24-Hr Ban on Water Use Issued Today
Frederick city imposes a 24 hour water ban for all outside uses as reservoirs drop and rain chances remain low. Mayor Derr directs strict enforcement and leakage checks while arranging quarry water for Fairgrounds and race track needs. Monocacy water ties aid Detrick in emergencies amid ongoing dry year forecasts.
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Frederick City
John A. Derr
Fishing Creek
Linganore Creek
Charles W. Main
Water Department
Fairgrounds
Fair Grounds
M. J. Grove Lime Company
T. Edgie Russell Company
Hamilton Avenue
Derr
Camp Detrick
Detrick
Singanore Creek
Weather Bureau
Delay Move To Free Roberts Delayed Habeas Hearing
Attorneys for James T. Roberts delay seeking release and writ of habeas corpus as evidence is prepared. Roberts faces kidnapping and murder charges after his Maryland arrival tied to the July case of his missing year-old daughter Judith Ann. A habeas hearing would require disclosure of evidence by State's Attorney George Brautigam. Roberts’ counsel Saul von Zamft aims to delay until later this week. A Baltimore fundraising drive for his defense is progressing slowly. Seats for a Halloween parade go on sale with special sealing arrangements around Court and Church streets and outlets at the Smoke Shop Sears Roebuck City Hall and John Lee's haberdashery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Flaip
James T. Roberts
Judith Ann
George Brautigam
Roberts
Saul von Zamft
Baltimore
Dade County
Maryland
Harry Rosenberg
Rosenbergs
von Zamft
Court
Hallowe'en
Sears Roebuck and Company
City Hall
John Lee's Haberdashery
All Saints Street
Unlimited Call System Extends to County Areas
About 400 telephone subscribers in the New Market area gain unlimited calling to Frederick city as the last of three county exchanges receives extensions. New Market exchange now called Underhill 5 and dialed as U 5. Buckeystown and Walkersville joined the program, completing the company’s countywide unlimited calling expansion.
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New Market
Frederick City
Underhill 5
U 5
Buckeystown
Walkersvile
Telephone Company
Four Die In Speeding Car After Wreck
A high speed police chase through South Baltimore ended in a wreck that killed four people, including Dorothy Johnson and Victoria Chandler both 19, Richard Bean 21, and Clarence Blunt 26, with speeds reaching 105 mph. The accident followed a wire fence impact and collision with a parked power shovel, all victims pronounced dead at South Baltimore General Hospital. Police also noted a drowning death in Annapolis and other fatal incidents in the county and city during the weekend.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Maryland
Dorothy Johnson
Victoria Chandler
Richard Bean
Clarence Blunt
Frank Beck
Hanover
Pottee Streets
Beck
Hanover Street
Frankhurst Ave
South Baltimore General Hospital
Dennis Wright
Catonsville
Severn River
Annapolis
Adele Collins
Russell
Clyde Riddle
Havre de Grace
George A. Cox
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Earlean Joyner
Florence Amass
Sifty
Daniel Genna
Old Annapolis Road
Edward S. Ward
Heavy Rains Hit Brownsville Texas in Six Hours
Tropical disturbance from the Gulf of Mexico moved inland near Brownsville at 6 am dumping 6.49 inches of rain in six hours and causing high seas. Weather Bureau warned after-effects could bring water laden breezes and showers to west and north Texas by Tuesday. Cardinal Borgongini Duca of Vatican City died today at 70 from a heart attack, increasing cardinal vacancies to three.
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Brownsville
Tex
Gulf of Mexsco
Texas
Weather Bureau
Rio Grande Valley
Vatican City
Francesco Cardinal Borgongini Duca
Taly
College of Cardinals
Pius XII
Minister Injured In Accident Near Doubs
Rev Edmund L Gettier in charge at Claggett Center near Buckeystown suffered possible chest injuries when a 1953 Plymouth struck a culvert on Ballenger Creek Road south of Doubs. The incident follow three county mishaps over the weekend and occurred about eight this morning as a school bus passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund L. Gettier
Claggett Center
Buckeystown
Doubs
Mr. Gettier
Ballenger Creek
A. D. Hasenbuhler
Boyer Transportation Company
Knoxville
U. S. 340
Jefferson
John P. Dennis
North Bentz Street
Frederick Dennis
Donald W. Bowser
Bowser
Boyer
Albert Hargett
Hargett
New Market
Maryland
Grange Hall
Robert C. Dishong
E. Lucille Nicodemus
Monrovia
M. Catherine Fogle
Walkersville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Cumberland
Integration Demonstration at Two Washington Highs
Hundreds of white students protested at Anacostia and McKinley High Schools in Washington over Negros' admission. About 400 of 1,250 at Anacostia booed Negro students as they entered. At McKinley, 150 protested but entered for a classroom meeting that later broke up amid confusion and walkouts.
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Washington
Washington High
Anacostia High
McKinley High
Nightmare blamed for massacre in Oakland family tragedy
Oakland California police described a middle aged kindergarten teacher Mrs Ole Lesser as suffered memory failure that led to a 10 hour rampage ending with the deaths of her two sons Donald 19 and Richard 17 and her husband Milan 42. She used a .22 rifle then killed herself as neighbors recalled a once peaceful family.
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Oakland
Calif
Ole Lesser
Donald
Richard
East Oakland
Milan
Applance
Lasser
Lassers
Acting Supervisor Named At Frederick County Health Dept
Miss Nellie Smith is named acting supervisor of noses at the Frederick County Health Department replacing Miss Frances Orcain who left the department on October 1.
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Nellie Smith
Arling
Noses
Frederick County
Fire Damage Value Strains William Michael Equity Case
Frederick business man Thomas S. Michael asks dismissal of his wife Ruth C. Michael's separate maintenance suit in Equity Court. He claims Grove Boulevard home recovery costs exceed 15 000 after a recent fire and alleges infidelity while detailing loans, gifts, and assets to support her, including a taxi cab business and auto purchases. He disputes wife's income and asks to strike alimony and contact fee orders as impractical.
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Thomas S. Michael
Frederick
Equity Court
Michael
Ruth C. Michael
North Market Street
West Patrick Street
Grove Boulevard
Wal
Lee Noes
Wiliam M. Storm
East Church Street
Woman leaps to death from hotel marquee
In New York early today a 11 year old widow of a naval officer reportedly fired seven shots and leaped from a seventh floor window of the Hotel Jam near Times Square. A crowd of about 5000 watched as she plunged to strike the Roy Theater marquee. Police tentatively identified her as Mrs Mary Frieh, widow of Cmdr Eugene Frieh who died at sea last July.
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New York
Times Square
Roy Theater
Mary Frieh
Cmdr
Eugene Frieh
Pare
New building license issued for local residents at Woodshorn
A building license was issued recently to Albert L Brookhouse of Woodshorn and a second license to Ese Vo H Rolhauer, also of Woodshorn, at Westminster.
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Albert L Brookhouse
Woodshorn
Ese Vo H Rolhauer
Westminster
New dual highway opens Frederick to Baltimore segment
Photographs at plane no 4 on U S Route 49 show old and new highway design. The Seven Sisters area has prior accident issues due to sight distances, now addressed by the parallel new road. The 12 mile section marks progress in the State Roads Commission 12 year program and will open October 21 at 11 am in formal ceremony.
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State Roads Commission
Frederick
Baltimore
Passengers Rebel Over Hotel Bill on Maasdam
More than 100 passengers staged a sitdown strike in the Maasdam lounge after being told to pay hotel bills while the Holland-America liner lay in drydock off Rhode Island. About 500 more left quietly as officials arranged hotel reservations in New York for a later sailing. The ship returned to port for repairs following a collision with the French freighter Tofero.
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New York
Magsdam
Furioous
Holland- America Lines
Maasdam
Tofero
Rhode Island
Holland-America
Holland - America
Ryndam
Hobocken
N.J
Brooklyn
100 Districts Battleground in House Elections
Washington sees fewer than 100 districts as pivotal in the 1954 midterm contest for control of the House. Analysts focus on about 90 swing seats with tight margins in 1952, where Democrats aim to net at least three seats to reach 218, while Republicans seek to defend or regain the majority. Names of districts and margins are debated, with both parties labeling many seats marginal.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
Eisenhower
Successful Toy Collection by Francis Scott Key Post
Francis Scott Key Post American Legion organized a highly successful toy drive Saturday. Wilbur W. Baker reports strong citizen response and a planned large Christmas distribution with toys refurbished at Winchester Hall workshop. Volunteers are welcome Mondays and Thursdays at seven, led by William Miller and Dennis Stogs. Cub Scouts, Box Scouts, several school students, and Sons of the Legion assisted. Those missed may contact the Legion Home.
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Francis Scott Key Post
American Legion
Wilbur W. Baker
Ciizens
Legion
Legion Workshop
Winchester Hall
Oay
William Miller
Dennt
Stogsdi
Sons of the Legion
Legion Home
American Brothers Defect to East Germany from West Berlin
William Henry Starr and James Starr, two American brothers from Westville, appeared at a East Berlin press conference claiming asylum in the GDR after vanishing from West Berlin. They said they defected in protest against U S policy and acknowledged German authorities arrested them on the autobahn. Stocks rose in early trading as aircraft shares buoyed the market.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East Germany
William Henry Starr
James Starr
Westville
Not
Germany
East Beran
West
Two American Soldiers Accuse Czech Captors of Pressure
Capt Richard H. Dries and Pfc. Fisk recount two weeks confinement after crossing into Czechoslovakia from West Germany. They describe psychological coercion, solitary detention, and threats of a Communist court for withholding U S military secrets as U S Embassy pushed for release amid border crossing confusion.
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Mernberg
Germany
U.S
Richard H. Dries
St. Albans
N.Y
Pfc
Wggolre Fisk
OL Aussit
Lex
Npat
Bavaria
Waidhaus
Europe
Dries
Red
Pisk
Prague
West Germany
Czechoslovakia
Baltimore Students In Parade Over Integration Tension
Baltimore students marched in two large groups through the city in anti integration actions while officials said most schools were operating normally. Police dispersed crowds at City Hall and Southern High amid ongoing demonstrations and arrests at several schools.
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Baltimore
Thomas D’alesandro
Jona H. Fischer
Southern High School
Southern
Negra
peraWity Auvs Ouorue
Morganthaler “Vocational-Technical School
Baltimore City College
Federal Hil
Milford
Baltimore Board of School Commissioners
Schol
John J. Sehwatka
Southern High
Marilyn Monroe to Sue Dimaggio for Divorce
Hollywood reports Marilyn Monroe and Joe Dimaggio separated today and she plans to file for divorce per her studio. Also, services were held in Baltimore for Dr J Carlton Wolf, 71, pharmacist and astronomy teacher, who died Friday.
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Marilyn Monroe
Dimaggio
Hollywood
Joe Dimaggio
Baltimore
J. Carlton Wolf
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E. L. Gettier
T. S. Michael
Fairmont Heights
Marie Green
Hyattsville
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