Seven Frederick residents fined in gaming table cases
Frederick Circuit Court heard seven men plead guilty to operating gaming tables during February raids. Each was fined 300 and costs by Associate Judge Patrick M Schnauffer, with Peter Placos also hit with 950 and costs for bookmaking and a suspended sentence. State officials pressed charges against others as cases spanned pinball, drunken driving, and assault, with multiple defendants facing additional penalties.
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Frederick
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Chauncey P. Cramer
East Eighth Street
Charles L. Kidd
East Third Street
Arthur D. Phebus
South Market Street
Donald J. Morgan
East Fourth Street
Peter G. Placos
North Market Street
John Plaecos
West Patrick Street
Helen R. Thompson
Peter Placos
House of Correction
Charles A. Price
Roosevelt M. Markoe
Gas Places
Sadie Bowman
John Thompson
Edwin F. Nikirk
Peter
John Placos
Nikirk
Earl R. Bartles
Martinsburg
W- Va
Bartles
Nirkirk
Maryland
West Virginia
Robert M. Childers
Brunswick
Edith Harner
Emmitsburg
James R. Bradford
Charles H. Lewis
Jefferson
Charles Holler
Lovellsville
Bradford
Lewis
Schnauffer
Samuel F. Unger
Smithsburg
Wilbur F. Sheffield
Peoples Court
Unger
Glenn Bowman
Braddock Mountain
Ted McClain
Homer Mitchell, Jr
Hamilton’s Mountain Rest
Charles E. May
Bowman
M. Holmes Fout
Soviet election yields complete government victory
The Soviet newspaper Tzvestiareports government candidates won more than 99 percent of votes in a Sunday election for a new Parliament. It notes 99.98 percent of eligible voters cast ballots and that only government candidates ran, delivering a complete victory for Premier Georgi Malenkov and allied leaders including V. M. Molotov and N. S. Khrushchev.
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1Oscov
Tzvestia
Georgi Malenkov
V. M. Molotov
Communist Party
N.S. Khrushchev
Virginia truck driver charged after Patrick Street crash
A Virginia truck driver was charged with following too closely after a collision on West Patrick Street near West College Terrace Tuesday at about 245 p m City police report Officer William Mutchner said Robert D McAlaster of Jefferson Route 1 was eastbound and stopped for a light when the truck operated by Vernon Branch Jr of Newport News rear ended his convertible causing about 75 dollars in damage The hearing was set for March 26.
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Virginia
West Patrick Street
West College Terrace
William Mutchner
Robert D. McAlaster
Jefferson
Patrick Street
Vernon Branch, Jr
Newport News
McCarthy Open to Cross-Examination by Army Counsel
Senator McCarthy stated he would allow Army lawyers to cross-examine him under oath during the investigations subcommittee probe into his clash with Army officers. He urged a special rule permitting cross-examination for this inquiry, though current rules limit cross-questions to committee members and staff.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
McCarthy
Neck Wreck Near Route 40 Leaves Man Injured
A 23 year old Frederick man William J Aliss narrowly escaped death after his car struck a tree on Sjamsville Road South of Route 40. He suffered a severe neck and facial laceration near the jugular vein and, after extricating himself from the demolished vehicle, walked to a farmhouse to summon aid. He was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital in weak condition. Other accidents nearby caused about 8250 in damage in two-car collisions on Seventh Street Pike near Frederick and on Route 46 west of the city with charges for both drivers.
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Frederick
Sjamsville Road
D. W. Bowser
William J Aliss
U.S. Navy
Miss
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Bowser
Seventh Street Pike
Robert Dishong
George William Boyer
Grover Martin Schrover
Route
Schrover
Dishong
Marvin L. Bower
Hagers‘town
Melvin Clifford Tobery
Middletown
Bower
Ford
Tobory
Pittsburgh Plate Glass may build plant near Cumberland
Cumberland area officials said Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co is exercising options on about 600 acres of land south of Cumberland in a potential glass plant site. Land price reported over 150000 dollars. company plans continued engineering work, though board has not authorized construction.
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Cumberland
Chamber of Commerce
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Mexico
Albert H. Hargreaves
Harry B. Higgins
Glass Company
Eisenhower Defends Stevens and Tax Plan at News Conference
President Eisenhower asserted full confidence in Secretary of the Army Stevens amid a Senate clash with Senator McCarthy. He disputed Democratic tax criticisms, warned that a president who fails to act against an unprovoked attack should be impeached or even hanged, and outlined positions on retaliation, coffee-price probes, hydrogen bomb disclosures, racial discrimination, and a forthcoming executive order on government R&D. The event, noted with St. Patrick’s Day green ties, touched on national security, economic policy, and civil rights.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Stevens
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
United States
Congress
State Dulles
London
Paris
Federal Trade Commission
Rep. Cole
R-Ny
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Russia
China
White House
St. Patrick’s Day
Fire destroys county home on Putman road
Fire this morning destroyed a five room frame house of Mr and Mrs Allen Eaves off Putman road between Bethel and Mountaindale. Independent Hose Company firemen answered the alarm at Honom. The fire was discovered by Mrs Eaves returning from the mailbox with her child. All furnishings are believed lost. Cause unavailable early this afternoon.
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Allen Eaves
Putman Road
Bethel
Mountaindale
Honom
Sirs. Eaves
Food Prices Up in New York This Week
Wholesale food prices rose to their highest level since February 1951, according to Dun and Bradstreet data released today.
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New York
I Dun & Bradstreet
Estate of William B Boyer Probated in Orphans Court
The will of William B Boyer a prominent transportation firm operator who died suddenly at his home near Petersville was probated in Orphans Court. The estate valued around 200000 goes to immediate family with specific bequests to sons Eugene and Bruce and to widow Mrs N Gertrude Boyer for life with support rights. The Boyer Transportation Company assets and real estate in Petersville and other properties are to be divided among the children with conditions tied to mortgages and future property transfers. The will dated June 27 1952 was witnessed by Dorothy R Lang and Benjamin B Rosenstock.
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William B. Boyer
St. Mark’s
Petersville
Orphans Court
Register of Wills
Harry D. Radcliffe
Boyer
Eugene B
Bruce E. Boyer
N. Gertrude Boyer
East Second Street
Eugene
Bruce
Comman
Frederick J
Betty Piper
Piper
Washington
Brunswick
W Ho
Frederi
Dorothy R. Lang
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Hear Humphrey On Excise Tax Cuts
Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey appears before the Senate Finance Committee to seek elimination of part of the excise tax cuts passed by the House. Senator Byrd endorses caution, urging pay as you go financing and opposing cuts not paired with spending reductions. The proposal would cut about 912 million in annual revenue by lowering broad excise taxes on luxuries to 10 percent. Byrd advocates not reducing excises below 15 percent.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphreys
Senate Finance Committee
House
Byrd
D-Vas
Humphrey
McDoonough escapes injury after parkway crash
James Q McDonough, 27, son of Rep McDopouch R Callis, walked away unaided after his car hit a three vehicle crash on a parkway and plunged into several feet of water in Rock Creek. He, a restaurant singer, suffered minor bruises. neither of the other drivers was injured.
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Washington
McDopouch
R-Callis
James Q McDoonough
Rock Creek
MecDonough
Times-Herald Bought By Washington Post
Washington Post Industries announced the Times-Herald would merge with its masthead to publish a single paper hereafter. The first enlarged edition was planned for this afternoon. Purchase price was not disclosed. a board member later claimed an offer of 42 million dollars was discussed.
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Washington
Washington Post Today
Times-Herald
Eugene Meyer
Philip L. Graham
The
Washington Post
Robert R. McCormick
Garvin &. Tankersley
Col. McCormick
State Plans Route 26 Bids for Major Modernization
The State Roads Commission seeks bids by April 6 at noon to modernize a 2,283 mile section of Route 26 from two miles west of Unionville through Liberty town toward Libertytown. Work includes grading drainage and widening from 18-20 feet to 24 feet and may widen a small Dolly Hade branch bridge.
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State Roads Commission
Baltimore
Unionville
Libertytown
Frederick County
Eldersburg
Six Point Plan For Scientific Manpower
National Manpower Council publishes a six point program to better utilize engineers doctors and teachers. It calls for downward transfer of duties investment in resources incentives to cut turnover and new work patterns. The report notes a continued shortage of scientists and professionals for the next decade. Fire on Morgan College annex second floor confined to one room.
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New York i
National Manpower Council
Ecsperts
FIRC
Morgan College
Baltimore
Morgan State College
Pravda headlines on American working women stir Cold War views
Soviet Pravda denounces American women as unwed mothers forming about one third of U S female workers and claims employers fire pregnant workers. It cites Cleveland and Lawrence factories reporting fatigue and fainting, notes lack of child labor laws and shorter pay for women, comparing U S wages unfavorably to men.
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Moscow
Pravda
United States
Commmunist Pariy
Couninsside
Hussan
Cleveland
United Electrical Workers Union
Geviegs
Lawrence
Mass
Lanor Research Assa
Dhe Canning
Seattle
French Seem On Way To Big Victory At Dien Bien Phu
French Union defenders at Dien Bien Phu in Indochina appear poised for a major victory as Vietminh mass attacks are repelled. French guns answer with 105 and 75 mm, while airlifted reinforcements bolster the garrison. Officials put Vietminh losses at about 3,000 killed and 9,000 wounded among roughly 12,000 men out of action, with Giap’s forces estimated at a quarter of their strength.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Vietminh
Vo Nguyen Giap
Viet Nam
Laos
Flames Destroy Mt Airy Trailer House Fire
A 1952 42 foot Pacemaker house trailer owned by Glenn Hurst Jackson was gutted in a Tuesday afternoon blaze in Wildwood Park Mt Airy. Flames destroyed the trailer and contents including clothing a 21 inch TV and a washing machine. Cause undetermined. Jackson was at work nearby with W E Graham Construction Co. and his wife and two children were in the trailer at the time. Three Mt Airy fire units fought the flames but could not save the home or its contents.
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Mt. Airy
Glenn Hurst Jackson
N. C
W. E. Graham Construction Co
Wildwood Park
Jackson
Fruit Spray Chemical Danger Strikes Children in Hood River
A hazardous fruit spray chemical called tepp, which paralyzes respiratory organs via skin contact, has killed 2-year-old Glenn Kumimoto and seriously endangered his sister Elle. Four-year-old Michael Ogden remains in critical condition after a spill at a Hood River hospital.
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Turlock. Catif
Glenn Kumimoto
Elle
Michael Ogden
Hood River
Ore
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Frederick Transit Company
Charles V. Main
Frank Dorsey
Sergt
Norman Dietz
Washington County
Helen Rebecca Thompson
Raymond Ja. Blomm
Ridgeville
Charles Leroy Kidd
Chauncy P. Cramer
Lewis Dottie Gibson
West Sixth Street
Charles Donald Naylor
North Bentz Street
Gibson
Donnie
Naylor
George L. Miller
Keedysville
Market
Fifth Street
Arlington W. Cramer
Braddock Heights
West Second Street
E. C. Crowther
William Boone
Sgt
Sherman Boone
William Miss
Pittsburgh Plate
Ai Cumberland
Senate Appropriations Committee
Armed Services
Robert Stevens
Matthew Ridgway
Air Force
Harold Talbott
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