Maryland House approves annual real estate assessments
The Maryland House passed 84 to 27 a measure to make real estate assessments annual starting July 1, with 12 abstentions. A companion bill permitting chemical or drugometer tests in drunken driving cases also cleared, while other measures included removal of the summons signing rule for traffic arrests and deleting on record rides for dismissed charges.
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Annapolis
House
Maryland
del. Mach
D-Balto
Boone
D-Balto County
Senate
Judiciary Committee
del. Simpkins
D-Somerset
del. Cardin
D-Balto Sth
St. Mary’s County
Chesapeake
Wesleyan President John Gettier elected at Middletown college
John A. Gettier son of Rev and Mrs Edmund L Gettier of Claggett Center near Buckeystown has been chosen president of Wesleyan Universitys college body in Middletown Connecticut He majors in philosophy and plans graduate work in theology after 1956 graduation A Gilman School graduate he won the Chadbourne Prize in 1953 and is among fifteen annual Wesleyan regional scholarship winners His campus activities include varsity wrestling the Glee Club and the Cardinals singing group
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Wesleyan
John A. Gettier
Edmund L. Gettier
Claggett Center
Buckeystown
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
Gettier
Gilman School
Roland Park
Chadbourne
Glee Club
The
Cardinals
Taneytown PTA hears judge on juvenile delinquency
Carroll County Circuit Court Judge James Boylan spoke at Taneytown High School PTA on juvenile delinquency urging church home and school cooperation. Jacquelin Herring and Wallace Yingling led the program as adults and nine members of Class 9 A sang. refreshments followed. Darrell Nelson presided. ADVANCE GREETINGS HONG KONG. James Stewart sends early New Year postcards to friends abroad mentioning well wishes and Chinese script greetings.
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Taneytown
James Boylan
Carroll County Circuit Court
Taneytown High School
Jacquelin Herring
Wallace Yingling
Darrell Nelson
Hong Kong
James Stewart
Stewart
Manila
Montgomery Farm Bureau backs gradual 12 year school integration
The Montgomery County Farm Bureau published a member newsletter urging a 12 year gradual plan to integrate public schools and opposing public swimming pools due to the racial question. It argues suburban areas would see little change while rural areas face academic social and health challenges, recommending first grade integration over 12 years.
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Farm Bureau
Rockville
Montgomery County Farm Bureau
Bureau
INO Pupaie
Notable figures in history and today’s birthdays
A compact baker’s dozen of historical anniversaries lists James W Webb and Richard Ewell among notable 19th century figures, plus Sherman Thompson and Gilder with birthplaces and death dates. Today’s birthdays include Sherrod Hood Turner Ruggles Bryan Smith Cole Edson and Dabney with ages around the mid-50s to 60s. Also notes various historical milestones and a horoscope predicting intellectual flair and travel interest with cautions on tact.
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James W. Webb
New York
Brazil
Clavernack
N. Y
Richard §. Ewell
Georgetown
D. C
Springfield
Tenn
William Tecumseh Sherman
Ohio
Launt Thompson
Ireland
Middletown
Richard Watson Gilder
Century
Bordentown
N. J
Charles H. Dennis
Chicago Daily News
Decatur I
College of William and Mary
Richard M. Johnson
Kentucky
U.S. Senate
Maine
Aroostook
Army
George M. Sternburg
Boy Scouts of America
Washington, D. C
United States
Nicaragua
U. S. Senate
Robert A. Taft
China
Robert Lee Sherrod
Saturday Evening Post
Thomas Co
Clifford F. Hood
U.S. Steel
Monmouth
Lana Turner
Wallace
Idaho
Charles Ruggles
Los Angeles
Blackshear M. Bryan
West Point
Alexandria la
William Ward Smith
Newark
Charles W. Cole
Amherst College
Mass
Mortclair
Peter Edson
Washington D. C
Hartford City
Ind
Virginius Dabney
Richmond
Times Dispatch
University, Va
Hagerstown Fight Over New Courthouse Bond Issue
In Hagerstown Maryland February 7 lines were drawn in a battle over a proposed three million dollar bond issue to build a new Washington County courthouse. Dem president of the county commissioners W Lee Elgin urged a single building housing all offices while Republican board members Harry Snook and Clarence Eldridge argued for an alternate plan.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
W. Lee Elgin
County Board of Commissioners
Elgin
Board of Education
Jal
Harry Snook
Clarence Eldridge
Republican Board
Coun
County plans courthouse extension to meet office needs
Snook and Eldridge proposed a two story 30 by 60 foot addition to the courthouse at an estimated cost of about 200000. The plan aims to cover county office needs for 10 to 15 years while adding less than one cent to the tax rate. The commissioners will meet next week with the county's legislative delegation to discuss the proposal.
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Board of Education
Snook
Eldridge
Eisenhower Plans For Quail Shooting
Washington February 7 The White House said President Eisenhower tentatively plans to fly Thursday to Thomasville Georgia for quail shooting at Humphrey estate Milestone plantation. Secretary Humphrey will likely accompany him if the trip materializes with a return to Washington Sunday. The president last visited the Thomasville estate a year ago this month and helped bag quail.
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Washington
White House
Fressent Eisenhower
Thomasville
Milestone Plantation
Valentine Dance Date Set by Gaithersburg Fire Department
The Gaithersburg Washington Grove Volunteer Fire Department schedules its annual Valentine dance for February 12 at the Agricultural Center in Gaithersburg. Music will be provided by Bill Earl's orchestra. Mrs. Evelyn Darby has returned to her Gaithersburg home.
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Turnbull
Sens. Redden
Board of Public Works
General Assembly
Sens
Goldstein
Markus
Kimble
Sid Homlemibkers
Urbana
Walter Hudson
East Patrick Street
Monroe Stull
William F. Lee
Raynor Montgomery
Lee
Russell Strube
Montgomery
G.C. Hendrickson
New Market Club
Jack McGolerick
Clarence Schultz
New Market Homemakers Club
Mary McGolerick
Lucian Falconer
Heart Fund
Jessie Shawbaker
George Chaney
Ean
Nidden
Jaalows +s
Ees
Mea
Joan, Crawford
Melvyn Douglas
Paulette Goddard
DR. Jekyll and
MR. Hyde
Spencer Tracy
Ingrid Bergman
Etter
Healey Coonrook
Adem
Manbeck
West
Patrick Street
Know
America
Fiberglas
Universal Insulation CO
Edward S. Mobley Jr
Wilson Place
Ita
Glenn Miller Story
Yukon
Ruth Roman
Corinne Calvet
Walter Brennan
Ceroe
Tj Iuntry
John McIntire
Flippen
Henry Morgan
Universal International
Er Een
the News
Frederick, Md
Far East
Eisenhower
A. D. Foster
Park Forest
Norman Belt
Florida
Raymond Vandenburg
WSCS
Grace Methodist Church
Elizabeth Green
St. Joseph
Rey i
Damascus
Judy Garland
James Mason
Jack Carson
Gaithersburg
Rene
Glassia
Walter Snow
North Market
Ema
Stewart Granger
Grace Kelly
Paul Douglas
John Ericson
Marvyn Wye
Carmen Jones
DODGE
Sparton
Sparton Engineering
Routzahn & Sons
South Market St
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