Democrats Soft Pedals Civil Rights in Eisenhower Attack
Democratic leaders focused on monetary and other policies of the Eisenhower administration while soft pedaling civil rights. Rep Patman accused Republicans of manipulating interest rates. Sen Kennedy faulted unemployment relief. A party conference preceded a fundraising dinner expected to raise over 150000 dollars to curb the deficit.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Rep
Patman
D-Tex
Senate
House Economic Committee
Sen. Kennedy
D Mass
Adlai E. Stevenson
Truman
Potomac River Search Continues for 17 Year Old Boy
Dozens of men scoured the Potomac River below the Williamsport dam for the body of 17 year old MaryInt Oliver High of Williamsport who vanished after a motorless boat capsized near the dam. Christie Elizabeth Maugans of Wollsville died Friday afternoon in the same area while boating with a friend. Church members and relatives attended the service as the search persisted with police and state officers coordinating from a command post at the power plant.
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Potomac River
Potomac Edison
Willamsport
Marryint Oliver High
Williamsport
Saanehetje
Bini
Christie Elizabeth Maugans
Fenton Ave
Wollsville
Nova
Nouzerville
Willard Pennington
George
Susan (Hoover) Murphy
Grossnickle
Church of the Brethren
Exiong Peaters
Damas
Seo
John R. May
Hagerstown
Myrtle Lewis
Irene
Chewsville
Laren
Pennington
Minnich State Police
Sheriff's
Priend-Nomer Rimlttsblieg
Obituary notices and community events in Washington County
John R. Watson Sr 74 retired Pullman porter dies after long illness at Washington County Hospital. Survived by wife Nettie B Watson two sons and two daughters and two grandsons. Funeral at 2 PM Monday from 43 West Bethel Street with Rev Luther Dorsey officiating. Interment Rose Hill Cemetery. Clara Irene Hose dies after long illness at Blairs Valley Church of God service Sunday at 2 PM. Interment church cemetery. Viewing Sunday at Clark Funeral Home Clear Spring. Public notices include a rummage sale at Market House and a dance at Round and Square Dance. Route 2 Clear Spring obituary listings and community notices.
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John R. Watson
John Richard Watson
Washington County Hospital
Rene Pune
Philadelphia
Cat
Market House
Eben
Beta Sigma Ezer A.M.E. Church
Phi
Nettie
B. Wat
John R. Jr
This City
David S
Flushing
South Hegerstown Fire Co
Baghes
York
Rosettal
Lewis
U. &, Marine Corps
Camp le Jeune
N, C
David S, Jr
Sbome
Hattie John
Baltimore
West Bethel Street
Delack
Luther
Dorsey
Mae
Rose Hill Cemetery
Clara Irene ‘Hose
Clear Spring
Blairs Valley
Local Ads Pack Readable Fragments From Williamsport Area
Small ad collection lists items for sale and events. Grandmother bracelets for Mother's Day. Saum's Jonathan St. Ady. Pizza and spaghetti sauce baked daily 11 a.m. to midnight at 528 W. Wilson Blvd. Phone numbers and help lines. Game Night at Halfway Fire Hall May 6 4 p.m. Benef St. Joseph's. Anthony's Beauty Salon offers permanent styles. Wayside Motel and Diner boasts largest hamburger in Washington County. Shuffleboard bowling alley color TV air conditioned. Williamsport Pike Rt 1k end. Ady.
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Wayside
Wash
Williamsport Pike
South High Students Win Vocational Awards At Banquet
Robert Heckley Sr Terry Price Jerrold Oaks and Clarence Cook received De Kalb Agricultural Accomplishment Award Farm Bureau Project Award Chapter Star Farmer and Chapter Farm Mechanics Award for their FFA achievements at the South Portland area banquet. Adults Carl Heer H W McElwee honored with farmer degrees. About 100 attendees heard John Newcomer speak and saw reports on supervised farming portions with remarks by officers and district officials.
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Robert Heckley
Terry Price
Jerrold
Oaks
Clarence Cook
Tagerstown High School
Clarence
Farm Mechanics
Jonathan Hager
Carl R. Heer
H. W. McElwee
Eugene Humory
John N. Newcomer
Sroithsburg
House of Delegates
Robert Beckley, Jr
Rowland Reichard
Manor Church of the Brethren
Postal Clerk Honored for Practical Post Office Idea
Paul E. Fouke a local postal clerk received a letter of praise from regional director M E Ghatke noting his suggestion for handling postage due COD and registered mail has merit and is now in operation. Fouke, resident of 921 Guilford Avenue, will have the praise noted in official records and in his personnel file.
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Paul E. Fouke
R—Ghatke
Clarke
Fouke
Guiltford Avenue
Thomas M. Simpson
Tractor Trailer Barely Misses House on Route 40 East
A tractor trailer, ownership not learned, narrowly missed the Keefer home near St. Paul on Route 40 east of Clear Spring yesterday. The truck left the embankment and stopped about 100 feet from the residence, with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Keefer
St. Paul
Clear Spring
Keefer
Creves Seed
Leroy Baker Tops His Hi Class At Local School
Leroy Baker of Patomat Avenue enrolls as a freshman at Bridgewater College for 1957 58. He ranks first in the 1957 class of 104 at Milton Hershey School in Hershey Pennsylvania where he is co editor of Acropolis the yearbook sports reporter secretary of the student assembly committee and a glee club singer He plans to study for the ministry at Bridgewater.
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Leroy Baker
Patomat Avenue
Bridgewater College
Young Baker
Milton Hershey School
Wershey
Acropolis
Bridgewater
Three Guilty Of Attack On City Officer
Three men John R. Davis Curtis E. Midgett and Morris Ruckle were convicted in Criminal Court of robbing Patrolman Charles W. Zeller seizing his gun tying him to a tree on a Howard County road after an attempted restaurant commissary robbery. Ruckle later wounded during a gunfight with Pennsylvania detectives led to his capture.
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Baltimore
John R. Davis
Curtis EB
Midgett
Morris Ruckle
Chester
Charles W. Zeller
Jonely
Howard County
Ruckle
Pennsylvania
Edwin Kline Receives Montgomery Chest Leadership Award
Edwin Kline president of the Citizens Building and Loan Assn of Silver Spring, son of Mr and Mrs Stanley P F Kline Ren evola, was honored with an outstanding leadership and faithful service award at the Montgomery County Community Chest and Council 15th annual meeting. He has served as executive vice president of the Chest and Council, led Maryland’s first United Givers Fund Drive, and holds multiple YMCA and Red Cross positions in the county. He and his wife Dorthea reside at 9200 Harvey Road Silver Spring.
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Washington
Chest and Council of
Montgomery County
United Givers
Maryland
Continunity
Silver Springs
YMCA
National Council of the Ymca
Central Atlantic Area
Silver Spring
John Jay Hopkins Dies at 63 A Pioneer in American Industry
John Jay Hopkins industrialist and chairman of General Dynamics Corp died in a Washington hospital at 63 after a cancer battle. He led Electric Boat and promoted peacetime atomic development, earning praise from Atomic Energy Commission head Lewis L. Strauss as a great builder in U.S. industry. Hopkins, a Santa Ana native educated at Occidental College and UC Berkeley, helped steer a firm with over one billion dollars in net sales last year.
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Washington
John Jay Hopkins
Hopkins
General Dynamics Corp
Electric Boat Co
General Dynamics
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Courage
Santa Anna
Calif
Gallagher
Occidental Col. Cor. E. Wash
Locust Sts.Jege
Los Angeles
Uni- Adviversity
California
Electrician Sues Unions Over Dismissal Claims Labor Groups Forced He Out
HENO May 4 A Reno electrician sues three local unions alleging dismissal for refusing to join a union. He seeks 35000 in general and punitive damages and asks Washoe District Court for an injunction against the Laborers Journeymen Plumbers Steam Fitters and Electric Workers unions. Dance notice follows.
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Heno
Reno Electrician
Thomas KR
Washoe District Court
Final tributes as McCarthy lies in state and funeral planned
About 500 people filed through a Washington funeral home to view Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy who died of liver ailment. The casket was flanked by Marines and a folded American flag. In state at the home through Sunday, services are set for Monday in the Senate chamber and at St. Matthew's Cathedral, with Appleton, Wisconsin, services to follow. Reflecting on McCarthy, colleagues discussed his Marine service and controversial career, while the White House noted flags lowered to half staff automatically.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Senate
St. Matthew's Cathedral
Patrick O’boyle
McCarthy
New York
McCarthys
Jamra
Thye
R-Minn
Frear
D-Del
White House
Eisenhower
Gattysburg
Jack Martin
Herman Welker
Idaho
Boise
Welker
Joe
Saarar
Five Picnic Spots Here in Washington County Maryland
Washington County lists five picnic sites with a statewide total of 100 planned after two new Ritchie Highway sites finish. Each location offers tables, benches, trash cans, and off road parking, with some featuring fireplaces and ponds for fishing. County sites include several with multiple tables and car spaces at U S 40 near Hancock and Hagerstown, three sites near Frederick, and additional details on facilities.
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Washington County
Maryland
Hancock
U. S
1. S. 40
Hagerstown
U. S. 40
Frederick
Hoffa accuses Reuther of trying to take over Teamsters
Hoffa, president of the 12-state central conference, charges Walter Reuther of the United Auto Workers is attempting a premidated takeover of the Teamsters. He spoke after a three-state meeting and warned the effort would fail. A UAW spokesman in Detroit noted Reuther hopes the Teamsters can reform and stay in AFL-CIO.
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ST. Louis
James BR. Hoffa
Walter ” Reuther
United Automobile Workers
Teamsters
Hoffa
Teamster
Detroit
UAW
Reuther
Afl-Cio
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Icit
Matthew McCloskey
Stevenson
Southern Committee
National Committee
Denmark Groover Jr
Georgia
Paul M. Butter
Connecticut
Delaware
Missouri
Groover
Texas
Butler
San Francisco
Wy Butler
Jin Committee
Hela
Stock & Equipment Press's Tavern
W. Franklin
Saum
Jonathan
W. Wilson Blvd
Dial
St. Joseph's
Anthony
Arts
Call Craig
Bowles
Potomac Street
Elgin Realtors
Banc
Cart R. Deer
Rtobert Beckley, Jr
de Kalb
South Hagerstown High
Robert
Jett
Jerrold Oaks
South High
James Kiracofe
Elwood KR. Kinney
William ©. Diehl
Douglas M. Bivens
William L. Donaldson
Alfred C. Roth
Teportea
Nurt
Harry Stok
Excell
Funkstown
Farmers & Merchants Bank of
Smithsburg
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Consumer's Credit Department of the
Nicodemus National Bank
Washington Street
Summit Avenue
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Shangri-La
Greencastle
Edwin Kline
Iwith
C. Edwin Cline
Electrician
Studebaker & Passenger
Fleigh Motor Corp
Suseki
Hoffman
Chevrolet
Washington & Locust Streets
Salemel's
Franklin Street
Valley Forge
MD. Motors
Acros
Mel's
Baltimore Oriole
Sen. McCarthy
James C. Hagerty
Potomac
Ady
Gunnell's—Cor. Frank. & Foran
Mt. Lena
Ph. Revievo
Saum’s
Jonathan Ae
Barber
Stephen’s
600
GMC
Martin
Pennsylvania Avenue
Steffey & Findlay, Inc
West Church Street
Sharrett Motors
East
Baltimore Street
West
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