May Cut the Request For Foreign Aid
Washington May 3 Senator Millikin predicts Congress may be merciless in cutting Eisenhower's foreign aid request of 5.8 billion. Senate and House committees will hear Dulles Bradley Stassen and Krumphrey as Republicans urge deeper cuts and Byrd cites near 4.7 to 5.0 billion possible final levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Millikin
R-Cole
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate
House
State Dulles
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Harold E. Stassen
Treasury
Krumphrey
Truman
George D-Ga
Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
George
Byrd
D-Va
Ferguson
R-Mich
Eleven former prisoners arrive in Washington
Eleven former Korean War prisoners arrived at Andrews Air Force Base on May 3 aboard a military transport, then split to three planes heading to Philadelphia Mitchel Field and Norfolk. Capt. Ruth Comboy accompanied the group from San Francisco and noted their relief and fatigue. One captive remained in Washington. Mrs Thirza Pettingahl returned home after treatment at University Hospital Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Korea
Andrews Air Force Base
Ruth Comboy
Air Force
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Sampson Air Force Base
New York
Mitchel Field
N. Y
Bedford
Mass
Norfolk
Camp Pickett
West Coast
Denver
Belleville
Graham Elected Burgess in Rosemont First Town Election
John T. Graham won the Rosemont Burgess seat with 38 votes while Charles A Gross and Melvin E. Younkins trailed. Commissioners named were L West Schnauffer Emil Frye B Harwood Watson Ralph W Stauffer and Richard M Magalis with varied votes. 77 ballots cast 1 spoiled. Officials take over from temporary officers after incorporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Graham
Burgess
Emory V. Frye
L. West Schnauffer
Ralph W. Stauffer
B. Harwood Watson
Rosemont
Neat Brunswick
Graham
Charles A Gross
Melvin E. Younkins
Ex-Seaman Captured After Cambridge Police Killing
A 32-year-old former merchant seaman Russell Regina was captured by a 40-man state trooper posse and charged with murder after Patrolman Daniel Biers was killed at Regina’s Cambridge home. Regina, held at the jail, reportedly surrendered following a long pursuit aided by a U S Fish and Wildlife Service pilot. The incident followed Regina’s alleged knifing of his wife Jeannette, with Biers murdered in a bedroom as investigators arrived. Mrs Regina, an Eastern Shore State Hospital attendant, was treated for a cut and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Calvin Brinsfield
Russell Regina
Eastern Shore State Hospital
Daniel Biers
Paul Randall
Regina
Ralph Harris
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Harris
Easton
Biers
Jeannette
Randall
Randolph Jews
Eldridge Woolf
Franklin Richard
Louis Russell
Cambridge Hospital
Philadelphia
Harrisburg Bank Clerk Is Accused
A 60 year old Harrisburg bank clerk was charged with larceny of 16000 after police stopped him en route to Florida with a suitcase and two bank bags full of money. Hecks said I am tired of living and might spend my life in jail to officers who arrested him in Fullerton. The money was partly in a suitcase and in two bank bags. Hecks had been employed by Capital Bank and Trust Co in Harrisburg for night deposits. Detectives said the bank was closed Saturday when he arrived for work. Hearing postponed for Gilbert Arden Berry Jr on manslaughter and traffic charges after a death on the Lewistown Creagerstown highway. Trial will be reset within a week or ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towson
Harrisburg
Florida
John M. Hecks Jr
Baltimore County
Fullerton
Clarence Jasper
Lee Melvin
Hecks
Pennsylvania
Capital Bank and Trust Co
Edgar B. Palmer
Thurmont
Gilbert Arden Berry, Jr
Berry
Frank Wentzel
Creagerstown
Lewistown-Creagerstown
Palmer
Heavy Sunday traffic leads to few injuries in Western Maryland
State Police in Western Maryland and Frederick reported the heaviest traffic of the year over the weekend. Sunday saw bumper to bumper driving with minimal accidents. Route 40 near Rice's Bright Spot and Routes 15 and 28 near Tuscarora reported two-car collisions with no injuries. Mild, cloudy conditions followed a warm Saturday, with fishing crowds on the Monocacy and Fishing Creek after May trout stocking. Drunken driving cases surfaced in Randallstown area with multiple drivers involved in weekend crashes. one car overturned on Uniontown road near Westminster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Frederick
Rice
Tuscarora
Monocacy
Potomac
Randallstown
Vincent Boose
Elmer C. Miller
David E. Miller
James R. Clark
Gaithersburg
Uniontown
Westminster
Harry William Miller
Rockville
Elmer Miller
Leon Lawson Dorsey
Samuel Dorsey
Dorsey
Mt. Airy
Hampstead
Paul Calvin Reed, Sr
Reisters- Lawn
Charles Hollie
Oxford
State Roads Commission
Frank Badger
Returned POW To See Relatives Of Others
A Maryland POW freed by the Communists plans to visit relatives of eight Marylanders still prisoners in Korea. Names include Cumberland, Annapolis, and Baltimore residents as he travels to tell families of their kin. He praises camp conditions yet warns of hardships and condemns communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenixville
Maryland
Korea
Cumberland
Annapolis
Robert C. Stell
Baltimore
Valley Forge
Stell
William Rhodes
Wineview Street
Hood College Students Take Leading Campus Roles
Miss Elvira Davis will serve as treasurer of the Permanent Dance committee and assist the college auditor, while Miss Barbara Coleman becomes president of the Extra-Curricular Council and secretary of the group. Davis has chaired the Town Hall program and won a Rotary Club scholarship, and Coleman has led Marionettes, contributed to the YWCA committee, and performed in the May Day pageant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Head Hood
Miss Davis
Hood College
Elvira Davis
Fred
Erick Rotary Club
New York City
Town Mall
Flood
Barbara Coleman
Wyncotte
Miss Coleman
Czechoslovakia
World Coleman
Stu
Er Hood
Davisren
Frederickman
Commit Rotary Club
Little Sisters
Town Hall
Davis
Town Little Sisters
Colemat
Writ- Ywca
Cargill Accused Of Oats Market Manipulation
U S Senator says Cargill broke the oats market last year and two government officials allege new illegal trading aims to push prices down. Cargill denies charges while administrator Mehl notes ongoing operations involve about 30 million bushels of oats and challenge to prove in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Young
R-Nd
Cargill, Inc
Minneapolis
Cargill
J. M. Mehl
Commodity Exchange Authority
Parade Prize Winners at Winchester Feature Parade
Winners listed for Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival parade in Winchester Virginia on May 1. Prize categories cover drum and bugle corps best marching unit college and prep school bands high school bands drum majorette and drum major with top placements for Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Pennsylvania entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Rouss
St. Andrews
Baltimore
South End
Miami Edison High School Cadettes
Miami
Fla
Massanutten
Woodstock
Randolph-Macon Academy
Front Royal
Virginia State College
Petersburg
Randolph- Macon Academy
Staunton Military Academy
John Marshall High School
Thomas Jefferson High School
Richmond
Lebanon High School
Lebanon
Gary High School
Gary
W. Va
Big Creek
War
Waynesboro High School
Waynesboro
Dottie McClure
Ballumore
New York City
Saxton Liberty High School
Saxton, Pa
Virginia State
College
Washington-Lee High School drum major listed
Arlington notes identify the drum major from Washington-Lee High School and Shenandoah Stanley High School in Shenandoah Virginia, but names are not available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington-Lee High School
Arlington
Shenandoah-Stanley High School
Shenandoah
Constitutionality of Law Is Questioned
In Baltimore on May 3, Assistant Attorney General Joseph D. Buscher said a measure exempting dump trucks from Maryland track weight limits is being sent to the Attorney General for a ruling on its constitutionality after Del. William S. James challenged it. The provision, added as a rider to the Roads Improvements Act, prompts criticism from Senate leaders and other legislators who fear it violates the single-subject rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Attorney General's Office
Joseph D. Buseher
William S. James D-Harford
McKelding
Senate
Goldstein
D-Calvert
Annapolis
Del
Harry H. Hanna Jr
Dwicomico
Hanna
Buscher
James
Plead No Contest Involving Down Payment Rule
Temus Bright and his used car firm pleaded no contest to a federal indictment charging five violations of Regulation W, a rule no longer in effect. Judge Chesnut called it outright fraud and did not sentence Bright yet. Federal Reserve reps reported 23 further violations found in Bright's car deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Temus Bright
W. Calvin Chesnut
Bright
Federal Reserve Bank
Chesnut
Thomas G. Gray
U. S
Countians Win At McDonogh Fair Highlights Maryland Dairy Honors
Frederick County youths dominated the 25th annual Mc Donogh School fair with Howard Barkey of Frederick city honored for 25 years in Maryland dairy work. Champions emerged across Jersey Guernsey Ayrshire and Holstein classes with multiple winners from Monrovia Libertytown Creagers Town and Walkersville. Spelling champ Mary Kathleen Bates of Milford Mill will compete in the National Bee after regional victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
McDonogh
Howard C. Barkey
Maryland
J. Wilfred Runkles
Monrovia
Charles J. Smith
Libertytown
Oakland Manor
Norene
Howard Stiles
Bartholows
Carl Roger
Creagerstwn
Rebecca Royer
Creagerstown Boys Club
Carl Royer
Jewell Burdette
Creagerstown
Walkersville
Roscoe Harbaugh
Boyd Smith
Mac Remsberg
William Kepler
Mehrie Ramsburg
Russell Long
Clifford Stiles
Bonnie Redding
Wilfred Runkles
J. Patrick Warner
New Market
Betty Ann Stiles
J. Howard Stiles
Charlotte Stiles
Wilfred Runkies
Jacqueline Hevner
Jerry Hevner
Ross Smith, Jr
James Smith
Rebecca Rover
William D. Powell, Jr
Darrell Fraley
Pincake Browning
Carl Rover
Mr. Barker
Baltimore
Mary Kathleen Bates
Milford Mill School
Mary Kathleen
Laurence M. Bates
Pikesville
Washington
Virginia i Marshall
Dundalk
Leary elected president of Maryland federal employes group
Leary of Annapolis has been elected president of the state branch of the National Federation of Federal Employes as about 209 delegates from Maryland and the District of Columbia met in Hagerstown over the weekend Also elected were Fred d Eustachio Baltimore first vice president Qtiet Keefer Frederick second vice president Rodman Gilbert Pasadena third vice president George A Sanders Hagerstown fourth vice president Ray Williams Glen Burnie treasurer Jo Chrievan Monath Hagerstown secretary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leary
Hagerstown
Joseph P. Leary
Annapolis
National Federation of Federal
Maryland
District of Columbia
Fred d'Eustachio
Baltimore
Qliet Keefer
Frederick
Rodman Gilbert
Pasadena
George A. Sanders
Ray Williams
Glen Burnie
Jo Chrievan Monath
Babson Speaks on Tax Cuts and Budget Balance
Babson argues for tax cuts if the federal budget balances and explains how postwar taxes and prices have eroded living standards. He cites 1940 and 1950s income examples, warns against continued inflation, and urges tighter wartime spending yet notes political resistance to reducing payrolls.
Frederick Road-e-o entrants named for May 10 test
Twenty-one Frederick high school students were chosen from about sixty entrants to take part in the Road-e-o driving examination on May 10 at Frederick High School. The event, sponsored by the Frederick Junior Chamber of Commerce, will determine Frederick’s top high school driver. Paul Chaney of Frederick High led the written test with 502 of 506 questions correct, tied for second were Richard Thomas of St. John’s and John Wilbur of Adamstown. The top local winners earn a chance to enter the Maryland Road-e-o in Annapolis June 26 and 27. state finalists receive paid expenses. The first place local winner also receives an engraved loving cup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Frederick High School
Frederick High
Lincoln High
St. John’s
Paul Chaney
New Market
Paul
Richard Thomas
East Third Street
St. John's
John Wilbur
Adamstown
Frederick Road-co
Maryland Readeo Competiton
Roade
State
Frederick City
Chaney and Wilbur
Randolph Hosencrantz
Alexander Gow
Kline Boulevard
Dorsey Shipley, Jr
West Second Street
E. Wayne Roelke
Lae Place
Paul Sylvester Stull
Thurmont
John E. Warnock
Biggs Avenue
Richard Stull
Garry Staley
East Eighth Street
Stanley Weener
Lindbergh Avenue
Charles Thomas Esworthy
East Fourth Street
James L. Goodman
Harry Clarence Wastler
Liberty Town
Donald C. Linton
Adam Read
Clyde Bohn
Hood College panel explores Social Service in the Community
A Hood College YWCA Social Service Panel debated social work needs and roles Thursday in the Y Hut. Speakers Dr Wayne Xeeiv Mrs Margaret Rawson and Mrs Amrew Meser outlined voluntary and professional paths, historical shifts toward less specialization, and job opportunities for community social workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood College
Social Service Committee
College
YWCA
Wayne C. Xeeiv
Hood
Margaret B. Rawson
Amrew G. Meser
Dr. Neely
Meier
Rawson
Myra Hays
Greensburg
Jane Freuchtemyer
Baltimore
Suspect Held For Larceny Of Calf Near Mt Airy
Charles Thomas Biggus, colored, was jailed in Howard County charged with larceny of a Holstein calf from the Frank C. Stiles farm near Mt. Airy. State Trooper Samuel Dorsey said Biggus lived in a tenant house on the Stiles property. The missing heifer was later reported sold to a Mt. Airy resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Thomas Biggus
Mt. Airy
Howard County
Frank C. Stiles
Samuel Dorsey
Biggus
Stiles
Married 45 Years LeZore Naugle celebrated anniversary
Mr. and Mrs Napoleon Naugle LeZore marked 45th wedding anniversary at the home of their son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs George Eckenrode in Woodsboro on April 12. A dinner followed with many relatives present including the Eckenrodes Harms Renner and Renner families and James Naugie of Woodsboro. The Naugl es have lived in LeGore 23 years and were married April 12 1908 in Emmitsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon Naugle
Lezore
George Eckenrode
Woodsboro
John Eckenrode
Peggy Ann
Ginger
Kevmar
Homer Harms
Roy
Martha
Larry
Mike
Mt. Airy
Claude Eckenrode
Etta
Billy
Ronnie
Jimmie
Legore
Lester
Norman
Joan
James Renner
Deborah Renner
James Naugie
Naugie
Emmitsburg
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Thirza Pettingah
University Hospital
Wisconsin
Pir
William L. Pryor
Ruby Pryor
Charles Pryor
New London
Camp McCoy
Wis
Pryor
Posse
Harrisburg Bank
Hancock Uancock
Lowndes W. Roman
Hancock
Here
H. P. O'Brien
Roman
Sideling Hill Mountain
O'Brien
Mrs. Raymond Rising
Gettysburg
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Great Divide
Appalachians
Pic
Arthur Renner
Samuel Renner
Babson
Babson Pub
Maas
Greece
Bone
Veterans’ Administration
Roger Bai
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