Long accuses roads board of juggling bridge figures
U S Rep Clarence Long of Maryland accuses the State Roads Commission of manipulating traffic data to back a parallel Chesapeake Bay bridge plan. He notes a 2 percent six month rise on the existing bridge but shows a 7 percent drop from mid-1963. Commission chairman John B Funk cites congestion and tolls as reasons for a larger project.
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Baltimore
U.S
Clarence D. Long
Commission
Bay Bridge
Washington
New York
Roads Commission
General Assembly
Gov. Tawes
John B. Funk
Mrs Moore not sorry for shooting husband says police
Washington AP report quotes Mrs Moore in Hyattsville Maryland courthouse testimony stating That is my husband I shot him and I am not sorry The widow of former Redskin star Wilbur Moore was quoted to police during testimony at the Prince Georges County Peoples Court Cedric Packett of Prince Tuesday as she told officers She fired at her husband and showed no remorse
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Washington (Ap
Redskin
Wilbur Moore
Srattsville
Peoples Court
Cedric Packett
Prince Tuesday
Georges County
Packett
Moore Murder Suspect Clara Moore in Maryland Suburban Shooting
A preliminary hearing for Clara Cecelia Moore 38 regarding the fatal shooting of 49 year old football star in front of their home in the Sher ee Manor area near Riverdale Md. Moore said she shot after a dispute over their separation and a plan to stop her husband from taking the gun. The alleged motive centered on protecting herself and their child Wilbur Jr. 4. Moore's attorney sought mental examination and potential Circuit Court bail relief.
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Clara Cecelia Moore
Moores
Mosday
Andi Setia Oti
Moore
Sher“ee Manor
Packett
James F. Fitzgerald
Negroes Form Voting Lines In 3 States
Prospective Black voters jam federal registrar offices in Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana as the Justice Department moves to erase poll taxes in three states. Hundreds register in Selma and Greensboro while Canton Mississippi sees crowds told to return later. A Justice team of examiners, at least some Black, works nine counties under the new law signed by President Johnson.
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Associated Press
Department of Justice
Selma
Alabama
Greensboro
Canton
Miss
Justice Department
Mississippi
Louisiana
Johnson
State Trooper Helps In Delivery Of Baby
WALDORF AP John M Procter of Port Tobacco rushed into the State Police barracks Tuesday as his wife was about to deliver. Cpl John Sommers on duty assisted 21 year old Joan Procter in delivering an eight pound boy. Mother and child were later reported in good condition at Physicians Memorial Hospital in La Plata. For Sommers it was his third delivery in ten years.
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Waldorf (Ap
John M. Procter
Port Tobacco
John Sommers
Procter
Joan
Physicians Memorial Hospital
la Plata
Sommers
County Leaders At Conference In Western Maryland
The Western Maryland Commissioners Association meets in Garrett County to prepare its stance on reapportionment. County officials, including the ham county engineer and Randolph Rosencrantz, plan to discuss welfare program administration, Community Action Committees, proposed state fiscal plans, and State Roads Commission plans. The group aims to present a united front to the statewide conference.
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Garrett County
Ham
Randolph Rosencrantz
Maryland
State Roads Commission
Frederick County Extension seeks office reorganization in Winchester Hall
The Frederick County Commissioners were asked to approve relocating partitions in Winchester Hall offices. The County Extension Service has set aside 1250 dollars for the project and discussed funding yesterday.
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Frederick County
County Extension Service
Winchester Hall
Neighbors Clash Over Ridgeville Rezoning and Yellow Springs Plans
A rezoning for an apartment project near Ridgeville won approval amid near universal private-homeowner opposition. A separate 13 acre Yellow Springs plan to build a shopping center drew 50 homeowner supporters but faced three opponents. The county school superintendent also voiced concerns about rezoning.
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Ridgeville
Planning Commission
Yellow Springs
Senate panel approves Bryant Gasch for D C judges
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Tuesday the nominations of William B. Bryant and Oliver Gasch to be U S district judges for the District of Columbia. There are 42,295 teachers in New York City schools.
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Senate Group
Ok’s
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Johnson
William B. Bryant
Oliver Gasch
U.S
District of Columbia
New York City
Year Arou nd Headstart Planned In Montgomery
Montgomery County Board of Education expanded Operation Headstart to a full ten month school year starting Oct 11 with a 479620 budget. The county share is 53004 and federal funds cover the rest, after a heated vote 5 to 1. Teachers praised the program’s success and readiness benefits for pre kindergarten children, with 64, 5 weeks into the current summer term showing improved speech listening and play.
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Montgomery County Board of Education
Parched Soil Poses Peril To Farmers
In Maryland farmers face uncertain weather with western crops like corn and hay at risk from dryness while the lower Eastern Shore battles excess rain that rots a sizable portion of the tomato crop. The Crop Reporting Service outlined the varied soil conditions in its weekly survey.
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College Park
Maryland
Crop Reporting Service
Flashlight Aided Delivery Successful
Officials at Mary Fletcher Hospital say a baby had to be deliv.
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Burlington, Vi
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Hospital lights fail as storm knocks out power
During last week's thunderstorm a hospital lost regular and emergency power, while Mrs. Stanley Easter of Colchester delivered a 3 pound 7 ounce boy. Both mother and infant are reported to be doing fine.
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Stanley Easter
Colchester
Merchants Gloomy On UK Trade Prospects
The Association of British Chambers of Commerce says British merchants are clearly gloomy about foreign trade prospects. Only one tenth of 295 merchants surveyed reported improving prospects.
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London
The
Association of British Chambers of Commerce
United Kingdom
80 000 Visit Scrolls Exhibit
More than 80 000 persons visited the traveling exhibit of the Dead Sea scrolls during a three week showing at Omaha Joslyn Art Museum.
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Omaha, Neb
Omaha
Joslyn Art Museum
Strength For Today By Earl L Douglass
A self discipline sermon links indulgence to both physical and mental distress. It argues that anger worry and bitter thoughts harm the heart and body as surely as alcohol. It urges self control by noting how envy cursing and unkindness rebound to the lender and warns every indulgence exacts a heavy toll.
Yemen Women Paint Faces To Prevent Sunburn
Yemeni women in the sun boil fields and highlands cover their faces with yellow blue or red pigment to shield the skin from sun rays an echo of ancient Red Indian practices on the American plains.
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Sanaa
Yemen
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