Open Skies Talks Promise Soviet Proposals amid Cold War Nerves
May 1 1956 Bonn reports ministers from 16 Atlantic Allies push for intensive talks on Soviet disarmament. Moscow radio cites Valerian Zorin proposing limited aerial inspection zones and a halt to nuclear tests, with US UK and USSR force reductions to 2.5 million, Britain and France to 750,000. Continued on page 2.
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France
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Jockey Doyle Gardener Found Dead Near Waterford Park
Doyle Gardener, 27, who rode at Hagerstown meet and at Waterford Park in West Virginia, was found dead in the Ohio River near Waterford Park after staying at a Newell boarding house. Authorities note river marks on the body and an autopsy pending. Gardener had no stable affiliation and left Virginia solo with his wife and two children.
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P. O. Receipts Higher Again
The local post office posted April receipts of 55 865 04, up 521 88 from April 1956. Postmaster Thomas M. Simpson noted December and the first three months of the year lagged 1955, while Easter or general business may have boosted April figures.
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Geneeral
Security Road Bridge Proposed by City Officials
City leaders moved to design a four day registered to vote bridge on Security Road after Councilman Funkhouser requested action. Claude Williams to oversee the project with plans to replace the narrow current span. Registration and timing details remain unsettled as officials work out approval and costs.
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Camel Haa
Claude Williams
Security Road
D C Hospital Director Dies Of Injuries Here
Miss Maude Eva Rice Walter Reed Hospital personnel director died at Washington County Hospital from injuries in an auto truck crash on Route 40 near Park Head Level. She was returning home to Washington when her car collided head on with a truck driven by Claude Sigel. Rice, a Franklin County Kansas native, is survived by her mother, sister, and brothers. Burial planned in Ottawa Kansas. In Washington, GOP leaders discussed a presidential radio address to the nation as part of a broader budget and foreign aid debate.
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Shapely Blonde Crashes Bronx Couple’s Bed Affair
A Bronx baker and his wife found a 23 year old unemployed barmaid named Marion Darmanin in their bed after returning from Long Island. She had entered via a dumbwaiter, was hungry, and claimed burglary entanglements as motive. The incident ended with police involvement.
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Tea Party Re Enactment Aims at Budget Cutting
A Boston group of businessmen in feathered headdresses and scouts will re enact the Boston Tea Party near Griffin Wharf to dramatize cuts to the 718 billion dollar federal budget The event opens the new England tax rally day with speeches by Byrd Judd Kennedy Bridges and Johnson and includes a tea urn display and crates labeled Waste in Government and Super Bureaucracy with a tablet marking the 1773 event and a verse about liberty.
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Dog Blamed For Accident On Frederick Street
A driver claimed a dog caused a lane collision last night on Frederick Street near Mager Street. Adj May Fox of 27 Frederick Street said the dog jumped into her lap, causing her to lose control and crash her vehicle. Patrolman Robert Comer recorded the statement.
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Rats Use Gas to Fight Belview Avenue Rodent Issue
Sanitarian Polk Shenk investigated Belview Avenue after residents reported underground rat activity. He suspects broken sewer connections allow rats to inhabit the pipeline, complicating efforts as surface sanitation limits food sources and gas may fail to reach the rats. If gas proves ineffective, other remedies will be considered.
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Hopkins in serious condition at Georgetown University Hospital
Dohoday Hopkins, 63, submarine and aircraft builder, was reported in serious condition in Washington after entering Georgetown University Hospital on Saturday for treatment of an undisclosed ailment.
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Georgetown
University Hospital
Green light for two county road projects in Washington County
The State Roads Commission approved rebuilding Maryland Routes 418 and 64 near the Pennsylvania line. Work from the state line to Leitersburg and Ringgold area includes grading drainage and surfacing with flexible pavement. M J Grove Lime Company of near Frederick bid $1,242,024 as contractor. work to commence at once.
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Sabine River at Historic Flood Height Rocks Texas
The upper Sabine River reached its greatest height on record driving floods around Gladewater. Oil wells halted output as water rose. 13 drownings in 14 days of Texas floods. Evacuations continued, with one resident stranded in a flooded Trinity River pump station. State and federal officials call the disaster extensive as highways close.
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Welcome W. Wilson
About 30 private planes to visit Hagerstown Airport
Some 30 aircraft are expected to converge on Hagerstown Sunday, greeted by OX5 Club of Maryland Civil Air Patrol and Henson Flying Service staff at the Municipal Airport. Planes carrying around 85 passengers will land around 11 a.m. The visitors tour the airport amid mild weather with a warming trend through the weekend.
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Czapar Hosts Twelve Hungarians at Tucson Home
In Tucson, Wt Mama Czapar and her husband agreed to sponsor a refugee family. At the railroad station twelve Hungarians arrived, four adults and eight children, now living between the Czapar home and Mrs. Czapar’s daughter’s house. The family, sent by Fort Ritchie Catholic Relief Service, includes asthma concerns and requires additional space.
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Zhukov To Moscow May Day Rally Blasts U S War Drive
Soviet Defense Minister Georgi Zhukov told a vast Red Square May Day audience that Russian forces have modern means to rout any aggressor and accused the United States of placing atomic units on other nations. He claimed Western powers rejected Soviet peace bids while praising peace but showed military might with the parade. A later broadcast mentioned mass production of a four jet airliner for 100 passengers and a four engine turboprop for 170. The leaders observed the parade from the Lenin Stalin Mausoleum. page note continued.
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Red Orators Busy Today in May Day Observances
The Associated Press reports May Day celebrations worldwide feature strong Communist rhetoric. In Europe and Asia anti Western speeches condemn imperialism while Moscow displays military might in Red Square. Antonin Novotny claims U S circles push remilitarization and warns of atomic weapons in West Germany. Ja n os Kadar in Budapest to address first major public speech since 1956 suppression. Tito headlines Yugoslav events with notice of forthcoming activities.
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Landmark On Mountain Being Closed
The John Walter Smith Reception Hospital at Cullen Maryland, once a tuberculosis pioneer opened in 2011 and home to about 230 patients, has closed. Patients and staff have moved to Mount Wilson State Hospital near Pikesville as modern treatments take precedence over outdoor exposure.
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Hagerstown
Girl Missing From Home Here
City police investigate a missing 14 year old Shirley Al U S Defense Department request fortifying spending to locate her. The report notes she stands five feet four inches tall, weighs 166 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. She was last seen near Fort Ritchie and Fort Detrick areas with authorities seeking leads.
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Soviet May Day Parade Mixes War Machines and Cheerful Pageantry
In Moscow on May 14, the Soviet May Day parade blended marching military power with chants of peace and a dash of sex appeal. Zhukov hailed modern weapons ready to repel aggression while jet bombers and tanks rolled past the Kremlin. Paraders included women and youths in swimsuits and college girls performing playful routines, with a civilian section featuring children trained like soldiers.
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