Washington's Police Head Will Retire
Major Robert J. Barrett, chief of Washington police, declared physically unfit by a medical board and urged to retire. The case follows his Senate inquiry dealings, a hospital stay, and a net worth of about 60 thousand dollars. Barrett, a 26 year veteran, faced multiple police trial board appearances and held real estate holdings with his sisters.
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Night hunters targeted as farm complaints rise in Maryland
Regional Game Warden Benjam in F Phebus announced a stepped up drive against jacklighting as irate farmers report cows shot and deer hunted after dark. He noted higher complaints than ever before, with arrests for spotlight use and confiscations of deer. The duck season runs noon November 22 to January 5 with a four bird bag limit and one wood duck per hunter. Duck and goose sightings noted on the Potomac and in Montgomery County.
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Dedicate Turnpike Western Extension to be opened in December
Harrisburg reports the 67 mile western extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike will be dedicated November 26 at the Pennsylvania Ohio line with a ribbon unveiling by Gov. John S. Fine and T. J. Evans. The new leg faces paving delays but is expected to open before December 15. A preview of the $77.5 million project follows the ceremony. Meanwhile in Hagerstown a civil defense meeting is set to address public apathy with Col. David McIntosh as speaker. In Washington, the Peace Information Center and five officers were acquitted of Foreign Agents Registration Act charges.
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Plane crash kills a man and woman near Bedford
A small two seat plane exploded three miles south of Bedford killing the pilot identified as W L Doyle of Toledo and a woman tentatively named Mrs Virginia Bartlett Indianapolis divorcee both about 36. Wreckage spread near Wills Mountain at the Bedford County Home with witnesses recounting the explosion and fall from the sky.
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Virginia Bartlett
Indianapolis
Lossing aids distressed flyer over Pennsylvania then crash at Bedford
Lossing Aviation radioed with the Civil Aeronautics Administration near Altoona to locate Doyle in a small two seater. Doyle, low on fuel, battled northwest winds and was guided by Lossing who climbed to 4500 feet to find the plane above clouds and landed it at Hagerstown. An All American Airways official said Doyle spent 1 hour 20 minutes refueling in Hagerstown before continuing to a fatal leg. Victims identified from a Harrisburg hotel receipt. A radar antenna weighing 5 tons and 41 feet across was noted.
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Horse Race Better Is Given 2500 Fine
Baltimore judge Joseph Sherbow fined Bernard Maas a horse race bettor $2,500, declaring the punishment a warning to fine bettors and reaffirming that betting on races is unlawful for all participants. Sherbow has shifted view to treat betters like bookmakers and numbers operators, marking a stricter stance in criminal court.
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Joseph Sherbow
Sherbow
Bernard H. Maas
Gambling case warns community about gambling racketeers
A judge condemns a defendant for criminal gambling and notes that respectable businesses can set bad examples when involved. Maas faces fines from 100 to 255 dollars on 11 gambling charges. An aerial theft report follows as a separate item from Des Moines.
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