Ten Years For Shooting In Craps Game
A Maryland judge sentenced Charles Henry James 24 of Petersville to ten years in the House of Correction after he shot Samuel D. Palmer at close range in a Brunswick craps game dispute. Palmer, wounded in the elbow and leg, was hospitalized. James admitted ownership of the shotgun. A second defendant, Charles Sherman Diggs 22 of Mt Ephraim, received a reformatory term for shooting Estelle Rollins in the leg during a drive home. The judge condemned violence with dangerous weapons and rejected assault with intent to kill charges where unsupported by facts.
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House of Correction
Maryland
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Charles Henry James
Petersville
James
Swing Inn
Brunswick
Samuel D. Palmer
Waterford
Palmer
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
Gordon Smith
N. Ebechtor
George Giles
David S. Weinberg
Weinberg
Charles Sherman Diggs
Mt. Ephriam
Estelle Rollins
Diggs
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Reese Shoemaker Jr
Aefendant
Digs
Schnauffer
James R. Ketterman
Geivature
Bob Hope
Ketterman
Nevin Waskey
Carroll
Hope
Parkway
Pennsylvania
John J. O'Hara
Timore
Korner
Fulcom
Wes Hitenae
Baltimore
Foley
Emmitsburg
Ierensiewusi
Robert Koontz
Edwin F. Ni
Dr. O'Hara
Greentreet
Middletown
Tirk Ant
Fim
Frederick Countyard
Bill seeks six trial magistrates in Washington County
State Senator George Snyder introduced a bill to add a sixth trial magistrate in Washington County with Smithsburg as the new post. The extra magistrate would also act as a substitute for Hancock Boonsboro Sharpsburg Williamsport and Clear Spring, covering multiple areas from the Smithsburg location.
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Washington County
George £. Snyder
Smithsburg
Boonssboro
Hancock
Boonsboro
Sharpabers
Williamsport
Clear Spring
Forfeits $855.80 In Magistrate Court Driving Violations
A Silver Spring man Melvin Bernard Howell 23 forfeited 855.80 for four driving violations on Route 26 February 21 after a 120 raph chase. Howell paid 301.45 for speeding while suspended 101.45 for reckless driving 51.45 for improper passing. Other defendants listed include Carroll Powell Watkins Crummitt Nalley Dayhoff Taylor and Dayhoff with varied fines.
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Silver Spring
Melvin Bernard Howell
Robert B. Spickler
East Street
Taylorsville
Iman
Howell
Carroll E. Powell
East Church Street
Robert Herman Watkins
RFD
Mt. Airy
Roland Ralph Crummitt
East South Street
William R. Na
Hotel Gary Fire Toll Rises to Five in Hazleton
A hotel blaze at the five story Hotel Gary in Hazleton Pennsylvania killed Howard Deitch age 53 and left his wife dead. One man and woman were in serious condition and thirteen others injured with seven still hospitalized as investigators probe the cause tied to the elevator shaft. The hotel housed 53 guests many elderly.
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Hazleton
Gary
Howard Deitch
Mary McAlarney
Hazicton
State Fire Marshal’s
Plane With 76 In 4 000 Foot Dive
A Northwest Airtimes four engined craft carrying 76 passengers plummeted about 4000 feet in turbulent air near Chicago on Thursday night. At least 12 people were injured, with two stewardesses and one passenger hospitalized. Stewardess Evelyn Lau and Jean Bohlin were among the injured, with Lau knocked unconscious and Bohlin face injuries. Nan Sahli sustained a fractured right ankle.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Midway Airport
Evelyn Lau
Honolulu
Ifshe
Stawdardess
Jean Bohlin
Minnneapolis
Nan Sahli
Grosse Pointe Shores
Mich
Snowstorm Hits Eight States Killing Dozens and Paralyzing Roads
A major late winter blizzard unleashed heavy snow and winds across eight states from Colorado and Wyoming into the Midwest and Northeast. Iowa suffered severe disruption with up to 17 inches of snow in Ottumwa and at least 10 deaths statewide, while Wisconsin and Missouri also reported fatalities. Roads were blocked, travel halted, schools closed, and air travel grounded as drifts and wind delayed snow removal.
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Iowa
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Missouri
Wisconsin
Kansas
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Michigan
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Midwest
Joarcy McNaruson
Frederick High
Lincoln
Omaha
Bryant Ayler
Frederreopen
University Ofick High
Wayne Smith
Erick
Larry Hyde
Damilehien Wich
mid-Mississippi Valley
Waukee
Des Moines
West Virginia Coal Fields Face Grim Unemployment Crisis
Senate subcommittee hears that West Virginia's 15 percent unemployment rate, about 145000 exhausted claimants, and rising hunger depict a misery tied to mine mechanization and falling coal production. Sen. Jennings Randolph warns the state suffers the nation's worst job crisis amid unemployment and hardship.
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Morgantown
W.va
West Virginia
Senate
Ian MM
Jennings Randolph
Wva
Beckley
Union
Randolph
Semi-Annual Assessments Proposed In Frederick County
Frederick County delegates in the House propose a semi annual property assessment system to raise county revenues. The measure would create two finality dates December 31 and June 30, enabling midyear tax bills and reflecting substantial completion for the first six months of the year.
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Frederick County
House ofDelegates
Samuel W. Barrick
Montgomery County
Delbert $. Null
Charles McC. Mathias i
C. Clifton Wirts
Ways and Means
Senate
Caroline, Charles, Frederick, Worcester
Carroll County
House
Central Accident Records Bureau
Circuit Court
Ager
Large Dairy Farm Near Mt Airy Sold
A 300 acre farm near Mount Airy changed hands in a deed filed with the clerk. Mr and Mrs James R Van Sant of Woodville district sold to Mr and Mrs Frederick R Fry for about 960000. A second deed shows Marjorie Edna Crist and Alice H Frailey selling a residence near Emmitsburg to Dr William H Carr for about 35000.
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James R. van Sant
Woodville
Frederick R. Fry
John Gardner Murray
Emmitsburg
Waynesboro Road
Marjorie Edna Crist
Alice H. Frailey
Wm. H. Carr
Omne
More Prizes Offered For Home Show
The Home Show at the State armory drew record crowds with two nights remaining. Merchants praised turnout as prizes were increased for guests and for the Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsored contest. Bowers Lumber announced winners for a model home contest with Frederick High and Middletown High students named among top prizes.
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State Armory
Donald Koons
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Bowers Lumber Company
William Lschwab
Frederick High Coheal
Onrtath Tanen Strickler
Middletown High School
Wana Diaheedene
Frederick High School instructors lead shop students prizes event
Instructors Frederick High School John Gruber James Mason West Frederick Robert Leatherman Emmitsburg Eugene Wood Jr guide six students for a Saturday luncheon at the Francis Scott Key Hotel honoring the group. Officials from Bowers Co and local leaders judge prizes totaling 200 dollars with expanded Saturday night awards including home freezer and various goods valued by sponsors.
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Aspanageee
Frederick High School
John Gruber
Middletown
James Mason
West Frederick
Robert Leatherman
Emmitsburg
Eugene F. Wood Jr
Bowers Company
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Glenn A. Main Jr
James A. Sensenbaugh
Roger Fulmer
Meredith Young
Fredericktown Savings Institution
Jacob R. J Ramsburg
Jaycees
Mehri F. Wach- Mer
Valiuwuud
Jacobsons Department Store
Potomac Edi Gon
Sinclair
J. W. Misner
Stanley
Ingalls Hardware
Corton
King's
Treeland Nurseries
Bill aims to lower voting age in Maryland
The Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee planned a vote on a bill to reduce the voting age from 21 to 18. The measure by Delegate Parran proposes a constitutional amendment referendum. At a recent hearing Cambridge High School students spoke in support.
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Annapolis
Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
del. Parran
State Roads Commission bids for spring surface treatment
The State Roads Commission will open bids March 30 at noon for a 32.86 mile surface treatment project across Frederick Carroll and Howard counties. The spring oiling program covers 15.84 miles in Frederick with work on U S 15 north Tuscarora creek to Lewistown 4 Unionville by pass on Maryland 6 Maryland 75 Fountain Mills to New Market Maryland 77 Thurmont to Graceham Maryland 550 Woodsboro to Libertytown and alternate U S 40 west of old Braddock to Braddock mountain. Local forces previously handled the project but this year it is bid.
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State Roads Commission
Frederick
Carroll
Howard
U. S
Tuscarora Creek
Lewistown
Unionville
Maryland
Fountain Mills
New Market
Thurmoent
Graceham
Woodsboro
Libertytown
U.S
Old Braddock
Braddock Mountain
Drug May Aid Mentally Ill
Edgewood Maryland AP reports University of Maryland scientists say indoklon inhaled drug shows advantages over electric shock in treating mental illness. Krantz notes higher patient acceptability and less emotional trauma with indoklon. IV delivery is being explored to simplify administration.
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Edgewood
University of Maryland
John C. Krantz
Doklon
Krantz
Army Chemical Center
School of Medicine
Five Die in Three Car Crash North of Emmitsburg
Pennsylvania State Police report no charges yet in a three car crash on U S 15 near Emmitsburg that killed five people. An inquest is planned likely next week with manslaughter as the probable charge. Survivor Louis D Sheely, 31, Fairfield Pa, was uninjured and reported the intoxication claim. The Sowers family from Dillsburg and neighbor Paul Kirk, all of Dillsburg, were among the dead. Funeral services set for Kellholtz, Ligud Sowers and Gary Sowers with multiple relatives listed.
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Pennsylvania
Emmitsburg
U. S 15
Louis D. Sheely
Fair‘held
Sheely
U. 8S. 15
Sowers
Paul A. Kirk
Dillsburg
Merle Keilholtz
Keilholtz
Lloyd
Gary
Jay
Kirk
Hansel Brooks
Fairfield
Faubus At Fire Scene in Deadly School Blaze
Gov. Faubus visited Wrightsville where a dormitory fire at the Negro Boys Industrial School killed 21 youths aged 15 to 18. Officials investigate blame while 69 boys were locked inside the north wing. 47 escaped through windows after metal screens were kicked out. Doors were never unlocked and no keyholder was present.
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Little Rock
Negro Boys Industrial School
Orval E. Faubus
Wrightsville
Daliea
Pioneer IV Vanishes Into Space After 400000 Mile Hop
Pioneer IV disappeared into space after signals weakened while traveling toward the sun at about 3566 miles per hour. Ground observers from Goldstone California to Jodrell Bank England reported signals at roughly 380000 to 403000 miles from Earth, with NASA technicians noting batteries may die as it heads toward solar orbit.
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Washington
Goldstone
Calif
Earth
General Electric
Ecape
Ody
N.Y
Roy Anderton
America
Jodrell Bank
England
Bernard Lovell
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Pioneer
Space Wilderness
Lake Canaveral
Fla
Five Day Forecast From The Associated Press for Maryland Delaware
The forecast calls for temperatures averaging two to four degrees above normal across Maryland and Delaware. Cooler Saturday but warmer Sunday or Monday with a cooling trend again Tuesday or Wednesday. Precipitation expected Sunday or Monday and again around Wednesday with totals around a half to three quarters of an inch. Normal highs span 47 to 57 with early morning lows from 23 in Western Maryland mountains to about 35 in the eastern and southern counties.
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Associated
Maryland
Delaware
Recovery Experiment Revealed On Discoverer 1 Satellite
The Milwaukee Journal reports Discoverer 1, a 1 million foot long Air Force satellite with a recovery experiment. NASA official Hume Stewart explains the daylight southbound orbit was deliberate to aid recovery operations and ensure the vessel would not crash in darkness.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Milwaukee Journal
Journal
Clairy Pease Quatra
Hume J. Stewart
Office of Planning and Evaluation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Chicago
Stewart
United States
Eisenhower Macmillan to Hold Berlin Talks in Washington
President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan will open talks March 20 on the Berlin crisis and Khrushchev's demands. Macmillan arrives March 19 with Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd to discuss Berlin, Germany, and his Moscow visit.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Berlin
Macmillan
Nikita Khrushchev
London
Selwyn Lloyd
Jean
Wusopune
Khrushchev
James C. Hagerty
Germany
Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
McElroy
Richard M. Nixon
Christian A. Herter
National Security Council
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
House
Sam Rayburn
Dtex
Heaviest Rain Since Fall Raises City Flood Risks
Overnight rainfall, the heaviest since late fall, swollen rivers and streams and boosted water supplies. Forecasters warned of a windy, colder night with temps dropping to the twenties, while a brief warm spell near 70 was possible earlier in the day. Airport rainfall reached 1.1 inches by 8 am, the largest March total since 1986, with Lingamore and Carroll creeks flash flooding the area.
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Gambrill State Park
High Knob
Ap Loch
A Hal
Lingemore
Carroll
Lingamore
Fishing Creek
Lee
W &E
Mercury
Chevers Lets & Ge
Ike
California adopts absolute 65 mph speed limit
Sacramento Calif AP Californians must slow to not more than 65 mph starting New Year’s Day. The State Senate passed an Assembly bill fixing the state speed limit at 65, requested by Gov Edmond G Brown. The law replaces a 55 mph limit with a safe speed exception allowing 80 to 100 mph if proven safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
Divorce Suit Filed in St Joseph Court
Charles Newell files for divorce against Bertha Newell in Circuit Court. The complaint cites alleged misconduct as grounds including neglect, arguing about routines at home and the treatment of his wife, with details of their meals and appearance mentioned in the filing.
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ST. Joseph. Mo
Charles Newell
Bertha
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New York
W. Va
Faubus
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