Semi-Annual Assessment Bill Signed in Frederick County
Governor Tawes signed a law authorizing semi annual assessment and levy for county and municipal taxation on new buildings and substantial improvements. Bills also set state and local tax rules, speed limits near schools, and other local measures with 1962 Antietam Centennial designation.
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Frederick County
Tawes
Samuel W. Barrick
Barrick
Sen
Hughes
Caroline
Charles
Frederick
Worcester
Carroll County
Sys- Hughes
State Roads Commission
Speaker
Central Accident Records Bureau
Public Service Commission
Carroll
Montgomery
Baltimore
House
Antietam
Ini Fiaryland
New Plan Consider Interstate 70 Extension Peaceful Route Debate
State Roads Commission officials discuss potential use of parts of present U S 40 as one lane of Interstate 70 between Frederick and Hagerstown while many favor a new location to meet interstate standards. A bypass around Hagerstown via Halfway is also considered, with residents urging dualization of US 40 and opposing multiple parallel highways.
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State Roads Commission
Frederick
Hagerstown
U.S. 40
Maryland
Hancock
Washington County
Wrecked British Plane Found on Turkish Mountain
A damaged Avro Tudor wreckage found on a southeast Turkish mountaintop is linked to a missing British air freighter with twelve aboard, feared dead. RAF officials in Nicosia say the evidence points to the Tudor, with a ground party to be sent to the site.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Turkey
Britain
Australia
Soviet Union
RAF
Michigan Delays Pay as State Faces Cash Crunch
Michigan, pressed by a 1958 recession and welfare costs, skips this week’s 100000 payroll for 325 state workers including 144 legislators and all Supreme and Circuit Court judges. Gov. G Mennen Williams blames a deadlocked Legislature and vows to minimize damage while seeking tax increases to restore funds, with a $50 million veterans trust fund at stake and no timetable for payment.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Supreme Court
Williams
Senate
Veterans Trust Fund
Veterans Fund
County Receives 8340 30 Third Quarter Distilled Spirits Tax
State Comptroller Louis Goldstein announced that the nine month period ending March 31 shows counties and Baltimore City receiving 22 958 Increase over 1958. Montgomery County netted 90847 52 up 5770 while Carroll County fell 439. The third quarter totaled 444541 72 with checks mailed. In Hagerstown Daniel Toms 22 Middletown got a five day suspended sentence for stealing two hubcaps from Shelva Myers car.
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Louis L. Goldstein
Baltimore City
Goldstein
Montgomery County
Carroll
Hagerstown
Daniel Toms
Middletown
J. B. Berkson
Shelva Jean Myers
Greencastle
1st District Officers Are Elected in Hampstead Maryland
Mrs. Ezra Arbaugh was elected president of the First District Maryland Federation of Women's Clubs at the 38th annual meeting in Hampstead. About 125 women attended the luncheon, with officers to be installed later. The event featured an arts and crafts exhibit and a Mexican motif decor in the hotel ballroom.
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Woman's Club
Hampstead
Maryland
Civic Club
Roland Harbaugh
Richard F. Kline Sr
Calvin Schildknecht
Chaires
Melvin Partridge
Paul Shatto
Junior Woman's Club
Meyer Chertoff
Council of Jewish Women
Charles KR. Smith
Hemp
Ellis Tonik
Jack Lee
Henry Davis
Singer Kay Starr Granted Fourth Divorce in Los Angeles
Kay Starr, 36, was granted her fourth divorce from George A. Melien, 42, a Mobile Alabama real estate operator. Starr testified he often stayed away from home for three or four nights without explanation. The couple, married two years ago in Mexico, separated last month.
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Los Angeles
Ap Fer
Kay Starr
Miss Starr
George A. Melien
Man
Mobile
Ala
Mellen
Mexico
Five Day Forecast Briefing and Temperature Outlook
The Associated Press reports temperatures averaging about five degrees above normal with warmer conditions Thursday and Monday and cooler by Saturday and Sunday. Scattered showers are likely Saturday with total precipitation a quarter inch or less. Normal afternoon highs range from 65 to 71 degrees. Early mornings stay in the 40s and low 30s, except the Western Maryland mountains in the upper 30s.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Berlin and Peace Pact Tied In One
Western foreign ministers signaled to address Berlin and a German peace treaty as a package in Geneva talks with the Soviet Union. The group, led by Herter Lloyd Couve de Murville and Brentano, planned to harmonize positions before East West talks in Geneva.
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Soviet Union
Britain
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Warsaw
Poland
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Christian &. Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Heinrich von Brentano
Herter
Couve de Mérville
Vor Brentano
NBC Strike Continues Amid Wall Between NBC and Union
NBC strike by about 1500 technicians against National Broadcasting Co. persisted with no agreement. NBC filed two lawsuits totaling over 1 million dollars against the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians alleging contract violations and seeking damages. A court hearing was set on a request to ban picketing at Hollywood and Burbank, California, as the union labeled the network’s actions a lockout and said staff were replaced by supervisors.
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API
National Broadcasting Co
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U.S
NBC
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Burbank
Calif
NABET
New
U S Milk Marketing Order Inevitable Discussed in Maryland
NEW WINDSOR Md officials led by President Emrich met about 90 dairy farmers last night. Not all farmers were coop members. Officials said the federal order would not necessarily raise prices but would tend to stabilize them and prevent wide fluctuations.
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New Windsor
Maryland M Inc
Wee Women Turn Pages For Hands Held Across Rows
A playful note invites readers to participate in a pages turning activity for a group described as Wee Women. The item highlights a communal reading event emphasizing shared curiosity and interaction.
Weather warms as April ends with showers and fog
Heavy April showers dropped .72 inch at the airport, lifting April to 3.15 inches but still under normal. A near inch fell in the rain period locally, 1.13 inches at Gambrill State Park, aiding gardens and water supplies. No floods reported as temperatures rise toward May.
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Gambrill State Park
High Knob
Gallers
Moonshine arrest leads to bite injuring agent in West Virginia
In Huntington a federal probe escalates after agent Merlin Bullion attempted to arrest Harm Johnson of Logan for moonshine possession. Johnson allegedly bit Bullion on the nose and back, requiring 17 stitches for the nose wound. A grand jury indicted Johnson on the assault charge.
Consumers Fed Up With Rising Costs Spark Price Debate
AP dispatch from Washington reports industrialist Herman W. Stein Kraus warning that American consumers anger over rising prices could drive demand for cheaper foreign goods unless wage price pressures ease. He calls for higher productivity and domestic price control to resist a spiral of unemployment. Rep Hale Boggs counters that rising competition signals global vigor and warns against protectionism.
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Washington
Herman W. Stein- Kraus
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Steinkraus
Bridgeport ‘Conn.+ Brass Co
U.S. Chamber
Ieinkraus
Hale Boggs
D-La
United States
Europe
Smiths Tour Florida Watch Dick Smith in Tampa Game
Mr and Mrs Smith on a Florida visit stop in Tampa to see their nephew Dick Smith of Walkersville play for the St Petersburg Saints in a Florida State League opener. They also attend church in Miami with Rev Charles H Corbett and visit Clearwater and other former Frederick residents before returning home April 19.
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Onvie
Augustine
Charlie Keller Sr
Mr. Smith
Tampa
Dick Smith
Eisenhower urges three changes to labor bill in Congress
President Eisenhower urged Congress to tighten the Senate labor control bill at three points curb secondary boycotts outlaw blackmail picketing and clarify authority in the po mans land area. He noted existing weaknesses and favored amendments while acknowledging House support for a different labor rights proposal.
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Eisenhower
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Nease
House
National Labor Relations Board
John McClellan
D-Ark
Thomas Kuchel
California
Clare Boothe Luce
Herter-Dulles
John Foster Dulles
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Christian A. Herter
Herter
Isenhower
Iraq
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Nixon
Montgomery
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