Lost Child Found Alive Near Ridgeville After Overnight Search
Three and a half year old Zoellen Ann Geisbert was found exhausted but unharmed in a wheat field about a mile and a half from her home on US 40. A large search party led by Rising Sun Chief Harry Walters with bloodhounds helped locate her at 8:05 this morning, with state police, volunteers, and Civil Air Patrol aiding. The child, scratched and tired, was returned home and treated as a precaution with penicillin. authorities noted her first wander from home.
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Zoellen Ann Geisbert
Harry Walters
Rising Sun
US 40
Ridgeville
Walters
Charles W. Magaha
Mt Airy
Wiliam Colwell
Carrie Irene Geisbert
Travis Norwood
Mt. Airy
Damascus
Lisbon
Sykesville
Civil Air Patrol
Mt. Airy- Ridgeville
Harald L. Basore
V. L. Guilmina
James W. Hardy
Ground Breaking Set For Frederick Bypass June 16
Ground breaking ceremonies for the Frederick by pass begin June 16 at 2 p m Governor Mc Keldin will turn the first spade at Cemetery road bridge site Two bridges will carry the by pass around the city s southern section A luncheon for invited guests will precede the ceremony at the V F W Country Club on U S 40 west of Frederick TESTIMONY TAKEN Washington P A waitress and five congressmen three of them still favoring wounds have added their testimony to the government s case against four Puerto Ricans in the pistol attack on the House of Representatives March 1
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Frederick
McKeldin
Thee
Cemetery Road
V.F.W. Country Club
U. S. 40
Washington
House of Representatives
Health Officer Dies At Rotary Club Meet
Cambridge Dorchester County Health Officer Dr. Waller R. Johnson collapsed and died of a cerebral hemorrhage last night during a Cambridge Rotary Club gathering. He and his wife had just returned from New York City where their son Charles earned an ensign’s commission in the Naval Reserve at Columbia University.
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Cambridge
Waller R. Johnson
Dorchester County
Cambridge Rotary Club
Johnson
Theodore Rainke
Beach Haven
William Hawke
New York City
Charles
Columbia University
Naval Reserve
Frederick city trash cleanup ends week with 47 truckloads moved
The two week Frederick city clean up campaign reports 47 truckloads of debris moved. Health officials urge proper container size as crews work the final week, while Jaycees push painting and safety fixes on properties. A detailed truck schedule covers streets across the city.
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Frederick City
Rice
Peter Miner
Elosimum
Jaycees
Public Health Committee
Forbes H. Burgess
Frederick
East South Street
East All Saints Street
South Carroll Street
Winchester Street
Urner Street
Commerce Street
Water Street
B. & O. Avenue
West Ninth
West Tenth
West Eleventh
West Twelfth
West Thirteenth
West Fourteenth
Frederick Avenue
Moller Place
Trail
Neidig Avenue
Oakwood
Beechwood
Pinewood
Stewart Manor
Council
East Fifth
East Sixth
Middle
Chapel Alley
Pine Avenue
Allotment Check Forgery Charged In Gaithersburg Case
Charles D. Riggies a 27 year old of 21 DeGrange street was jailed without bond pending investigation into forging the name of Catherine R. Toms 31 Taney Apartments to a 137.10 allotment check from the U S Air Forces. The check allegedly came from a mailbox and was not cashed. Riggies claimed it as collateral at a liquor store and received whiskey cigarettes and cash in return. Detectives Swomley Dietz and Sgt Serets led the case after Riggies was arrested by city police and brought to jail. Also noted is a unit on federal payroll reductions claimed by Senator Byrd noting a net cut of 134344 civilian federal employees between July 1953 and May 1934.
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Charles D. Riggies
DeGrange Street
Riggies
Catherine R. Toms
Taney
Gaithersburg
Serets
Daniel Swomley
Norman Dietz
New City Rule Starts July 8 for Local Officials
The city administration elected for four year terms will take office on Thursday July 8 under the new charter. Voters face a Tuesday election from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. with polling places listed for 14 precincts and turnout expected around 60 to 70 percent. The outgoing administration gains time to wind up affairs, while several aldermen may not be back due to non candidacy.
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Board of Aldermen
Aldermen
City Register
Washington Street
Michael's
West Patrick
East Patrick Street
East Church Street
Fast Church Street
Independent Engine House
West Church Street
Renn Pontiac Company
North Market Street
Wrong Tag Costs $50 in Maryland theft case
A Pennsylvania man, James Young of Johns Town, pleaded guilty in Peoples Court to displaying a license tag from another vehicle. Substitute Magistrate Edward J Smith fined him $50 plus costs after he admitted operating a 1941 Buick with Maryland tags and New York registration. The case followed a state police stop on West South Street near 5:35 this morning. Gwaltney of Bethesda reported his tag missing and planned to file a larceny warrant in Montgomery County. A second case saw Robert E. Yoder of Somerset County fined $20 and costs for failing to give a proper hand signal after a collision on West Patrick Street near Court.
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Pennsylvania
Bethesda
Peoples Court
Edward J Smith
James Young
Johnstown
Young
Bernard King
Maryland
New York
King
West South Street
Montgomery County
Geoffrey P. Gwaltney
Gwaltney
Robert E. Yoder
Somerset County
Charles Bell
Yoder
West Patrick Street
Court
Callateral
Marlin H. Smith
Akron
Braddock Mountain
Clare A. Golf
Big Island
U. S. 15
Licksville
George T. Henning
Shillington
Sear Licksville
Allen H Crenshaw
Scottsville
Most Ministers Prefer Church In Small Town
In Westminster Maryland, Baltimore Conference ministers favor town churches serving populations around 2,500 to 10,000. Survey results show 48 percent prefer town churches, 25 percent favor city churches, and data suggest town congregations give more liberally despite lower average incomes. Parsonages tend to be larger in town settings.
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Westminster
Baltimore
Conference Commission
Methodists To Get Report On Segregation
About 1,200 delegates at a four day Methodist conference in Westminster Maryland heard the Board on Social and Economic Relations will report on segregation within the church. Other items included foreign policy views and a call for disarmament, with Bishop Oxnam urging world peace and a UN role. The conference also approved funding of 742 031 for next year and will ordain new ministers tomorrow.
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Westminster
Baltimore
The
Methodist Church
Board On
Supreme Court
Maryland
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Board of Temperance
U. S
Pakistan
India
U.S
Indo-China
G. Bromley Oxnam
United Nations
U. N
Rep Judd
R-Minn
Ox- Ram
U S Opens Direct Talks With Red China
The United States began direct negotiations in Geneva with Red China to seek the release of about 83 American civilians and military personnel held in China. The talks marked the first direct contact with Beijing, with Alexis Johnson leading the U S delegation and no recognition implied.
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Geneva
United States
Red China
China
U.S
U. S
S. S
Alexis Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Sam
Washington
Hood College Issues 90 Diplomas in Commencement
Hood College conferred 90 degrees at a nine am outdoor ceremony led by President Andres G. Truxal. Speakers included Ruth Isabel Seabury and Ruth Sleeper, with 84 graduates earning bachelor degrees in arts or science and 6 earning two diplomas after completing nursing studies at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Hood College
Ruth Isabel Seabury
Miss Seabury
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Congregational Christian Churches
Hood
Hudson
Margaret Wehler
New York Public Library
Charles E. Wehler
West Fifth Street
Wehler
Frederick
Ruth Sleeper
Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing
National League For Nursing
Margaret Stuart Brown
Sarah Marsha Parker
Ramsey
N. J
Dorie Tastee Pittran
Alice Avanozian
Manhasset
N. Y
Anne Christine Counes
New York City
Elvira Davis
Chicago
Anne Lenore Funk
Brunswick
Sarah’ Martha Parker
Andres G. Truxal
Frederick Female Seminary
Honduras Receives U S Aid Amid Central America Tensions
Honduras, amid Cold War fears, gains U S military aid and arms to expand its slender army as a month old strike tied to leftist influence disrupts its banana belt. Police detain strike leaders while the government says no alarm is warranted.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Guatemala
Central America
United States
Honduas
North Coast
J. Edgardo Valenvuela
City to Open 14 Playgrounds on June 22 Across Area
The City Recreation Commission announced that fourteen playgrounds will open on June 22 and two new play areas at Columbus Avenue and Lincoln High School. Swimming pools open June 19 with a playground personnel workshop scheduled June 17 to 21 at Frederick High School.
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City Recreation Commission
Columbus Avenue
Lincoln High School
Frederick High School
Maryland Avenue
Harmon Field
McCurdy Field
Linden Hills
Rosedale
Staley Park
Ramsburg
Palmer
Weaver
Fieagle
Smith
Sperry L. Storm
Eisenhower Tax Plan Wins Senate Finance Committee Support
Eisenhower score a major victory for the 1954 tax program as the Senate Finance Committee voted 9 to 4 to approve the last key House provision, a dividend income relief plan. The measure would cut revenue by about 249 million in year one and 814 million at full. it exempts the first 350 of dividend income, gives 100 yearly after that, and allows deductions of 5 percent above 50 and 10 percent above 100. The panel plans to finish drafting by mid June with a floor vote unlikely before June 21.
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Senate
Pro Vision
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphees
Hospitalized After Automobile Accident In Frederick County
James F. Filby Jr of West Thid etree was hospitalized at Frederick Memorial Hospital after an accident on Rexd's Ford Road around 11 Friday night. Filby suffered lacerations to the right ear head and face while John Kennedy of Frederick, a passenger, was unhurt. State Trooper Donald Bowser said Filby, driver of an old model car, failed to make a left turn, the car crossed the road struck a stump and came to rest after a right side swing. About 40 damage to the car and two charges were filed.
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James F. Filby, Jr
West Thidetree
Kasara
Frederick Memorial
Ford Road
John Kennedy
Frederick
Donald Bowser
Filby
Roads Bids Opened for Creagerstown Rocky Ridge Link
Frederick County roads board will open bids by June 21 11 30 a m for the final link of Creagerstown Rocky Ridge road a 1 1 mile section from Beaver Creek to Rocky Ridge including clearing grading drainage and macadam surfacing County Engineer Roger Willard said prior work covered Creagerstown to Beaver Creek bridge W J Grove Lime Co expects to start Monday on two surfacing contracts for Old Frederick Road Hansonville to Route 72 near Creagerstown and L R Waeselre and Sons Inc plans to complete the connecting road between C S Route 40 and Gaimhrill Park road before the Fourth of July holiday
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Frederick County Roads Board
Creagerstown
Rocky Ridge
Beaver Creek
Roger A. Willard
Roads Board
Gaimhrill Park
Blow Up Army Case Says Calls McCarthy
Senator McCarthy asserts long secret Army monitored phone calls refute the Army’s case and hint at final victory in his fight with top Pentagon officials. He cites transcripts showing Symington and Stevens discussing Schine notices and seeks Clifford advice, while claiming he only spoke with Army witnesses in the hearing room.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
Wis
Army
Pentagon
Ripon
Republican Party
Senate
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Stevens
Symington
D-Mo
Clark Clifford
Truman
William P. Rogers
Missouri
Subcommittee
Clifford
French Warplanes Blast Vietminh Ammunition Dump Near Hanoi
French warplanes hit a Vietminh ammunition dump 35 miles east of Hanoi and bombed rebel convoys on Routes 13 and 41. The assault targets an emergency storage area and follows Vietminh advances from Dien Bien Phu toward Hanoi. Rail sabotage and brief delays on the Hanoi Haiphong line were noted. U.S. sources cited diplomatic hurdles delaying North African troop airlift plans.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Here
Dien Bien Phu
Red River Delta
Haiphong
Haiduong
U. S
Saigon
North Africa
Approval Voted on Amendment to Preserve Congress
The Senate has voted its overwhelming approval of a proposed constitutional amendment to keep Congress functioning in the event of an atomic attack that could wipe out many members. The measure reflects a wartime urgency to maintain government continuity.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Funeral services for former State Senator R Fulton Waller
Funeral services will be held here tomorrow for former State Senator R Fulton Waller who died yesterday at Peninsula General Hospital after a long illness. He served in the state senate for many years and was a prominent local figure.
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Waller
Salisbury
R. Fulton Waller
Peninsula General Hospital
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Frederick Junction
Committee On Social, Economic Relations
Red
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Women’s National Press Club
Washington, D
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Tex
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Normandy
Eisenhower
L. T. Gerow
1It Corps
Im Tharthan
Senate Finance Committee
Gerald Tempter
NATO
Northern Army
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