Reapportionment Debate Shapes Maryland County Power
A long look at Maryland reapportionment and its potential to erode county autonomy is urged. The piece warns Eastern Shore counties like Caroline may lose House seats or share a Senator, urging home rule and local reforms to resist reduced influence in the General Assembly. It stresses the need to prepare for alternate governance if state lines redraw.
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Maryland
Caroline
Supreme Court
Caroline County
House of Delegates
General Assembly
Johnson
Congress
Goldwater
Lyndon B. Johnson
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Southern University
Mr. Fulbright
Germany
Hungary
Poland
Yugoslavia
Romania
China
Local Couple Break Land Speed Record at Ridgely Furniture Mart
A Ridgely couple reportedly set a land speed record on their way to the R and A Furniture Mart after hearing about tremendous bargains on the store's quality merchandise. The advertisement invites readers to visit and see for themselves.
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The
R & A Furniture
Caroline County Farm Bureau elects officers at Denton
The Caroline County Farm Bureau reorganized at Denton with Richard Blackburn of Ridgely reelected president Theodore Schmick Preston vice president and Marion Spicher Denton secretary. New directors and delegates to the state convention in Baltimore were named along with officers for the associated women group. Also reported are obituaries for Hattie Hegeman and Thomas Breeding, a tack removal case, bank stockholders meetings in Denton, a 50th wedding anniversary, and political commentary on President Johnson’s State of the Union and cross‑border diplomacy.
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Tne
Caroline County Farm Bureau
Denton
Richard Blackburn
Ridgely
Theodore Schmick
Preston
Marion Spicher
H. K. Shults
Henderson
L. O. Jarrell
Greensboro
Clayton Roe
Frank D. Ziegler
Nicholas Laigneil
Federalsburg
Herbert Beauchamp
American Corner
State Bureau
Baltimore
Clarence Jones
W. M. Garey
Martin C. Voss
Theo. Schmick
F. R. Gibbs
Roy Merriken
J. Boone Jarrell
Henry Neal
J. B. Jarrell
M.C. Voss
Caroline County
Associated Women of the Farm Bureau
C. J. Kern
F. D. Zeigler
Hattie Hegeman
E. D. C. Hegeman
M. I
Laurel
Del
L. E. Wimbrow
E. C. Hallman
Buri
Laurel Cemetery
Thomas Mark Breeding
William R
Cora Griffit
Hill Crest
James Wise
Edward A. Looper
Looper
James
James A. Wise
J. Roland Chaffinch
H. S. Dailey
I. R. Fleetwood
J. R. Ricards
Russell Flaharty
Hilda Fowler
Naomi Holland
Diana Weir
W. IE. Thawley
Peoples Bank of
Maryland
William Croll
H. C. Hobbs
H. H. Nuttle
H. E. Smith
R. R. Ringgold
Geo. J. Kibler
J. M. Short
Hillsboro
H. H Nuttle
E. T. Orme
W. H. Nuttle
G. L. Wilson
Frances Johnson
Maude Sleek
J. D. Carter
Helen Saulsbury
Easton
James Patchett
Dodge
John Jarvis
Lex Simpson
A. W. Brumbaugh
Edw. G. Dean
Co. A. Beaumont
A. Irvin Brumbaugh
Byron Poore
Jack Boulais
Ovid Langrell
Wilbur Carroll
Norman Walls
Wilson Thornton
William Snowberger
Edw
G. Dean
Alvin Simpson
Norman Baynard
Norman Wails
Harry Russell
Carolina County Firemen’s Association
William H. Sipple
Sipple
William H
Nicky A. Sipple
Daniel R
Annie M. Totheroh
Niles Plan Advocates Noncompetitive Judicial Elections
Emory H. Niles argues that the Missouri Plan feature of judges running on records remains essential. He notes benefits in attracting qualified judges by preventing costly campaigns, despite Legislative Council opposition, and contrasts with open elections where incumbents face political campaigning and decorum limits. Continues on page 9.
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Emory H. Niles
Missouri
Legislative Council
Also Mentioned on This Page
Denton Journal
Benjamin F. Johnson, JR
John Wood Logan
Market Street
Penton
As&o Cfation
Thomas H. Poole William E. Darling
H. R. Butts
Mary O. Knotts
Catherine Melvin
Isaac Noble
Mariam Robinson
Helen H. Sparklin
Merrel Spence
Grace Vernon Smith
L. H. Thomas Bishop Wayman
Tilghman Williams
A Marydel
Templeville
Henderson Hickman
Ums Crossroads
Ee Ridgely Hobbs
Goldsboro
America
Lu-Re-Co
Huntington
NEW Lu-Re-Co Research Homes
MFR
Olun
Denton National Bank
Banking House
J. Percy Bittle
D. O. George
Fred B. Nuttle
F. L. R. Nuttle
Brick Hotel
the State OF the Union
Frank Kessler
Niles
Journal of
Denton National
Call
FDIC
Federal Reserve System
Newspaperenbele
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