Bloodless Turkish coup brings military rule to Ankara
Turkish armed forces seized control in a bloodless coup aimed at ending Premier Adnan Menderes rule. Gen Cemal Gursel announced a National Unity Committee would govern until free and honest elections. Menderes was reportedly captured near Eskisehir and taken to Ankara as broadcasting limited contact with the outside world.
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Garven Hudgins
Istanbul
Turkey
Adnan Menderes
Menderes
Republican People’s Party
Ismet Inonu
London
Kutahya
Eskisehir
Ankara
Belgrade
Cemal Gursel
National Unity Committee
Gursel
Gursen
Meam
State Department
Washington
Senate to Hear Testimony on Summit Breakdown
Washington May 27 AP Democratic and Republican leaders push for nonpartisan inquiry into summit failure. Secretary of State Herter to face questions as Lyndon Johnson weighs limits on criticism while Gore and Monroney urge further probing into Khrushchev links and U2 flight timing. Continued on Page 2 Col. 6
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Christian A. Herter
White House
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
A. S
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Johnson
Eisenhower
Monroney
Adlai £. Stevenson
Nikita Khrushchev
Paris
Gore
Soviet Union
Crack Bands To Be In Parade At Sharpsburg
The bands of South Hagerstown School and Washington School, lauded for AAA safety patrol parade performances in Washington, D C, join the 93rd annual Memorial Day parade in Sharpsburg. Also in march are Hagerstown Municipal Band Boonsboro High School Band Mercersburg American Legion Band and Shepherdstown High School Band. Parade starts 1 3 p m at Sharpsburg School with marshals Lester Isanogle Charles Scuffins Earl Rohrer and followed by the Washington County Sheriffs Department. Sharpsburg Rifles in Civil War uniforms will appear. MacKenzie Scott’s Pipe is another parade highlight.
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South Hagerstown
Washington School
Washington, D. C
Sharpsburg
Hagerstown
Boonsboro
Mercersburg American Legion
Shepherdstown High School
Leister Isanogle
Charles Scuffins
Earl Rohrer
Washington County Sheriffs Department
Sharpsburg Rifles
MacKenzie Scott
Mother of eight jailed for welfare fraud in Baltimore
Nora Brown, a Black mother of eight, was sentenced by Judge J. Gilbert Prendergast to four years in the Reformatory of Women for illegally collecting $5,448 in welfare benefits. Convicted by a Criminal Court jury of fraudulently receiving payments for over three years, she first joined welfare in 1953 after her husband went to jail.
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Baltimore
J. Gilbert Prendergast
Reformatory of Women
Nora Brown
Tregoff-Finch Trial Delayed Until June 20
Los Angeles AP reports the retrial of Carole Tregoff and Dr. R Bernard Finch is postponed to June 20 after a deadlocked first trial. Tregoff appeals to the State Supreme Court seeking to challenge Judge Leroy Dawson as retrial judge due to alleged prejudice.
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Los Angeles
Carole Tregoff
R. Bernard Finch
Barbara
Japan Says Bid To Ike Still Stands In Tokyo
In Tokyo, Prime Minister Kishi’s government informed the United States that President Eisenhower’s visit next month still stands, despite growing leftist protests demanding cancellation. Foreign Minister Fujiyama said there is no current plan to delay the trip, though "at the present time" hints plans could change if protests continue.
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Tokyo
Nobusuke Kishi
United States
Eisenhower
Kishi
U.S
Aiichiro Fujiyama
Japan
Fujiyama
Far East
Clopper Emphasizes Fairness in County Assessments Office
Washington County Supervisor of Assessments Simon Clopper rejects claims of flawed assessments and stresses fairness. He notes 7000 to 8000 reviews last year with few protests, praises public access to records, and explains appeal processes to neighbors. The state aims to raise counties lagging averages while annual reviews continue since 1955.
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Washington County
Simon Clopper
Department of Assessment and Taxation
Board of County Commis
North Hagerstown Commencement Names Three Speakers
North Hagerstown High selects Helen Horst Patricia Lindsay and Susan Hoffman as student speakers for the June 6 commencement. The theme After The Battle Comes The Reward guides their talks. Helen, a distinguished honors student, will discuss Civic Heritage. Patricia, 17, plans to graduate with an academic diploma and study communications. Susan Hoffman will address Self Realization.
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eBiade
Jyurn
North
North Hen Clear Spring
Martha M. Horst
Herj
Gansville
Patricia Lindsay
Blue Ridge ‘Road
Atl
Helen
Escapees May Have Stolen Car In County
State Police and sheriffs combed the Repe vola Funkstown and Boonsboro area for three men who escaped from the Patuxent State Institution near Baltimore yesterday. They may have fled in a stolen 1957 four door Chevrolet from Lillian Reeder of Boonsboro. Also reported were anglers William Kelly and Lewis Tosten who caught over 100 fish near Duck Island, while the U.N. Security Council faced a new showdown over Soviet attempts to censure U.S. spy flights.
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Repevola
Funkstown
Boonsboro
Patuxent State Institution
Baltimore
Benevola
Maximum Security Institution
Janes Combs
James Rickets
George Beavers
Lillian&. Reeder
Route 1
William Kelly
Lewis Tosten
Duck Island
G. W. Wolfe
Wolfe
Williamsport
United Nations, N
U.N. Security Council
Council
U.N
Andrei Gromyko
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Henry Cabot Lodge
Gromyko
United States
Poland
Ceylon
Tunisia
Thei-Nation
Britain
France
China
Argentina
Ecuador
Italy
Lnto
Man Guilty In Jobless Pay Fraud
Leo D. Burke of Williamsport admitted six counts of fraudulently drawing jobless benefits while employed, receiving $43 weekly during late 1958 to early 1959. Magistrate Dwyer slated July 8 for progress review and potential sentencing based on repayment efforts observed over six weeks. Maryland State Employment Service noted an audit uncovered the fraud. Burke released on own recognizance.
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Williamsport Srea
Leo D. Burke
Williamsport Rt. 1
William J. Dwyer
Burke
Dwyer
Matthew J. White
Maryland State Employment Service Office
Fair And Cool Memorial Day Weekend Forecast
A fair and cool Memorial Day weekend is forecast with improvements Saturday and Sunday. Memorial Day shows possible showers later in the period, but overall five day Maryland forecasts predict about half an inch of rain and temperatures a few degrees above normal. Local readings: Beckenbaugh 75/61 near Boonsboro and Oswald 76/62 near Hagerstown.
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Weather Bureau
Bureau
Maryland
J. Howard Beckenbaugh
Boonsboro
D. Paul Oswald
Hagerstown
Weather warning for heavy downpours in thunderstorms
The Weather Bureau warned of possible heavy downpours later today as thunderstorms develop. Washington County has already seen nearly five inches of rain this month, about an inch above the May average.
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The
Weather Bureau
Washington County
Singleminded Dog Ace Insists On Gelvin Home
Ace the cocker spaniel repeatedly travels back to Greensburg to live with Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Gelvins. After trying Ringgold and Leitersburg, the dog always returns to the Gelvins and enjoys rides in their jeep, often staying quietly during long trips and picnics. The Gelvins plan to keep him despite already owning two other dogs.
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Ace
E. R. Gelvins
Greensburg
Gelvins
Second Hitler Henchman Now Being Sought
Buenos Aires reports claim Adolf Eichmann was captured in Argentina and escaped the country last weekend. The former Nazi official, charged with murdering six million Jews, is held in Israel under guard before a life trial. The article notes claims that Martin Bormann may be alive, with sources in Haifa and AmsterdamTelegraph cited, while West German officials remain skeptical.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Adolf Eichmann
Israel
Eichmann
I’n
Setski Es Clowog
Henchman
Martin
Errs Friedmann
Haifa
Amsterdam Telegraaf
Bormann
Qanth Armoriaea
Berlin
Hitler
Telegraaf
West Germany
Bortmann
Sudan Ambassador Teaches U.S. Class via TV Lesson
Osman Omer El Habari of Sudan taped a Core 7 lesson in Africa for Washington County's education TV station. The broadcast, circulated by the U S Information Agency, marks the first time a foreign ambassador participated in direct teaching of an American class and reached over 2000 students.
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Washington County
Africa
U. S. Information Agency
Osman Omer el Habari
Sudan Republic
Central Africa
Pearl Snively
Eisenhower remarks on spy plane trip depresses Moscow
London dispatch reports Moscow radio calling President Eisenhower's explanation of the U2 spy flight and the summit conference collapse depressing and irresponsible, likening him to a misbehaving schoolboy in self-justification.
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London
Moscow Radio Today
Eisenhower
Norway Rejects Soviet Protest Over U2 Landing Plan
Oslo reports Norway today refused a Soviet protest over plans for an American U2 spy plane to land in northern Norway after an incident in the Soviet Union.
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Oslo
Norway
Soviet Union
Red China says U2 made flights over China mainland
Peiping radio reported that one U2 jet took off from Okinawa and flew 455 miles into China on December 6, 1953, crossing Chekiang and Kiangsi provinces. No details were given for the other two alleged overflights.
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Red China
China
Peiping Radio
Okinawa
Chekiang
Kiangsi
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