County Heads 2.72% Real Estate Tax Increase Urged
County Commissioners announce plans to seek new taxation methods from the State Legislature to cover rising county costs. They cite higher real estate taxes for 1960 and discuss potential tobacco taxes, with a 1.88 per 100 assessment rate, up 18 cents from 1959. The Farm Bureau backs concerns, proposing talks with the School Board on education costs affecting agriculture.
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Samuel W. Barrick
House of Delegates
Farm Bureau
Entry Deadline Set For Outstanding Young Farmers Contest
The county Junior Chamber of Commerce sets January 7 as the entry deadline for the Outstanding Young Farmers Contest. C Oland Mertzier of Arrow Oil Co co sponsors. a judging committee of local agriculturists and business leaders will select the winner January 9 with a farm visit and community activist criteria. Previous winners include Russell Wachter Keymar and Amos Keller Middletown.
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Russell Wachter
Keymar
Doty
Air Force Bomber Crashes on Takeoff Near Madrid
A six Jet bomber from the U S Air Force crashed and burned during takeoff from Torrejon Air Base near Madrid. Four crewmen were killed. The E47 of the Strategic Air Command Lord Bomb Squadron was returning to Homestead Florida after tempo rary duty at the joint U S Spain base. Capt Alfred Z Lobell Capt James A Rasmussen Capt Felix F Flatte and Capt Albert J Harding were named as the crew.
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Madrid
Spain
U.S. Air Force
Torrejon
Strategic Air Command
Lord
Homestead
Fla
Alfred Z. ‘Lobell
Sacramento
Calif
James A. ‘Rasmussen
Far‘lisle
Felix. F. Flatte
Richland
Mich
Albert J. Harding
Seaside Heights
N_J
Snow Storm Closes Western Maryland Highways
A new snow storm blanketed Western Maryland with 3 inches in Garrett County and up to 1.5 inches near Frostburg, forcing 15 SRC plow crews and 11 road crews to clear highways. Temperatures dropped to 22, overnight low 38 above on Big Savage Mountain. A separate credit report notes a car fire at DeGrange and West South streets. The 1851 Pontiac station wagon suffered water damage and the fire started in the transmission area. China claims record 1959 output surpasses targets two years ahead of schedule.
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Associated Press
Maryland
State Roads Commission
Garrett County
SRC
Frostburg
Big Savage Mountain
Thomas- Davis
W. Va
Marysland
DeGrange
West South Street
Uniteds
China
Maryland Students to Take Nationwide Talent Tests
St Johns Literary Institute Frederick and 10 other Maryland high schools will participate in Project Talent, a federal survey testing 50 000 students in grades 9 to 12 over two days in early March. About 19 700 pupils are enrolled. results aim to map human resources and improve schooling.
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Baltimore
API
St. John’s Literary Institute
Frederick
Maryland
Robert C. Lloyd
Department of Education
Frederick Douglass
Parkville
Baltimore County
Howard County
Great Millis
St. Marr County
Worcester
Newark
Old Town
Allegany County
Francis Scott Key
Carroll County
Operation Fish Pond blends travel with fishing pleasure
Annapolis reports a cooperative project named Operation Fish Pond turning road work into pond creation. The program, near Chestertown on U.S. 58, uses road fill to form ponds while securing land donations and funding from state agencies and federal sources. It blends roads, land, and fishing access to provide boating, picnicking and wildlife viewing with reduced costs versus building a pond alone.
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Annapolis
Arieville
Maryland
U. 58
Chestertown
F Commission
Roads Commission
Inland
Fish Commission
Fish Dana
Commission
Commisca Sion
Con- Vaughn
Sion
Edin M. Barry
Roads Fish Management
Com- Commission
Ardeete Pond
Oe Barry
U.S. 46
McHenry
Garrett County
U. S. 219
Barry
State Roads Commission
Ernest A. Vaughn
Booming West Europe Marches Confidently Into New Decade
London reports a rosy year for Western Europe with strong growth across Germany France Belgium Netherlands Italy and Luxembourg. Unemployment remains low in Italy while Belgium's coal exports lag and a European common market with tariff cuts between nine nations is set to begin in 1960. Talks among the groups will continue to lower tariffs globally.
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London
Ialy
France
Germany
Europe
Italy
Matiers
Belgium
West Europe
West Germany
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Austria
Portugal
City Prepares New Year Celebrations for 1960
City set for New Year with horns and midnight guns signaling 1960. Private parties, amlents and club reservations sold out. Traffic expected light, banks and offices closed Friday, while some churches hold services. Winter weather with highs around 40 and possible snow flurries.
Treasury Eyes 6 Billion Cut in U S Debt in Six Months
The Treasury aims to reduce the national debt by about 5 to 6 billion dollars within six months, bringing the total from 291 billion to around 285 billion by end of June. Automatic debt limit drops to 285 billion on June 30, likely prompting another temporary ceiling increase.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Ambulance Called After Arrest In Montgom County
An unidentified man was arrested by City Police in the 100 block of North Market Street for driving under the influence. The suspect refused hospitalization after the incident around eight o’clock this morning. Officer J. Frank Nala made the arrest.
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Uniteds
Bulance
Harry Ralph Gue
Montgom
Dry County
City Hill
North Mar
Ket
J. Frank Nala
Nixon in Steel Talks amid Unresolved Dispute
Vice President Nixon said he and Secretary Mitchell met with leaders on both sides of the steel strike but reported no agreement. He noted ongoing discussions and said the President is kept informed as he travels to Pasadena to serve as grand marshal of the Tournament of Roses parade.
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New York
Richard Mon
Labor
James P. Mitchell
Nixon
Washington
Idlewild
Pasadena
Calif
Fridar
Funeral services for Joseph Wood set in Brunswick
Funeral services for Joseph Richard Wood 44 of Burkitsville who murdered Alma Comer and killed himself will be held at C. H. Feete and Brother in Brunswick at two o clock Saturday afternoon with Rev Ralph H Miller officiating. He will be buried with military honors at Mt Tabor cen ters Rocky Ridge. Survivors include one daughter Martha four brothers and a host of relatives. Mrs Comer a Brunswick tavern employee had been a resident of that town. her funeral arrangements are incomplete in Lovellsville Virginia where she will be buried. Her husband C K Conner serves in Japan and one daughter Dolores Mann plus siblings and a grandchild are listed.
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Joseph Richard Wood
Burkitsville
Alma Bernice Comer
Brunswick
C. H. Feete and Brother
Ralph H. Miller
Wood
Burkittsville
Steadman-Keenan
American Legion
Mt. Tabor Cenisters
Rocky Ridge
George and
Elsie Decker Wood
Martha Wood
Roland Wood
Roscoe Wood
Morris Wood
Frederick
James W. Wood
Comer
R. E. Brown
Lovellsville
Lillian Connor Green
Daniel H. Green
C. K. Conner
Japan
Dolores Mann
Ernest O. Green
Eugene Green
Margarette Cannon
Evelyn Howerd
Andrey Auit
Alert Youths Help Put Out Car Fire
Frederick youths Thomas Michael Jr Adam Road and Richard Jones helped stop a pickup truck fire on US 35 in Buckeystown. They flagged the fleeing driver and extinguished the blaze preventing major damage. A bed and cabinet were burned and a rug fell over the exhaust.
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Frederick
Thomas Michael Jr
Adam Road
Richard Jones
RFD 4
Buckeystown
All Scientists Asked To Help In Space Study
Washington AP NASA invites scientists from the Soviet Union and all nations to obtain telemetry codes for Explorer VII to decode radio signals before operations end in ten months. Explorer VII, a 92 pound satellite launched Oct 13 from Cape Canaveral, reveals data on space radiation hazards weather and atmospheric effects on radio communications.
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Washington
Soviet Union
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Earth
Explorer VII
Space
World Champion Liar From Texas Wins 1959 Honor
W C Coox of Wichita Falls Texas won the Burling ton Liars Club world championship for 1959. His prize winning falsehood claimed wind shortages and downed windmills on a ranch to explain scant winds. Honorable mentions went to Winnipeg and Transfer Pennsylvania figures with similarly far fetched boasts.
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Burlington
Arctic Circle
Manitoba
RT. McCullough
Winnipeg
Ralph W. Heller
Transfer
Ohio
South Korea denies firing on Soviet ship off North Korea
Seoul rejected Tass charges that a South Korean warship fired on the hydrographic vessel Ungo. The navy called the claim propaganda and suggested North Korean involvement. Officials noted sighted gunfire but later removed from record. vessel No. 205 hunter type remains in service with uncertain specifics.
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Seoul, Korea
South Korea
Japan
North Korea
Tass
Ungo
Jane's Manual On Navies
No Paper Friday Announcement
The News will not be published on New Year’s Day. The Business Office remains closed all day. Editorial Office opens after 4 p.m.
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