Legislators Consider County Bond Issue and Pay Hike
Frederick County legislators met with County Commissioners to discuss a $7.05 million school bond issue and a proposed salary increase for commissioners. The talks at the Francis Scott Key Hotel ended without a commitment as delegates plan to review the proposals when the Maryland Legislature opens in Annapolis next month.
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Frederick County
Francis Scott Key
John L. Carnochan
Annapolis
Carnachan
Thomas Johnson
North County
Emmitsburg-Thurmont
Middletown Valley
Burkittsville-Jefferson
Lawrence Dorsey
Carnochan
Carroll Co. Head Seeks Equal Pay For Commissioners
Carroll County commissioner Justus Denner seeks a General Assembly amendment to reduce his $6,500 salary to match the $2,700 paid to two other commissioners. Denner, appointed last March after Edmund Carr's death, offered to split the difference with Horace Brauning and Francis Crawford, who refused. He argues the higher pay should apply only after new commissioners are elected.
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Westminster
Justus Denner
Carroll County
Maryland General Assembly
Denner
Edmund L. Carr
Edward 0. Weant Jr
Frederick County Officials Seek Expanded Authority
Frederick County Commissioners pressed for five state law changes to broaden control over county personnel excluding education welfare and health. They urged uniform standards for hiring pay and leave across all departments, citing current gaps and unvetted hiring practices.
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Frederick
Francis Scott Key
Board of Education, Welfare Department
Health Department
Randolph Rosencrantz
Commissioners Office
Donald Linton
Lawrence A. Dorssy
Rosencrantz
Samuel W. Barrick
Sheriff's Department
Frederick County
Golly the Squirrel Needs A Holiday Home At MSD
Golly a red squirrel adopted by Maryland School for the Deaf children in mid October faces a Christmas dilemma. With teachers and students leaving town for holidays, the tiny, friendly creature needs a temporary home while MSD searches for a permanent arrangement.
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Goliath
Maryland School For the Deaf
Edith Fauth
J Rolfe Castleman
Jimmy Proctor
Golly
Rosa Ponselle
Baltimore
MSD
Edith Faith
Frank Bryan
Miss Fauth
City SRC dispute over who repairs West Patrick Street bridge sidewalks
Frederick officials and the State Roads Commission dispute sidewalk maintenance on the West Patrick Street bridge over Carroll Creek. The 1945 agreement, now disputed, splits duties for road beds and the sidewalks, with City Engineer Whiteford and SRC District Engineer Mohler arguing over responsibility.
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Frederick
State Roads Commission
Patrick Street
Carroll Creek
SRC
Robert A. Whiteford
Thomas G. Mohler
Mohler
Whiteford
Elmer F. Munshower
Aldermen
West Patrick Street
Roads Commission
Market
Patrick
Salisbury
StatRoads Commission
Rockville
Hood College Carolers Plan Evening Route Across Frederick
Hood College carolers tour Frederick in the Little Christmas celebration. Five groups from four large dormitories and small residences will sing starting at 8 pm at the campus pergola, returning by 9 30 for a Carson Hall party. One group travels to faculty homes by truck, with routes through Hood professors’ neighborhoods.
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Hood
Strawn Home Management House
Kennedy Walks From Boston Hospital
Senator Edward M. Kennedy left New England Baptist Hospital in Boston to cheers from about 600 supporters. He walked unaided, fulfilled a Christmas homecoming promise after a back injury from a June plane crash, then headed to Logan Airport for a Florida trip en route to Washington for the new Senate session.
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Boston
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
New England Baptist Hospital
Joan
Kennedy
Logan International Airport
Palm Beach
Fla
Viet Nam Casualties Heavy Amid Buddhist Strikes
South Vietnamese government forces suffered their highest casualties in eight months with 550 guerrilla deaths and 985 government casualties last week. Thirteen Americans were killed or wounded, amid a Buddhist hunger strike and minister resignations aimed at pressuring Premier Tran Van Huong's regime. Thich Tam Chau condemned Huong as a dictator and criticized U.S. backing.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
An Lao
U.S
Thu Dau Mot
Phan Tan Chuc
Tran van Huong
Thich Tam Chau
Huong
Tam Chau
Buddhist Institute
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
Stock Market Gains Shift After Recent Decline
New York early today the stock market reversed its recent course and moved up moderately as investors weighed recent data and prospects for earnings.
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New York
McNamara Downplays Nuclear Arms Build Up at NATO Meeting
US Defense Secretary Robert McNamara told the NATO winter meeting that large scale strategic nuclear investments are unnecessary given US stockpiles. He warned a full Soviet Western Europe strike would be devastating and outlined US capabilities including 800 ICBMs and 300 Polaris missiles.
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Paris
Robert S. McNamara
United States
Soviet Union
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Hiroshima
Washington
McNamara
NATO Alliance
North Atlantic
Polaris
NATO
Blister Removed Duke Of Windsor Undergoes Major Aorta Surgery
The 70 year old Duke of Windsor underwent a 67 minute operation at Methodist Hospital Houston for removal of a large blister on the abdominal aorta. The resection involved replacing an aneurysm with a synthetic tube. Dr Michael DeBakey led the surgery with five assistants and support staff.
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Houston, Tex
Duke of Windsor
Michael DeBakey
International Repute
Methodist Hospital
DeBakey
Cardiovascular Research Center
Baylor University College of Medicine
Hodges Resigns as Commerce Secretary in LBJ Cabinet
President Johnson announced Luther Hodges will leave the Commerce post on January 15. John T. Connor of Merck & Co. will succeed him, age 50, active in Johnson campaigns and named at the White House ceremony alongside Wirtz and Meany. Hodges has served since Kennedy’s era in 1960 and planned to step down after four years.
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Washington
Johnson
Luther H. Hodges
Commerce
New Jersey
John T. Connor
Connor
Commerce Post
Merck & Co. Inc
Hodges
Kennedy
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Afl-Cio
George Meany
White House
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
New York
Northwest Blizzard Wallops Northwest As Storm Rages
A severe winter storm branded almost unprecedented by the Weather Bureau hits the Northwest with record cold and heavy snow. Winds up to 95 mph push toward the Great Lakes and central U S as temperatures plunge, with Great Falls recording 34 below zero and Baltimore City at 34 above.
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Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Pacific
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
Great Falls
Mont
Helena
Minnesota
Montana
Wyoming
Dakotas
Pacific Northwest
Maryland
Frostburg
State Roads Commission
Oakland
Town Hill Mountain
Cumberland
Accident
Boonsboro
Hancock
Hagerstown
North East
Conowingo
Waterloo
Waldorf
Salisbury
Bel Air
Westminster
Frederick
Leonardtown
Pikesville
Baltimore
Baltimore City
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