Direct Cat Tax Proposed to Fund County Government
A county column urges the Board of County Commissioners to consider a direct tax on cats as a new revenue source. The piece mocks bureaucrats and advocates a $5 per cat levy, arguing collectability and minimal economic disruption while noting potential collection costs and feline protests.
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Board of Young Commissioners
Althouh
Board of County Commissioners
Uie
Coolidge
Washington
Frederick County
Frederick County urged to develop Monocacy battlefield site
The Monocacy battlefield on the Monocacy River near Frederick is urged as a major untapped tourist asset. The article recalls Union General Lew Wallace delaying Jubal Early to allow Grant’s Sixth Corps to reach Washington, stressing the potential of turning the greenswarded acres into an historic shrine with possible congressional support from Senator Charles Mathias.
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Frederick County
Monocacy
Congress
Lew Wallace
Jubal Early
Washington
Baltimore
Wallace
Ben Hur
Early
Ulysses S. Grant
Sixth Corps
Petersburg
Silver Spring
Abraham Lincoln
Potomac
Charles McC. Mathias
Washington Schools Weigh Balancing Racial Mix
In a 1968 shift Congress barred federal funds from enforcing busing to fix racial balance. The Supreme Court rejects deliberate segregation but does not mandate integration where housing patterns vary. Dr. Carl F. Hansen, noted Washington DC school leader, pioneered desegregation but retired in 1967 amid court rulings. He has authored an article on the issue.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Carl F. Hansen
D. C
J. Skelly Wright
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Slansen
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Hansen
Wright
Board of Education
New York City
Gonn
Pew
Wiee
Polica
Finet Wig
Tha
Kennedy Defends Alaska Rifted Subcommittee Visit
Senator Ted Kennedy says the Alaska field trip by his Indian Education subcommittee drew publicity and helped spotlight poverty in Alaska's Eskimo and Indian communities. He notes bipartisan support from Sen Stevens and Rep Pollock, while Republicans accuse the trip of politics. Kennedy argues firsthand visits raise national awareness of hunger and education issues and that press coverage can advance reform.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
NEA
Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
Senate
Outback
Education
George Murphy
California
Henry Bellman
Oklahoma
Kennedy
U.S
America
Hlpllinters
South Carolina
Spong
Virginia
Talmadge
Georgia
Diaphy -Leiiman
Washington
Bacon
Theodore Stevens
Howard Pollock
Murphy
Bellman
Ohio
William Saxbe
Ani Thes
Afte
Ataris
Art Comet Fishnet
Sds
Met
Protests Over New Telephone Rates at Courthouse Meeting
About 950 farmers gathered at the courthouse to protest rate hikes. A committee will confer with the Board of Trade at upcoming meetings to seek modification of the rates. The Maryland State School for the Deaf received new military uniforms and held a parade on campus. local meat house robberies were solved with Urbana arrest. meat recovered. County commissioners vote to refuse reassessment of properties changing hands since January 1, 1915 per State Tax Commission order.
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Board of Trade
Tomptt
Cade
Maryland State School For the Deaf
Urbana
C. J. Klipp
Board OF County Commissioners
State Tax Commission
Legal Council
Mayor and Aldermen meet in special session on leases
The mayor and aldermen held a special session to discuss extending two leases. One covers the Teberview housing project in southeast Frederick and the other for the city owned cabin leased by the Fishing Creek Rod and Gun Club.
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Unig
Editorial errors and county bond fears cited
A reader accuses an editor of misstatements about Frederick County finances and school funding. The letter argues the county cannot fund new schools due to bond rates, legislation delays, and possible loss of an AA rating, urging caution before committing further money.
Who Runs The Schools in Frederick County
A letter page debate criticizes the Frederick County Board of Commissioners for overspending on school projects, questions school funding and taxation, and conflicts over a Thurmont Middle School proposal. It features John Collins and Ben Palmer defending responsibility and financial limits while accusing editorial bias. A reader shares family genealogy ties to local historic figures and mentions the Maryland Historical Society.
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Thurmont
Frederick County
Board of County Commissioners
Carnochan
Karl Marx
Academy of the Visitation
Francis Scott Key
Lilly
St. John’s
Sisters of the Visitation
Frederick
Mary Clare
Visitation
Francis Scott
Courtney Jenkins
Jenkins
Lily
Maryland Historical Society
Baltimore
Meanes
Mercey Mac
Dr. Heanes
St. Mary's Coun
Montery pupil policy and busing debate outlined
A discussion critiques school district decisions around busing to achieve racial balance in white or Negro areas. It questions state and local responses to civil rights mandates and potential artificial segregation. The piece raises concerns about gradual integration and policy direction.
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Htema
Fiederich Baseball Empires Association
Frederich
UE Frederick Ymca
Maryland Youth Movement Model Legistature
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Lepistator's
Charles A. Price
James Praser
NEW Market Change
New Market District
New Market
New London
Collins
Frederick City
Court House
Metropolitan Sanitary Commission
Maryland
Charles E. Collins
Benj, D. Palmer
New Market, Md CC
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