Federal Aid Promised To Cumberland
President Truman promised federal aid to Cumberland Maryland May 16 addressing 5000 to 6000 residents from his special train. He cited Savage River dam flood control and public housing projects as job sources and growth drivers along with an economy survey and a canal parkway plan. Governor Lane introduced the President and civic leaders pressed for a regional survey, canal parkway, and relocation of a quartermasters laboratory near Cumberland.
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Cumberland
Truman
Savage River
Cumberland-Ridgely
Vremovaa
Lane
Annapolis
Frederick
Maryland
O'Conor
Tydings
Margaret
Margie
David Kauffman
Allegany County
Kauffman
Washington
Baltimore officials face 14 police brutality claims
A delegation of Black leaders delivered a list of 14 police brutality cases to Baltimore Police Commissioner Beverly Ober, calling for an investigation. They cited a May 6 stop of a 15 year old boy and another youth, alleging officers beat Nathaniel Thomas and took him to a hospital for treatment.
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Baltimore
Beverly Ober
Lille M. Jackson
Baltamore
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Association
Jackson
Nathaniel Thomas
Bobby Jones to Undergo Spine Surgery in Boston
May 16 Boston reports Bobby Jones arrived at Lahey Clinic for further spinal surgery to relieve pressure on the spinal cord from an accident two decades ago. The golf great, once called the stand slam king from Atlanta, Ga, aims to restore motor function after the 1948 operation relieved pressure on the fifth vertebra. Doctors said he would be examined the following day.
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Boston
Bobby Jones
Lahey Cliute
Atlanta
Jones
Milk Assn Derrick Fined in Milk Price Conspiracy
District Judge Alexander Holtzoff found the Maryland Virginia Milk Producers Association its secretary Bruce Derrick Richfield and the Lucerne dairies guilty of conspiring to fix milk prices in the Washington area. The association was fined 500 and the dairies 100 each. Derrick received a personal 100 fine suspended. Alexandria and Harvey's were found not guilty.
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Alexandria
Harvey's
Holtzof
Fines Suspended After Appeal In Dairy Association Case
William E Leanyne suspended fines pending appeal after announcing the decision. Holtroff called the defendants guilty of a technical violation of the law and found no malevolence by the dairy owners association. Resolutions on various subjects were prepared in Hagerstown on May 16 for member approval.
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William E Leanyne
Holtroff
Hagerstown
Maryland
Maryland District of Columbia Federation of Labor meeting resolutions
Twenty four resolutions introduced by member unions were readied for action by about 400 delegates at the Maryland District of Columbia Federation of Labor gathering. The report notes a note on birds closing their eyes by shutting the lower lid.
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Maryland District
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