Maryland Senate Backs Constitutional Lottery Amendment
In Annapolis Maryland the Senate narrowly endorsed a constitutional amendment to legalize a state lottery by a 2014 vote overriding committee opposition. The measure proceeds to a final Senate vote likely this week and, if approved, moves to the House and then a statewide referendum this November.
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ANNAPOLIS
Maryland Senate
Maryland
Senate
Edward P. Thomas
Carroll
Charles H. Smelser
House of Delegates
James A. Pine
DBalto
Bailey
Sen. Meyer M. Jmmanuel Jr
Prince Georges
Solons Study Halt To Property Taxes
Maryland lawmakers confront rising property tax burdens with about 25 bills on exemptions and assessment limits. Gov Mandel contemplates a new tax source to abolish the property tax perhaps by 1974 while a study on abolition proceeds. Some proposals cap annual assessment increases to five percent unless sale, rezoning, or major improvement occurs.
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ANNAPOLIS
Maryland General Assembly
Marvin Mandel
House
Senate
Anne Arundel County
north county
John J. Bishop
R-Balto County
Mercury Dips To Eight Degrees In Frederick
A cold front drove temperatures down to eight degrees in Frederick and six in Unionville with clear skies at dawn. Temperatures Saturday failed to rise above twenty as northerly winds intensified the chill. overnight lows dipped to minus fourteen at Oakland and minus five in nearby towns.
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the
mercury
Frederick
Unionville
Maryland
Oakland
School Budget Topic Of Meet
The county Board of Education’s proposed fiscal year 1973 budget will be discussed at a public meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the West Frederick Junior High School cafeteria. An earlier 2 p m regular meeting will cover teacher contracts construction matters and pending legislation. Paul H Hubler will report on special education and an executive session will follow at 3 30 p m.
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county Board of Education
West Frederick
Paul H. Hubler
Carroll Creek Interceptor Is Authorized
Governor Mandel announced state funding approval for the Carroll Creek Interceptor in Frederick after the Board of Public Works backed the project despite potential loss of federal aid. The cost rose from 916,000 to 978,000 as delays and red tape affected spa grant prospects, with Senator Smelser pressing the issue when federal assistance lagged.
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ANNAPOLIS
Marvin Mandel
Maryland
Frederick
Mandel
Carroll Creek
Channel 9
News-Post
Val Hymes
Board of Public Works
Charles E. Gross
Division of Water and Sewage for Environmental Health
Gross
Charles H. Smelser
Fred Carroll
Governor’s office
Police Crack Car Theft Ring
State and local police with FBI conducted raids on garages in Frederick and Anne Arundel counties recovering six stolen cars and a three quarter ton truck. Investigators say ring bought wrecked cars to obtain titles and altered serial numbers to resell stolen vehicles. No arrests made. several people questioned.
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Maryland
Baltimore City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Frederick County
Anne Arundel County
Baltimore
Jack Marsh
FBI
Speed Performance
Evergreen Point
Madison Street
Frederick City
Marsh
Harshman
Myersville
National Auto Theft Bureau
Washington, D.C
NAT
Tfc. J. R. Frey
Frederick Barrack
UGF Contributions Top $200000 Mark
Freder ick United Givers Fund totals reach 204213 dollars, about 85.1 percent of goal. General chairman Charles A. Simms thanks over 400 volunteers for the largest UGF Campaign in history. Listed are Division 1 coordinator Hallar Best and Division 2 leaders and volunteers from local businesses and banks.
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Frederick United
Charles A. Simms
UGF
CFC
Fort Detrick
Hallar Best
Niemann A. Brunk
Frederick Produce Co
William N. Rose
Business Science Corporation
L. Edward Blu
Thieves Steal Hams and Cigarettes From Woodsboro Store
Thieves smashed a door window at Trout's Super Thrift on Main Street in Woodsboro stealing 250 cartons of cigarettes and six whole and six half hams valued at 790 dollars. An employee reported the Monday morning theft with 700 dollars in cigarettes and 90 dollars in hams missing. investigation continues.
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Woodsboro
Trout’s Super Thrift
Main Street
FBI Solves 1968 Bank Robbery Here
The FBI arrested Thomas Hillary Auldridge 28 of University Boulevard West on a federal warrant charging participation in the Oct 4 1968 robbery at the Prospect Shopping Center branch of Fredericktown Bank and Trust Company. Over $31317 was stolen by a trio. brothers Richard and James Long already jailed on other bank robbery charges.
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Prospect Shopping Center
FBI
Thomas H. Farrow
Baltimore
Thomas Hillary Auldridge
University Boulevard West
Richard Thomas Auldridge
Thomas
James Walter Long
Frederick City
Thomas Auldridge
Montgomery County
Libertytown
Farmers and Mechanics Bank
Maryland National Bank
Mt. Airy
Draft reprieve extends to over ten thousand
Washington AP reports Selective Service Director Curtis W. Tarr ordered local draft boards to place more than 11,000 men who had received induction notices into the Second Priority Selection Group along with 115,000 members of the 1972 Extended Priority Selection Group. They will not be drafted unless a national emergency occurs, affecting those with original 1971 induction dates postponed to 1972 or ending before April 1.
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WASHINGTON
Selective Service
Curtis W. Tarr
Tarr
Nixon Proposes Broad Environmental Legislation Agenda
President Nixon sent Congress a package of key environmental measures including a sulfur emissions tax, UN environmental fund support, and tighter federal state controls on highways, airports, toxic waste disposal, and endangered species protection. He called for action this year and proposed a new Department of Natural Resources to realign executive agencies.
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WASHINGTON
Nixon
Congress
United Nations
special environment fund
United States
Department of Natural Resources
Interior Department
Vixon
Environmental Protection Agency
Frederick Developmental Plan endorsed by city and county leaders
City and county officials formally accept the Frederick Developmental Plan at Winchester Hall after two years of research. The plan aims to use existing facilities to boost the entire county, with CODA coordinating implementation and new committees forming to address housing, government buildings, and downtown beautification.
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Frederick
Larry Johnson
Frederick County
John A. Derr
Marcou
O’Leary
Frederick City
Winchester Hall
E. Paul Magaha
board of county commissioners
Downtown Action Committee
Richard R. Kline
DAC
David Bork
Community and Organization Development Associates Incorporated
CODA
Bork
Derr
Magaha
Downtown Merchants Association
Francis Scott Key
Fire Log Summary From Brunswick County Area
Fire calls in 24-hour period ending 10 am include a trash fire on Wolfsville Road at 1 38 am with Brunswick responding, a chimney fire at the Rosco Lewis residence on Myersville and Wolfsville at 6 10 am, and a field fire at the Nichols residence on New Design Road with Carroll Manor responding at 9 49 am. Ambulance activity shows Emergency 5 and Routine 2 calls, with jail population listed as 18 males and 2 juveniles and 0 females.
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BRUNSWICK
WOLFSVILLE ROAD
Rosco Lewis
Myersville
Wolfsville
NEW DESIGN
Nichols
Carroll Manor
Stock Market Slips in Mild Downtick in New York
NEW YORK AP reports stock prices eased in early trading as the Dow Jones industrial average slipped 1.05 points to 902.92 at 10:30 am. The mild downturn continued from Monday with mixed activity across the market.
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NEW YORK
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