Pravda accuses U S of seeking Middle East dominance
The Pravda voiced by Moscow radio accuses the United States of aiming to replace Britain as the chief power in the Baghdad Pact area and to dominate economic and political positions in the Middle East. It warns the U S A acts with British colonialists and highlights rising American prestige as a perceived imperialist threat in the Arab world.
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Pravda
United States
Middle East
Soviet Communist Party
Moscow Radio
Britain
Soviet Union
Turkey
Iraq
Iran
Pakistan
State Department
Middle
Near
William H
Bill) Baker
U.S. A
Washington Street
Clently
Lion’s
Courneilman
France
John Valentine
Cbent
Baker
Ward 1
Swiss Watch Spy Ring Three Long Years To Learn Secrets
Bern officials disclosed a three year counter espionage watch on a ring led by former Hungarian diplomat Male Vegh aimed at military sites in Italy and Switzerland. Vegh left in September, reappeared, and was expelled. His Hungarian mistress faces trial next month for military espionage and neutrality law violations. A young Italian courier was expelled. Telephones were tapped and movements tracked to study Communist spy procedures.
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Swiss Watch
Bern
Switzerland
Rene
Dubsis
Ficial
Vegh
Italy
Switzer
November Business Here Better Than A Year Ago
Hagerstown area shows gains in November with payroll rising to 8,364,755 and 26,783 employed, while air and freight traffic improved. New dwelling starts reached 31 outside Hagerstown, post office receipts climbed to 80,772, indicating overall economic uptick despite some declines in air passenger and express figures from a year earlier.
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Magerstown
Hagerstown
Chamber of Commerce
Air Express
Vandalism Report Across County Includes Several Incidents
Sheriff's officers tied multiple vandalism incidents to a suspected gang. At David Holder Monroe Head property mail box and wire fence damaged, road blocked by stones. Lewis Renner Wilsons fence cut and mail box stolen. Reno Monument Road rails removed to obstruct traffic. Truck tags 65-70-EF and 97-7H-EK stolen. Fender skirts stolen from five parked automobiles in Sharpsburg.
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David Holder
Monroe Head
Lewis Renner
Wilsons
Reno Monument
Wea
Sharpsburg
Racing Dates Protested By Fair Groups
Dr. Robert Snavely president of the Hagerstown Fair Association protests new racing dates that clash with the annual fair and will file a protest with the State Racing Commission. Cumberland Fair Association also opposes the 12 day voting meet and protests the Sept 23 Oct 5 dates for 1957. Cumberland officials say they sought Sept 9-21 for next year and were surprised by October dates. Cumberland General Manager Harry J Barton notes October is not ideal for racing. Hagerstown gained the dates Cumberland wanted after a prior exchange where Hagerstown gave Cumberland August dates and received Cumberland dates from the commission.
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Robert §. Snavely
Hagerstown Fair
Cumberland
Maryland Governor Forms Road Review Group
Governor McKeldin selected five Marylanders to join a committee reviewing State Road Commission plans. The panel includes Ellsworth R. Roulette, James town lawyer banker, Francis du Pont of Washington and Cambridge, Donaldson Brown of Port Deposit, William Purnell Hall Jr. of Phoenix, and Abel Wolman of Baltimore. They were asked to examine the program for a more perfect road system and report to the General Assembly.
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Baltimore
Gav. McKeldin
State Road Commission
Ellsworth R. Roulette
Jlagerstown
Washington County
Francis du Pont
Washington and
Cambridge
Bureau of Roads
Donaldson Brown
Port Deposit
Willam Purnell Hall, Jr
Phoenix
Abel Wolman
Johna Hopkins University
General Assembly
Roads Commission
Secoads Commission
Parking Lots Planned For Newer Autos
City plans wider parking spaces for larger new cars as metered and off street lots are expanded. City engineer Claude D. Williams notes 23 to 25 foot spaces planned downtown and on Church Street annex, 8 feet 6 inches on Rochester lot, and right angle parking to aid easier fit. upper Rochester section to open next week for about 60 cars.
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Claude D. Willams
Williams
Church Street
Market House
Rochester Site
Rochester
Drivers cannot recall fatal Hancock crash details
State police continue investigating a head on crash near Hancock that killed Phyllis Esline 13 and Nancy Smallwood 13 and injured Patsy Smallwood 15 Anna Bowman 17 Kenneth Bowman 25. Drivers James Horst 19 and Donald Smith 19, who knew each other, memory unclear and no charges filed yet. Two other girls remain in Memorial Hospital Berkeley Springs.
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Hancoel
Robert Kirby
Richard Garvey
Phyllis Jean Esline
Nancy Marie
Smallwood
Hancock Area
Memorial Hospital
Berkeley Springs
James F. Horst
Donald B. Smith
Patsy Smallwood
Anna M. Bowman
Kenneth ‘Bowman
Kirby
Woodmont
Second National Declares Dividend at Hagerstown Bank
At its meeting yesterday the Board of Directors of the Second National Bank of Hagerstown declared the regular semi annual dividend of 1.00 plus an extra dividend of 56 cents, making a total for the year of 2. No stockholders of record are due yet.
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Yule Buying Takes Sport Over Nation
A Associated Press survey of Christmas shopping across 25 cities shows retailers turning optimistic after a weak December. Washington and Pittsburgh merchants report a late surge in buying with forecasts of a strong Christmas, possibly edging past 1955 gains but lagging 1951 patterns in timing. Kansas City and Chicago figures reflect cautious optimism, with some predicting a slight year over year rise.
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New York
Washington
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Optismista
W. G. Austin
Kansas City Merchants Assn
Chicago
White
Gen
Liquor Store Window Broken in Western Maryland Theft
A brick shattered the Gallagher liquor store window at East Washington Street after a night of frost and snowfall. Police report liquor valued at about five fifths of the stock stolen while temperatures plunged to 15 below zero, with mixed forecasts for rain or snow across the region.
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Mary
Gallagher
East
Washington
Maryland
Kidnapping Suspects Sought in San Francisco Area Case
Police seek Mike Wiegner of San Francisco aged 15 and Jesse Eastman of Oakland aged 35 for the kidnapping of 17 year old Clo Ann Mowatt from Daly City. Wiegner and Eastman, escapees from the State Mental Hospital, entered the Mowatt home bound the parents and dragged off the girl Monday night.
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Mike Wiegner
San Francisco
Jesse Eastman
Oakland
State Mental Hospital
Clo Ann Mowatt
Daly City
Wiegner
Eastman
Mowatt
Heart Disease Tops County Deaths at 337 for Year
New figures from the U S Public Health Service show coronary heart disease as the leading killer in Washington County for 1954 with 337 deaths among 805 total. The county's heart disease rate exceeds national and regional averages, and patterns indicate higher prevalence in men and among stocky populations, with theories linking diet and fat intake to risk.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Washington County
United States
New Public Health Service
Atlanta
West
Nehru says U S and Russia not far apart on disarmament
Indian Prime Minister Nehru told a news conference in Washington that US policy toward Red China may be less rigid than expected and that US and Soviet Union are not far apart on disarmament ideas. He cited lack of confidence as the main barrier and noted post Stalin changes in the Soviet Union are fundamental. Nehru hopes Americans held in Communist China may be released and said he will discuss Chow En Lai with him in New Delhi on December 30.
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Washington
Nehru
Chou Endai
Eisenhower
United States
China
U. S
Russia
Natonal Press Club
CBS TV
NBC TV
Soviet Union
Josef
Stalin
India
Communist
Red China
Chow Enlai
Shim
Chou En-lat
New Delhi
Molly Kidwell Transferred to Baltimore for Treatment
Molly Kidwell, survivor in the arsenic poisoning case, left Washington County Hospital to continue care at Baltimore's Children’s Hospital School. Arrangements were made through the County Health Department. She travels with a relative, joining her mother and six siblings who had moved to Brownsville two weeks earlier. The move supports rehabilitation and schooling during therapy for weakened hands and legs.
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Molly Kidwell
Washington County Hospital
Children’s Hospital School
Baltimore
County Health Department
Molly
Not Bad Record For One School
Beecher Junior High School pupils tallied their welfare projects for the term ending. They sent 236 CARE parcels to Hungary Korea Israel Greece Viet Nam Italy India and Pakistan and will continue. They donated 250 dollars to the city community chest. Money went to a Hungarian refugee camp at Feffernitz Austria. They adopted a Korean War orphan supported at 180 dollars a year. They also sent funds to foster parents to buy clothing for needy children worldwide.
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Philadelphia
Beecher Junior High School
Hungary
Korea
Israel
Greece
Viet Nam
Italy
India
Pakistan
Ko Out
Feffernitz
Haeteria
Antietam Street Open To Traffic
The second block of Antietam Street, lowered four feet at the Prospect Street underpass, is now open to traffic. Final surfacing won't be finished until spring. The project is complete except for the section between Summit Avenue and ally. Bridge clearance increased to 15 feet 4 inches. Street was closed about six months.
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Antietam Street
Prospect Street
City Enineer
Summit Avenue
Court House Closed Monday Notice
County officials announce the court house will be closed all day next Monday December 24. The action covers departments not located in the courthouse and affects state federal officers in the city as well.
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Court House
Amet
Rose-Colored Diesels Borrowed By Western Maryland
Western Maryland Railway begins using eight rose colored diesel locomotives with black borders bearing the Bessemer Lake Erie R R name. The engines arrived from Greenville Pennsylvania to ease freight backlog caused by a longshoremen strike. Four units reached today and four more expected this evening.
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Western Maryland
Bessemer & Lake Erie R. R
Greenville
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