College Senior To Wed Negress In Interracial Match
Richmond Indiana May 8 a Farnham College senior Robert McAltester Ithaca New York finishes in absentia after engagement to Grace Cunningham Berkeley California a 22 year old Negro co ed The couple plans to marry after graduation in June President Jones says college discourages interracial marriages but provides counseling The college upholds a non segregation policy and dorms house students of all races
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Richmond
Ind
Farnham College
Robert McAltester
Ithaca
N. Y
Grace Cunningham
Berkeley
Calif
Thomas F. Jones
Earlham
Harthamn
Adham
Society of Friends
History Teachers Association of Maryland Elects Officers
Mary St. Clair of Smithsbore High School attends the History Teachers Association of Maryland convention in Hagerstown. William Kenworthy outlines the program for Jona l. A UN education talk follows with Robert Stains presiding. Tours and teas planned with exhibitors and a new history publication on display.
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Mary St. Clair
Smithsbore High School
Hagerstown
Hagerstown Junior College
William Kenworthy
Organ Nation
Jonal
History Teachers Association of Maryland
Robert Stains
United Nations
Lunesheen
Antietam Battlefield
Lewis Tuckerman
Hort
Ferry Hill
Jean Moser
MSCSS
Kaylor
E. Russell I Hicks
Booth Potomac Street
Hagerstown High School
Actor Edward G. Robinson Testifies on Communist Influence
In Washington the film star Edward G. Robinson tells the House Un American Activities Committee he was duped by Communists who tried to enlist his support for liberal causes. He denies being a Communist or a fellow traveler. The committee clears Hobison of Communist charges.
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Edward G. Robinson
House Un-American Activities Committee
Washington
Hobison
Panama ex mayor Anton Nowak held for return to Panama
Anton Jalin Nowak former mayor and police chief of Panama Panama was arrested on Staten Island by PRI agents and held for extradition to Panama to face an April indictment for the November farm couple slaying.
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Anton Jalin Nowak
Panama
Til
Staten Island
N.Y
PRI
Nowak
Abotian
Payton Tone Divorce Battle Sees Affidavits And Allegations
Los Angeles May 3 More sensational twists in the Payton Tone divorce case unfold. Tone seeks permission to accuse Bar bra Payton of adultery with Tom Neal while Payton replies with an affidavit denying the affair. Neal is said to have stayed at Payton’s home amid security concerns and a threat claim by Tone.
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Los Angeles
Barbara Payton
Franchot Tone
Tone
Tom Neal
Miss Payton
Neal
Toni Neal
Acipess
Jane
Statue Placed Above Tomb of Showman Earl Carroll
A life size bronze statue titled Winged Hope, created 37 years ago by Adolph Weintoan, is set above the tomb of Earl Carroll at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale. The statue was bought for 50 000 and will hold Carroll and his showgirl Bers Wallace who died in a Pennsylvania airliner crash.
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Glendale
Calif
Adolph Weintoan
Earl Carroll
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Carroll
Bers Wallace
Sasscer labels Mahoney fraud and hoax in Senate bid
Maryland congressman Sasscer accuses George Mahoney of using staged events and fake photos to mislead voters. He cites supposed demonstrations at St Marys County and Great Mills and a TV segment criticizing Lexington Park housing for Patuxent Naval Air Station personnel.
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Baltimore
Lanedale G. Sasscer
Mahoney
Lasseer
St. Mary's County
Great Mille
Lexington Park
Lasecer
Sasscer
Patuxent Naval Air Station
Local Stocks Quotations Incomplete From Hagerstown Firm
Quoted stock quotations from Cohn & Co members of the New York Stock Exchange based at 19 North Jonathan Street in Hagerstown Maryland show bids and asks for various securities in 1951. Details are partial and the listing ends abruptly.
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Cohn & Co
New York Stock Exchange
Jonathan Street
Hagerstown
Maryland
Justice Dept to Probe Influence Peddling in Cotton Program
Washington May 3 The Justice Department will take over Senate investigations into alleged influence peddling in a government defense program for stockpiling cotton. Sen Friender plans to send a transcript of two days of hearings to prompt a DOJ takeover, while Sen Aiken hints at naming two cabinet members tied to a cover up. The dispute centers on Clovis D Walker who directs the program and Lonty Mansour, an Egyptian associate who sold 37 million dollars worth of cotton.
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Washington
Justice Department
Senate
Sen
Friender
O-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Justice
Aiken ¢R
Clovis D. Walker
Lonty Mansour
Walker
Cotran
McKeldin Rules Maryland Delegation On Convention Vote
Governor McKeldin said Maryland’s delegation will decide on the convention vote. In a ship to shore interview he stated Maryland votes are his if a first ballot occurs as a favorite son. He noted he would follow leadership of Governor Dewey on the GOP nomination.
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Baltimore
Meiseldin
Maryland
Eisenhower
MeiKelldin
New York
Europe
Paris
Israel
McLeldin
Dewey
Kigenhrawer
East Germans Still Hold To Their Sense Of Humor And Rich Reds
Bonn reports reflect humor in East Germany as refugees joke about flying saucers and Soviet leaders. Comrade doctors and police test fat toes and glasses while jokes target Ulbricht and Grotewohl. A Moscow factory worker faces arrest for insulting the Soviet government, and a dessert recipe ends the item.
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Bonn
Communist
East Germany
America
Conmnist Peoples Police
Dacter
Pieck
Ulbricht
Inet
Camo
Comrada
Otto Grotewohr
Doutars
Chivotoikov
Moscow
Students Back Teachers Plan Raises Amid Strike Talk
Wicomico County students push for higher teacher pay and protested possible strikes while petitions circulate ahead of the county commissioners meeting. Officials had offered $350 above state minimums for next year, below teachers’ demand for $500 above minimums.
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Saliabury
Wicomico
Wicomico County
Air Force Officer Seeks Parole Through Resignation
Air Force officer Verne Goodwin faces a two year court martial sentence for refusing to fly. He asked to resign as a pathway to escaping confinement and loss of pay. Pentagon officials indicated resignation could be accepted under good of the service conditions. Goodwin is among 14 airmen held by courts martial for refusal to fly.
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Washington
Air Force
Prisson
Ny Hag
Gays Blgee
Parker Cullen
Las Craves
N. M
Pentagon
Gondwin
Goodwin
Air Force Fmen
Coturts Martial
America's Chickens Aid Nation's Defense Program
Washington May 3 C chickens are helping cut defense costs officials said feathers replace wool in military sleeping bags and bed covers. Two pounds of feathers equal one pound of wool and cost less. feather supply is ample as the U S exports about 100 million pounds annually.
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Washington
America
Franklin P
Uiddle
Huddie
Board
Office of Materials
United States
U. S
Shuddle
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Nivod
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Trust Co
Fetomac Edison
Potomac Edison i
W. F. Prior
Landis Machine
Landis
McKeldin
Pooch
Clover
Chicago
Freeman J. Wood
Anti-Cruetty Society
American Elumane Society
Robert Jones
Mareh S
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Karen
Bruce
Judith
Brien McMahon
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Connecticut
Sesarvar
Doctor
St. Simeon Studites
oLobecll
W. Washington St
Frank R. Long
Kensington
Congress
Ll.b. L.lm
M.P.L. B.P.S
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la Societe Des Hommes Et Chevaux
American Bar Association
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U.S. District Court
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Academy Political Science
Chi Psi Omega
Lions International
Royal Arcanum
Farmers & Merchants Bank of
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Federal Deposit Invuirance Corp
F. Zimowaki
Cantor
Antietam Motors, Inc
Haegeratown
Lincoln Mercury Dealer Council
AM. Cummingham
Washington Litcoln Mercury
Regional Council
Ziniowski
National Council
Robert B. Kimble
Senator Kimble
Williamsport
Washington County
William A
Annie E. Kimble
Allegany County
C. & O. Canal
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
B. & O. Railroad
Kimble
House of Delegates
Maryland Legislative Council
Kimble Hs
Congress of
House of Representatives
Karl D. Channy
Farmall
Bn” Tractor
Leiter’s Hardware & Implements
Greencastle, Penna
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