Teachers converge as state builds postwar school system
A Maryland State Teachers Association session drew over 10 000 delegates at the 83rd annual convention. Governor Lane reviewed postwar school growth from overcrowded classes to new facilities and higher standards while remarks by State Department official Rusk urged policy within public opinion. Poole of Smithsburg High was nominated for president as the meeting emphasized education and national service themes. Farmers estimate dairy needs one season of pasture per cow for summer feeding.
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Maryland State Teachers Association
Washington
Rusk
Lane
Etra
Maryland E Nocational Association
Willis H. White
Tomas G Pullen
Jokngly
Sesson
Harry R Poole
Smithsburg
Washleton County
Rhal
Poole
Truman Presses On After assassination Attempt
President Truman met a crowded news conference after a Puerto Rican plot to kill him. He defended U S relations with Franco Spain, noted Marshall’s Red Cross departure, and said Nelson Rockefeller may chair the Point Four program. He praised Puerto Rican self government and affirmed equal rights for its people.
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Truman
Franco Spain
George C Marshall
American Red Cross
E Roland Harriman
Nelson Rockefeller
White House
Rockefeller
New York Times
Herald Tribune
Washington Times-Herald
Times-Herald
United States
Truman Signals Slow Talk on Spain Ambassadorship
President Truman commented that the United States will be slow to appoint ambassadors or ministers to Spain. The remark followed a UN Special Political Committee vote this week in favor of lifting the ban on diplomatic missions to Spain, hinting at a long wait before any postings.
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Truman
Spain
United Nations Special Political Committee
Calf Prices Dip at Woodsboro Livestock Sale
A slight price drop marked the Woodsboro Livestock Sales weekly auction with calves selling across a range. Butcher heifers and cows moved to varied cwt figures, stock cattle and dairy items posted mixed prices, and hogs, sows, chickens, and lard also traded with broad price spreads.
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Woodsboro Livestock Sales, Inc
Aged Man Struck On Route 71 Near New Midway
An 88 year old resident of New Midway, Jonas Grim, was critically injured when hit by a car on Route 71 Thursday evening. Driver Alton Dayhoff, 34, of LeGore, said Grim walked on the highway and lights blinded him. Grim was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital. Grim, a retired farmer living alone, died? condition described as critical this morning. The accident occurred in front of Carroll Haugh residence. Also notes Hood College Fall Horse Show tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. with 40 participants under riding master Krebs Benchoff at the college stables.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
G. C Sarton
Jonas Grim
New Midway
Patrick Stakem
Alton L. Dayhoff
LeGore
Grim
Dayhoff
Grmn
Carroll Haugh
Hood College
Krebs Benchoff
Cumulative U.S. Casualties in Korea Reach 27,610
Washington reports the total American casualties in Korea at 27,610 as of October 27, with 4,403 dead, 18,879 wounded, and 4,330 missing. The lag between recording and next of kin notification may span eight weeks or more. Some missing have returned or been captured, and two of the missing are known dead after capture.
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Washington
United Nations
Railroader Killed In Accident Near Potomac River
John Ashkettle a 20 year old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad employee was killed instantly when he stepped from an east bound track into the path of a west bound freight train near the B and O station just across the Potomac River. Coroner T C Dyche ruled accidental death. His parents Mr and Mrs James Ashkettle live at Little Orleans west of Hancock.
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Hancock
John Ashkettle
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
T. C. Dyche
Potomac River
James Ashkettle
Little Orleans
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