Connally Announces Run For Texas Governor
Navy Secretary John B. Connally Jr. resigns to pursue the Texas governorship. President Kennedy accepts, appointing Fred Korth as Navy secretary. Connally, a Fort Worth oilman and lawyer, has long influenced Texas politics and backed Lyndon Johnson for president. The move reshapes the 1960 Democratic field with several announced and expected candidates.
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John B. Connally Jr
Texas
Kennedy
Fred Korth
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Aco
Korth
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Army
Lyndon B. Johnson
Sam Rayburn
House
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Prince Daniel
Will Wilson
Daniel
Jack Cox
Breckenridge
Marshall Formby
Plainview
Highway Comission
Governor orders reconsideration of Potomac Edison contract cancellation
Baltimore AP Gov Tawee directs the State Board of Public Works to reexamine its cancellation of Potomac Edison Co s contract to supply electric power to Western Maryland State Hospital in Hagerstown. Potomac Edison officials note continued service since 1955 and that transfer would not affect rates.
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Tawee
State Board of Public Works
Potomac Edison Co
Western Maryland State Hospital
Charles D. Lyon
Potomac
Hagerstown
Lyon
Lyon Sak
Maryland Eyes Independent Stand at 1964 New York World's Fair
Maryland's Department of Economic Development urged the state to participate alone in the 1964 World’s Fair. A proposed Maryland sponsored restaurant would cost 320000 to 433000 dollars. Officials expect about 3 million visitors over 1964 and 1965.
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Maryland
Department of Economic Developmen
William Pate
Department
State Board of Public Works
New York
Pate
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Renmier
Maryland District of Columbia
Tawes
Save Khushchev Has Slight Stroke
France Soir quoted Western sources saying Soviet Premier Khrushchev had a slight stroke after the 28th Communist party congress. Observers noted pauses during a Saturday speech, slurred speech, perspiration, and exhaustion after a 55 minute address to the World Federation of Trade Unions.
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Paris
France Soir
Khrushchevy
Michael Gorday
Vance Soir
Khrushchev
World Federation of Trade Unions
Gorday
Beh
Communist Party
Montgomery County officials push seat belt program
Plan for safer streets gains support as Montgomery County employees buy and install seat belts in their family cars. Belts priced at 4.95 dollars to set a community example and spur non government purchases, says assistant county attorney Richard Lincoff.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Richard Lincoff
West German leader Adenauer visits Paris amid Polish party affair
A garbled report describes Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in the Elysee Palace courtyard in Paris. The text shifts to a State Police investigation of a trucking accident near Hagerstown involving Toone Babbs and a chain tow. It also notes Canada’s penny demand due to Yule shopping and Ontario tax, and ends with Tass reporting a Soviet discovery of a duck-billed dinosaur skeleton near Tashkent.
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Elysee Palace
Paris
Toronto
U.S
Canada
Ontario
London
Tashkent
Tass
Interchanges urged for Northeast Expressway in Harford County
Maryland lawmakers and comptroller press for restoring two interchanges on the Northeast Expressway route through Harford County. Havre de Grace and Route 152 access would be restored to spur local economic benefits, with the commission eyeing contracts by next March and a 43 mile toll road finishing in 1983 along the Route 40 corridor between Baltimore and Delaware.
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Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Harford County
Havre de Grace
William
James
D-Harford
Louis L. Goldstein
Bel Air
Aberdeen
Delaware
Suspect Charged In Dress Shop Theft Scene
In Silver Spring James Campy Irby, 38, was arrested after jumping from a car as Montgomery County police chased suspects in an alley behind Martin's Dress Shop. The store had been broken into and about 134 clothing pieces worth 3000 to 10000 dollars were taken. Irby faces house breaking and larceny charges while under federal appeal for narcotics possession and facing other jurisdictions.
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Silver Spring
James Campy Irby
Montgomery County
Martin
Irby
David Dean
Alexandria
Hice
Masses Held For Archbishop Keough In Baltimore
The first of four requiem masses for Archbishop Francis Patrick Keough of Baltimore was celebrated Monday. He died last Friday after a week's illness and will be buried Thursday in a Cathedral crypt after a mass led by Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi. The new archbishop is Lawrence J. Shehan.
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Baltimore
Francis Patrick Keough
Cathedral of Mary Our Queen
Egidio Vagnozzi
United States
Vatican
Keough
Lawrence J. Shehan
Man Injured When Head Encounters Truck Fan in Hagerstown
A 43 year old Hagerstown man Bernard Jacob Robbs suffered serious injuries after his head came into contact with a running truck motor fan. He was listed in fair condition at Washington County Hospital last night. Robbs worked for a trucking firm owned by William Toone.
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Hagerstown
Washington County Hospital
Bernard Jacob Robbs
William Toone
Shuman Attacks Farm Price Supports as Moral Violation
CHICAGO AP President Charles B. Shuman of the American Farm Bureau Federation condemned federal farm price support and subsidy programs as violations of divine law. Speaking at the start of the organization's annual convention, he urged free operation under market demand and warned against government intervention via agriculture.
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Chicago
Charles 3B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Shuman
Kennedy Farm Program
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A speaker argues that turning to government to negate economic truth and avoid necessary adjustments rejects God’s law in favor of human law, highlighting a moral critique of policy responses amid changing conditions.
Maryland University Enrollment Sees 13th Largest U S Total
The University of Maryland reports total enrollment of 24,396 students including full and part time and professional schools as part of its 13th largest status in the United States.
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College Park
University of Maryland
United States
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