturned. Joseph Kinard, 31, died at the scene. Charles Barr, 32, and Alexander Watkins, 30, died later from injuries. Barr was jailed on a speed charge as troopers investigated the crash near the Marriottsville crossing. Willie Kinard, 30, suffered back and shoulder injuries.
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Baltimore
Old Frederick Road
Howard County
Joseph Kinard
Charles Barr
Alexander Watkins
Bare
St. Agnes Hospital
Willie Kinard
Frank C. Bader
Marriottsville Road
Barr
Heatt City
Montgomery County Chest Clinic to Offer Free X Rays Aug 4
Civic leaders from Damascus area plan an August 4 tuberculosis x ray day in Damascus in front of Whitesell's Pharmacy from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Under Rev A Odell Osteen, volunteers from Damascus Monrovia Cedar Grove Woodfield Browningsville Clagettsville and Purdum organize free screenings for adults to prevent TB.
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Damascus
Aileen Davis
Dorothy Virginia Smith
Silver Spring
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Montgomery County Tuberculosis ‘ Association
Whitesell
A. Odell Osteen
Monrovia
Cedar Grove
Woodfield
Browningsville
Clagettsville
Purdum
Rev. Osteen
Maxwell Burdette
Noah Ifert
E. B. Lipford
E. E. Whitesell
Beulah Hyatt
Charles Tschiffley
Emerson Slocum
Cecil Allnutt
Davis
Lipford
Damascus 5151
E. Lloyd. White
Sarah Welsh
BE. E. Whitesell
Emerson Slacolm
Beulah, Hyatt
Emily Ifert
Roland Green
William Waters
Dogs Drag Part Of Skull Onto Farm Near Frederick
In Byler's Valley Frederick County residents were asked to search for human bones after a dog dragged part of skull onto Mahlon Masser's farm near Eylers Valley church. Medical examiner Dr. Robert J. Furie identified the skull fragment likely from a woman aged 25 to 40 and noted dental work. Authorities urged anyone finding other bones to contact Trooper H. J. Brown at Thurmont.
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Byler’s Valley
Frederick County
Mahlon Masser
Eylers Valley Church
H. J. Brown
Robert J. Furie
Furie
Brown
Thurmont
Dulles Says Korea Armistice Makes World Safer
Secretary of State Dulles said the Korean armistice makes all free nations safer, praising the U N forces for standing against aggression. He noted the aggressor was repulsed, with less territory under his control and much of it laid waste.
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Washington
State Dulles
U. N
Dulles
Governor McKeldin heads West for vacation trip
Governor McKeldin and family left for a vacation by train to coincide with the national Governors Conference in Seattle. They will visit national parks and travel up the Canadian West Coast. Daughter Clara stays at camp. return expected August 15.
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Trif
Annapolis
MicKeldin
Blood donor drive urged to reach Frederick County adults
Red Cross recruitment chairman Mrs Richard C Dutrow announced a drive to enlist 37 320 residents aged 18 to 60 who have never donated blood. She noted only about 10 percent of eligible adults have given and urged immediate action to aid polio, Korean casualty needs, and wounded soldiers as the next bloodmobile visit approaches on August 18.
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Frederick County
Red Cross
Richard C. Dutrow
Defence Department
Armistice provisions outline major terms for Korea
MUNSAN July 27 major armistice terms: cease hostilities within 12 hours, troop withdrawals with buffer zones, arms and island withdrawals, no blockade, troop reinforcement freeze with monthly rotations, a 10-member Allied-Communist supervisory commission, 10 observer teams, five North and five South port entries, a neutral four-nation supervisory commission with 20 teams, prisoner exchanges within 60 days, a neutral repatriation commission with Indian leadership, and a political conference within 9 days to address foreign forces withdrawal and a peaceful settlement.
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Munsan
United Nations
Korea
North
South Korea
U. N
Han River
North Korea
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Sweden
Switzerland
Poland
Czechoslovakia
India
Union Claims Men Support Strike Call
Union leaders said more than two thirds of 123 Blue Ridge Bus Lines drivers and maintenance men approved a strike call to back a six cent hourly wage increase. Balloting completed. contract expires Friday. no further negotiations scheduled. Eastern division includes Maryland and West Virginia routes. CAN NOW APPLY Aircraft Observer training opens for high school grads to become flying officers in navigation radar and related specialties.
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Hagerstown
Blue Ridge Bus Lines
Donald Williams
AFL Motor Coach Employes Union
Blue Ridge
Williams
Pittsburgh
Washington
Baltimore
Hartisburg
Frederick
Cumberland
Maryland
West Virginia
Department of the Air Force
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Melvin EB. Heim
Charles Heim
Kathleen Heim
Utica
Bad Aibling
R. A
APO
New York
Fire Dept. Bill
Scotland
Ike
Meade
St. John’s College
Mutual Security Agency
Richard D. Weigle
St. John’s
MSA
James Gregory
Braddock Heights
Community Association
Susan Jacobson
Carol Fleming
Judy Gosnell
Braddock Heights Community Association
Stephen Foster
Margaret Kent
Marjorie Schoolman
Charlotte Owens
Miss Miller
Legion Auxiliary
Young Gop Club
Montgomery
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