Successful Fair Closes Tonight at Frederick Fair
The 92nd Frederick Fair ended on a high note with big crowds for the Irish Horan thrill show and a strong five day turnout. Receipts likely near 1953 totals despite bad weather, with a reported profit over 14 thousand dollars. Cattle and livestock movements were expected to begin after two p.m. and grandstand attractions continued with no reserved seating today.
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Frederick
Affternoon
Weather Bureau
Loucessioudiles
Frederick Independents
Carroll Countians
Elmer Wolfe
Union Bridge
Mt. Airy
Walkersville
Central Maryland
Frederick Fair
Carl Crist
Emmitsburg
Donald Johnson
Damascus
John Brabham
Young Crist
Ralph Coshun
Arthur Flanagan
Pat Shank
Williamsport
Tommy Ward
Joe Krantz
Airy
Willliamsport
Lisher
Lline
Johnson
Earl Duncan
Robert Harshman
Smithsburg
Lester Bolorn
Middletown
Finith
Leslie Cregger
Emmit
White Ball Flying Saucers Not Connected to Spacecraft
The Air Force announced no mysterious flying white balls or lights will be linked to saucers from now until December 13. They will be 37 foot plastic balloons released near Tracy California designed to reach 38000 foot altitude with strong westerly winds. Timing devices will explode the cas-filled dag after two to three days travel. 360 pounds of experimental equipment will parachute to the ground and be turned over to the nearest air base.
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Fort Worth
United States
Air Force
Tracy
Calif
Churchill Warns U S Isolation Risk to Europe Unity
Prime Minister Winston Churchill told the Conservative Party Conference that a U S withdrawal into isolation would doom Europe to Soviet subjugation and threaten Britain. He criticized Labor leader Aneurin Bevan for urging Americans to "go it alone" and praised the recent nine nation conference in London for a plan rearming West Germany.
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Blackpool
England
Winston Churchill
United States
Europe
Conservative Party
America
Aneurin Bevan
Churchill
London
West Germany
Annual Fall Homecoming Held At Hood College
Alumnae and guests gathered at Hood College for Cam us Day homecoming activities. A 2:30 class competition looms as the weather may shift events to Hudson outdoor theater from Gambrill gym. Activities include a Foreign Student bazaar, horseback gymkhana, Splash Parade, alumnae meetings, teas, and a dance.
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Hood College
Hood
Hudson Outdoor
Gambrill Gymnasium
Hudson Pool
Rhythmic
S. E. Gerard Priestley
Hood Alumnae Association
Hein
Mothers’ Club
Brodbeck Hall
Allen G. Truxal
Fathers’ Club
E Brooke Parkinson
Meyrau
Trusal
Brodheck Hall
Ship Capsizes Two Of 48 Aboard Picked Up
Coast Guard reports two survivors and three more sighted in the water from the ore freighter Mormackite after it capsized with 48 aboard. A survivor identified as Michael Angel Hernandez said the ship capsized as winds were high and seas rough. The two survivors were rescued about 150 miles east southeast of Cape Henry, with Navy and Coast Guard planes guiding a rescue effort from Elizabeth City, North Carolina. A separate note reports Sidney Harold Abbott, 71, of San Antonio Texas, killed after reportedly falling from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad National Limited near Paw Paw West Virginia.
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Norfolk
Cape Henry
Navy
Coast Guard
Elizabeth City
Macedonia
Berkeleyv Springs
Xea
Sidney Harold Abbott
San Antonio
Texas
Paw Paw
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
National Limited
Frederick county voter registration soars to new high
A total of 968 persons registered in Frederick County between the primary and the close of books on Monday, bringing the county total to 28,401. Democrats number 15,549 and Republicans 12,553 with 319 others or undeclared. About 1,600 registrants are Negro, roughly 54 percent men and 46 percent women. 30 servicemen applications were sent, 12 returned.
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Frederick
Alonday
Registry Board
G.O.P
Registry Office
Motorists shaken up in U S 340 crash near drive-in theater
Three Bronx residents were treated for brush burns and contusions after a crash on U S 340 near a drive-in theater Friday afternoon. Driver Wilma Joan Jones of Haverhill cited for unsafe passing. another vehicle overturned into a ditch. Also, Robert Atlee Thomas of Westminster cited for reckless driving after missing a curve on Baslenger Creek road. Deborah Ann Jones, 2 months, of Cambridge died of polio at City Hospital, marking a quintuplet in Cambridge affected since July.
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Bronx. N
U. S 340
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Ira Glasser
Lawrence Hackman
Saul L Stern
Bronx
R. D. Muir
Wilma Joan Jones
Haverhill
Jones
Robert Atlee Thomas
West Main Street
Westminster
Thomas
Baslenger Creek
Baltimore
Deborah Ann Jones
Cambridge
City Hospital
Deborah Ann
Raymond Clarence Jones
Cambridge Hospital
Camp Detrick Frees Water For City in Emergency
Frederick may receive about 1 million gallons daily from Camp Detrick over weekends under a cooperative emergency plan. Mayor Derr thanked Col Miller as talks with Detrick officials to divert water into city mains proceed. Water restrictions remain, and authorities weigh additional supply sources amid dry weather and low reservoir levels.
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Frederick City
Mongvacy
Camp Detrick
Frederick
Walter
Cecil D. Miller
Detrick
John A. Derr
Fishing Creek
Linganore Creek
Chest Drive Opens Monday for Community Chest Campaign
City officials led by Mayor John A. Derr voiced optimism for the kickoff of the Community Chest drive to raise 39,650 with a Monday block party on West Church Street and a door-to-door effort through October 28. October 24 marks Red Feather observance in churches, and Community Chest Week runs October 25–29 with school speakers.
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Community Chest
John A. Derr
Derr
West Church Street
Engine House
Happy Johnny
Red Feather
City Ministerial Association
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Frederick County Citizens Council Election Meeting
The Council of Sao Citizens convenes Monday at 8 00 p m in Frederick High School to elect five officers and five directors from a nominating committee list plus floor nominations. Retiring president William E Hardy becomes a director. reports on candidate publicity, teacher shortage, and school financing will follow. membership cards will be issued. All meetings are open to the public.
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Frederick High School
Frederick County
Lloyd K. Hoover
Charles E Hicks
Joseph Vona
Paul Wise
Roger Willard
T. West Claggett, Jr
Robert L. Weintraub
William E. Hardy
David Munsell
Fredevick
French Leave Hanoi Ends Era of Colonial Rule
French forces pull out of Hanoi ahead of Viet Minh occupation under the Geneva Armistice. The tricolor is lowered after seven years of colonial presence as Vietnamese forces move to control the city and surrounding areas.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Jashnon
Hane
Viet Nam
Ho Tig
Most Wanted Robbery Suspect Sought in Kansas Heist
A 41-year-old former prisoner from Carroll County Kansas, named Allen, is sought as a noted robbery suspect after a supermarket crime. Police say he used a wall breach to flee after stealing 7 10 and 20 dollar bills. He was previously jailed for first degree robbery and escaped from a Lansing prison in March.
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Tohr
Harry Men
Kansas
Hema
Eat Beadee
Allen
Joey Jungle
Alen
Carroll County
Lansing, Kan
Loyalty to U N to be first for UN staff
United Nations employees including 1,556 Americans were told to place loyalty to the UN above national loyalties. A 16 page handbook from the International Civil Service Advisory Board urges no revolutionary activity or active criticism of any government. It states the international organization takes precedence when national and international loyalties conflict, asserting that international progress serves long term national interests and world peace.
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United Nations. N.Y
U.N
International Civil Service Advisory Board
General Assembly
Washington
Montreal
Paris
Rome
Geneva
Bern
U.S
Lie Charge Lays to Russ Over Bomber Shootdown
The United States accuses Russia of willfully and knowingly shooting down an AMerica B50 bomber over the Sea of Japan in 1953. The U.S. filed a $20 damage claim and urged Russia to accept liability and take the dispute to the International Court of Justice. Ambassador Bohlen delivered the note to the Soviet Foreign Office in Washington, and UN Ambassador Lager circulated the text to Security Council members.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Sea of Japan
International Court
Charles E Bohlen
Sovet Foreign Office
Wio Cow Todas
State Department
Jens Cathet Lager
UN Security Council
Will Get Temporary Hold As Staff Head
James N Dulana will get at least a temporary hold on the job of staff director of Len V McCarthy's Senate investigations and committee. Juliana was named acting staff director late yesterday after three Democrats notified McCarthy they do not consent to the appointment. They urged a meeting after Senate reconvenes in November to consider Juliana's nomination. Juliana would take over Oct 31, replacing Francis P. Carrowhase, who resigned to join a trucking firm.
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Mashington
Dangerous Hurricane Hazel Forewarns Central Caribbean
Hurricane Hazel with 125 mph winds roared in the central Caribbean on a west-northwest path likely to stay open water. Navy planes avoided the storm after a crewman was injured. officials called it very dangerous as it moves away from Jamaica. A photographer from Syracuse dislocated a shoulder during turbulence.
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Hazel
Caribbean Sea
Navy
San Juan
P.R
Jamaica
Caribbean
B. D. Michell
Syracuse
N.Y
Local serviceman fined for drunken driving in Frederick
Thomas Addison Hoffman of Frederick, a Navy veteran, was fined 100 and costs after a drunken driving charge. He admitted two beers and aspirin for a headache, said he had recently bought his car, and claimed no reckless driving. Key witnesses included Officer Paul Mossburg and Hoffman’s mother.
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Magistate H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
Peoples Court
Paul Mossburg
Thomas Addison Hoffman
RFD 4
Frederick
West Patrick Street
Hoffman
Mossburg
East Patrick Street
Norfolk
Hofeman
Richard Lewis Hoffman
RFD
R. C Ritter
Winchester
Jug Bridge Hill
Harry F Guthe
Baltimore
Jack W Bounton
Akron
Braddock Mountain
U.S
Charles J. Hazelton
Hagerstown
Uos
Otheer Mossbure
Donald Bowser
Carlton Lewis
Pallbearer Accused In Sitter Death
In Springfield Massachusetts a 14 year old and an 11 year old babysitter are slain. Kenneth R Chapin, a high school sophomore and pallbearer, pleads not guilty to two counts of murder. He is held without bail for a hearing on Oct 19. Police say a crochet thread and a knife led to his arrest after he signed a statement admitting the slayings. The victims Lynn Ann Smith 14 and Stephen Ross Goldberg 11 were found dead after Chapin allegedly attacked them in the Goldberg apartment.
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Springfield
Mass
Kenneth R. Chapin
James Lovett
Johm M. Noonan
Chapin Heid
Theodore FE. Chapin
Opragrela Armory Electrician
Ech
Stephen Ross Goldberg
Lynn Ann Smith
Raymond P. Gallagher
Stephen A. Moynahan
Lynn Ann
Goldberg
Young Chapin
Smith
Chapin
Gallagher
Chaplin
Springtrela
Stephen
Fardie
Bernard Goldberg
Smith and
Donald Gifford
Springfield Technical High School
Gifford
Robert
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