Open County Wide Open Alcohol Traffic Claim Sparks Probe
Prince Georges County State's Attorney Blair H. Smith alleges widespread Sunday liquor sales and pinball payoffs, calling the county "the laughing stock" of the Washington area. He says corruption cannot be proved, but will discuss in a ground table with County Commissioners and Police Chief George Panagoulis who defends the effort as inflated and understaffed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyattsville
U—Prince
Georges County
Atty
Blair
H. Smith
Smith
Washington
Sol Po
Lice
George J. Panagoulis
Pangoulis
George
Panagoulis
Smills
Fanngoulis
Maryland Legislature Opens Budget Hearings For McKeldin Plan
Maryland lawmakers begin a three day a week budget review of Gov. McKeldin 363 million proposal as Budget Director Rennie outlines main increases. Department heads will justify allocations while Senate Finance and House Ways and Means hold hearings through March 13. The session also weighs teacher pay raises and a tobacco tax to balance the revenue gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Maryland
McKeldin
House
Senates
James G. Rennie
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Democrats
Dipping To Pick Up With River Just Right
Williamsport fishing sage George Wolfe says suckers should run if temperatures stay mild. He notes the Foromac River and tributaries are now suitable for dipping as the river runs full and in good condition for fishermen nearby. He cautions that colder weather could delay the run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foromac
Williams Port
George (Hoopar) Wolfe
Williansport
Mr. Wolfe
Meeting Tonight Of WWI Veterans At American Legion
Rene Barracks 152 and Henn Barracks 197 veterans of World War I will convene in regular session this evening at 7:45 at the American Legion Home on Northern Avenue. Plans for the Maryland convention and related events in this city on June 7 will be discussed. Robert C. Reso, departmental senior vice commander, is general chairman of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henn Barracks
United States
American Legion
Northern Avenue
Maryland
Robert C. Reso
Thief Steals Car Pistol In Atlanta Break-In
Atlanta police report a break in Saturday night in which a patrolman C. T. Brooks found his car entered and a 357 caliber pistol holster belt handcuff and blackjack stolen.
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Atlanta
Obituary notices from Hancock and surrounding areas
Obituaries for Louise R. Williams Rebecca Reed Williams widow of Neary Williams Hancock aged 88. survived by daughter Kitty L. Moxley and a large family. Services planned at Grove Funeral Home with interment at Riverview Cemetery. Also notices for John Laving Massie of Bash Lee Street, died at 41. funeral at Norment Funeral Home with interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. William W. Roger Boyer, 79, died at his son’s home in Maryland Avenue. survived by children and grandchildren. services planned with Hoover Funeral Home arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise R. Willams
Louise (Reed) Williams
Neary Williams Hancock
Dust Pan
Kitty L. Moxley
Hancock
Charles
Victoria
Yonker
John Leving
Massie
John Laving
Larrane
Hargrave) Massie
Bash Lee Street
Washington County Hospital
Sunne
Buena Vista
Hagerstown
Nashville
Talber
Bernard &, Massie
Margaret Evertt Massie
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Elsie Milburn
Cumberland
Eugene William
Norment Funeral
G. Bartow Harris
Rose Hill Cemetery
William HW
Roger William Henry Royer
Logallon
Marlin Boyer
Maryland Avenue
Elizabethville
Irvin
Annie Grubb Boyer
Evangelical U. B
Edna Stolts
Millersburg
Sis
Clarence Boyer
Allen Boyar
Elwood Boyer
Gilbert Boyer
Hoover Funeral Home
Berrysburg
Two Charged With Killing Hitch-Hiker in Florida
Two carpenters, one in Ormond Beach and one in Baltimore, face first degree murder charges in the December slaying of Baltimore hitchhiker Paul J. Kliewer. Arthur J. Green of Ormond Beach is charged. Ernest L. Boone was named on a murder warrant after Baltimore authorities pursued the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orland, Fla
Baltimore
Paul J. Kliewer
Ormond Beach City
Rodney Thorsby
Arthur J. Green
Ormond Beach
Maryland
Ernest L. Boone
Boone
Florida
Kliewer
Cating Green
Green
James Tendrick
Hurgay
Plan Autopsy To Determine Death Cause
Washington autopsy to find the cause of death for Mrs. Pailina Longworth Sturm 31 granddaughter of President Theodore Roosevelt. She was found unconscious in her living room by her daughter Joanne and died in hospital about an hour later. Police noted an empty sleeping pill bottle nearby. She was the daughter of Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Nicholas Longworth and widow of Alexander Sturm who died in 1951. Her mother survives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pailina Longworth Sturm
Theodore Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Longworth
Weather To Turn Colder Tomorrow
Weather will turn colder with temperatures near normal. Monday night through Tuesday stay similar. Tuesday night and Wednesday chillier. Some warmer Friday with about half an inch of rain tonight and Tuesday and rain in snow Friday. Normal highs upper 30s Garrett County to lower 40s east. overnights upper teens Garrett to mid/upper 20s east. A car operated by Lester Smith of Gapland was damaged when it ran off the Brownsville Yarrowsburg Road this morning. No injuries. State Trooper Glen L. Howman noted brakes grabbed.
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Legislatuire
Maryland
House
Seagale
Garrett County
Garrett
Lester Smith
Gapland
Brownsville
Yarrowsburg
Sipith Qwag Nol
Glen L. Howman
Chairmen Appointed for Washington Heart Fund Drive
Five division chairmen were named for the 1957 Washington County Heart Fund drive led by Walter W. Palls, Jr. The campaign runs February 1–28 with Heart Sunday on February 24. Dr. John H. Hornbaker will head the professional group. A Leroy Nichols leads the business group as vice president of Nicodemus National Bank and of the local Heart Association chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Walter W. Palllard, Jr
Washington County Heart Association
John H. Hornbaker
American Heart Association
National Heart [Association
Maryland
T A
Leroy Nichols
T Nicodemus National Bank
Egypt Retaliates Over Suez Seizure with Insurance Firm Actions
CAIRG reports Egypt has seized 64 British and French insurance firms after the Suez invasion and moved operations to nine Egyptian insurers. The Commerce Ministry ordered insurers struck from register. all firms must reregister to operate. Other foreign banks and traders were Egyptianized or given timelines to convert to Egyptian joint stock. Valuations of seized properties estimated between 210 and 980 million dollars, though most assets are banked in Paris or London.
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Cairg, Jan
Ed la
Egypt
Br I
Insurance Ecompany
Suez Canal Zone
Ddinance Ministry
Witnesses Back From Assembly At Hanover Pa
Sixty members of the Hagareown epigregation nf Jehovah's Witnesses returned from a three day circuit assembly and training program at Hanover Pennsylvania. Among 22 new ministers baptized Saturday was Mary Lee Cox, presiding minister here. Speakers stressed fulfilling ministry obligations with love joy peace long suffering kindness goodness faith mildness and self control to enjoy lasting peace security and health. Lester L. Roper said the United Nations is a tombstone of defeat, like the League of Nations. A cafeteria served 1040 full course meals during the assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nf Jehovah's Witnesses
Hanover
Mary Lee Cox
Big City
Thoman E. Culler
Lester L. Roper
United Nations Organization
League of Nations
Carrier Service Extended to Doorstep on Bower Avenue
Residents of the first and second block of Bower Avenue Halfway will get doorstep mail service once homes are numbered and slots or mailboxes provided. An official, Thomas M. Simpson, announced a date for implementation.
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Bower Avenue
Thomas M. Simpon
Petition To Block Visit Of Red Tito
Four House members launch a petition urging President Eisenhower not to invite Communist Yugoslav President Tito to visit the United States. They say the invitation would embarrass the nation and undermine the moral stance in the global fight against communism. Indications point to resuming military aid to Yugoslavia, including jet fighters, as Washington seeks independence from Moscow.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Tito
Yugoslavia
United States
Tila
McDonough
Calif
Keating
R-Ny
Madden
D-Ind
Meformark
Mass
May
Gonn
Moscow
Service News Pet Harald Pereschuk Completes Course
Harold E. Pereschuk son of Mr and Mrs Wesley W Rawkins Clear Spring Rt 2 recently graduated from the Ordnance School parts specialist course at Aberdeen Proving Ground Md He entered the Army in June 1956 had basic at Fort Hood and was stationed at Fort Chaffee before Aberdeen Also graduates include Captain Donald R Kline son of Mr and Mrs Alton B Kline Boonsboro Rt 2 with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing San Diego participated in Operation Skidump the year's biggest Pacific naval exercise ending January 25 More than 20 000 Navy men and 30 000 Marines took part in the 11 day maneuvre involving Camp Pendleton and an amphibious landing Specialist Kiser of Hagerstown Md with the 18th Airborne Division in Germany is a truck driver in Reconnaissance Company He entered the Army April 1955 and was stationed at Fort Campbell before arriving overseas in February 1956 Private John L Morris son of Mr and Mrs Len Morris Route 6 Hagerstown Md recently completed eight weeks of basic combat training at Fort Knox under the Reserve Forces Act program He attended Magners town High School and worked at the Bailey Store Private Robert Burns son of Mr and Mrs Earl L McLucas Houte 1 Smithsburg Md also completed eight weeks of basic training under the same program at Fort Knox He attended South Magners town High School.
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Pet
Harald E. Pereschuk
Wesley W. Rawkins
Clear Spring Rt. 2
Ordnance School
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Harold
Army
Fort Hood
Texas
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Aberdeen, Wey
Clear Spring High
Donald R. Kline
Alton B. Kline
Boonsboro Rt. 2
3Rd Marine Aircraft Wing
San Diego
Calif
Camp Pendleton
Calif. i
U. 5
Germany
AHTNC
Kimmerly H. Kiser
Harold F. Kiser
Gerep
Hagerstown High School
Fort Knox
John L. Morris
Len Morris
Route 6
Hagerstown
Morris
Magerstown High School
Bailey Store
Pvt
Robert Burns
Earl L. McLucas
Houte 1
Smithsburg
Burns
South Nagers ‘Town
YMCA Leader Harold Peters Recalled From Hagerstown Role
Harold Peters longtime secretary of the local Young Men’s Christian Association in Hagerstown is celebrated during National YMCA Week. The piece recalls his 15 years serving youth stockholders, the building cost of the 1921 Y, and mentions original board members Danavan Beachley Andrew Coffman Elmer Funkhouser Frank Leiter with R Paul Smith as president of the board of trustees. The narrative follows his Ohio roots in Homer and early work in Columbus carpentry before joining the Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold ©. Peters
Peers
Our
Young Men's Christian Association
Hagerstown
National Ymca
Peters Ree
Danavan A. Beachley
Andrew K. Coffman
Elmer N. Funkhouser
Frank S. Leiter
R. Paul Smith
U's Board of Trustees
Peters
Harold Peters
Sife
Homer
Ohio
Licking County
Old Almanacs Long In Family In Virginia and Pennsylvania
A family hoard in Hag ers town and nearby areas holds almanacs dating from 1802 onward. Gruber printed Gruber’s and American Farmer Almanack editions, with Chambersburg copies back to 1812. The collection shows well-used volumes with similar subject matter across eras, including several 1822 to 1827 American Farmer issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bawara Grim
Virginia Avenue
Abe
Samuel Grim
Brownsville
John Gruber
Hag Werstown
Hagerstown
Gruber
Gr Rn
Chambersburg
Ungerstown
Grim
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Prince Georges
Assembly
Rene Barracks
152
Norman H. Ayers
the Associates Press
A, Leroy Nichols
John Mw. Hornbaker
William Faulsghove
Ralph Stauffer
W, Gerry Porter
Heart Drive
Suez
Wn Red Tane
Consumers Credit
Second National Bank
Viat
Federal Deposit
Ward 4
Ralph L. Funkhouser
Wayside
Williamsport
Pike
Wash
County
Colored TV and Printing Company
Dist
Adv Lapace
Ady
Red Tito
Jack B. Schnebly
Nationwite
Inerance
Colwinhua
Shite
Winslow F. Burhans
MAIN
David T Catt
Rubert
Hollie Peters
Grant
Harld
Columbus
Alar Levin
Oak Hill Avenue
YMCA
Universal Brotherhood
Polomar
S. Pot
Tagg’s
Fairground Ave
Studebaker
Lia
Demi Fleigh Motor Corp
Aviation
Group Securities, Inc. Incorporated
White, Weld & CO
Summit Avenue
Lemen
Aircran Baniment
Nema
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