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Poison scares hit nine in one family in Ijameville
Fear of poison spreads through the Smith household in Ijameville as food tests and blood work are conducted after nine people, including Mr and Mrs Clyde Smith and their children plus Mrs Smiths sister and three helpers, fall ill in two days. Tests focus on flour and cornmeal while a flour origin theory emerges. a separate blaze destroys a Chevrolet coupe on Rocky Springs road, with three youths escaping unharmed.
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Clyde Smith
Ijameville
Mr. Smith
B. Kefauver
Smith
al Fonzo Covell
Yamsville
Gare
Frederick
Thin County
Rocky Springs
Franklin Kemp