Two Bank Robbers Captured Near Alexandria
Two brothers John Henry Boothe and William Oliver Boothe, ages 23 and 21, were arraigned on federal armed-robbery charges for the Hamilton bank holdup. Bond set at 25000 each, hearing continued for counsel. FBI and state police pursued leads across Virginia and Maryland. getaway car status and sequence of events remain unclear.
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Alexandria
Farmers & Merchants National Bank of
Hamilton
John Henry Boothe
William Oliver Boothe
U. S
Stanley King
Purcellville
Aldie
Bandy
Tazewell County
Fort Eustis
Francis Scott Key
Amos Harper
Loudoun County
Maurice Dwyer
Frederick
FBI
Maryland
Virginia
Jom Henry Boothe
Washington
Weverton
Route 67
Washington County
Boonsboro
Potomac River
Washington-Frederick County
Boothe
Lucille Grey
John Boothe
Tazewell Crounty
Taste and Smell Senses Valued at 2,011 Pounds in UK Case
Judge Edmund Davies awarded Helen Dawson 2,011 pounds five thousand six hundred thirty dollars for loss of taste and smell after a skull fracture from a car truck collision. The trial in Durham, England, found impairment linked to the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
England
Edmund Davies
Helen Dawson
Hatton Defends Zoned Area in Point of Rocks Hearing
County Planner Hatton defended the industrial zoning in Point of Rocks before the Planning and Zoning Commission as Rob ert H Perry and Aubrey Shores sought to rezone 7.7 acres to commercial for a house. Opponents included Arthur Bowis James Gibbons and Todd Steel Inc with attorney Manuel M Weinberg. Perry claimed lack of notice and cited higher land value when industrial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Hatton
Planning and Zoning Commission
Point of Rocks
Robert H. Perry
Aubrey Shores
Shores
Arthur Bowis
James Gibbons
Todd Steel Inc
Manuel M. Weinberg
Weinberg and Weinberg
Edward D. Storm
Shores and
Perry
Weinberg
Point
of Rocks
Todd Steel
Hatton
Zong Commission
State Roads Commission
Maryland
United Synod Meet Slated At Hood
About 150 clergy and lay leaders will gather at Hood College for the 21st Potomac Synod meeting of the Evangelical and Reformed Church. The event runs Wednesday to Friday with themes from Rev. Lawrence N. Strunk and talks by Rev. Dr. James E. Wagner and Rev. Dr. Eyster, welcoming delegates from Maryland Virginia West Virginia and D C. Four ordination candidates are named and St Andrews United Church Richmond joins the Synod. Dr. Andrew G. Truxall and Hood College host, with officers and delegates to be elected and a bishopric-like schedule of sessions and reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood College
Potomac Synod of the
Evangelical and Reformed Church of the United Church of Christ
Lawrence N. Strunk
Hagerstown
Frederick D. Eyster
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Washington
James E. Wagner
Lor
United Church of Christ
World Alliance of Reformed and Presbyterian Churches
General Council
Louis R. Batzler
Baltimore
Frederick E. Karowski
Washington County
Thomas L. Perry
Edinburg
Richard A. Rouf
Toms Brook
St. Andrew’s United Church
Richmond
Carl K. Marks
Board of National Missions
Arthur W. Barley
Woodstock
David Colwell
First Congregational Christian Church
Washinngton
Andrew G. Truxall
General Synod
Eyster
Synod
South College Parkway
Synodical Council
Roy C. Snyder
Bernie Zerkel Jr
Henry W. Schultheis
C. Herbert Huffman
Harrisonburg
Speedy Trials Planned In Turkey
Ankara reports the new Turkish military government moved to speedy trials for two thirds of the former Parliament. A spokesman said 404 deputies from Adnan Menderes' Democratic Party were arrested for backing a law creating an 18 member parliamentary committee to probe the opposition Republican People's Party and curb the press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ankara
Turkey
Adnan Menderes
Democratic Party
Republican People's Party
Severe Fighting In Tibet Escalates Near Gyantse
AP dispatch from Paro Bhutan dated May 27 reports heavy clashes between Tibetan guerrillas and Chinese Communists in south central Tibet. It notes Chinese casualties believed high and mentions trouble near Ladakh with possible troop defections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Henry S. Bradsher
Bhutan
India
Tibet
PARO
Gyantse
Lhasa
Ladakh
Graduation Address By Rev Douglass At Hood College
Rev Dr Truman B Douglass executive vice president of the Board of Home Missions will deliver Hood College’s baccalaureate to about 130 seniors in Coffman Chapel at 7 30 pm Friday The Hood College Choir will sing Purcell and Holder themes in the service This is the largest graduating class in Hood history and Douglass is a leading Protestant voice on religion in American culture He has written three books and hosted NBCs The Art of Living He chairs the denominational publishing house Pilgrim Press and helped plan the Congregational Christian and Evangelical United Churches union now United Church of Christ Also active in the National Council of Churches and on the boards of the Broadcasting and Film Commission and Home Missions He is chair of Worship and the Arts In related events Hood’s 67th commencement begins with a senior banquet tonight hosted by President Truxal and officials A luncheon at the President's House follows on Saturday before a choral concert at 3 30 pm in Coffman Chapel.
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Truman B. Douglass
Board of Home Missions
The
Congregational Christian Churches
Hood College
Douglass
Coffman Chapel
Hood ‘Collegé
Purcell and Helst
NBC Television
Dr. Douglass
Pilgrim Press
Evangelical and Reformed Churches
United Church of Christ
United Church
National Council of Churches
Broadcasting and Film Commission
Division of Home Missions
Hood
Andrew G. Truxai
Truxal
President's House
Poles Clash With Police in Zielona Gora Church Row
In Zielona Gora, polands provincial capital, Catholic worshippers and police clashed after authorities moved to take over a church building for a community center. Police used tear gas as crowds grew to about 5,000. several injuries and arrests were reported. Cardinal Wyszyński met with bishops amid the unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Stefan Cardinal Wryszinski
Zielona Gora
Gruenberg
Lower Silesia
Soviet Union
Poman
40 May Lose Investments New Homes
ROCKVILLE Some 40 home buyers in the Forest Knolls subdivision built by contractor Dan Ostrow between Wheaton and Four Corners may lose their new homes and investments ranging from $1000 to $4000. Ostrow disappeared in March, leaving the development partly complete. The two corporations he headed Roger Craig, Inc. and Forest Knolls are being reorganized as debtor companies under Maryland bankruptcy law. Twenty buyers live in houses with $2000 to $4000 invested but no title. Other buyers still owe about $1000 and await court decisions on moving in.
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Rockville
Forest Knolls
Dan Ostrow
Wheaton
Four Corners
Ostrow
Montgomery County
Roger Craig, Inc
Blaryland
Tommy's Fling Is Over Returns To Horsey Set
CHICAGO AP Tommy the horse is rescued from a cellar where he fell or wandered in after a fall. A large rescue operation with fire department equipment civil defense and tow trucks eventually hoisted him from the cellar to join the public eye again.
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Tommy
Chicago
Julius Pekolsky
Pekofsky
Anti-Cruelty Society
J. J. Shaffer
Civil Defense
Two Young Brothers Fly Plane Die In Crash
In Pomona California two fostered brothers aged 12 and 14 stole a single engine plane after reading a flying guide. They flew for about 10 minutes before a high speed dive and crash killed both boys and their dog. Police noted the engine surged and witnesses heard sputtering as it nosed toward the ground.
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Pomona
Calif
D.F. Archer
Cable Air Field
Claremont
Walter Cable
Homemakers Sign Up For Short Course At UM College Week
About 35 homemakers registered Wednesday to attend a University of Maryland short course beginning June 20 as part of College Week for club women. Registration tea was hosted at Mrs. O Neill Jenkins home in Braddock Heights with Mrs Adele Miller and committee members assisting. The program covers homemaking culture and international relations with social activities.
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University of Maryland
O'Neill Jenkins
Braddock Heights
Adele Miller
E. Earl Remsberg
Buckeystown Club
Howard T. Smith
Buckeystown
Hassell Strube
Urbana
Markell Nelson
Skyline Club
Marguerite Burgee
Pleasant Grove
Ballenger Club
Wilfred Wisner
Howard T
Bryce Hopkins
Harmony Grove
Raymond Free Jr
Louise Lewis
Jefferson
Luther Remsburg Jug
Russell Young
Ray “H. Smith
Libertytown
Michael Misn
Steels and Motors Lead Mixed New York Market
Steels and motors advanced while space age stocks fell in a mixed market. Trading was lively with gains from fractions to more than two points among favored industrial issues and other key stocks posting moderate gains or losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steels Advance New York
Steels and Motors
Fire Destroys Automobile on Route T1 in Maryland
State Police say a 1953 Oldsmobile owned by Gillingham Landis of Hanover Pennsylvania burned along Route T1 between Thurmont and Foxville. Engine trouble caused the fire around 9:30 p.m. as Landis pulled over and a motorist summoned Thurmont Fire Company. vehicle destroyed, no explosion.
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Thurmont
Foxville
Oldsmobile
Gillingham Landis
Hanover
Leo L. Shank
Landis
Shank
Injured Baltimore Woman Found Semi‑Conscious in Stony Run
A woman related to residents of Brunswick and Baltimore was found in Stony Run Balti more in a semi conscious state with a black eye and forehead cuts. Identified as Mrs Charles Edward Oden Jr East Reed Street Baltimore she had been drinking since Friday after a fall. Her husband recently died and funeral was on Good Friday. Her mother lives in North Carolina and she has local in‑laws in Brunswick. She was taken to Union Memorial Hospital in unknown condition. Children saw her on a rock the previous evening with facial marks. police noted no evidence of beating and suggested a fall against rocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Stony Run
Baltimore
Charles Edward Oden Jr
East Reed Street
North Carolina
Mrs. Oden
Charles Oden
James
Raymond Oden
Eduard Deavers
Union Memorial Hospital
Frank T. Schmidt
Father Dies at Home of Catherine Foland
Miss Catherine Foland Hood College physical education instructor is alerted to the sudden death of her father, George C. Foland, who passed away at his home in Coonerstown New York this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Foland
Hood “College
Coonerstown
N. Y
George C. Foland
Foland
From City Lost In Potomac Two In Knoxville Tragedy
The search for Daniel Woods and his 10 year old son Allen continued after their boat capsized in the Potomac near Knoxville as rescuers faced swift waters and high flood levels. Millard Mastrino, 19, survived by swimming to an island, while authorities and volunteers dragged the river for hours with boats and divers. The river was four to eight feet above normal due to weekend rains, hampering efforts as the light faded and resumed today.
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Potomac River
Knoxville
Daniel Woods
South Market Street
Allen Woods
Millard Mastrino
West South Street
Brunnswick Volunteer Ambulance, Inc
Loudoun County
Hocks
Woods
Mastrino
Wootis
Rhett Webber
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Va. Farm
United Synod
Rev
T. B. Douglass
James A. McDonald
Thomas
Loran
Merryland Tract
Virts Hartman
Middletown
Virgil Doub
H. B. Robbins
J. Homer Remshberg
Pleasant
Robert Kiine
Myersville
Rescoe Doub
Woodsboro
Mary Flanigan
Beatrice Fehr
Miller
LeRoy Dinterman
Potomac
Allen Missing
Orp
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