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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1950
Page
5
In York on May 10, Dominick Atteo, a 49 year old with six children, died after being trapped 26 hours in a 20 foot shaft beneath a garage. Rescue teams battled fatigue and a cave in as workmen dug toward him. doctors called it a monumental act of will. His wife Marie and son John watched in tears as the attempt failed and Atteo did not survive.
A rescuer in a trench 30 feet from the point of collapse faced the danger of floor and roof cave‑ins while aiding a man who had received the last rites at 2 am. He urged his wife to go home as his voice weakened, promising he would be all right despite the peril. In other news, the Montgomery MYF set Sunday at 7:30 pm with speaker Miss Joyce Warfield and Alvie A. Moxley sharing a crime‑fighting background. Madrid reports 12,000 traffic deaths last year prompt harsher penalties including six months to six years’ prison and heavy fines for fatal accidents.
A Baltimore motorist Marvin B. Stevens, arrested Saturday night for drunken driving, was found guilty by Magistrate Alton Bennett. He was fined 150 dollars plus costs and jailed 60 days in default of payment. Stevens, of 1527 Eutaw Place, attempted to prove he and his wife did not drink and had no alcohol on the trip from Baltimore to Rockville to his mother, while his attorney challenged the officers testimony on balance, odor, and walking unsteadiness.
Police records show Stevens violating nearly every rule in the code. Magistrate Bennett notes two prior drunken driving arrests and license forfeitures including man slaughter by automobile, with repeated suspensions for financial irresponsibility. His license carried an imprint ordering officers to seize it if the bearer drives after drinking. Local police mailed the license to the Commissioner despite protests from Stevens' attorney that he is a truck driver by trade.
In a city court last night Arthur Hallet was found not guilty of larceny of a watch and money from Cat Edwards. Edwards claimed the theft, but the accuser could not prove the charge and suggested two unidentified Virginia coalmen may have robbed him after a weekend drinking spree. Harold J Van Buskirk and Andrew Simms were each jailed two days for drunkenness, while Ralph Higdon forfeited $10.80 collateral for drunkenness and loitering.
Two U. S. airmen, E C Bender and WC Smith, held prisoners since October 1948, were freed in Northern China. They sailed from Tsingtao aboard the S S Huan of Butterfield and Swire Line, after being captured in Hei-yank county on the Kalotung peninsula, according to a New China News Agency broadcast picked up by radio.
The text discusses the People's Liberation Army policy of magnanimity toward war prisoners and notes that World War II brought significant geological in situ improvements. The fragment hints at broad historical observations without detailing specific events or figures.
A drafted device notes that planes suitable for air surveys can cover 450 miles of terrain in about three hours. A ground team would need a full day to survey about one mile, highlighting the efficiency of aerial reconnaissance over terrestrial methods.
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