Defense Opens in Riesel Case Trial in New York
The defense started today in the trial of three men charged with conspiring to aid an acid attack on labor columnist Victor Riesel. One defendant Leo Telvi is expected to testify. his brother Abe Telvi is believed to have thrown the acid. Other defendants Gandolfo Meranti and Domenico Bando face trial as part of a larger group of four Dioguardis slated to be tried later. Riesel testified yesterday detailing the assault outside Lindy’s restaurant and his subsequent blindness.
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New York
Victor Riesel
Leo Telvi
Telvi
Abe
Riesel
Gandolfo Miranti
Domenico Bando
Johnny Diog Dioguardi
Lindy
Romania Says Soviets Can Remain In Red Alliance
In Moscow, Romania’s communist government states it is in near total accord with Soviet policies. Soviet troops may stay in Romania with Moscow to provide economic aid and continued military presence. The joint communique asks for a wheat loan and fodder grain, plus credit to expand chemical and oil sectors, while deferring some Soviet goods payments.
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Moscow II
Romania
Soviet Union
Moscow
Bulganin
Chivu Stoica
Kremlin
Russia
Ukraine
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Asiroy
Ims
Europe
Junior Fire Co Nominate New Officers Meeting
The Junior Fire Department will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thursday December 13 at 7:20 p.m. at the fire hall. Officers will be nominated for SY. Members are urged to attend. tickets for a social feed are available at the Fire Hall with a deadline of December 10.
Obituaries from Sharpsburg and nearby towns
Multiple obituaries list Hetty Jane DeLauney of Sharpsburg, Lille M Kendall of Greencastle, Victor C Ditto of Williamsport, and Lewis Cannon McVay of Funkstown. Details cover ages, family links, religious affiliations, survivors, and funeral arrangements with chapels and cemeteries in Sharpsburg Greencastle Williamsport Marlowe and Funkstown.
Firemen Called To Minor Blazes On Maryland Avenue
Firemen extinguished a small seat fire in a taxicab on Maryland Avenue after a cigarette dropped by a passenger ignited the seat. The taxi is owned by Community Cab. Patrols were dispatched but the blaze was quickly controlled.
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Maryland Avenue
Taxia
Community Cab
Bombay
India
m—Red Company
China
Chau Ea-lal
United Nations
Edward L. Brom & Sons
Ringer Elected To Head Halfway Volunteer Firemen
Charles N. Ringer was elected president of the Halfway Fire Company at Virginia Avenue. Charley M. Mays became vice president. John L. Kersner secretary. A. L. Poole treasurer. Elmer Sylvester named chief with Lee Lanehart and Dina Grove as assistants. Trustees chosen for districts 4 2 3 4 and 5. Large turnout. refreshments served after.
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Charles N. Ringer
Virginia Avenue
Halfway Fire Company
Charley M. Mays
John L. Kersner
A. L. Poole
Treasuer
Elmer Sylvester
Lee Lanehart
Dina Grove
M. D. Newcomer
Charles Wilson
W. J. Santman
G. PD
Nerkley Yeakle
Service News: Ezolt and Holbert Complete Navy Boat Training
Thomas J. Ezolt of State Line and Larry D. Holbert of Greens Castle have completed boat training at Bainbridge Naval Training Center and are home on furlough. Ezolt will proceed to Atlantic City while Holbert heads to Norfolk. both attended Greens Castle High School before enlisting.
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Thomas J. Ezolt
James J. Ezolt
State Line
Larry D. Holbert
C. KR. Holbert
Greenscastle
Bainbridge Naval Training Center
Ezolt
Atlantic City
Holbert
Norfolk
Greencastle
Navy
Science Show At North High
Students at North Hagers town High School will view a science show named Up N Atom produced by the Stevens brothers Robin and Carlile Stevens. Presented by Carroll Rice through the Antrim Bureau of Philadelphia the program features demonstrations in light sound and electronics, including glass shattered by sound and defiance of gravity.
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North Hagers+town High School
Fa Brothers
Robin
Carlile Stevens
Antrim Burea
Philadelphia
U S Warns Syria Against Further Aggression
Dispatches report the United States warned Syria against any future aggression in the Middle East. Ambassador James Moose relayed a policy call to Premier Sabri Assali while other regional tensions rose. Israeli Prime Minister Ben-Gurion claimed Soviet jets were flowing into Syria and urged a stronger air force. Local post office notices urge early Christmas card mailing with new labels to speed processing.
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Damascus
Syria
Unitr
Middle East
James Moose
Sabri Assali
U.S
Assali
Moose
United States
America
Middle Eastern
Thomas M. Simpson
Simpson
Eisenhower
Singing Sergeant Assigned Here As Air Force Recruiter
Master Sergeant George F. Kirby, once the Singing Sergeant with the Air Force Band, has been named noncommissioned officer in charge of the U S Air Force recruiting office in Hagerstown. He brings seven and a half years of Cumberland and Oakland Maryland recruiting experience and a strong musical background. Kirby, a Louisville native, studied music before enlisting in 1941 and resumed formal study after World War II. He has directed choirs, organized the Narsatssuak Choral Society in Greenland, and has volunteered in Cumberland civic and religious activities. He and his wife Evelyn Doyle of Ekron Kentucky have five children and live at 617 Fourth Prospect Street.
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George F. Rirny
Air Force
U. S. Air Force
Cumberland
Oakland
Maryland
Sgt. Kirby
Louisville
Kentucky
James A. Richards
Peabody Conservatory
Maurice J. Matteson
Fortsburg State Teachers College
Kirby m
Army and
Kirby
Greenland
Narsatssuak
Hagerstown
Basalt Chapel
Mount Rsin Homme Air Force Base
Injf
Union Must Show Records in Subcommittee Probe
The Honhululu hearing into communism in the Hawaiian Islands enters its fourth day as the U S Senate subcommittee and internal security headed by Sen James C Eastland press subpoenas for four years of financial records from the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union and allied groups. Union leaders refuse to answer committee questions under the Fifth Amendment while 6 000 ILWU members stage a 24 hour work stoppage seen by Bridges as an effort to break the union.
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Honglulu
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
U. & Senate
James C. Eastland
D-Miss
Hawaiian Islands
ILWU
Bridges
Three Cars Damaged in Potomac Street Collision
Three cars were damaged in a collision in the 200 block of South Potomac Street early today. One driver was charged with reckless driving. A Carlisle man, J. J. Ranilly, 4, struck another car driven by Richard W. Cunningham, 255 South Potomac Street, who was backing into a parking position. Cunningham’s car was shoved into a parked vehicle owned by Preston L. Stitzel, 244 South Potomac Street.
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South Potomac Street
Teiver
J. J. Ranilly
Carlisle
Richard W. Cunningham
South Potomac
Cunningham
Preston L. Stitzel
Union Leaders Charged in Major Health Fund Suit
A federal suit accuses Eugene C. James and John T. Toomey of misappropriating 1.6 million dollars from the Laundry Workers International Union health and welfare fund. James resigned as international secretary treasurer but remains Chicago Local 48 treasurer. Toomey serves as international trustee and Chicago Laundry Owners Assoc. executive secretary. Plaintiffs include Isola Booth Mattie Miles and Jeasie Posey representing about 650 members. The filing cites large commissions paid to insurers and transfers of premium money as waste and diversion.
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Chicago
Laundry Workers International Union
Eugene C. James v
John T. Toomey
James
International
Toomey
The
Health and Welfare Fund
Chicago Landry Owners Assa
San Francisco
Locai Oo Sau Mney Aeg
Isola Booth
Mattie Miles
Jeasie Posey
Saperstein
Tamar’ Areaunt
McKeldin Refuses to Proclaim Pearl Harbor Day
Maryland Governor McKeldin declines Life magazine request to declare Pearl Harbor Day on Dec 7. He cites Maryland’s tradition of celebrating victories rather than attacks while noting openness to commemorating other peace and exchange milestones between Japan and the United States. He argues for peaceful understanding and ongoing strength amid global tensions.
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Baltimore
GordeKeldin
Maryland
Am Audience
Asian Cultural Exchange Foundation
Walter Heiskell
Life Magazine
Heiskell
McKeltin
Pearl Harbor
McKeldin
Afe
Fort McHenry
Trenty
Japan
Church Blasted For Role In Segregation Problem
Dr. Percy L. Julian, a Negro educator and chemist, denounced the church as the most pitiful spectacle in the segregation problem at a regional interracial conference of the Methodist Church in Baltimore. He warned that insidious godlessness and moral immaturity hinder progress, urging Americans to confront conscience. Ira D. Reid of Haverford College cautioned that frontier discrimination will persist as old problems are replaced by new ones.
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Baltimore
The
Methodist Church
Percy L. Julian
Chicago
Howard University
Washington
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virginia
West Virginia
Julian
Accion
America
Jullin Laboratorius
Keynater
Ira D. Reid
Haverford (Pa
Out Of State Cars Share 28 Percent Of Mishaps
A Baltimore report shows out-of-state cars accounted for 28 percent of passenger car mishaps on major Maryland highways near the Potomac River. The Maryland Traffic Division links the share to interstate routes and Maryland’s border location, noting high foreign-registered vehicles on five main highways. The suit cites Toomey regarding conversion of trust fund premiums from Aug 9 1950 to Sept 30 1954.
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Baltimore
Potomac River
Maryland
Toomey
Glen Burnie
Anne/ Aruadel County
Hancock Band Boosters Meeting Tomorrow in Hancock
The Hancock Band Boosters Club plans a meeting tomorrow night December 5 at 7 p.m. in the elementary school. The roads commission notes highways busy with traffic and lists the state routes and counts while reporting local sheep injury claims and a tar barrel fire on Fountain Head Road.
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Hancock
Hancock Band Boosters Club
Sland
Roads Commission
W. Robinson
Benevols
Allendssee ix
U. S
Walthe Fall
Dort
Salisbury
Baltimore
Annapolis
Robinson
Fountain Head Road
Antietam
Nerves cause false fire alarm leading to fine
In San Francisco Municipal Judge James J. Welsh fined Frances Haines 125 dollars after she pulled a fire alarm to soothe nerves following a quarrel. The 14 year old housewife and mother of three claimed she needed the sound of fire engines to calm herself. In Augusta, Georgia, President Eisenhower named Douglas MacArthur Jr. State Department counselor as ambassador to Japan.
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San Francisco
James J. Welsh
Frances Haines
Augusta
Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur Jr
State Department
Japan
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Hanerntoven
Hall Riesel
S. Atty
Paul Williams
Tuige
William B. Herlands
Red
Junior Fire Co
Batty DeLauney
Hetty Jane DeLauney
Main Street
Sharpsburg
J. Gar Liland Moore
Troy
Ohio
Minnie Myrtle, Bencer
William
Thomas DeLauney
At Ann
Jaca Edward Bender
Thomas Bender
Patricia Ann Bender
Catherine Marie Bender
Leaf Funeral Home
William Graff
Herbert Jones
Mivik
Sharpsby
Lillie M. Kandall
Lille M. Kendall
George W. Kendall
Garlock
Franklin County
John W
Annie (Byers) Mummert
Evanegelical
A. B. Churcb
Greencaste
Anna Shatzer
This City
Homer T. Kline
Chambersburg
Birs
Weaith Townsend
Rivers Beach
Jason
Clyde
Bud
Charles R. Miller
Jedar Hill Cemetery
Zimmerman
Victor Charles Dino
Victor Charles Ditto
East Church Street
Williamsport
Greenbury Clinton Dewitt Ditto
Mary Elizabeth (Miller) Nitta
Marlowe
W. Va
Edwin C. Partridge
Ditta
Effie Virginia (Kendall) Ditto
Williams
Port
Samuel
Victor Charles Ditto, Jr
John Clevern Ditto
Martinusburg
Elwood Pearman
Howard Claver
Sur M. Ditto
William O. Ditto
Gordon Claws
Haymond Miller
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Western Pike
St. Paul's Cemetery
Lewis Camnon mc Vay
Funkstown
Newman's
Smithsburg
Ae Iv
Hess Auto Body Works
Frederick St
Chou
U. N
Strasser’s Dance Studio
North Potomac Street
Franklin Bldg
Ringer
Halfway
Helene Curtis
Potomac Beauty Salon
Folomee
Inet
Botels
Popular Resistance Organization
Dail Bos-Guriem
Israel
Tel Aviv
Ben-Gurion
Egypt
Ormer Evelyn Doyle
Ekron
Virginia Marie
George Frank, Jr
Patricia Diane
Geq
Gainnell's
Frank & Jonathan Adv
W. Antietam
Spickler Motor Lines
Ruckers
Sinple
Dudley
Broadtop
Phana
Horst's
Paramount
Santa Claus
Ady
Studebaker
H.P
DELVO
Ragerstown
Fleigh Motor Corp
Tenezon
A. G. Crankleton Co., Inc
M. P. Moller, Inc
North Prospect Street
Washington County
Jonathan Hager
Leiter Brothers
Roney Brothers
Knepper
Paul
Alexander
Skip” Kneppers
Public Square
East Washington Street
Auto Salvage Parts Company
Hagarstown
Huyetts Cross Roads
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