No Increase In County Tax Planned
A county board member said there will be no tax rate increase for 1960 pending budget hearings. The Board of Education seeks about 3.2 million dollars, up from 1959, with major requests for instructional needs and teacher pay. Other agencies request boosts for library health welfare and children services as budget talks begin.
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Board of County Commissioners
Board of Estimates
Board of Education
Twe
C. Burr Artz
Children’s Aid Society
Health Department
C. Burr Art Library
Welfare Department
Tequest
Frederick County
Legal Sale of Wild Ducks Blasted
Washington AP Ross Leffler assistant Secretary of the Interior asks the public to curb illegal trapping on the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay and the illegal sale of wild ducks. He cites markets in Baltimore and Philadelphia and urges reporting to federal or state wardens.
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Washington
Ross Leffler
Secretary of the Interior
Chesapeake Bay
Ilegally
Leffler
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Wee Women Quote Reflects Lost Lines and Memory
A fragment from a Wee Women caption shows a character asking how to locate something when she cannot recall what she is seeking. The line hints at memory lapse or questing uncertainty within a theatrical scene.
Injured Nine Year Old Gets Special Letter
Dickie Van Nolde nine received a special letter after an accident left him in hospital two months ago. The note wished him well and a merry Christmas. AP photo shows his father Hans Van Nolde in New York as press crowds plan a Democratic election kickoff with Truman, Roosevelt and other luminaries.
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Manhasset
Dickie van Nolde
Dickie
Associated Press
Hans van Nolde
New York
White House
Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Sam Rayburn_ Johnson
Senate
Rayburn
House
Democratic Advisory Council
Congress
Advisory Council
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Adlai E. Stevenson
Ilinois
Woman bags county’s biggest deer in opening seven day season
Miss June King of this city checked in a 7 point buck weighing 137 pounds on Putman Road near the Frederick City Watershed. By 1 pm, 29 deer had been recorded at two stations, with hunters listed by name, location, points and weight. The season runs through next Saturday with sunrise to sunset hunting and one deer per hunter.
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Frederick County
June King
Putman Road
Frederick City
Ben's
Esso
Thurymont
Piney Mountain
Claude H. Carl Jr
Sa Ddillasville
Corl
Claude H. Carl
Sabillasville
Thurmont
Thomas W. Kolb
Pi. Iil
Smithsburg
Foxville
Charles Andrew
Emmitsburg
Morris Fry
David E
Warthen
Hornet Nest
Grant W. Abrahams
Raymond Lewis
Hagerstown
Catoctin Furnace
Robert ‘E. Tomlinson
Hillside
Eyler's Valley
Emil Scholl
Baltimore
Friend's Creek
Frank Enyart
Lantz
Deerfield
Lewistown
Austin L. Hoffman
Frederick
Five Forks
Franklin Stockman Sr
M. Shepley
William K. Crabbs
Wesminster
Hunting Creek
Carl TL. Wagner
Westminster
Five’ Forks
Edward E. Adams
Highland
John Taylor
Chevy Chase
Myersville
Clifford W. Shelton
Walkersville
John E. King
Germantown
Marion Young
Yellow Springs
Spike
Fishing Creek
Martin Hargett Jr
Donald E
Draper
Cavetown
S Ib
Garfield
Frosty Air Grips Plains as Temperatures Plunge
The Associated Press reports a cold front sweeps the Great Plains and Mississippi Valley with temperatures dropping up to 25 degrees in Oklahoma and 11 in North Dakota. Eastern States see highs in the 40s while western rainfall remains light and Galveston records a half inch.
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Associated Press
Great Plains
Mississippi Valley
Oklahoma
North
Bakoia
Texas Gulf Coast
Michigan
Gage
Okla
Minot
N.D
Galveston
Tex
Space Monkey Sam Flown, Sworn Safe After 35 Mile Flight
Space Monkey Sam was recovered 200 miles off Virginia after a 35 mile ascent in a Project Mercury test capsule. The monkey and capsule were retrieved by the destroyer Borie and brought to Langley Air Force Base for NASA labs evaluation of the escape system.
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Norfolk
Sam
Themonkey
Borie
Monkey
Atlantic’ Ocean
Virginia
Wallops Island
Maj
Cloyd Green
Air Force
Aviation School of Medicine
Brooks Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Green
National Aero
Nautics and Space Agency
Langley Air Force Base
NASA
School of Aviation Medicine
Earth
Atlantic
Waltops Island
Route 40 Most Dangerous Road in Frederick County
October records from the Maryland State Police show U S Route 40 as Frederick County's most dangerous highway with 21 accidents. Route 15 had 13, Route 340 had 12, while Route 144 accounted for six. Total October accidents reached 126 with 100 property damage and 26 fatalities statewide. Personal injuries rose 23 percent. overall injuries increased to 1 219 and property damage to 2 636.
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Mary Island
Ous Road
Frederick County
Optimistic 1960 Business Outlook Despite Steel Strike
New York AP reports cautious optimism for 1960 with forecasts of record steel output near 127 to 130 million tons, auto production rising, and high electronics and consumer demand. Yet the steel strike continues to restrain activity with partial plant reopenings and mass recalls underway.
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New York
Sears, Roebuck & Co
General Motors
Chrysler
Santa impersonator narcotics squad nets 24 arrests
In Harlem, narcotics detectives posed as Santa and helpers to trap drug suspects. Kathleen Johnson, 27, dropped 10 heroin envelopes and Fred Cotton, 35, was found with 30 heroin packets. Johnson and Cotton charged with possession and related crimes. many arrestees named as charged narcotics offenders.
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New York
Santa Claus
Santa
Harlem
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Narcotics Squad
Edward Egan
Richard Pardo
Salvatore Grosso
Pardo
Grosso
Kathleen Johnson
Santa Claus Egan
Aio
Santa Egan
Egan
Fred
Miss Johnson
U S Will Offer Steel Proposals
Washington officials promise new settlement ideas at the first in-person talks between industry and the Steelworkers Union since last Tuesday. Mediators said the proposals would address cost estimates, insurance and pensions as negotiations continue amid looming court action and potential strikes.
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Washington
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Finnegan
Steelworkers
Eisenhower
Kent
Richard M. Nixon
James ‘P. Mitchell
Mitchell
R. Conrad Cooper
Cooper
US. Steel Corp
David J. McDonald
Martian Shot Of Kitty Cat In Parachute Harness
Mrs Margaret Hastings, former mayor and now a school bus driver in Blades Delaware, found a gray cat in a parachute harness stuck in a tree. Two men helped free it with a 12 foot ladder while Dover Air Force Base denied any involvement. Observers doubt human placement of the cat.
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Blades
Del
Margaret Hastings
Delmarva Peninsula
Dover Air Force Base
Air Force
FAA imposes 65-year flight age for pilots
Washington AP reports the FAA ordered a 65 age limit on pilots starting March 1 15. The move faces opposition from the Airline Pilots Association which calls the rule whimsical and capricious and vows court challenge. The Air Transport Association supports the limit as reasonable and judicious. FAA Administrator E R Quesada also imposes stricter cockpit standards to boost safety as jets carry up to 165 passengers at 550 mph.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
E. R. Quesada
Louisianans Vote in Democratic Governor Primary
About 800000 Louisianans were to vote in a crowded Democratic primary for governor amid a field of eleven candidates. Front runners included New Orleans mayor DeLesseps Morrison and former Gov. Jimmie Davis, with others like James A. Noe and state official William J. Dodd also vying. The race follows the prior governor Earl K Long’s confinement and hinges on a potential runoff.
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New Orleans
Orleans
deLesseps ‘Morrison
Jimmie Davis
Morrison
Davis
James A. Noe
William Rainach
Louisiana
Oice
William J. Dodd
Jong Crown Prince
Long
iNoe
Huey ‘P. Long
Noe
Santa cash handout shocks Atlanta and Birmingham
In Atlanta and Birmingham a well dressed white man and a Negro allegedly handed out thousands of dollars in $50 bills. Police could not identify the pair, but recipients celebrated on streets and at home. Atlanta police estimate about 10,000 was handed to residents in two Negro neighborhoods, while Birmingham reported at least 20 notes given to local Black residents. No motive or identities were provided.
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Atlanta
Birmingham
Ala
Eisenhower Seeks Improved Life For Grandchildren In Rome Talks
President Eisenhower met Italian Premier Antonio Segni in Rome to discuss the Paris Western summit and Europe defense against communism. Hagerty said the Italians voiced European concerns and rejected a formal observer role for Italy. The president pledged to press for a better life for his grandchildren and to interpret America with clarity while visiting Rome landmarks.
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Rome
Eisenhower
Italy
Antonio Segni
Paris
Segni
White House
James C. Hagerty
Jthat Segni
Giuseppe Pella
Hagerty
Eisehower
Britain
France
West Germany
U.S
Quirinal Palace
United States
Europe
U. S
Eisenhower l
America
Continents
Piazza Venezia
James Id. Zellerbach
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Calif
Japi
James Kirby
Pacific Coast Highway
Kirby
Honolulu
Kilauea
Sgan
London
Earl Attlee
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