26 May 1954
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1954
Page
1
About 39 U.S. Air Force scientific specialists from a Camp Detrick detachment visited Fairchild Aircraft Division this week for an orientation tour of the plant. J. C. OCon outlined the program and welcomed the group.
Washington County commissioners split as Eldridge Hoffman fault minority for not backing a county inquiry. Majority defend the sheriff investigation and credit board for progress in school construction voting machines and roads. Minority issue their own statement while planning further action and press for expunging parts of the grand jury report.
Former McCarthy subcommittee staffer disputes testimony as Drivel while McCarthy denounces Army proceedings. Miller questions witnesses as Schine remains outside the Senate room, signaling reluctance to comment. Schine, temporarily at Ft. Myer, Va., smiles and tells reporters to go away.
Prayer discusses months of devotion and emptiness seeking true satisfaction through God. The writer, Tanl Wright, a Portland minister at First Presbyterian Church, asks for stripping away false comforts and driving toward salvation through Christ.
Albany faces a pivotal showdown as the NY Central Railroad stockholders meet at the armory to weigh support for President William White and the management board. The two billion dollar system’s fate hinges on coal production figures and the opposition’s strategy, with results unclear for days.
About 2,500 of Central's 50,000 stockholders are expected to attend a noon meeting at Washington Avenue Armory. Delegates from New York travel on a special two-section train. Election inspectors, Professors Miller, Wanna, and Hardee, will count votes at the Hotel Ten Eyck under guard, with a six day to two week clock for results.
Candidate Gum, James Wolcott Gum, campaigns for the Republican nomination in Maryland denouncing June 28 as an election date set to burden farmers and vacationers. He accuses Theodore McKeldin’s camp of patronage and calls for a large turnout to defeat the “McKeldin machine.”
Obituary notices for John Edward Wallick Chewsville Robert A Lesher and related family details list survivors and funeral arrangements. Wallick died at 51 of heart issues with services at Rest Haven Chapel and burial there. Lesher 27 of Greencastle died after three months illness with funeral at Minnich Green Castle and Montgomery Brethren in Christ Church.
Two Maryland men, Franklin Thomas of Shadyside and Peete Lilley of Churchton, died when a small plane took off from Miller's Airport and crashed in a wooded area near Owings Arundel County. The pair, both businessmen, planned to return to Shadyside after a short flight, authorities said.
A dense OCR list shows a full day of programs with titles from Movie Time to News and Weather, including Crusader Rabbit, Captain Video, Superman, and The Perry Coy Show. Multiple sports, musical acts, and talk shows are listed with times and host names such as John Cameron Swayze and Jack Webb.
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