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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1954
Page
4
A speaker owner complains about the cost of building a high fidelity setup. He envies HI-FI hounds with woofers and tweeters and longs for a soundproofed room to house a high fidelity system, lamenting affordability.
ED CREAGH notes the Hi-Fi hounds craze arriving at a downtown hotel for the first Hi-Fi Fair. He recalls a Greenwich Village neighbor John Randolph, a waffle cooker and record-lover, whose apartment overflowed with speakers and records, making conversation impossible as Mozart filled the room. The piece wryly contrasts enthusiasm with the noise and expense of high fidelity gear.
Baltimore March 24 Federal Judge W Calvin Chesnut ordered a full scale habeas corpus hearing for Luther C Sykes Jr serving eight years for burglary at the Maryland Penitentiary The prisoner accused his court appointed lawyer Steadman Prescott Jr of collusion with the state's attorney and failing to produce witnesses He cited remarks by Prescott and claimed witness absence affected his trial Prescott argued the witnesses could not be compelled to testify and Sykes mother was unavailable Chesnut said Sykes merits a full hearing as the charges are serious and exhausted state avenues for appeal
In Baltimore on March 2, a suit challenges the will of Henry L. Morris of Upper Marlboro, a former First National Bank of Southern Maryland vice president. The will left nearly 100000 dollars to his second wife and their two children. The case claims mental incapacity and undue influence by the younger wife, with testimony about his later-life interest in younger women and off-color stories. The trial, before an all-male jury, was moved to the current location.
Local notes report Mrs S W Staubs ill with flu at her daughter’s Bolivar home, several families moving from McCormick property to Sharpsburg, and Sara Evelyn Muse ill in Camp Hill. Visitors gather in Bolivar, Washington DC trips noted, derailed freight car near Harpers Ferry, deaths and club meetings included.
A six year old, Leslie Robertson, returning to school on Fleet Street in East Baltimore, was crushed under a truck. He died at the scene, and police questioned witnesses as locals reacted to the fatal accident. The bay area reported the incident amid ongoing investigations.
Miss Harriet Kerchoff of William Fell School notes heavy Fleet Street traffic endangers schoolchildren crossing intersections. A request for a traffic signal at Fleet and Wolfe streets was denied due to lack of funds. Driver William Griffith of Baltimore aided a victim before suffering a heart attack while being questioned. Separately, 1,000 Naval Gun Factory workers to be laid off by June due to reduced workload. General Motors Acceptance Corp. reports 1955 net income of 28.6 million, up from 21.1 million in 1952 with a 15 million dividend versus 10 million in 1952.
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