Washington column on justice in public reporting
A Washington column discusses two recent injustices from fragmentary dispatches. It argues that civil tax cases involving actor Groucho Marx and a plan to fly senators home were misrepresented, stressing legal rights and proper context. It also defends lawmakers travel spending as prudent for informed foreign policy and notes bipartisan respect for senators Stennis and McClellan.
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David Lawrence
Washington
Europe
Groucho Marx
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U.S
Marx
Congress
United States
Con i Srecs
America
Senator Stennis
Mississippi
McClellan
Arkansas
Taypavers
Indo-China
Geneva
Sick Miss Eleanor Abbott Resident of Home For Aged
Miss Eleanor Abbott a long time resident of the Home for the Aged near Hagers Town since June 1954 suffered a stroke on Sunday and has been unconscious since. Elderly relative Barbara Fraeme is mentioned. Mrs Eta Campbell of Ann Elm Street has been ill at home for a week. Heedful note of hospital observation for Elizabeth Seekers at Frederick Memorial and a minor car accident update.
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Abbott
Reformed Church
Hagers
Abcbatt
Barhara Fraeme
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Campbell
Ann Elm Street
Meek
Euheh
Weet
South Street
Frederick Vemoral Hospital
Charles Frankin Thompson
Redol
Mt Aire
Chase Thursdas
Fredenekh Memorial Hospital
Federal drive vows to curb trucker drug use
The Food and Drug Commission launches a nationwide push after a year long probe nets 42 arrests across SX states in truck stops and service areas selling goof balls or bennies to drivers. Commission says most drivers do not use drugs but those who do jeopardize safety on crowded highways. Authorities seek state cooperation to remove this hazard and protect motorists.
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Federal Food and Drug Commission
George P. Larrick
Larrick
Fifty Years Ago Hems From The Columes Of The News
Thieves broke the lock of Lemuel Lillys chicken house on East Second street and stole seven Plymouth Rock chickens. Several chicken thefts have troubled the area recently. Clarence Main found eleven wild geese on the Monocacy near Linganore Hills. one weighed six pounds. A change in the grain business occurred as G Waring Tyson gained a partner, forming G Waring Tyson and Co. The Wirls barn near Knoxville burned, destroying fodder and part of the machinery while the granary saved with 490 barrels of corn. Rev Eugene L McLean of Grace Reform Church plans marriage to Miss Mary N Neff on November 15 in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Lemuel L. Lilly
East Second Street
Plymouth Rock
Clarence 4 Main
Monocacy
Linganore Hills
Air
G. Waring Tyson
Charles A. Sifford
Washington
Grace Reformed Church
Mary N. Neff
Alexandria
Twenty Years Ago News From The Columns Of The News
Twenty years back in College Park Hallowe en mischief includes garbag e can throws at a Reich porch and a gate theft on Rockwell Terrace F B Sepping ton home. graduate Seliliol at San Diego and Marine Corps enlistment for Long. Lions Club Halloween parade drew thousands as Junior Fire Company won best banner ar ym corps. Lutheran Sunday School Association elected officers with Rev Dr M A Ashby elected president
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Benjamin F Reich
College Park
Hallowe'en
A. Lenor McCardell
Rockwell Terrace
Frand
F. B. Seppington
West College Terrace
Seliiol
San Diego
Call
North Werket Street
Young Long Ennister
Marine Corps
Lions O
Drimy and Bugle Corps
Lutheran Sunday School Association
Lutheran Synod of Maryland
M.A Ashby
Boonsboro
World Community Day speaker from Far East Broadcasting Co
Mr William A Hulet of the Far East Broadcasting Co will speak at the World Community Day service in Trinity Chapel Friday at two. He has a long record in evangelism and church work, including roles with the Pacific Coast Japanese Conference and California temperance groups. The event is led by Mrs Raymond E Wilhelm and supports Parcels for Peace with clothing and materials for refugee families.
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Trinity Chapel
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Pasaran
Newberg
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California Temperance Federation
Far East Broadcasting Company
California
World Community Day Service
Raymond E. Wilhelm
Frederick
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Walter Walter probate wills and Doubs estate
Albert William Walter of Doubs had his will probated in Orphans Court. It bequeaths the estate to the family, with specific gifts to Sore Tabu Chavito, a watch and shotgun, and property near Doubs for a son and his wife. Executor W Raymond Walter manages the large farm in trust and may continue selling farm plots to fund improvements, with surplus to children. Residue divided among all children. Will dated November 30, 1590. witnesses Sherman Bowers and Constance A Blair. Birthday party for Billy Shaff noted with attendees and gifts.
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Albert William Walter
Doubs
Sore Tabu Chavito
W Raymond Waliter
Lawrence Andrew Walter l
Sherman &. Bowers
Constance A. Blair
Has Not Missed One Local Fair Over 55 Years
Mrs Reuben Lease a Frederick County resident has attended the Frederick Fair for 35 consecutive years and recalls winning four blankets in one night and a first premium on a cantaloupe for five years. Now 74, she values meeting old friends and enjoying shows, music, TV, and the Fair experience. Born Emma Dixon in 1871 near Frederick Junction, she later lived in Bethel and Lewistown with her husband Reuben Lease before moving to Baltimore. She remains active in church and local clubs and plans a visit to Frederick for Fair month.
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Frederick County
Frederick
Miriam Elworthy
Monocacy
Gettysburg
Georgetown Pike
Frederick Junction
Harriet
Marian L
Edward A
Baltimore
Bethel
Hilltop
Baltimore Pike
Florida
Lewistown
Lease
G_ J. Semmesky
Harvey R. Mill- Tor
Wilson
Central Methodist Church
Sideling Hill Woman Found Unconscious After Husband's Death
Mrs. Clara R. Stanles 42 of Sideling Hill Mountain was found with her throat cut near her brother Grant Bishop’s home west of Hancock. A butcher knife lay about 35 feet away. She was taken unconscious to Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown after being reported missing around 2 am by Bishop. A neighbor later found her. state police say the investigation is ongoing.
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Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Clara R. Stanles
Sideling Hill Mountain
Flancork. Corp
Marold Basore
Stanley
Grant Bishop
Bishop
Mes Amay Flowers
Basore
Re Registration Proposal For Cars In Baltimore
Baltimore officials consider a three year re registration for all licensed drivers based on mailed questionnaires at an estimated cost of 100 dollars per year. The plan aims to purge dead wood licenses and update motor vehicle records to improve data quality. Separate real estate transfers show Chester F. Miller selling land near Tuscarora district for about 4000 dollars and other properties changing hands nearby.
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Motor Vehieles
Frank Small
Legislative Council
Fndas
Vmoernland
Small
S. Finance
Cammiter
Pere Gster Small
Motor Vehicles Department
Froud
Commission
Mere Chester F. Miller
John Mc Ladino
Tuscarora
Resem
Harry M Roane
George MU. Wiles
Kimuntshuri
James C. Hardy
LeMoine F. Goce
Lincoln
Seth Frederick
Weddings Wimot-Byrne in Halethorpe
Miss Catherine Rita Byrne bride of Thomas Cari Wilmot at Ascension Catholic Church Halethorpe. The couple and families from Halethorpe Thurmont Pittsburgh and San Francisco attended a reception for about 100 guests. They now reside in a new home in Arbutus.
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Catherine Rita Byrne
John F. Byrne
Halethorpe
Thomas Cari Wilmot
Ohn Barbernitz
William Thomas
San Francisco
Calif
Patrick Carroll
Icalethorpe
Edward Shoop
Robert Byrne
John McCall
Thurmont
This City
Braddock Heights
Pittsburgh
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Lancaster
Rahway
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Ates
Wilmot
Virginia
Tin Arburos
Maryland Farmers Cash Receipts Fall Short of Last Year
Cash receipts for Maryland farmers in the first eight months of the year totaled 161.59 million dollars, down about six percent from the same period in 1954. Crop receipts fell from 358.24 million to 50.963 million and livestock and products declined from 113.2 million to 110.623 million. only six states reported gains versus a year ago. Nationally, nine months into the year receipts are estimated at 19.7 billion dollars, about four to five percent lower than the first three-quarters of 1954. No state breakdown is available for the latest month.
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Washington
Maryland
Department of Agriculture
Iran
Rector quits after reaching $32000 prize on TV quiz
The Rev. Alvin Kershaw, rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Oxford, Ohio, won $200,000 on The $64,000 Question and chose to keep $52,000 after taxes to aid displaced parishioners and donate to the NAACP. He passed up a possible extra prize, saying he preferred not to risk the money.
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New York
Alvin Kershaw
Episcopal Church
CBS
Hosaka
Kershaw
Holy Triduts Eyiscopal Church
Oxford
Oho
Benefit Payments Decline in Maryland Amid Slow Recovery
Maryland unemployment compensation payments fell to 159,734 dollars for 668 claimants, the slowest weekly total since 1952. The State Department of Employment Security noted previous week totals of 189,985 dollars to 4,481 claimants, with 470,584 dollars to 18,966 the year prior. New claims dropped about 200 to 1,763 last week, led by declines in the Baltimore area as layoffs at Fairchild Aircraft affected Hagerstown and broader patterns remained steady elsewhere. Funeral notices for Carrie Six Heiner of Pleasant Valley and Roy W. Ramsburg of Jefferson County, among others, occupy local obituaries.
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Mareland
State Department of Employment Security
Ilagerstown
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Salisbury
Magorstown
ESB
Carrie
Heiner
Carrie Bell
Oscar Heiner
Pleasant Valley
Myre
George Willer
New Windsor
William and
Mary Catherine Stambaugh
Lutheran Church
George Miller
Vernon Floveteiner
William Roy
Uniontown
Benjamin Myers
Westminster
Frank Stitely
Edward F. Wawk
Littlestown
Pat
Harold Wilt
Edgar Erb
Norman
RFC
Taneytown
Townsend Eyes Return To Brussels After Split With Princess Margaret
Peter Townsend, a divorced Royal Air Force officer, spoke to reporters at Eridge Castle after a weekend with Princess Margaret and said he has no plans to see her again before returning to his job in Brussels. Margaret, who ended their engagement, spent yesterday with Queen Mother Elizabeth at Clarence House, with a service at St Paul’s Cathedral planned to mark Dr. Barnardo’s 40th anniversary. Prime Minister Eden’s government prepared to ease official duties for Margaret as she recovers from the breakup. Townsend, 41, stayed at Uckfield House amid mounting job offers, while friends warn he will not sell details of their romance or jeopardize his flying career.
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Peter ‘Townsend
Margaret
Air Aitache
Brussels
Ral Bero
Eridge Castle
Abergavenny
Sussex
St. Paul's Cathedral
Thomas John Barnarda
Eden
Uckfield House
Rupert Nevill
Britain
America
Haerle Birth The First Child Karen Grove Haerle
Mrs Rudo kh Haerle of Chicago announces the birth of her daughter Karen Grove Haerle at Lyve-In Hospital. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Wo Jarhoe Grove of West Spoonstyert. Mr Maerly Ve is the son of Mr and Mrs Rudolf K Uaerle of Indianapolis. Mrs d Wo Hot and son Adard. Mr and Mrs WC Cosy of Maple Avenue Brunswick attended an event at Front Ervant Resal Way and visited the Primate Baptist church.
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Haerle
Chicago
Karen Grove Haerle
Widias
Lyuve-In Hospital
Cillenge
Helen Nisa Grave
Davaiter
Jarhoe Grove West Spoonstyert
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Rudolf K Uaerle
Indianapolis
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Quietest Atomic Test Series Began Near Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS NEV. The quietest series of atomic tests yet began as the Atomic Energy Commission stated a test involved four detonations with no measurable nuclear output though fissionable material was used. Officials said no unusual weapons-producing hazard was observed and testing would continue weather permitting. Nobel prizes in chemistry and physics were awarded to Americans Vincent Du Vigneaud, W F Lamb, and P Kusch for work at Cornell, Stanford, and Columbia Universities.
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Atomic Energy Commission
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Cornet University
Medical Reflere
W. FE. Lamb
Stanford University
P. Kuseh
Columbia University
Duke of Windsor silent on Princess Margaret wedding decision
The Duke of Windsor, who abdicated for love, gave no comment via his secretary on Princess Margaret’s plan to marry Group Captain Peter Townsend. He stated he had never been consulted and could not comment.
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Duke of Windsor
Love
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Trier
Among Dead Chicago 17 Applewood crash victims named
Among the 58 passengers who perished aboard the United Air Lines DC 6R which crashed near Longmans Coro last night was Dr Harold R B Sandstead of 1914 Rosemary Hills Drive Silver Spring Maryland.
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Chicago
United Air Limes
Longmans
Coro
Harold RB. Sand ‘Stead
Rosemary Hills Drive
Silver Spring, Md
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