Two Teenagers Convicted For Damaging Thieblot Lawn
In Fountain Head two youths aged 17 and 19 were found delinquents by reason of willful and malicious destruction for driving cars over the A T Thieblot lawn. Judge Grice deferred formal sentencing and warned future offenses will be firmly handled.
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A. T. Thieblot
Fountain Head
North End
Howard Roby
Rockefeller
Nixon
Nou
Sheriff's Department
Grice
Anando
Jenen Vyouth Agnere
Little City
Nomination Tonight Sure And Odds Favor Lodge For No. 2 Spot
At the Republican convention in Chicago Vice President Richard M. Nixon held control of the process as Eisenhower praised steady leadership. Nixon aimed to pick his running mate with Jenny Lodge Jr. the likely choice, while Thruston B. Morton remained a potential alternative. Backers of Barry Goldwater weighed a protest move if he sought entry. The convention planned to defer a final VP decision to Thursday.
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Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Eisenhower
GOP
Washington
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
Platform Committee
Jenny Cabot Lodge Jr
United Nations
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Robert A. Taff
Nisan Owaith
Richard M. ‘Nixon
United States
LMU
Mother Appeals To Daughter To Call Home
A worried mother of Leona Jean Zimmerman, 13, missing for two days, implored her daughter to call home and report she is safe. Police were notified by a family member who said the mother is too ill to visit the station herself.
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Leona Jean Zimmerman
W. Antietam St
Floor Fight On Platform Not Likely
Chicago AP reports a 10,000 word Republican platform with a civil rights plank ready for the convention. A floor battle was unlikely as platform delegates approved a Tuesday night compromise on racial equality 56 to 28. Nixon, Rockefeller, and Javits voiced support for the revised plank promising equal opportunity and human dignity.
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Platform
Richard M. Nixon
Jacob K. Javits
New York
Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Registers Sit In County Centers Beginning August 16
Washington County raises liquor tax shares totaling 57222.76 for the year with 134,445 gallons consumed locally, as counties list distributions. upcoming voter registrations set by the Board of Election Supervisors with centers in Clear Spring Hancock Smithsburg Cascade Sandy Hook Boonsboro Sharpsburg Williamsport and county office hours for registration before the September 26 deadline.
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Howard County
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Jerday
Clear Spring
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Hancock
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High Street
Smithsburg
Cascade
Sandy Hook
Boonsboro
Williamsport
Board of Election Supervisors
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Ely
Ant Mfon Hay
Pair Guilty Of Robbing Pop Machines
Two 18 year olds from Hancock pleaded guilty to robbing coin vending machines at service stations. Thurman Mills was found guilty of actually robbing the machines while Virgil Truax was guilty of being an accessory by furnishing keys. Total stolen about 45 dollars, with 33 recovered. Each was fined 25 dollars plus costs and ordered to return the unrecovered money. Two younger suspects, ages 15 and 16, will face juvenile court. Judge cited Mills and Truax first offense as reason for light penalties. About 150 people gathered outside the courtroom for the verdict. Detective work by Deputy Harold McCarty and Constable Homer E. Schet rumpf led to arrests.
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Thurman Mills
Virgil Truax
Rease
Harold McCarty
Hancock i
Homer E. Schetrumpf
John Stotelmeyer
Mills
Nixon Vows Unremitting Campaign If Named GOP Nominee
Chicago AP Nixon pledges all out effort to win the presidency if nominated. He heads toward the nomination with solid support and promises relentless campaigning through November 8. He notes no serious opposition and plans to pick a strong running mate with Ike’s endorsement shaping the ticket.
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Nixon
Brief Comparison Of Civil Rights Planks
A Chicago AP report contrasts Democratic and Republican civil rights planks. Democrats push full use of federal powers, school desegregation by 1963, fair employment practices, voting rights, and anti discrimination in contracts. Republicans pledge enforcement under existing laws, limits on court orders, and action to desegregate with federal housing and education measures.
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Martin
Chicago
Eratic
Thes Commission
Labor Union For Education
Democrats Prom
Eals
Supreme Court
Grams
Justice
Hagerstown Tops Buying Power Survey
Hagerstown ranks high in national buying power in a Sales Management survey. Local earnings last year reached 10,216,000 dollars, per household about 64.17 dollars, outpacing the national average and reflecting strong retail activity despite steel strikes. Local merchants benefited from increased spending as durable goods rebound.
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New York
Hagerstown
Ats
Stvey
Buying Power
United States
Atlante Slides
Eisenhower Urges Middle Road in Campaign
President Eisenhower told Republican candidates at a Chicago breakfast to pursue the great middle road, avoiding gut or left or right. He urged government to focus on tasks people cannot do themselves, framing it as Lincoln era policy and a flag for the party. About 600 attendees gathered at the Morrison Hotel.
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Chicago
Eisenhower
Abraham Lincoln
Republican Party
Isenhower
GOP
Morrison Hotel
Capital Plans Big Welcome For Lumumba
Washington AP Lumumba arrives with full military honors seeking emergency U.S. aid for Congo as Patrice Lumumba meets Secretary of State Herter and UN officials during a two day visit. The youthful republic seeks support to stay independent amid crisis and near bankruptcy.
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Patrice Lumumbaj
U.S
United Nations
Christian A. Herter
Army 4
Lumumba
Conte
Herter
New York
Gav Os
Two Year Sentence For Assault In City Court
George K R Manuel, 40, of N Jonathan Street, received a two year term in the House of Correction after pleading guilty to assaulting Bagen W Campbell of Baltimore. Campbell, a former resident of Tagers Town, was visiting on April 16 and suffered skull fractures in the altercation. He said he was hospitalized over a month, at a hearing before Magistrate Erving M Kinbinder this morning.
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George KR. Manuel
Jonathan
House of Correction
Bae Gene W. Campbell
Balti Ore
Tagerstown
Campbell
Wsit
Rocus
Manuel
Erving M. Kinbinder
Weather forecast for Haperstown and surrounding regions
Weather summary indicates fair to partly cloudy conditions with cooler tonight and highs in the 60s to 80s across Haperstown Western Maryland and Eastern Shore. Winds shift from southwesterly to northwesterly, small craft advisories posted. clearing tonight with lows mid 60s to upper 60s and daytime highs in the 80s to near 90s in places like Virginia and Southeastern Pennsylvania.
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Mary Dead
Maryland
Vridaw Fair
Bes
West
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