Maryland Briefs Snapshot of State News and Crimes
Maryland reports show General Fund revenues for the year ending June totaled 271.6 million dollars, about 4.5 million above estimates, with coal and tax takes contributing to surplus. A Hyattsville fire destroyed a decorating shop and nearby home, with occupants evacuated. A Frostburg student drowned at Deep Creek Lake during a school picnic. The Virginia and Maryland regions discuss fish deaths in Potomac River, while state officials pursue care actions for a former University of Maryland instructor convicted of charges. The Spirit of Jefferson Advocate marks 119 years. a toll booth robbery near Kiptopeke nets 924 dollars, and a Chincoteague fire department offers a pony to a local orphanage after last year's storm losses.
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Louis L. Goldstein
Maryland
Comeaxes
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
Washington (Ap
Chincoteague
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Herman J. Whealton
Fire Department
Udall
Bi-Centennial Parade Marks Sharpsburg Death of Maryland Lawyer
In Sharpsburg a bi centennial parade honored the town as Robert J. Strouthe of Baltimore was named Western Maryland College board chairman. Gordon, 53, died Thursday in the area while on duty. troopers from Cambridge, Frederick and other barracks were on shift and 28 troopers filled a vacancy after F. Murray Benson’s death.
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Ruxton
Alexander Gordon TI
Maryland State Bar Association
Gordon
Alles Eiog
I. R. Carter
Yagerstown
Baltimore
Cam
University Bridge
National Guards of Maryland Law School
Almen
The
Mary
Havelz
Fire Bond Sales Hit 1,186,946 Total in State Report
In Potomac County the January to mid year fire bond totals reached 186,095 while the district posted 988,627 in sales. Sharpsburg marked its 200th birthday with a 1922 Model T parade through the town led by Mayor Elmer Koontz and others, including Sharpsburg American Legion Post commander Sean Carnahan as parade chairman.
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Charles P. Meis
Potomac Sr
Carmick
Sharpsburg
Nurrounding
Elmer Koontz
T. F. DeLauney
Harmony Cornet Band
Frederick
Carolyn
Punkstown
Cemetery Hill
Petomac St
Sean Carnahan
Sharpsburg American Legions Post
Five Youths Under Arrest For Slashing Auto
Five youths were arrested after a woman acquaintance allegedly threw a knife and slashed a car with New York plates. Deputy Donald Alton said the victim, a Salem Avenue man, sustained arm cuts while chasing the assailant who fled into a Foundry Street house. The stolen Brooklyn car belonged to Herbert Paolini, who was sleeping in it when attacked. Paolini later faced charges of driving without an operator license at the hospital.
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New York
Donald Alton
Salem Ave
Alton
W.1
Wank Henson Jr
Salem i
Brooklyn
Ailey
W. Franklin St
Renee
Henson
Ceny
Herbert Paolini
N. Y
N. Foundry St
Agistrate
Nto
Foundry
Detwiler
Det. Wigfield Taken to Hospital in Hagerstown
Detective Lt Grayson Wigfield of the Hagerstown Police was rushed from his Mulberry Avenue home to Washington County Hospital Sunday night and admitted with an undiagnosed illness. Early Monday he was listed as resting comfortably.
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Hagerstown
Grayson Wigfield
Washington County
Wigfield
Mulberry Ave
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Deep Creek Lake
Joseph Dale
Frostburg
Greer
Salisbury
Robert G. Dennis
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Howard M. Bubert
University Hospital
Bubert
University of Maryland Medical School
William J. V.williams
Annapolis
Anne Arundel County
Maryland Bar Association
Vernon Eney
Associated
Richmond, Va
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Harrison
Water Control Board
Potomac River Basin Commission
Virginia Health Department
State Fisheries Commission
Charles Town
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Spirit of Jefferson Advocate
Indian Head
Frederick E. Bennett
In the Spirit of Jefferson
Ian Head
Robert L. Wysocki
Buffalo
Farmers Advocate
Max Brown
Bennett
Wysocki
Old Indian Head Road
Woodland Road
Kiptopeke
Eday
Chesapeake Bay
Leroy Dickerson
Little Creek
Dickerson
N. W. Churchey
Pope Ave
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Kelvinator
Bohman-Warne, Inc
Cambridge
Gerstown
Trust Company
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Hagerstown Trust Company
W. Washington St
Prospect Ave
S. Potomac St
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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NBC TV
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