Fireworks And Races On Monday At Frederick Fairgrounds
A double header charity event at the Frederick Fairgrounds drew about 2,000 paid admissions for afternoon midget racing tests and night shows featuring a Frederick High School Band concert, a Thrill Show, and fireworks. Weather hindered some car records but no major injuries occurred, though a performer’s two year old child received emergency care for a small scalp laceration. Top finishers in the 12 mile final included Bob Courtwright and Ernie Reitz, with details of heats and consolation races.
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Frederick Fairgrounds
South End Civic Association
United Midget Racing Car’ Club
Frederick
SECA
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Ray Hockett
Gene Schell
Bob Courtwright
New Haven
Reynolds
Tommy Merriken
Courtwright
Hue Gowan
Pres Vides
Zimmerman
Schell
McGowan
Stew Stinchcomb
Cpl Batchelor Quietly Reverses Stance on Reds Affidavit
Cpl Claude Batchelor signed an affidavit denying communism after changing his mind about slaying with Communist captors in Korea. He swore the oath at Ft Sam Houston stockade where he awaits possible court martial for collaboration. The move clears about 4000 dollars in back pay and funds to bring his Japanese wife Kyoto to the United States.
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San Antonio
Tex
Claude Batchelor
Korea
Ft. Sam Houston Stockade
Batchelor
United States
Cpl
Edward Dickinson
Saany
Murder-Rape Charge Made In Wave Case
LEONARDTOWN May 31 Police aided by Navy personnel searched for two bloody blankets and a pair of trousers tied to a murder rape case. Airman Carl Willis Strickland 21 claimed innocence about Irene Marion Conole 26 found on Chesapeake Bay beach. Strickland said he left her with a hitchhiker and later found the purse in his car and disposed of evidence. The Wave’s body showed signs of assault and drowning authorities cited. Strickland was arrested at Rocky Mount N C and brought back for questioning.
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Point Lookout
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Budd's Creek
St. Marys River
Miss Conde
Long
Patuxent Base
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Eisenhower Defends Free World At Columbia Dinner
President Eisenhower denounced demagogues and foreign agents, urging more knowledge and less emotion to defend freedoms from Communist subversion. He spoke at the Waldorf Astoria on Columbia University's 200th anniversary, stressing national unity amid global Cold War tensions. Strickland maintained innocence and was held without bail in a separate note.
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New York
Eisenhower
Len McCarthy
White House
Eisenhower Presses Free World Unity in Speech
President Eisenhower emphasized the free nations' duty to knowledge and the need for persistent diplomacy with the Soviet Union. He acknowledged delays on an international atomic pool for peaceful use and noted ongoing exchanges with allied nations while aiming to advance the cause amid setbacks and mutual skepticism.
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Kremlin
Eisenhower
Dulles
Molotov
Free Nations
Talks on freedom and wisdom amid atomic era threats
President Eisenhower warns against equating dissent with treason as the world faces new nuclear dangers. He urges faith in institutions and the American character to thwart attempts to destroy freedom. Purcellville Lions elect new officers led by Joseph To Mate I as president, succeeding H. O. Shackelford, with a slate including F. G. Eppes and R. B. Sampson Jr.
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Purcellville Lions
Purcellville
Sunt
Clark Ca
Joseph
Purcellville Lions Club
H. O. Shackelford
Frank G. Eppes
R. B. Sampson
Effort To Thwart Burglary Costs Life
Detroit May 31 a former Army engineer and Detroit accountant Harvey Hamburger 31 died after a burglary in progress. Hamburger confronted two burglars at a restaurant then pursued to his apartment. While holding them at gunpoint he was shot three times in a misread moment before police arrived and the suspects fled.
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Kehne Furn. CO
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