Powers Already Convicted As Spy Yet Punishment Fixed
Soviet system still serves the Communist party with trials designed as propaganda. Francis Gary Powers has been convicted as a spy and his punishment fixed, reflecting limited reforms since Stalin era. Prosecution must prove guilt, while defenses often echo captors.
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Francis Gray Powers
Communist Party
Beeman
William, L. Ryan
Mit
Usu
Associated Press
Francis Garycourt
Ciryand
Stalin
Soviet Union
Moscow
Powers
Powers Family Confident Soviet Lawyer Will Do Best
The Powers family expresses confidence in Mikhail Grinov as Powers faces espionage charges in a Soviet court. The U2 pilot, captured 3% months ago, is tried amid pretrial probes and secret proceedings with limited American legal involvement. The case underscores unprecedented public Soviet trial for a U.S. citizen and potential penalties from seven years to death if convicted.
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Powers
U.S
Mikhail I. Griniov
Griniov
Committee of State Security
Anjue Sao Gu
Parker
Con
Ference
Roman A. Ruandall
Biles
Nuernberg
Virginia
Moscow
Francis Gary
Trier
Soviet Union
Union
Berg
Roman
A. Rudenko
Iend Powers
Mikhail Ilich Grin- Grimov
Iov
Judial Times
Cial Council
America
Grimiov
Intourist
Oliver W
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Barbara Powers
Nikita Khrushchev
Lot
Alexander W. Parker
Prenond
Barbara
Khrushchev
Bia Missine
Weather forecast for multiple regions in Maryland and nearby states
Hagerstown and Western Maryland expect a fair night with temperatures from 57 to 64 degrees, and Wednesday should be mostly sunny with highs of 80 to 85. Thursday turns partly cloudy and warmer. Eastern Shore and Southern Maryland see fair tonight with lows in 60s, Wednesday sunny 78 to 86, and Thursday partly cloudy and warmer. West Virginia stays fair and cooler tonight 52 to 62, Wednesday partly cloudy with a bit warmer in the west. Southeastern Pennsylvania remains fair and cooler tonight in the 60s, with Wednesday mostly sunny and little temperature change.
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Hagerstown
Maryland
Eastern Shore
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Jefferson County
Charles Town
Hall Town
Lovettsville
Virginia
South Mountain
Boonsboro
Beckenhaugh
Paul Oswald
Robert Line
Keedys
Ville
Girl's Condition Much Improved in Baltimore Hospital
Stella Merr, a 12 year old Grantsville resident, was rushed by ambulance from Hagerstown to a Baltimore hospital last month with suspected polio. Lab tests were not reported yet but officials expect discharge in about two weeks.
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Stella Merrback
Garrett County
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Grantsville
Expelled Racing Club Members Seek Court Injunction
Four members of the Hagerstown Quarter Midget Racing Association ask the Circuit Court to bar officers from expelling them and to supervise a new officer election. The petition argues expulsions on July 24 were arbitrary and without charge notice, seeking reinstatement and court-directed elections to replace current leaders.
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Racing Club Here
Hagerstown
Groh Trial Set in Cumberland for Real Estate Stamp Fraud
Garland E. Groh faces a trial in Cumberland on September 8 for allegedly misrepresenting the price in a real estate transfer by placing an incorrect number of stamps on a deed. A prior motion to quash the indictment by a Washington County Grand Jury was argued in April and dismissed in June by Circuit Court presided over by Chief Judge Morgan C. Harris and Associate Judge Neil C. Alley.
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Garland E. Groh
Cumberland
Washington County
Morgan C. Harris
Neil C. Alley
Three Held For Beating In Williamsport
Ronald Kirby Willam Kirby and cousin Jack B Kirby were arrested on assault charges after they allegedly beat Paul Oliver on Falling Waters Road near the Red Men's home in Williamsport around 1 thirty Sunday morning. Oliver sustained a fractured skull and facial and arm injuries. He was found by Officer William Carter and transported to a Martinsburg hospital. The trio posted $2000 bond each and were arraigned before Magistrate John Hetzer.
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Falling Waters Road
Ronald
Willam Kirby
Jack B. Kirby
Paul Oliver
Oliver
William Carter
Ralph Young
Williamsport Ambulance
Newton D. Baker Veterans’ Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
Carter
Kirbys
John Hetzer
Australian boy Graeme Thorne found dead in Sydney suburb
The body of 8-year-old Graeme Thorne, an Australian kidnapping victim, was located in a Sydney suburb. His death was announced forty days after his abduction on his way to school on July 7.
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Graeme Thorne
Sydney
Police Report Finding Body Of Kidnaped Boy
Sydney police report Graeme Thorne, a kidnapped Sydney schoolboy, is dead. His bound body was found in Seaforth wrapped in a blanket after a 40 day search following the July 7 disappearance. A ransom demand of 25 000 pounds was never paid, and investigators describe the case as Australia’s first child kidnapping for ransom.
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Sydney
Australia
Graeme Thorne
Seaforth
Graeme
Thorne
New
Board of County Com
South Wales
Charles Price
Washington County
Rome Schwagel
Sheedysville
Elmer
Price
Dirt Roads In Southern Part Hit By Heavy Rain
A torrential storm flooded southern parts of the county with Jefferson and Charles Town area damage noted. Debris blocked roads from Charles Town to nearby towns. crews worked to clear washes while officials urged caution. Temperature rose to near 70s with 68 recorded late night. In nearby Costa Rica, ministers gathered as tensions rose amid fears of Soviet influence in the hemisphere.
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Charles
Berkeley and
Jefferson
Shenandoah
Downs
Russell Bowser
Worki Charles Town
Sandy Hook
Mt. Briar
San Jose
Costa Rica
School Board Rule Examines Dropping Older Bus Drivers
A county board considered a policy to require health exams every six months for drivers aged 60 and over and to drop those with health issues. Officials cited state law prohibiting hires over 65 and debated when a new policy might replace the present rule.
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Caribbean
Inter-American Peace Committee
Organization of American States
OAS
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Washinton
Bogota
George C. Marshall
Whiting Willauer
Costa Rica
Communist Party
Coston County Board of Education
Ta Rica
Willauer
Board of County Commiss
U.N
Merm|sioners
Jbers
Lday
Schon
Williams
Hammarskiold
Cuba
IM. Brish
Kent
Board of Education
John Eastpressure
Erday
Commissioner
Downey
Brish
Eastermore
Iday
Harry Snook
AF Captain Sets New Record Parachute Jump at 102,200 Feet
Capt. Joseph Kittinger completed a daring high altitude jump from 102,200 feet above the New Mexico desert near Tularosa. He landed at White Sands Missile Range after 13 minutes 8 seconds total descent, with an initial parachute opening at 17,500 feet.
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Tularosa
Joseph Kittinger
Day
New Mexico Desert
Hollo
Air Force
White Sands
Desert
Tula
ToSa
George A. Post
Aero Space Medical Laboratory
Wright Air Development Divi
Alsion
Dayton
Ohio
Kittinger
Population drops in city while housing booms in county
Preliminary Census Bureau figures show Hagerstown population falling from 36,260 to 35,702 over the decade, yet dwelling units rose from 11,478 in 1950 to 12,642. Hancock up 106 percent after annexations, Williamsport down, Boonsboro up 1.7 percent, while Washington County grows 14.3 percent to 90,854 as suburban development spills outward.
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Hagerstown
Bureau of Census
Hancock
Williamsport
Boonsboro
Washington County
Fountain ‘Head Heights
Halfway
Holiday Acres
Orchid Hills
Hangerstown
Most Costly To Keep Prisoners
Ossining NY Ella Barber a 29 was sentenced to death for conspiring to murder her husband and is claimed to be Sing Sing s most expensive inmate costing the state 5274 to keep in the death house for 342 months three fulltime and two parttime matrons were hired to guard her Mrs Barber was convicted in Brooklyn of instigating the murder of her husband Ernest 38
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Ossining
N.Y
Ella Barber
Sing Sing
Body of Child Found Near Merced in Brush
Angie May Stewart, six, disappeared from a San Joaquin River camp a week ago. Her nude body was found 40 feet from the road in dense brush near a Sierra foothill ranch. Army officer Clarence Ashley, 35, was booked for kidnapping and homicide after the discovery. The girl's parents, William and Lilly Stewart, itinerant agricultural workers, are being investigated for neglect of their other two children.
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Angie May Stewart
San Joaquin River
Merced
Sierra Foothill Ranch
Yosemite National Park
Army
Clarence Ashley
Angie
William Stewart
Stewarts
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