Nehru rejects Chinese swap over Ladakh claims
New Delhi April 26 AP Prime Minister Nehru rejected Chou En Lai's proposal to trade India's Ladakh claim for clear title to northeast frontier areas. Chou said talks reduced the border dispute but Nehru warned there could be no barter of Ladakh. The negotiations did not lessen basic tensions despite Chou's claim of progress.
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Nehru
Red China
Chou En-Lai
India
Ladakh
Kashmir
Chou
Nepal
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Mother Held For holding against will case in Foxville area
A Foxville area woman faced grand jury action on charges of holding against the will her natural daughter Irene Marie now 17, adopted by Mrs. Helen Ecton in 1957. Magistrate Dwyer set bond at 1500 and criticized both mothers while sending the girl to Volunteers of America. President Eisenhower bid farewell to Charles de Gaulle at the White House as they planned a unified stance toward the Soviet Union ahead of the Paris summit.
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Refund Requested for Taxes on City Land Disputed
Two sisters sue to reclaim 221 in county taxes plus 90 in interest paid on land claimed to be city owned and later part of Municipal Stadium. Attorney says city and county mislisted ownership since 1939 and seeks refunds after mayor advisory. Boonsboro council and mayoral election details follow.
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Board of County Commissioners
Stultz
Hagerstown
Misses la Reine and
Mary
Sester
Potomac Street
W. Warren
Bester
John B. Wheeler
John
William Besteres
L. Herr
Boonsboro
Besters
Heath
Wheeler
Herr
George W. Cline
J. Gilbert Everline
Donald W. Gantz
Kenneth Maddren
Geo. A. Miller, Sr
Alvey William Reid
Albert Sinnisen
Eugene C. Smith
Charles F. Welty
Gantz
Maddren
Sinnisen
Olin Snyder
Democrat Book Majority In County Reported At 4997
Washington County reports a total of 36,784 registered voters with 20,712 Democrats and 15,715 Republicans, a Democrat book majority of 4,997. City voters total 9,950 Democrats and 6,477 Republicans. County factions include 351 declined, 2 Prohibitionists, 3 Socialists, 1 Union Party, and 723 Negro voters. Halfway district has 2,392 voters, 1,261 Democrats and 1,110 Republicans. Hancock district leads Williamsport with 1,769 to 1,667. The largest city district is No. 211 at Potomac Ave schools with 1,511 voters, 850 Democrats. next is Dist. 25-1 at North Street School with 1,365 voters.
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Donable Foods Opens Two New Centers This June
Donable Foods will open two new centers in Smithsburg and Williamsport in June. Distributions will be at Smithsburg Community Hall on June 21 and Williamsport Community Park Building on June 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eligible residents can apply at those sites. officials discussed welfare recipients eligible for donable foods but took no action to reduce welfare checks. A follow up visit to the North Street School center is planned for 2:30 p.m. this afternoon.
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Milton R. Moats
Donable Foods Center
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Civil War Group Meets Thursday In Annapolis
Members of Maryland's Civil War Centennial Commission will meet in Annapolis on Thursday to formulate plans for the observance that starts next year.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Hit and Run Auto Hit Car Here in Maryland
A hit and run driver struck a car in Annapolis area. the 1950 white convertible vehicle fled down Sharpsburg Pike. The commission meeting was scheduled for 2 p.m. in the Senate chamber with Gov Tawes and the executive committee present.
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Lelberger
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Mary
South
Pato
Mac St
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Isi
Tawes
Sharpsburg Pike
Annapolis
Eichelberger Auto
Ice Pick In Brain Attributed In Cobb Powell Death
Ne gro Eddie Powell died after an ice pick remained in his brain for seven years. coroner Dr. Howard A. Dishough reported autopsy found a 434 inch ice pick embedded in Powell's brain. his family recalled a 1953 fight as a possible initial injury.
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Ark
Howard A. Dishough
Eddie Powell
Powell
Census Nearing Completion In This County
The 1960 census for Washington County is entering final stages in Hagerstown city with countywide enumeration to continue briefly. Census district supervisor George R. Hughes Jr. urges residents possibly missed to contact crew leaders to ensure proper counting.
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Hagerstown
George R. Hughes, Jr
Hughes
Haven Church Plans Expansion and Fund Drive
HavenEvangelical leaders report plans to expand the Haven Church property at the corner of Pennsylvania Ave and Haven Road, adding 24 acres and a permanent church on a newly graded site. The drive includes 20 fundraisers led by J Franklin Hull Marguerite Jacques and others, with census questionnaires distributed to households and a goal of completing surveys this spring as work proceeds.
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Haven Road
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Church
Christ
Thieves Grab The Wrong Bag In England Heist
In Hove England thieves knocked down porter Dennis Coram a 47 year old auction room attendant and escaped with his lunch bag by mistake while grabbing a bag said to contain jewelry worth eight dollars leaving the jewels behind in the pocketed mix up. The thieves fled in a fast car.
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Hove
England
Dennis Coram
Coram
Cubans Seize Two Shipwrecked Americans Who Killed Ship Captain
Cuban authorities captured Alvin Tableir and William Lees after they threw overboard the ship Muriel and fled from a Bahamas rescue attempt. Their 18-year-old bride Barbara Fisher remains with Table in Nassau. British authorities seek the fugitives for murder and piracy. The incident follows a Key West boat theft and a coast guard pursuit near Cuba.
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Angus Boutwricht
Fair Pennsylvania
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United States
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Nuevo Laredo
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Countians Receive Welfare Aid Totals in March
Welfare payments in March totaled 84009.32 to 1774 Washington County residents. Old age assistance reached 20184.60 for 396 recipients averaging 50.97. Aid to dependent children totaled 30786.86 for 844 families averaging 103.31. Needy blind got 739.00 for 14 people averaging 52.14. Disabled aid cost 8313.58 for 156 at 53.29. General public assistance 6114.12 for 113 at 54.11. Employables aid 11931.42 for 153 at 77.98. Foster care 5249.04 for 95 at 55.25.
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Washington County
Rhee Faces Upheaval as Seoul Protests Intensify
In Seoul President Syngman Rhee faced intensified opposition as mass street demonstrations continued. He offered to resign or call elections and transfer power to a cabinet answerable to Parliament, while the National Assembly urged immediate resignation and fresh elections.
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South Korea
Syngman Rhee
U. S
National Assembly
Rhee
Liberal Party
Land
George Washington
John M. Chang
Democratic Party
Hav
Lee Ki-Poong
Huh Chung
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