Eggs Tomatoes And Lettuce Used In Fight
About 100 West High School boys fought on Cherokee boulevard using eggs tomatoes and lettuce. Police broke up the melee involving three social fraternities, detaining about a third of participants. No injuries reported though the street was messy and the incident labeled as all in fun by officials.
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Knoxville
Tenn.p
West High
Cherokee Boulevard
David Garrison
Board of County Commissar
Hey
Board of Education
Frederick
L. J. Keller and Sons
Keller
Indiana
Alabama
Fisher Plumbing and Heating Contractors
Baker and Anderson
Winchester
Deibert §. Null
Mehrl H. Ramsburg
Joseph F. Rhoderick
William C. Powell
Paul S. Wise
Ross V. Smith
Eugene W. Pruitt
Hopkins
Charles F. Bowers
James Posey
Myersville
Parkway
Elm Street
Board ‘of Education
Nice Spring Weather Across Most Of The U S
Pleasant spring weather dominated the nation with a cooling front moving from the Central Plains to the eastern regions. Temperature drops reached up to 27 degrees in Flint Michigan while many areas stayed below 60 degrees except the Gulf and South Atlantic coasts where readings were in the 70s. Showers and thunderstorms tracked along the cooler air in Oklahoma Arkansas Missouri and Kentucky with some locations reporting over an inch of rain.
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Associated Press
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
Lakes Region
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio Valley
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Great Lakes
Flint
Mich
South Atlantic Coast
Gulf
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Tex
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Gun Duel In Quemoy Area
In Formosa Amoy Quemoy area heavy shelling from both sides as Nationalists report 638 Communist shells on Quemoy and Little Quemoy in a three hour period while Communists fired 150 shells in the first 15 minutes.
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Taipei
Formosa
Amoy-Quemoy
Quemoy
Little Quemoy
Two Circuses Compete For Boston Opening Day
In Boston today two circuses opened in separate venues. Ringling Brothers Barnum Bailey plays the 14,000 seat Boston Garden while a union sponsored one ring circus performs at the 8,000 seat Boston Arena amid pickets by AGVA and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Attendance was sparse with estimates from under 100 to about 200.
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Boston
Ringling Brothers-Barnum & Bailey
Boston Garden
Boston Arena
Ringling
American Guild of Variety Artists
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
New York
Madison Square Garden
AGVA
Teamsters
AGWA
Teamsters Union
Mother of Three Faces Slaying Hearing Today
Edgewood Maryland Mrs Victoria Johnson mother of three was to face a hearing before a U S Commissioner in Baltimore today regarding the slaying of her Army lieutenant husband First Lt Eugene C Johnson Jr 30 native of Princeton West Virginia shot yesterday while seated in his car at the Army Chemical Center He was housed and billeting officer stationed at the center for 18 months Johnson lived on post with his wife a daughter and two stepdaughters A board of officers will be convened to conduct an inquiry The information officer said Mrs Johnson was arrested by Military Police and handed to FBI agents who kept her overnight at the Harford County jail
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Edgewood
Victoria Johnson
U. S
Baltimore
Army
Eugene C. Johnson Jr
Princeton
W. Va
Army Chemical Center
Johnson
Chemical Center
Temperature Drops as Heat Wave Relents
Temperatures fell from a May high of 92 degrees to 52 overnight with no rain in sight. Forecasters said a thunderstorm was possible later. cooler tonight and steady to slightly warmer Wednesday. Fire danger rose in the mountains, minor blaze near Licksville controlled by forest guards and local fire company. Pastures suffer from dry weather. alfalfa weevils and drought impact crops. spraying widespread as farmers delay field corn planting.
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Mercury
Herman Toms
Licksville
C. and O. Canal
Donald Kendall
Marion Hoffman
Carroll Manor
Middletown
Folk Dance Festival Set for May 28 at Bake Park
More than 6,000 elementary pupils from city and county public schools will take part in the annual folk dance festival at Bake Park. The event, scheduled for May 28 at 10:30 a.m., will feature dances from Scandinavian countries and England plus American folk dances. If rain, the festival moves to May 31 at the same time. Warren Evans and elementary supervisors Miss Louise F Thompson and Miss Alice M Love lead the program with Paul L Hoffmaster organizing bus transport for county pupils.
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Bake Park
Warren Evans
Louise F. Thompson
Alice M. Love
Paul Il. Hoffmaster
Rhee Expected To Win Third Term In South Korea
South Korea votes in a presidential election with Syngman Rhee seen as certain to win a third four year term. A late opponent died before the vote, politics focus shifts to the vice presidency, and initial returns were not expected until tomorrow. Rhee, age 81, voted with his wife as polls closed at 5 pm.
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Seoul
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Korea
P. H. Shinicky
Democratic Party
Shinicky
Dulles: Soviet armed cut won't lessen Moscow strength
Secretary of State Dulles said the Soviet plan to reduce 1.2 million military personnel by next year would not significantly weaken Soviet power. He noted the reduction could aid a shift to industry and agriculture, while warning the United States must not reduce its own armed forces. He warned nuclear weapons remain a concern and suggested the Soviets overextended themselves in general industry and foreign aid.
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Washington
Dulles
Russia
United States
Moscow
Kremlin
U. S
Congress
George D-Gal
Eden’s leadership rise after plane crash and parliamentary vote
London reports Prime Minister Eden’s stance hardens amid a missing frogman inquiry. A Commons debate ends with Labour defeated 316-229 on a censure motion as more U.S. links surface. A Lockheed transport plane en route to Standford Field crashes near Jeffersonville, Indiana, killing five aboard. Captain Lawrence Wainscott reports there were five bodies.
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London
Eden
Britain
House of Commons
Kremlin
Eprivale
Lionel
Buster) Crabb
Standiford Field
Louisville
Clark Dellinger
Ohio River
Lawrence Wainscott
Jeffersonville
Ind
Five Day Forecast and Military Inquiry Report
Moderately cool conditions on Wednesday and Thursday give way to warmer weekend. Showers end early Wednesday with little rain otherwise. Temperatures near normal, highs around 75 and lows near 56 in mountains. Army review board nullifies Sgt Gallagher court martial conviction. Coast Guard opens official inquiry into collision of two freighters near Monterey. one sank with four lives lost.
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Nor- Washington
San Francisco
Coast
James C. Gallagher
U.S
Monterey
Korea
Leave Woods With Moonshine Equipment
U S Treasury agents moved through a moonlit grove near Hereford Maryland and seized a moonshine still with mash. Two men were detained facing moonshining charges as investigators estimated the still could produce about 16 gallons daily. Names were withheld pending formal charges.
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Hereford
U.S. Treasury Department
Big Falls
Baltimore County
William L. Riley
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit
Riley
Mrs Frances Detrick Guest of Honor at Fort Detrick
Mrs Frances Douglas Detrick widow of Major Frederick Louis Detrick accepted an invitation from Fort Detrick commander Colonel John J Hayes to be his guest at Armed Forces Day events on the post. This marks her second visit since it became Fort Detrick and recalls Major Detrick’s WWI service and the 1931 dedication of Detrick Field.
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Frances Douglas Detrick
Frederick Louis Detrick
Detrick Field
Fort Detrick
John J. Hayes
Armed Forces Day
Detrick
Army Chemical Corps
Fort’ Detrick
Armed Forces
104Th Aero Squadron
Maryland National Guard
New Market
104Th Squadron
Ruxton
A de Vine
Miliary Road
West Fourth Street
The
Chemical Corps
Residents oppose opening of eight mile U.S. 240 link
Rockville residents at a mass meeting urge delay on the seven million dollar eighth mile section of the National Pike now scheduled to open this week. They warn 8500 cars a day will clog local streets and seek a delay only Gov. MeKeildin can grant.
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Rockville
Me. Keldin
Germantown
Clyde F. Deming
West Rockville
Expressway route moved west amid Harford County protests
The Maryland State Roads Commission shifted the Northeast Expressway route about one mile west of U. S. 40 after Havre de Grace and Aberdeen pressed for expansion space. The move adds roughly $600 000 to costs but preserves historic homes and eases future growth. In another note, Earl K. Long becomes Louisiana governor for a third time, amid vandalism reports stealing tulips in Memorial Park.
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Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Havre de Grace
Aberdeen
Harford County
J. E. Greiner Company
U. S. 40
Maryland
Greiner
Russell H. McCain
Roads Commission
Traffic Engineering Company
of Coverdale and Colpitts
MciCain
Louisiana
Ihief Executive
U S Cruiser Salem Makes Mediterranean Port in Italy
The heavy cruiser Salem, flagship of the U S 6th Mediterranean Fleet, will base in Naples with 800 crew families moved to Villefranche on the French Riviera. A Navy mission is setting up quarters and facilities including a commissary and dispensary as the ship prepares for its Mediterranean tour.
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Naples
Italy
Salem
U.S
U. Ss
Dag Hammar
Iskjold
Maryland
Israel
Navy
Laird
Howard County
Ellicott
Hammarskjold
Jessups
Ellicott City
Thomas O’keefe
Jerry H . Hi
Pauieysee
William Murray
Middle
Savage
Egypt
Lebanon
Syria
Women's
Beverly Ann Wilson
Pat
Artiicia Ann Linton
Baltimore
Wilson
Blum
U. N. General Assembly
Frederick City I Club Council Chooses June 5 Meeting
The Frederick City I Club Council plans its annual meeting and officer election for June 5 at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. A social gathering precedes dinner with entertainment by poet laureate Vincent Bobby Burns. The agenda includes retiring president C Lease Bussard’s report and committee updates.
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Frederick City
C. Lease Bussard
Kinsey
Mary E. Rhoads
William Hinshaw
Herbert N. Heston
John Zufal
Charles IV. Main
Nebraska Primaries and Wyoming Delegation Notes
Nebraska voters choose presidential preference with Eisenhower unopposed on the GOP side and Kefauver dominating the Democratic field write-ins allowed. Wyoming Democrats elect a 1d vote delegation with Harriman supported by five delegates and undecided ballots. Stevenson notes Harriman’s non active candidacy while Oregon campaigns for the May 18 primary with Kefauver challenging write ins.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
Eisenhower
Estes Kefauver
Wyoming
Averell Hartiman
New York
Kefauver
Sen. Kefauver
Harriman
Adlai Stevenson
Sen. Symington
Missouri
Oregon
Stevenson
Eugene
Ore
Monogrammed Plates Favored By Dentist
Oklahoma City report highlights Virginia medical examiner Dr. Harold Beddoe urging dentists to inscribe the wearer's name inside upper plates. He argues monogrammed dentures aid identification in fires or decomposition and could become standard, even for armed forces.
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Oklahoma City
Virginia
Harold Beddoe
Southwestern
Selling Hits Market Slight Losses Dampen Trading Rally
The market opened lower as selling accelerated after reports of a Russian cut in arms and continued into the day. Leading issues fell one to four dollars a share, delaying ticker tape briefly as declines extended.
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New York
Transacions
Bank Clearings Rise in Frederick for 1955-56 Fiscal Year
Frederick bank clearings totaled 66.5 million dollars for the 1955-56 fiscal year ending May 3, up from 59.36 million the prior year. March set a monthly high at 6.49 million, the strongest since 1953, with year by year totals listed for May 1955 through May 1956 and comparisons to earlier five year periods.
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Frederick City
Frederick Clearing House Association
Fort Detrick Scientist Attending Conference
Fort Detrick scientist Dr. Carlton E. Brown attends the President's Conference on Occupational Safety in Washington. The three day event aims to cut injuries and losses from work accidents, ending with a report to President Eisenhower on voluntary safety actions. May 13 to 19 is designated Job Safety Week nationwide.
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Carlton E. Brown
Fort Detrick
Eisenhower
Washington
America
Secretary of
James P. Mitchell
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