Volunteer Fireman Is Accused
A 23-year-old volunteer fireman was charged today with arson in the burning of his father’s barn near Doubs on April 22 and an attempted arson at the Daniel E. Wight farm on the New Design road last Saturday, largely extinguished by the defendant. David E. Michael Downs was held on $3,000 bond. Sheriff Horace M. Alexander led the investigation, tracing fires started with Mares from a town truck. the first blaze destroyed the barn and contents and caused about $10,000 damage. The Wight fire was stopped early with Michael aiding fire crews, and investigators found flares that had not ignited the wood. Michael, a Navy veteran and longtime volunteer, had no motive for arson according to officials.
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Doubs
Daniel E. Wight
New Design Road
David E. Michael
Ou. Downs
Horace M. Alexander
Michael
Elmer
Uacor
Howard Davis
Willard Koogle
Charles F. Beil
F. J. Caruso
National Board of Fire Underwriters
John J. Myers
Nevel
Wight
Ward Zeigler
Paull Zeigler
Ward
Virginia
Ward Zeiglers
Pennsylvania
Zeiglers
Samuel W. Barrick
Navy
Vie Whitefield
West Grand Jury
Armed Motorized Junks Attacked in Formosa Strait Action
Nationalist air force claimed destruction of one junk and heavy damage to another with several lightly damaged after air strikes on a flotilla of more than two armed motorized junks. Strike occurred west of Redved Pinto near Matsu group, about 30 miles west of Formosa.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa Strait
Lounch
Matsu
County Council Of Churches To Be Organized
Frederick County to organize a County Council of Churches with a May 29 meeting at Calvary Methodist church. Provisional constitution to be voted and officers elected. About 250 pastors and lay representatives approved formation after January gathering.
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County Council of Churches
Frederick County
Council of Churches
Interchurch
Jacob R. Ramsburg
H. Kieffer DeLanter
Harry Eugene Lawson
Charles Trunk Jr
Ard McGowan
Robert Strickles
Edwin Alcorn
Ex Officiga
Martin Zirkle
Raymond Wilhelm
Tra Metzker
Austin Renn
Clifford Watkins
Paul Alt
Frederick County Council of Churches
Seven Nurses To Graduate At Frederick Memorial Hospital
Seven senior year student nurses at Frederick Memorial Hospital will receive diplomas at graduation exercises on Elms Street School next Tuesday evening. Mary F. Keeler of Hood College will deliver the address. Graduates include Patricia Ann Carder, Mary Jane Powell, Mary T. Baker, Fanny Doris Lackey, Lucy Marr Patere Tingettecille Va? Donis Jeanne Roderuck, Walkersville, Thelma Louise Snook, Detour. A pre graduation series begins with a baccalaureate service Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at Emanuel Lutheran church. Rev. Charles F. Yrank Jr. presides. Tuesday morning the graduates attend a hospital breakfast at eight. Alumnae homecoming is noon to three at the Nurses Home. Wednesday at seven a banquet and dance at the Eagle's Club. Pat Patterson’s orchestra to perform. Friday’s dance at the Nurses Home features Ozzie Fagan’s orchestra. Class night date to close the commencement activities remains uncheered.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Elms Street
Mary F. Keeler
Hood College
Patricia Ann Carder
Mary Jane Powell
Mary T. Baker
Fanny Doris Lackey
Union Se
Lucy Marr Patere
Donis Jeanne Roderuck
Walkersville
Thelma Louise Snook
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Charles F. Yrank Jr
Eagle
Cluo
Pat Patterson
Ozzie Fagan
Opera tion Fireball Civil Defense Fire Drill Sunday
Frederick High School hosts the largest Maryland civil defense fire and rescue demonstration with about 500 firefighters from five counties. The multi county exercise begins at 7:30 p.m. and features a water curtain, rooftop rescues, and a field hospital, with assemblies, transportation plans, and spectator safety measures outlined.
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Maryland
Frederick High School
Frederick
Civil Defense
Pikesville
Montgomery
Washington
Carroll
Howard
Frederick County
J. Roger Fisher
Paul B. Rhoads Jr
Rhoads
Fredericks
Frederick City
Washington County
County
Carroll County
Uva
Robert Ditto
Hagerstown
Robert E Creaghan
Erasal Davey
Maryland CD Agency
Charles Wisner
Charles Bell
Junior Fire Company
Veil Forney
United Fire Company
Charles Troxell
Citizens Truck Company
Culler Lake
Market Reverses in New York After Sharp Fall
Market activity reversed in New York today as early steam trading showed gains following a two day decline. Analysts noted a cautious mood but buyers entered values across several sectors. Prices moved higher amid divergent signals from the commodity and financial groups.
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New York
May Day Guests Arrive for Hood College Queen Coronation
Hood College welcomes May Queen candidate Mrs. Richard R. Kline of Frederick and court as students stage Alice in Wonderland. The coronation occurs Saturday at 2:30 in Hudson outdoor theater with no tickets required. Events include water show, riding display, Father-Daughter softball, and a dance on the tennis courts.
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Hood College
Richard R. Kline
Frederick
Margaret Mitchell
Bayside
Long Island
Hood
Kudson
Hudson Theater
Coblentz Hall
Charlotte Moran
Youtzdale
Marionette Club
Alice
Virginia Parker
Bath
Anne Walton
Middletown
N. Y
Kathryn Parker
Lancaster
Frog
Sarah Bulin
Baltimore
Jane Hollister
Rye
N. J
Helen Ward
Owings
Queen of Hearts
Barbara Hanna
Bronxville
Barbara Windsor
Salome Smith
Summit
March Hare
Joan Pender
Chappaqua
Mad Hatter
Susanne Crothers
South Bend
Ind
Elizabeth Bigelow
Lebanon
Elizabeth Zimmerman
Mercersburg
Barbara Leidy
Allentown
Heather Herndon
Loudonville
Barbara Johnson
Arlington
Marilyn Henning
Gail Shaffer
Berkley Heights
Nancy Drew
Brook Iyn
Patricia Pickett
Rockville
Kay Dillmore
Gouverneur
Wiil
Gambrill Gymnasium
Rhythmic Swimming Club
Hudsontond
Hudson Garden
Coeblentz Hall
Francis Scott Key
Coffman Chapel
Home Rule Discussed At Brunswick City Meeting
The Brunswick Mayor and Council discussed the home rule measure passed by the Legislature in general terms. Actions included banning parking on the north side of Brunswick Street between Delaware and Central avenues and granting the American Legion permission for its annual carnival June July 2 at the town park. The council approved funding to send a Brunswick boy to Boys State in Annapolis, joined Maryland Municipal League as the 12th member, and reported street, pavement and curb work near the aft bridge entrance. A new water tap on Linden Avenue was installed, the reservoir was full, and the fire company responded to six grass fires and a chimney blaze in March. Mrs. Jane Wise of Lewistown qualified before the circuit clerk for a Frederick County Board of Education seat, replacing Governor McKeldin’s appointee, and named George J. Martin of Emmitsburg as a candidate.
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Counci
Brunswick
James Cummings
Brunswick Street
Delaware and
Central Avenues
Steadman-Keenan
American Legion
France United States and Britain pledge aid to South Viet Nam
Premier Faure said that France the United States and Britain will do everything possible to support South Viet Nam Premier Ngo Dinh Diem.
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DIEM
Paris P
Adgtar Faure
France
United States
Britain
Ngo Dinh Diem
Made Many Trips Paid For By ESB
Baltimore writer details travel abuses by former State Employment Security Board members John L. Estes and Charles H. Borcherding Sr. Estes, Cumberland native, made over 100 trips home and 55 trips to Western Maryland at government expense, plus visits to the Eastern Shore and Cecil County. Borcherding, a Baltimore businessman, defended occasional field visits. The ESB faces a federal probe over travel costs and a special fund used to cover $950 of $31,000 in denied federal travel reimbursements. Atty. Gen. Sohert leads the investigation with new chair Robert B. Kimble cooperating.
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Baltimore
John L. Estes
State Employment Security Board
Cumberland
Puerto Rico
Estes
Maryland
Charles H. Borcherding Sr
Borcherding
Cecil County
Galt Lake City
New Orleans
Raleigh
N. C
Evening Sun
Esles
Atty
C. Ferdinand Sohert
Robert B. Kimble
Employment Security Board
Io Department
Nilabe
Joseph Sherhow
Syhert
Sybert
Kimble
Towson
Friday the 13th: Idaho mailman named for Pope Leo XIII
Leo Che hev a mail carrier in Roberts Idaho married for 13 years and became a father after 13 years of marriage. He served in the 13th Division in World War I and is a former president of the District Wildlife Assn spanning 13 eastern Idaho counties. His car license bears the number 13.
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Roberts
Idaho
Sais
Leo Chehev
District Wildlife Assn
Leo XIII
Ridgway to retire as Taylor named Army chief of staff
General Matthew Ridgway will retire June 30 and be succeeded by General Maxwell D. Taylor as Army chief of staff. Taylor, famed for Korean War leadership, currently commands Far East and United Nations forces. Lyman Lemnitzer to take over Taylor’s Far East command. Ridgway criticized plans to cut ground forces.
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Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Army
Maxwell D. Taylor
Ridgway
Eisenhower
Senate
Taylor
White House
James C. Hagerty
the Army
Stevens
Tbh
Far East Command
United Nations Command
Lymand L. Lemnitzer
Far East
Lemnitzer
Army Forces
the &Th Army
Derring-Do
Window fragments from West Patrick Street accident
Fragments of tires on a tractor blew out and were thrown through a window at 360 West Patrick Street causing minor damage. The incident occurred about 12:01 am near Jefferson Street, involving Warris Express Inc. of Martinsburg, operated by Marx May. A dual rear trailer wire failure caused debris to strike Bernard Wright’s first floor at William F. Grove’s property. Damage estimated at 251 to the window and blind. vehicle fires related losses around 250. An equity court ordered W Jerome Offutt as receiver for Avalon Voters Inc. and directed bond of 10,000 to secure receivership powers.
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West Patrick Street
West Pattrick Street
Jefferson Street
Warris Express, Inc
Martinsburg
Marx May
RFD 2
Patrick Street
Paul Mossburg
Bernard Wright
William F. Grove
Tangate
Equity Court
Patrick M. Schnauffer
W. Jerome Offutt
Avalon Voters Ing
Fast Street
William F. Dean
Red Forces Take Control Of Haiphong
Vietminh troops seized Haiphong ending a major French hold in North Indochina as a new Vietminh regime imposed curbs. Officials ordered denunciations of collaborators, restricted movement, and replacement currency exchange while banks prepared for a victory parade and taxes to be paid.
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Red
Haiphong
North Indochina
Geneva
Haiphone
WGN
Communists Approve Pact Amid Warsaw Conference
In Warsaw eight Warsaw Pact nations approved today the draft of a security pact to place their armed forces under a unified command. A Soviet spokesman said the treaty and related documents will be signed tomorrow and published after signing. The session also endorsed mutual economic aid and cultural exchanges to counter West Germany's NATO entry. Separately, Mrs. Mary A. Stottlemyer, 72, fell on a step at 342 Park Avenue Thursday, injuring her right arm and being treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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Warsaw
Soviet Union
West Germany
NATO
Mary A. Stottlemyer
Park Avenue
Frederick Jetorial Hospital
Vaccine For Polio To Be Freed Soon
Surgeon General Leonard Scheele said he expects release of Parke-Davis polio vaccine shortly after a thorough on-site inspection of its manufacture. The move would allow limited resumption of nationwide school vaccination programs as inspectors shift to Eli Lilly and other plants. He noted 67 polio cases in vaccinated children, mainly with Cutter vaccine, and voiced strong confidence in the vaccine’s safety and public health value.
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Washington
Leonard Scheele
Parke-Davis Co
Scheele
House Banking ‘Committee
Parke-Davis
Detroit
Parke- Davis
Eli Lilly Co
Indianapolis
Wyeth Laboratories
Marietta
Piman-Moore
Zionsville
Ind
Sharpe
Dokme
Glen Alden
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Wyeth
Four Civil Actions Heard Before Court
Four civil actions before Judge Thomas M. Anderson in Circuit Court ended with Jobe Foster, Brunswick restaurateur, owing his former landlord Howard Marvin Jones about 400 dollars. Foster admitted owing about 800 dollars in rents for several months. A repair claim was dismissed for lack of conclusive authority. Foster recovered 400 dollars in a damage suit, with a small credit of around 28 dollars. Jones did not attend due to illness.
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Thomas M. Anderson
Jobe Foster
Brunswick Restaurateur
Howard Marvin Jones
Foster
Jones
Last Wineter
E. Austin James
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
T. West Claggett, J Jr
Nunan on Critical List in Manhasset Hospital
Joseph D Nunan Jr age 57 once head of the nation tax collectors and a former U S commissioner of internal revenue from 1944 to 1947 lay in a critical condition at Manhasset Hospital. He was admitted May 6 and his ailment was not disclosed. He remains free on $1500 bail pending appeal of a five year prison term and $15000 fine.
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Manhasset
N.Y
Joseph D Nunan Jr
Manhasset Hospital
Nunan
U.S
Five Day Forecast for Piedmont and Coastal Areas
Rain ends Saturday morning with generally fair and mild conditions over the weekend. Scattered showers and thunderstorms likely Sunday night or Monday, then fair for the rest of the period. Cooler Monday and Tuesday, warming Wednesday. Temperatures 3 to 6 degrees above normal, with highs around 70 to 75 and lows from the mountains to bays and coast.
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Piedmont
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