Country Home of Diocese Is Dedicated
More than 400 clergymen and laymen of the Episcopal diocese of Maryland gathered at Buckeystown to dedicate the new conference center and country home on a 290 acre Frederick County dairy farm. Bishop Powell opened the service at 2 30 with Daniel Baker Jr noting the school’s history and the gift’s meaning while urging continued fundraising for completion.
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Episcopal Diocese of
Bishop Powell
Daniel Baker, Jr
Buckingham School
Baker
Maryland
Edmund L. Gettier
Bishop Claggett Conference Center
Powell
John A. Baden
Baden
Albert C. Lucas
James Cox
Morgan Smith
Charles Harth
Hunter Wyatt- Brown
John Grainger
Andrew B. Jones
George F
Dedication of Claggett Diocesan Center at Powell Hall
Clergy and lay leaders including Packard and Rev. Fauthier toured the Claggett Diocesan Center. Joseph D. Baker Jr. of Baltimore unveiled a plaque naming Powell Hall. The 1792 consecration of Thomas John Claggett as Maryland’s first bishop is noted with a silver communion service gifted by Claggett’s descendants and final prayers on the front porch.
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Powell
Claggett
British Troops Pose as Firemen Take Base
British para troopers disguised as firemen seized an American air base during a war game. The operation began when 150 British territorials leaped from a 700 foot drop, driving armored activity past armed guards. The base nerve center fell within minutes as the ruse unfolded.
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Upper Heyford
Fogland
Reconnaissance raid described as firemen disguise at hostile base
An account details troops posing as firemen and using borrowed equipment to infiltrate a base, swap into own guard positions, and supposedly seize headquarters amid a well-armed perimeter. Separate notes report Mrs. Ann Davison planning a solo Atlantic crossing in a small yacht after a prior disaster, and a larva species surfacing from 1000 feet depth in Lake Superior.
Fair, Firm Policy on Koje Island War Prisoners
Brigadier General Haydon L. Boatner announced a fair ness and firmness policy toward rebellious Communist prisoners on Koje Island to curb outside contact. He ordered local authorities to restrict unauthorized entries near U N Prison Camp 1, amid claims prisoners receive contraband and facilitate contact with North Korea. The move follows statements by Gen Mark W. Clark and a massive airlift of 100 planes delivering the 187th Airborne Regiment to Korea. Meanwhile Otto Ernst Remner placed last in a German by election as Socialist Philip Wehr led the victory.
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Koje Island
Haydon L. Boatner
U.‘N
O. 1
Koje
North Korea
Mark W. Clark
U.N
Tokyo
Soather
Boatner
Japan
U. S
187Th Airborne Regiment
Clark
Far East
Korea
187Th
Sukchon
Cunchon
Remer
Bremerhaven
Germany
Otto Ernst Remner
Philip Wehr
Absolute majority shown in unofficial returns
The incomplete unofficial tally places Herbert Schneider of the government coalition in second place while a vacancy in the Federal Bundestag arises from the death of another Socialist. The report notes an absolute majority and full unofficial returns.
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Herbert Schneider
Wehr
Bundestag
Mixed Up In Rotation Soldier Killed In Action
MUNCIE Ind May 18 4 Pre Joseph E Bartle wrote home from Korea that his rotation was delayed two weeks due to a mixup. He said two weeks more won’t matter. His wife was notified yesterday that her 21 year old husband was killed in action in Korea on May 9 several days after he wrote the letter. He was due to arrive in the United States May 15.
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Muncie
Ind
Joseph E. Bartle
Korea
United States
Sailor delays rotation over Japan fear of missing boat
The News notes in Frederick Maryland on May 19 1993 that the sailor’s total required service points for rotation were short by one. His return was postponed two weeks and he chose not to take a two week furlough in Japan fearing it could cause him to miss the chance to serve in the United States.
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Frederick
Munday
Japan
United States
Martinsburg teen freed on bail in fatal wreck
James Allen Barkdoll, 16, a Williamsport High School student, was released on $500 bail on a charge of negligent manslaughter. He drove the car that killed two of his classmates and was ordered to appear before Berkeley County's May Grand Jury at the circuit court.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
James Allen Barkdoll
Wil. Uamsport High School
Berkeley County
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