Charge Doctor Pleads Innocent in Poison Plot
Dr Hugh G Hamilton a 49 year old Kansas City obstetrician entered an innocent plea for an attempted murder charge tied to substituting cyanide for his wife Martha s digestives while hospitalised for a hip fracture A preliminary hearing was set for July 6 bond of 10000 was posted by four physicians and a bank president with information from Mrs Hamilton backing the claim.
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Kansas City
Hugh G. Hamilton
Hamilton
Martha
Notice to Public on Hart Sales Territory Change and Rate Hearings
Luther Hart Jr. shifts to The F. E. Myers Co. territory covering South Carolina Georgia and Florida after indoctrination at the main plant. The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co reports proposed rate changes raising intrastate revenues about 4 million annually and net earnings about 1.82 million after taxes. SCC suspends effective date to July 1 1954 and schedules a public hearing May 25 1954 in Richmond Virginia.
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Luther Hart, Jr
East St
F. E. Myers Co
Ashland
Ohio
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Hart
Co. I. Brumback and Sons
Myers
L. I. Wingert
Chesapeake and Fotomac Telephone Company
Virginia
State Corporation Commission
Commission
Richmond
Statf Corporation Commission
Three Valley Towns Represented At Water Board Session
Representatives from Woodstock Timberville and Broadway appeared before the State Water Control Board to report progress in reducing Shenandoah River pollution. Woodstock seeks time to finish plans for a sewage treatment plant and funds for a dam to boost water supply. Mayor Riley noted financial constraints and lack of recent bond issues.
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Richmond
Shenandoah Valley
State Water Control Board
Shenandoah River
Woodstock
Timberville
Broadway
Shenandoah
North Fork
W. O. Riley
W. S. Shaffer
E. Blackburn Moore
Berryville
Water Board
Moore
Riley
State Forest Fire Season Ends Safely in Virginia
State Forester George Dean says Virginia is past the spring fire season with 116 towers largely out of service and about 20 towers still manned by skeleton crews. Spring rainfall reduced risk, fire damage runs near normal with 1250 fires burning 9800 acres and an estimated $425000 loss.
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Charlottesville
Virginia
George Dean
Skelton
Dean
Msgr Lackey Observes 50th Anniversary of Ordination
In Martinsburg West Virginia the Rt Rev Msgr F P Lackey rector of St Josephs Catholic Church marked fifty years since his ordination. An informal program was held Wednesday in the school auditorium as parishioners plan further tributes. Born in Lynchburg he studied at St Charles College Ellicott City and served West Falls Church Portsmouth and Arlington before St Josephs appointment on July 1 1927. He became a monsignor December 7 1943.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
F. P. Lackey
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Monsignor
Lackey
Richmond
St Joseph's
Lynchburg
St Charles College
Ellicott City
West Falls Church
Portsmouth
Arlington County
St. Joseph’s
New Drug Diamox Checks Cause of Blindness
Dr Earle McBain of San Rafael and Stanford University Medical School report a drug known as diamox can reduce eyeball fluid pressure a major factor in glaucoma. Taken orally it slows fluid production and delays vision loss while allowing further treatments and eye surgery to proceed.
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Los Angeles
California Medical Assn
Earle McBain
San Rafael
Calif
Stanford University Medical School
McBain
Time to Free World Currencies Says Baruch
Bernard Baruch urged freeing world currencies and ending government to government lending. He linked tariff reductions to monetary freedom and called for applying supply and demand laws, during a City College Baruch School lecture.
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Baruch
New York
Bernard Baruch
Baruch School of Business and Public Administration
City College
Dirksen Signals Pause in Public Hearings on McCarthy Probe
Dirksen plans to suspend public hearings and hold possible closed sessions for rebuttal witnesses with transcripts released. McCarthy would resume hearings on Communists in government but not probe military installations, while Mundt delays a key vote to 1:30 p.m. EST.
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Sen. McCarthy
Mundt
R-Sd
Dirksen
McCarthy
White House
Nixon
Margaret O'Brien Ordered by Court To Cut Expenditures
A California Superior Court judge restricted the finances of child star Margaret O'Brien age 17. Guardian and mother Gladys O'Brien must seek court approval for any spending over 500 dollars as the court oversees wage earning minors. The ruling followed a report showing her fortune declined by 34623 dollars in two years. Judge Victor R. Hansen issued the order yesterday at a hearing on the actress accounts.
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Los Angeles
Margaret O’brien
California
Superior Court
Victor R. Hansen
Gladys O’brien
Petition Filed by Property Owners on Zoning Case
A new petition by 12 property owners was submitted to the board yesterday but the supervisors accepted the planning commission ruling. The commission, in its April 24 meeting, voted against a variance for James H. Pappas to build a restaurant one mile north of the city. Members include P, E. Lineburg, Grov.
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Planning Commission
James H. Pappas
E. Lineburg
Grov
County approves nuisance ordinance change and road right of way plan
The board approved on first and second readings an amendment to the county nuisance ordinance removing the health officer notice requirement before court action. A complaint may be sworn and defendants receive a summons to show cause. The board also discussed securing rights of way for a new road from U S 50 at James Wood High School to U S 522 near Stines Chapel and agreed to pay Walker McC Bond 575.
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Er Teets
Earl Shade
Boyd Ramey
John Cooper
Trial Justice Court
U. S. 50
James Wood High School
U. S. Rt
Stine’s Chapel
C. M. Rosenberger
Walker McC. Bond
County Board approves mineral lands assessment
The board approved the assessment of mineral lands of the county as presented by Commissioner of Revenue Earl Bailey. A request for an additional $500 to complete child welfare work in the county was mentioned.
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Earl Bailey
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Msgr
Richfield
Ethyl
Maine
Richluse Super HD
General Oil Co
C. T. Cooper
Winchester
The
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Carr Publishing CO
Lyle P. Strosnyder
S. Loudoun St
Srey
Ager
SAFEW
Yale
Ari
ASOD
Winchester Evening Star
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