Budget Cuts Highlight Frederick County School Meeting
Frederick County Board of Education approved a 1961 budget totaling 35 537 4 percent with state federal and local funds, up 179 141 from last year. Salaries drive most of the rise, while many line-items including capital outlay maintenance and instruction face reductions to balance the budget amid anticipated state aid changes.
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Board of Education
James A. Sensenbaugh
Frederick County
Maryland
Rand Ami Us
Sanitary Commission for Frederick County Established
The Frederick County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved creating a county wide Sanitary Commission to oversee regional sewage facilities. Delbert S. Null called it a progressive move and officials said the three commissioners will be named soon. Federal aid depends on planning and zoning already in place.
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Frederick County
Delbert S. Null
Goodioe Byron
Sanitary District Study Commmittee
James H. Grove Jr
Commission 2
Byron
Planning and Zoning Commission
Board of County Commissioners
Fire destroys 27 units of Thunderbird Motel in La Plata
Fire crews from three Southern Maryland counties battle a large early morning blaze at the Thunderbird Motel on U S 301 south of La Plata. All occupants escape unharmed. two firefighters suffer minor injuries. The fire was under control about three hours after a 2 am alarm. Water drawn from a Patent River tributary. State Police directed traffic with seven patrol cars.
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LA Plata
Maryland
U. S. 301
Charles County
Thunderbird
la Plata Memorial
Prince Georges County
St. Marys County
Charles
Patent River
Waldorf
U.S. 301
Market to Upside in Moderate New York Trading
The stock market moved higher in early afternoon trading in New York after a period of irregularity. Investors sought gains as enduring uncertainty weighed on some sectors.
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New York
Upside
Criminal Cases Set Feb 23 24 For Circuit Court
Most criminal cases for the February term of Circuit Court will be held February 23 and 24 as set by Chief Judge Patrick M Scnnauffer at the morning arraignment. Trials include Leslie Mathias Matthews for assault with intent to kill on February 24 and Charles Valentine Proctor for assault. Forgery and black tense cases are also scheduled for February 23 and 24 with multiple defendants and court appointments noted.
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Patrick M. Scnnauffer
Leslie Mathias Matthews
Brunswick
Charles Valentine Proctor
Negré
Proctor
E_ austin James
Harry C. Proctor
Lewis Edward Gibson
Middle Alley
Jeb Howard
Matmas and Mathias Law
Paul William Rice Jr
East Patrick Street
Checks Rice
Wilbur F. Sheffield
Earl Edward Kolb Jr
Stanley Y. Bennett
Leonard R. Graham
RFD
Mt. Airy
Negro
Graham
James Benjamin Thomas
New Market
Richard Burgee
Claude Samuel Bowers
Taneytown
Dennis L. Lowery
James Henry Rollins
Paul Franklin Hackey
A. C. Williams
Grandson Of Grant To Speak At Civil War Centennial Events
Major General Ulysses S. Grant III, grandson of the Civil War leader and later president, will speak at the Legislature’s evening banquet during the Civil War Centennial observance. The day begins with a 2 pm special session and reenactments, plus a 7 pm banquet at Kemp Hall. Congressman Mathias will introduce Gen Grant and other national guests.
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Ulysses St. Grant
Millard J. Tawes
Francis Scott Key
Kemp Hall
Hood College
Barbara Fritchie
West Patrick Street
Mathias
Grant
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Gen. Grant
Congress
Reprisals War Gates Congo Tensions Rise Across Stanleyville
In Stanleyville Lumumba followers try to stave off revenge against Europeans after the ousted premier's assassination. Gen. Lundula dispersed threatening soldiers as Gizenga grows power backed by the Soviet bloc. Dag Hammarskjold warns civil war looms while Mobutu moves on Oriental Province.
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Leopoldville
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Stanleyville
U.N
Victor Lundula
Oriental
Kivu
Lumumba
Stanlerville
Jean Manzikaia
Oriental Province
Congos
Antoine Gizenga
Soviet Union
Gizenga
Joseph Kasavubu
Katanga
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N. Security Council
Luena
Joseph Mobutu
Two Trucks Collide on Icy South Jefferson Street
About 650 dollars in damages reported after two trucks collided on South Jefferson Street due to ice. One truck, owned by the county roads department and driven by Paul K Milter, struck a Sinclair Refinery Truck. Police noted 3350 in damages to the county vehicle and 300 to the refinery truck. No charges filed.
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Jefferson Street
County Roads
Drien
Paul K. Milter
RFD
Frederick Milter
Jefferson
Sinclair
David C. Gail
East Third Street
North Market Street
Lemuel K. Le‘aioha
George W. Fisher
Fisher
Frederick
Leialoha
Venus Rocket Speeds Toward Venus at 2.5 Miles Per Second
Moscow reports the Venus bound station accelerates to 2.5 miles per second as data transmission from the craft resumes. Tass says two playback sessions occurred and power via solar batteries keeps all equipment functioning. The probe now 303600 miles from Earth nears Venus between Cetus and Pisces while plans foretell further instrumented flights toward the planet.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Earth
Alexander Markov
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Two Accused Of Forgery Held For Jury
Two men charged with forgery were ordered held for grand jury deliberation. Delbert B. Ward of Walkersville and John A. Cohen near Mt. Airy faced the court with Cohen later posting a 5000 bond. The case involves a grocery check reportedly signed by Harry C. Dorcus of Woodsboro and rejected as fake by Dorcus. Detective Dietz and State Police testified, noting prior false pretense by Ward and Cohen’s background. a separate drunk driving case against Nathan Elworthy was also noted. A deer killed by dogs near Foxville was collected by Deputy Game Warden Robert Abraham.
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Delbert B. Ward
Walkersville
John A. Cohen
Mt. Airy
Cohen
Acme
Shirley Braungart
Ward
Harry C. Dorcus
Woodsboro
Dorcus
A. Norman Dietz
Randallstown
Lynwood Clark
Byron Thompson
Western Maryland Trust Company
Joseph Spencer
Nathan Elworthy
Barronsville
Thompson
Residents Asked To Fly Flags For Tawes Visit
Local residents asked to display flags for Governor J. Millard Tawes and the Legislature. Citizens urged to fly state national or Confederate flags as officials arrive Wednesday to welcome them.
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J. Millard Tawes
Insurance Bills Trigger Floor Battles in Maryland Legislature
In Annapolis two insurance bills clash as House members prepare to vote on a savings and loan insurance measure backed by Del. Joseph D. Tydings. The bill limits a firm to 10 percent of assets in any one risk and targets a Baltimore County linked company. Senate debate centers on unemployment insurance with higher benefits, longer eligibility, and stiffer employer taxes. amendments by Sen. Joseph V. Mack aim to raise weekly max benefits and extend coverage, while cost concerns loom.
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Annapolis
State House
Tydings
Banking Insurance Committee
Joseph D. Tydings
D-Harford
Baltimore County
A. Gordon Boone
Senate
Joseph V. Mach. D-Basio
Sen. Markus
D-Dorchester
Mack
William F. Strong
Maryland District
D-Balio
del Charles S Culver
Dbato County
McNeal
Ash Wednesday Asher Lent Observances Worldwide
Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent with services in Christian churches and ashes distributed in Roman Catholic and some other congregations. In Walpole Mass AP death claims one of eight men serving life for Brink's robbery. Henry Baker, 54, dies in Norfolk Prison Colony Hospital of bronchial pneumonia after falling ill at the state prison.
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New York
Walpole
Mass
Brink’s
Armored
Boston
Henry Baker
Norfolk Prison Colony Hospital
Foreigners Must Leave In Month In Congo Crisis
The Soviet Union demanded Hammarskjold’s dismissal as UN secretary general and called for Belgian troops and personnel to be disarmed and removed from the Congo within one month. Tass urged arrest and trial of Tshombe and Mobutu for Lumumba’s death, while demonstrations erupted in Moscow against Belgium and the UN. Hammarskjold’s current term runs to April 1963 with no resignation planned.
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London
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Congo
United Nations
Belgium
Patrice Lumumba
Tass
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Lumumba
Moscow
Hippolyte Colls
Republic of the Congo
Hammarskjold
Tshombe
Joseph Mobutu
Mobutu
Trygve Lie
Soviet Union
South Korea
Lie
Hammarskjeld
Warm spell expected as mercury nears fifty degrees
The weatherman forecasts a near fifty degree high today with melting snow across the area. Intermittent drizzle Monday left only .02 inch of rain, but temperatures rose above freezing and aided snow melt. The outlook calls for sunny mild days to continue with a chance of rain by Thursday afternoon. The remaining snow should benefit winter wheat and early harvest crops.
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Reds
Samuel Summers Jr
Artie Kemp Road
News-Post
Milo Cline
Newspaper Fachive
Sanitary Commission
Ulysses S. Grant
Baltimore
Dundalk
Renee Crockett
Viola Crockett
Bennie Lee Lambert
Venus
Matic
Ari Sternfeld
US Naval Observatory
Elden Buhrman
Foxville
Buhrman
Robert Abraham
Montevue
Brink
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