Eisenhower says no rift with allies over Suez policy
President Eisenhower dismissed claims of a U S Allied split over Suez policy and asserted his administration has done everything to control the H-bomb and promote peaceful atomic use. He contrasted Stevenson’s Seattle remarks with the record, defending current campaigns and noting internal affairs as paramount.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
United States
America
Stevenson
Seattle
FBI
Col
City eyes more highway signs to guide motorists
Baltimore meeting between the local Chamber of Commerce and George Lewis of the State Roads Commission discussed adding route markers for Fagerstown. Mayor and Council must request action first. The chamber will study needs and present concrete data on marker type and numbers to city officials for the state agency.
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Fagerstown
Baltimore
Chamber of Commerce
George Lewis
State Roads Commission
Herris le Few
Ralph Haslacker
A. F. MacDonald
Chamber
Transportation Committee
Grasan Doedraberger
Lewis
le Few
U. S
Two Men Sentenced for Non-Support in Baltimore Court
Juvenile Court Magistrate Ryan McC Crosley sentenced Charles S. Clair of 19% North Foundry Street and Charles S. Roger, with no fixed address, to one year in the House of Correction for non-support. Roger was captured in Baltimore and jailed for violating a prior suspended sentence.
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Ryan McC. Crosley
House of Correction
Charles S. Clair
North Foundry Street
Charles S. Roger
Roger
Baltimore
Baby mixup at hospital solved by X ray
A Hagerstown doctor reports a newborn mixup at Washington County Hospital solved by chest X rays. Two girls shared last names and similar blood types, but differences in thymus enlargement and ossification centers in the breastbone identified the babies. Parents reunited with relief.
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Hagerstown
Stanley H. Macht
Washington County Hospital
Journal “Radiology
Jeff
Meeht
Truman Ends Eastern Tour in West Virginia Rally
Former President Harry Truman closed a three day Easter swing vowing the international situation is dangerous under the current administration. He blamed State Department bungling for alienating friends and criticized Eisenhower era policy and Republican positions on foreign policy farms and the economy. He traveled from Wheeling to Pittsburgh then Chicago to resume campaigning.
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BOS
Holton Moundsville
W. Va
Harry Truman
Earty
State Department
Truman
Wheeling
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Stotxs Falls
S.C
Eisenhower
West Virginia
Coldest Day of Autumn Frost Delivers Heavy Light
Frost covered Keedysville with a low of 25 degrees below freezing. Water in bird baths froze and lawns bore a white glaze. Tonight will stay below freezing, with clouds and scattered showers possible by Saturday. Yesterday's high reached 60 degrees. tomorrow's forecast 58 to 63. Strong cold snap day across eastern regions, while the Midwest warms slightly.
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Keedysville
Travis Knode
New Engand
Mississippi Valley
Central Plains
Switch Stop Signals At Crossroads
Traffic on Downsville Pike Rt 63 will no longer stop at the Lappans area intersection. Rt 68 traffic must yield and stop. The State Roads Commission Traffic Department announced the change, reversing signal controls at the intersection and moving stop signs to Lap Pang Road where it meets Townsville Pike.
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Lappans
Boonsboro-Williamsport
Striking Telephone Operators Return to Posts
C P Telephone Co operators who were on strike last week returned to work at the local exchange, replacing management staff. The company disputed a union head's claim that the dispute centers on a demand limiting the union’s protection over sickness, absence payments, and pensions. A company letter to Traffic Department employees says no future benefit changes will occur without bargaining with the union, noting current contract allows benefits increases without union consultation.
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C. & P. Telephone Co
Sinen Ast
Maryland Telephone Union
Traffic Department
Heart Attacks May Be Predicted
University of California researchers report that future heart attacks could be predicted 20 to 40 years ahead by studying giant fat molecules in the blood of children and young adults. Dr John W Gorman told a group of heart specialists that the findings may identify those at risk before symptoms appear.
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Los Angeles
University of California
John W. Gorman
Riots Shake Hong Kong Kowloon As British Troops Clash
British troops and police with tear gas and bayonets fought Chinese mobs on Kowloon Peninsula for a second day. Eight Chinese killed, hundreds injured, including a Swiss couple burned in a taxi ambush. curfew ordered for Kowloon residents. No Americans listed among casualties.
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Hong Kong
Kow‘loon Peninsula
China
E. B. David
Kowloga’s
Anon
Sham Shui Po
Kowloon
U.S
Pacific
Roaring Welcome At Oregon Rally For Stevenson
Warren Rogers Jr reports a roaring welcome as Adlai Stevenson campaigns in Oregon for its 22 electoral votes after Democrats pledge he will carry the state. In Portland a large crowd applauds and Stevenson criticizes Eisenhower as indifferent to labor, social security, and the unemployed. He urges swift action on the school bill and contrasts it with Dixon-Yates and corporate tax relief. Stevenson to air a nationwide TV radio debate on medical care from San Francisco at 8:40 p.m. EST.
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Warren Rogers Jr
Oakland
Califom
Adlai B. Stevenson
California
Oregon
Portland
Ore
Eisenhower
Pittsburgh
Herbert Hoover
Madison Avenue
Dixon-Yates
Hells Canyon
Idaho Power Co
Stevenson
British Drop Atom Weapon in Australia Test
Britain test dropped an operational atomic weapon from a four jet Valiant at Meralinga range in southern Australia. The three mile high drop marked the third of four tests, described as ready for use in war, and seen as a dress rehearsal for the hydrogen bomb test planned on Christmas Island next spring. Air force officials observing this operation will participate in the later test.
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Adelaide
Australia
U—Britain
Meralinga
Britain
Christmas Island
Air Force
New Hood College Buildings to Be Named for Smith and Brown
Frederick area notes report a new Hood College science building and a residence hall to be named for HR Paul Smith of Hagerstown and Lillian Brown of Orange. A worker was injured filling a silo at the college site and treated at the hospital. ceremonies set for Friday mark the cornerstones. The two buildings aim to support enrollment up to 600 and be ready for the fall opening. Separately, dog licensing complaints involve Daymude and Miller neighbors, with authorities investigating.
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Freston Horst
Hagerstown
Tost
Frederick
Wood College
Paul Smith
Hagerstown Utilities
Walter Daymude
Hagers
Lillian Brown
Hudson
Orange
Amith
Daymude
Wayne Miller
Magistrate's Court
County Commissioners
Big Pool Airman May Be On Missing Plane
Big Pool airman Hartley E. Hartley, 19, son of Mr and Mrs Hartley of Big Pool, was aboard the missing military transport plane over the Atlantic. A 1955 Clear Spring High School graduate, he had been stationed at Lakenheath for three months and hoped to return home to Lincoln Nebraska or Heath. The aircraft departed from Lakenheath yesterday morning with 59 air force and navy personnel aboard.
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Air Forge and
Navy
Atlantic Ocean
Bail
United States
Heath
England
Lincoln
Nebraska
Lakenheath
Man Hartley
Air Police
Reduce Speed To 30 MPH On Williamsport Road
The Washington County traffic board announced a 30 mph speed limit to replace the previous 50 mph on the state road from Williamsport toward Downsville. Traffic officials report a weekly drop in jobless claims and note a parallel shift in local development with new water lines and industrial connections.
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Williamsports
Washington County
Downsville
Rt’ 62
Hagerstown
Orang
Williamsport
Department of the State
Matthew J. White
U N Cease Fire Ends Border Fight
A U N cease fire halted a six hour border clash after Israeli forces attacked a Jordan police station in reprisal for two Israeli farmhands. Reports say Jordan suffered heavy losses with nine Israelis killed and 12 wounded as fighting centered in the Judean Hills near Tell Saveh.
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Jerusalem
U.N
Jordan
Jurdan
Kaikilyeh
Judean Hills
Tell Savey
Court Rejects Prisoner's Plea For Execution
California Supreme Court rejects Gilbert F. Collie’s habeas corpus petition seeking execution or release after 24 years. Collie, a San Bernardino blacksmith nicknamed “Gorilla Man,” was convicted in 1932 of murdering two men and argues for death or freedom, saying he is ready for death and tired of the mockery of justice.
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San Francisco
California Supreme Court
Gilbert F. Collie
Festere
Conia
Missing US Air Transport Plane Vanishes Over Atlantic
A U S military transport with 69 aboard disappeared over the eastern Atlantic en route from a London area base to the Azores. Air, Navy, and British forces launched a wide sea and air search from England to the Azores, with planes including B47 bombers and radar aiding the effort. The Liftmaster carried two officers, 48 Air Force enlisted men, and nine Navy personnel.
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Lakenheath
England
Azores
Lagens
United States
Lakenreath
Eng
U. S
Atlantic
Military Air Transport Service
Air Force
Navy
Britain
Germany
France
North Asia
St Magnans
Iwales
Westover Field
Moss
McGuire Field
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London
Lajes Air Force Base
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