State Roads Commission awards 361,938 Route 71 contract
The State Roads Commission awarded a 361,938 contract to Sam Tinley Inc of Roanoke for Route 71 improvements from Carroll county line to New Sidway on a 2.878 mile stretch. Work includes grading, widening, relocations, surfacing and resurfacing with one 24 foot lane nearing completion on the Washington Expressway from the Baltimore and Ohio Ridge to Route 15 near Frederick.
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State Roads Commission
Sam Tinley, Inc
Roanoke
Carroll County
New Sidway
Pachway
Finey
Frederick
W. E. Graham Construction Company
Monocacy River
Urbana
Baker Valley
Britain Votes Next Thursday
Britain nears a general election as Labour seeks a third straight victory. Campaign focuses on cost of living and foreign policy, arguing Conservatives risk war with Asia and Africa. Conservatives counter Labour feebleness. Polls show a slight Tory edge, with Labour hoping Attlee Truman talks and peace rhetoric sway voters.
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Gondon
Labor Party
Pricey
Britain
Labor
Michael Stewart
London
Attlee
President Truman
Truman
Washington
China
Atomic energy chiefs tout swift counter blow plan
Washington reports say the United States is ready to deliver a terrible atomic counter blow if needed. The Senate House Atomic Energy committee notes progress toward a hydrogen bomb and other weapon developments, with emphasis on speed and decisiveness.
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Washington
Congress
Atomic Energy
United States
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Rep
Durham
D-Nc
America
Truman
Russia
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
AWS
Germany
Dog Causes Auto Wreck on Route 15 in Hansonville
Two cars were damaged on Route 15 near Hansonville after a pole used to prop another power line was knocked across the road by Alfred Burka to avoid a dog. Burka's 1949 Pontiac and Roland Evier's 1938 Ford sustained damage. no charges. A second crash on Route 26 near Ceresville Curve involved Eugene Barnes whose 1935 Buick hit three guard posts. damage about 350 dollars and a charge of reckless driving was filed.
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Route 15
Hansonville
H. P. O'Brien
Alfred Burka
Washington
Roland Ammon Evier
Route 1
Thurmont
Burka
O'Brien
Eylers
Ford
Eugene Gilbert Barnes
Frederick
Ceresville
Frederick County Hits 64.2 Percent of Defense Bond Quota
Frederick County reported 64.2 percent of its $187,000 Defense Bond drive quota as of October 13, per State Director Richard H. Dixon Jr. Total sales stood at $120,048, with the drive running through October 27 and an accounting period to November 13 for banks and issuing agents to finalize bonds. E, F and G bond sales reported to the Federal Reserve by November 14 will be credited to the county. The state average is 59 percent of quota.
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Frederick County
Richard H. Dixon, Jr
Federal Reserve Bank
Purple Heart Awarded To Lt J T Griffin Jr In Korea
Frederick Maryland announces Lt Joseph T Griffin Jr of Company B 5th Cavalry Regiment 1st Cavalry Division was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action on September 26 near Yongchon Korea while serving with the unit.
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CAV
Korea
Joseph T. Griffin
Frederick, Md
Griffin
Yongchon
Sth
1St Cavalry Division
Two Cars And Truck Figure In Accident
A morning crash on West Patrick Street near College Avenue damaged two cars and a truck. Clyde W. Gosnell Jr., 21, of Columbus Ohio, drove a 1985 Ford coupe and was cited for failure to keep to right of center. no injuries were reported. The truck, driven by Johnny Heil of Hagerstown, pushed a parked off duty city jeep. Damages totaled about 200 to the Ford, 119 to the jeep, and 500 to the Heil truck. Gosnell, a US Army soldier headed overseas, said he was transporting excess equipment from Aberdeen Proving Ground.
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Patrick Street
College Avenue
U. S. Army
Clyde W. Gosnell, Jr
Columbus
Peoples
Wilbur F. Sheffield, Jr
Harlan DeGrange
Gosnell
Johnny J. Heil
Hagerstown
Heil
Ellis G. Carty
West Patrick Street
DeGrange
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Guy H. Slagle
New Trial Requested for Beeman in Wife’s Slaying
In Cumberland on October 20, Noah Earl Beeman's attorneys asked for a new trial on his first degree murder conviction for stabbing his 18 year old wife, mother of twins, in Frostburg. The defense cited new evidence and trial errors as the basis. Sentencing, previously postponed, could occur Tuesday. no mercy recommendation was given. Beeman faces death or life imprisonment. The victim died August 12 at her parents’ Frostburg home. Maj. Samuel H. Miles named head of MATS cost study and development at Washington HQ. he is the son of Mrs. Dora E. Miles of Hyattstown.
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Cumberland
Noah Earl Beeman
Midland
Allegany County
Earl £. Manges
Thomas N.berry
George Henderson
Beeman
Frostburg
Majon Miles
Washington
Maj
Samuel H. Miles
USAF
Military Air Transport Service
MATS
Lagos
Azores
Air Force
Major Miles
Dora E. Miles
Hyattstown
Egypt Defiant Yet Limiting Action In Canal Tension
Cairo reports Egypt maintains defiance toward Britain with statements and small acts while avoiding direct conflict. Britain shifts forces from Cyprus to Egypt, sending 40,000 troops and parachute brigades. Egyptian protests allege Britain endangers Middle East peace after El Ferdan bridge clash leaving two soldiers dead. A Sudanese official resists a stay order amid Egypt's push to annex, while Abdel Hadi notes British and Sudanese forces outnumber Egyptian troops as canal forces are sealed and Sinai is cut off.
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Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Sue
Cartal
Cyprus
Canal
Middle East
el Ferdan
Sudan
Sritish
Robert Howe
Khartoum
Mohammed Abdel Hadi
Howe
Abdel Hadi
Suez Canal
Sinai Peninsula
Asia
Maryland Teachers Admit Negro Members to Union
The Maryland State Teachers Association voted to admit Negroes to membership, ending separate organization status for Black teachers. The 84th annual convention featured Madam Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit and remarks by Edward Weeks, editor of the Atlantic Monthly, on reading and Cold War era vigilance. Virginia H. James of the State Department received a Commendable Service award at a Washington ceremony. Dean Acheson presided.
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Baltimore
Maryland State Teachers Association
Teachers’ Association
Representative Assembly
Maryland Teachers Association
Madam Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Washington
Mexico City
George Cochran Doub
United Nations Association of Maryland
Edward Weeks
Atlantic Monthly
Weeks
United States
Keenan
Crankshaw
Kremlin Wall
Einstein
Spengler
America
State Dept
Virginia H. James
Edward James
East Church Street
Department of State
Dean Acheson
U N Moves for Korea Armistice Debate Deepens
Washington reports note Moscow rebuffed a Oct. 5 U N proposal to press for a Korea armistice terms while U N forces push the front north. Analysts cite possible Soviet exit from Korea and hints of a broader peace bid at Paris with a Big Five pact or a new four power meeting.
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James Markin
Washington
Moscow
Kremlin
Russia
United Nations
Barcel
Kares
Eighth Army
U.N
Manchuria
Andrei Vishinsky
Alan G. Kirk
Vishinsky
Matthew B. Ridgway
Korea
U. N
38Th Parallel
South Korea
Asia
U. S
Paris
General Assembly
China
Truman
Britain
France
Ridgway
Yalu
Court Stars Admit Guilt in 1949 Kentucky Game
Three stars from the University of Kentucky basketball teams confessed to investigators that they took bribes in the 1949 NCAA invitational matchup against Loyola of Chicago in New York. Alex Groza Ralph Beard and Dale Barnstable were arrested in Chicago Louisville and admitted receiving 500 dollars each. Kentucky had been favored by about ten points but lost 67 to 56.
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Chicago
University of Kentucky
Kentucky
Alex Groza
Ralph Beard
Dale Barnstable
Louisville
New York
Sentence Suspended On Charge Of Larceny
Albert Anglebower of West Patrick street was found guilty of larceny by Magistrate Wilbur F. Sheffield in Peoples Court. He received a six month suspended sentence with restitution to Mrs Eunice Harding of Winchester street for taking $10, the money missing from her purse on October 1 while Anglebower was in the kitchen. Officer Harlan DeGrange arrested him Friday.
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Maryland House of Correction
Frederick
Wilbur F. Sheffield
Peoples Court
Albert Anglebower
West Patrick Street
Eunice Harding
Winchester Street
Anglebower
Harlan DeGrange
U S Tanks Drive Into Kumsong
U S tanks smashed into Red held Kumsong blasting targets for an hour then withdrew to the UN line two miles south with no casualties. Two companies of M 3 Patton flanks entered outskirts while UN infantry captured two more hills south of the city amid stubborn Red resistance in rain and cold.
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Seoul
Korea
Kumesong
United Nations
Kumsong
Doughhays
Fine levied for overweight truck in Maryland
WESTMINSTER Oct 20 A Virginia firm, J. S. Purcell Lumber Company of Juda sai Va, was fined 1866 for sending an 81 100-pound load over the Patapsco river bridge at Sykesville 14 miles south of here. The posted limit is 20000 pounds. Attorney Stanford Hoff said an appeal to Circuit Court would follow. The case tests Maryland’s new six cents per pound overweight penalties apply to bridges and highways alike. Patrolman Fred H. Seitan caught Tilton Cleary Smith driving the Purcell truck Sept 14 with a 51000-pound load legal for highways but not for the bridge. Magistrate J Francis Reese imposed the fine. Also, Joseph James Hock forfeited a 583 deposit after his driver Walter Irvin White allegedly drove a 9700-pound overload across the same bridge. Patrolman Sedan made the arrest the same day.
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Westminster
Virginia
J. S. Purcell Lumber Company
Judaisa
Patapsco River
Sykesville
Here
Carroll County
Stanford Hoff
Maryland
General Assembly
Fred H. Seitan
State Roads Commission
Tilton Cleary Smith
J. Francis Reese
Joseph James Hock
Baltimore
Walter Irvin White
Purcell
No Decision On Lincoln School Job Financing
County Commissioners have not reached a conclusion on funding a 254.57 contract for Lincoln high and elementary school improvements. W. Harling Miller of Martinsburg WV renewed his contractor bond for 39 days while the board of education recommends awarding the general contract to Miller with subcontractors bidding low on parts of the project.
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Lincoln
W. Harling Miller
Martinsburg
W. Va
Frederick Banks
Clark Named Vatican Envoy Clark Named Vatican Envoy
President Truman nominated General Mark W. Clark to be the United States first ambassador to Vatican City. If approved, the move would create a full ambassadorial post at the Vatican for the first time. Myron C. Taylor had served as special representative but did not hold ambassador status.
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Washington
Truman
Mark W. Clark
United States
Vatican City
Vatican
Myron C. Taylor
New York
Taylor
Faith healing nabs Lancaster boy as parents pray at bedside
In Lancaster Pennsylvania a six year old boy Elmer Zimmerman Jr. lies critically injured after a car strike. His parents Elmer and wife refuse medical aid in favor of faith healing asserting only God can heal. Police enforce hospital transfer amid night of prayer and doubt.
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Lancaster
Elmer Zimmerman
Elmer, Jr
Lancaster County
Zimmerman
Goodville
mAkig
Ephrata Community Hospital
Pennsylvania
Rimer
Near Freezing Due Sunday
Temperatures fell toward freezing with frost likely tonight and Sunday night before a warming trend starts Monday. The county may avoid a killing frost this weekend as cloudiness clears and no rain is expected. Airport reading at 4 30 a.m. stood at 48 with an overnight low of 45. Forecaster: today’s max near 50 degrees and typical football weather anticipated.
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Weather Bureau
Howeer
Mercury
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Property
Deeds were recorded in the clerk’s office for multiple property transfers. Hamilton Homes, Inc. sold a Grant Place residence to Mr. and Mrs. Irving E. Rhoderick for about 14000 dollars. Charles R. Roelke sold property in Burkittsville for Pleasant View Church of the Brethren for 8000 dollars. Donald W. Hogarth sold 121 East Fourth Street to Mr. and Mrs. Milton L. Shook for about 7500 dollars. Rosanna Brown sold Sabillasville property to Mr. and Mrs. James E. Geesaman for about 5000 dollars. Thomas F. Myers sold land near Brunswick on the east side of Souder Road in Poeville district for about 4000 dollars. Decline halted New York stock market lower, buyers lured in today.
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Hamilton Homes, Inc
Irving E. Rhoderick
Grant Place
Charles R. Roelke
Helen E. House
Burkittsville
Pleasant View
Souder Road
Poeville
Compromise U N Offer Accepted Near Resumption of Talks
Communist liaison officers accepted a U N compromise for a 40 meter wide security corridor along the Panmunjom road linking Kaesong and Mun san. Optimism rose that full scale cease fire negotiations could restart within days with both sides allowed to keep troops in their zones and a 1000 yard buffer around the Panmunjom tent. The last sticking point was whether U N warplanes would operate over Kaesong secure zone.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Cal
Andrew J. Kinney
Seni
Reds
Panmunjon
Red
Kaesong
U.N. Command
Panmunjom
Korean Peninsula
Karsong
U. N. Command
Secret crochet crew-cut wigs take hold in New York
Louis Feder touts a new water and wind proof crew-cut wig with 30 000 to 35 000 hairs per unit. The unique crochet method, developed over many months, allows the hair to stand in natural styles and is marketed at 150 dollars. Hair color sourced from Latin America and Scandinavia, with supply constrained since World War II.
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Saul Pett
Hal Bayte
New York
Louis Feder
Fifth Avenue
Feder
Joe
Feders
Hall
Feder's Company
Latin Countries
Scandinavia
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