Memorial Day Traffic Grows Heavy in Frederick Area
Memorial Day traffic rolled through Frederick city and county causing brief jams. Police directed traffic by hand on Patrick and South Market streets due to lights out. Forecasters expect more showers and then pleasant weather this afternoon and tonight. May warmth and dry spells continue, with crops looking good as corn and wheat progress and spillway flow at Fishing Creek reservoir remains high.
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Frederick City
Charles V. Main
Patrick Street
South Market Street
Chief Main
May
Fishing Creek
Henry R. Shoemaker
Bailey
Menzies Government Wins In Australia
The Liberal Country party coalition led by Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies appeared set to win a narrow general election, with about 38 seats to 55 for the Socialist Labor Party as ballots counted. The coalition has governed since 1949. RESIDENCE SOLD A deed records the sale of 112 McMurray street from Leonard P. Allison and wife to Emerson L. Dorsey and wife for about 8500 dollars.
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Sydney
Australia
Liberal Country Party
Robert G. Menzies
Socialist Labor Party
Labor
Menzies
McMurray Street
Leonard P. Allison
Emerson L. Dorsey
Niarchos Agrees to Return 19 Ships and $4 Million
Fabulous Stavros S Niarchos Greek shipping magnate has agreed to return 19 allegedly illegally bought U S surplus vessels and pay four million dollars for their use since World War II. The settlement reached by Niarchos lawyers and Justice Department officials in London aims to set a pattern for cases against other Greek ship owners under indictment for violating foreign acquisition laws.
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Washington
Stavros S
U.S
Honor Dead Of All Wars Weekend Observances
The Associated Press reports nationwide Memorial Day ceremonies will span two days due to Sunday observances. Ranging from prayers to flower strewing and parades, services honor soldiers while a three day holiday boosts travel with millions hitting highways and railways, amid safety concerns and a call for lasting peace by President Eisenhower.
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Associated Press
America
National Safety Council
Eisenhower
Third Arrest In Robbery Case
A third suspect, Charles E. Stanton, is charged in the larceny case tied to the Benn tavern break in at 543 North Market Street. He faces a $1,000 bond for grand jury action on a larceny charge about beer from the tavern. Others, Charles Robert Davis and Lewis E. Gibson, were earlier charged with breaking and entering and larceny and are jailed on related counts. Detective Sergis led the investigation with Suomley and Dietz. Officer Staley charged Robert Hite with operating an automobile while intoxicated and jailed him on a $1,000 bond. Walter Keeney and Allen Luckadoo faced drunkenness charges with $25.80 bonds. Sergt. Shook and Officer N. Dorsey conducted the arrests. Clinton W. Remsburg was summoned for exceeding 25.
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Wiliam Z. Benn
North Market Street
Charles E. Stanton
Charles Robert Davis
West Patrick Street
Lewis E. Gibson
West Sixth Street
Renn
Stanton
Sergis
Daniel Suomley
Norman Dietz
John Robert Hite
Hergeville
W. Va
Staley
Walter H. Keeney
East Fourth Street
Allen
Luckadoo
Virginia
Sergt
Shook
N. Dorsey
Clinton W. Remsburg
RFD
Frederick
Mental Hygiene Society To Meet Here On June 7
Legislators and editors are invited to join the Mental Hygiene Society of Maryland at its annual dinner meeting Monday evening June 7 at the Francis Scott Key Hotel in Frederick. Robert L. Robinson of the American Psychiatric Association will lead a discussion titled Lets Be Realistic About Mental Health. Dr. John Walker Powell will present the society's annual report, with election of new board members. Mrs. Arthur J. Rawson of Frederick chairs arrangements.
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Mental Hygiene Society of Maryland
Francis Scott Key
Frederick
Robert L. Robinson
American Psychiatric Association
Mental Health Association of
Frederick County
Arthur J. Rawson
Graduation Week Opens On Sunday at Hood College
Hood College hosts the baccalaureate service led by Dr. William E. Park president of Northfield Schools. 95 graduates from 11 states and Puerto Rico dine 67 BA and 28 BS candidates in arts, sciences, home economics, and nursing. The event kicks off commencement week with Park debating the theme "Form Or Power" and ends next Saturday with morning graduation and alumnae events.
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William E. Park
Northfield Schools
Hood College
Hudson Outdoor
Brodbeck Hall
Andrew G. Tr
Massachusetts Hospital School of Nursing
Boston
Park
Northfield
Dwight L. Moody
East Northfield
Mass
Northfield School
Mount Hermon School
Williams College
Union Theological Seminary
New York City
George Buttrick
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Aseen
Massachusetts
New York
Macmillan
Vassar College
Simmons College
District of Columbia
Eleanor , Elizabeth Crozier
Jean Ann Dauber
Violet Louise Westerberg
Arizona
Betsy Jane Reed
Tuscon
Connecticut
Elizabeth Burnham Driggs
East Hartford
Mary Starr
Smith
Newton
Florida
Gretchen Anne Antos
Vero Beach
Maine
Elizabeth Wilson Warren
Squirrel Island
Maryland
Betty Ann Range
Hagerstown
Denise Ann Bluttman
Baltimore
Helen Edna Calhoun
Bethesda
Ramona Frances Crown
Brunswick
Sheila Bennett Delanes
Calonsville
Doris Louie Fulmer
Frederick
Anne Lenore Funk
Betsy Gary
Diane Marshall Mathias
Margaret Elizabeth Reid
Thurmont
Anne Elizabeth Smith
Nancy Lou Swearingen
Katherine Backes Terrell
June Vanita Walker
Mount Airy
Barbara Jean Weaver
Margaret Stuart Brown
Pittsfield
Ann Pattison
Holyoke
Constance Smith Crown
Uxbridge
Elaine Dustin Green
Framingham
Elizabeth Savage Hapgood
Laneshoro
Kathern Ayres Hall
Newton Highlands
Jersey
Patricia Ashcroft
Boonton
Barbara Curtis Ayers
West Allenhussi
Gloria Ann Clark
Trenton
Susan Nobie Clement
Cranford
Marilyn Geden Heath
Summit
Joan Kempthorne
Essex Fells
Betty Ella Luscombe
Ruth
Janet Marra
Jersey City
Ruth Margaret Marshall
Barbara Irene Mayer
W. Orange
Rodean McCarty
Summa
Nancy Gay McCormack
Morristown
Janet Aileen Parker
Sarah Martha Parker
Pamela Presbrer
Glen Rock
Joxee Pritchard
Marilon Elaine Randall
Montclair
Doris
Anne Rencken
Demarest
Dolores Louise Rossetti
Westfield
Lee Sawyer
Pitman
Joan Parkhurst Sommer
Upner
Joan van Tassel
Vietminh Ring Is Smashed By French
French Union armor and infantry broke a Vietminh ring around Yen Phu post 30 miles south of Hanoi. Yen Phu, defended by about 160 men, endured mortar bombardment as Vietminh squads advanced within 300 feet. Twelve Vietminh battalions joined the assault, which followed Dien Bien Phu tactics to overwhelm the outpost in the Red River Delta.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Yen Phu
Hannoi
Nam Dini
Phu Ey
Len Phu
Red River Delta
Dien Bien Phu
McCarthy Attacked by Tydings in Anne Arundel County
Former Senator Millard E. Tydings charged that Senator McCarthy has not purged Communists from the State Department and lacks courage to go before a grand jury. He played a phonograph record of McCarthy from February 1950 claiming 57 card carrying Communists in the State Department, asserting many named individuals remained employed.
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Annapolis
U.S
Millard E. Tydings
Sen
McCarthy
Rwis
State Department
Tydings
Maryland
Associated Democratic Clubs
Anne Arundel County
Serpenh
Jahtan Prwrns
Salt Lake City
Communist Party
Land
United States State Department
Frederick Bank Clearings Reach 60 Million for 1953
Frederick Clearing House Association reports total bank clearings for the year ending May 1 at 60,836,731.38, down from 72,960,536.06 prior year due to consolidation of Farmers and Mechanics National Bank with Citizens National Bank in February 1953.
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Frederick Bank
Frederick Clearing House Association
Cit
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Citizens National Bank
Clearines Dane
McCarthy Row Takes New Angle In Senate Fight
In Washington Senator McCarthy sparred with the Eisenhower administration during the Army Lehne inquiry. He demanded secret information from federal employees about corruption while Brownell asserted executive branch primacy. The clash deepens the constitutional clash and shapes the televised hearings.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Eisenhower
Senate
Army
David Lehine
Wisconsin
Atty
Brownell
White House
Executive Department
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Pvt. Schine
Subcommittee
Schine
Roy MM. Cohn
Ray H. Jenkins
Raid on jungles yields one arrest and court action
City police began summer raids on the undeveloped area north of East ai Saints street known as the jungles and arrested Charles Edward Whitter of Annapolis after a drinking allegation. In Pennine Court Magistrate Wilbur F. Sheffield imposed a 30 day term in default of a $100 fine. Leroy I Cram faced a suspended three month House of Correction sentence in a nonsupport case. A charge against John J. Aer on West Patrick street was dismissed due to the suspect being overseas and unavailable.
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East Ai Saints Street
Pennine Court
Wilbur F. Sheffield
Charles Edward Whitter
Annapolis
Whitter
Paul Mossburg
House of Correction
Leroy I Cram
East Fourth Street
Cram
West Patrick Street
Local Court Records Charge Fogle With Motor Vehicle Larceny
A criminal information was filed in Charles A. Price Court charging James William Fogle with larceny of a motor vehicle belonging to Early Cline on May 15. A petition seeks an immediate trial and grand jury action, with no hearing date set. DIES OF BURNS Fiona Coyer, 52, a Baltimore public school teacher, dies from burns after a neighbor’s fire.
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Court of State
Charles A. Price
James William Fogle
Cline
Baltimore
Fiona Coyer
Ditcr
Burns
First Week Of Clean Up Campaign Successful
Fredericks city health department and Frederick Junior Chamber of Commerce report strong public cooperation during the first week of the city clean up paint up fix up drive. Two city loaned trucks collected trash, several dilapidated outbuildings were razed, and property owners are urged to place debris at the curb for pickup and to repair hazards on their properties.
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Fredericks City
Frederick City
George B. Delaplaine, Jr
Jaycee Public Health Committee
Health Department
Bar
Alfred Catsail
Donald B. Rice
Carrier Fire Probe Opens Bennington Disaster Hearings
A Navy court of inquiry opened hearings today into last Wednesday’s explosion aboard the aircraft carrier Bennington off the Rhode Island coast. The death toll reached 99, with 30 crew members still listed as critically injured at Newport Naval Hospital as doctors monitor the next 48 hours for survivors amid dehydration risks.
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Quonset Point
Flt
Naval Court of Inquiry
Bennington
Navy
Naval Hospital
Newport
Quonset Point Naval Air Station
John L. Enyart
Newport Hospital
Frederick City Worker Burned by 6700 Volt Contact
Wilbert H. Rinehart of the Frederick City Electrical Department suffered electrical burns to his right index finger and the base of his right big toe after contacting a 6 700 volt arc while repairing an open circuit at the Fair grounds. He was stunned and knocked from the contact, then aided by City Electrician Max Kehne who alerted police and ordered rescue. Rinehart walked down the pole and was transported to a hospital for treatment.
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Wilbert H. Rinehart
Frederick City Electrical Department
Fairgrounds
Rinehart
City
Max Kehne
United
Kehne
Cars Damaged In Rear End Collision Near Frederick
A Friday afternoon rear end collision on US40 about three miles east of Frederick caused several hundred dollars in property damage. Vehicles driven by James B Warren Essex Race Shirley Williams Wanxahacme and Shirley Wilson Bohn RFC Mt Airy were involved. Warren sustained about 200 damage to his 1951 Chevrolet. Williams about 40 on a 1950 Chevrolet. Bohn damage to a 1952 Chevrolet. State Trooper Carton Lewis said all cars were traveling west and no charges were filed.
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Frederick
James B Warren
Essex
Shirley Williams
Wanxahacme
Texas
Shirley Wilson Bohn
RFC 3
Mt. Airy
Warren
Williams
Bohn
Carton Lewis
Fortuny Removed as Guatemala Communist Leader
Guatemala's Communist party chief Jose Manuel Fortuny was relieved of his post as secretary general due to health. Observers question whether the move signals internal party power plays or aims to distance the government from communism amid U S arms accusations and possible recall of U S missions.
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Guatemala
Jose Manuel Fortuny
Communist Party
Jacobo Arbenz
Fortuny
Tul
Anhonz
National Democratic Front
U.S. State Department
Washington
United States
Ocean City's Atlantic Resort Opens for 80th Season
Ocean City Maryland unveils its 80th summer as businesses plan a hopeful week long run over Memorial Day weekend. Winter construction totals around $750,000 with a 28 room hotel two motels new restaurants and shops aiming to accommodate a heavy summer influx. A separate report from Baltimore states nine year old Robert V. Fox died after being struck by a car while crossing a street.
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Ocean City
Idi
Maryland
Atlantic Ocean Resort
Baltimore
Robert V. Fox
Meeting On Indochina Called Off
Indochina experts canceled a scheduled meeting after nine delegations failed to resolve conflicting proposals. The conference may reconvene only if the full body directs it. Gromyko pressed new demands for Laos and Cambodia. The West seeks Viet Nam only post cease fire and full Red troop evacuation from Laos and Cambodia. Observers warn the talks could founder if assembly zones are pursued, with decisive weeks ahead as Bidault and Eden expect a vital period.
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Geneva
Indochina
Russia
Andrei ¥. Gromyko
Gromyko
Laos
Cambodia
Viet Nam
Red
France
Georges Bidault
Britain
Anthony Eden
Flash Flood Damage Ravages Bedford County Farmlands
Bedf ord County faced a cloudburst that unleashed a heavy flash flood sweeping four townships north of the area. Potter Creek and Gap Run overflowed, drowning some swine and poultry, washing away topsoil and farm buildings, with only brief evacuations or home inundation up to first floors.
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Bedford
Bedford County
Here
Potter Creek
Gap Run
Millions Lured To American Highways
The National Safety Council warned drivers to be careful as the spring holiday weekend brings an expected 35 million automobiles on U.S. highways and an estimated 340 traffic fatalities from 6 p.m. yesterday to midnight Monday. Early reports include five Chicago area deaths and incidents in Ohio New York and Alabama plus one drowning in Utah. The prior Memorial Day period saw 385 deaths across traffic drownings and other mishaps.
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Essue
Frese
National Safety Council
Chicago
Ohio
New York
Alabama
Utah
Sees Little Hope For Atomic Control Talks
Moscow Pravda reports secret American Soviet talks on atomic control offer no positive results without U S unconditional ban on atomic hydrogen weapons. It denounces Eisenhower’s world pool plan as unworkable and accuses the United States of portraying the talks one sided.
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Moscow
Pravda
United States
Communist Party
Eisenhower
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Mental Hygiene Society
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Hood
William F Raborn
Robert B. Carney
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Edgar A. Cruise
Carrier Division 6
Vatican City
St. Peter's Square
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