Local Delegation Backs Cooper Hughes Plan
Frederick County delegates at Annapolis voiced cautious support for the Cooper Hughes tax reform. Three of five delegates favored the measures while others warned amendments could dilute the plan. Houck urged action noting tax inequities affecting businesses and consumers.
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Cooper Hughes
C. Millard Eiler JR
Maryland
Annapolis
Frederick County
William M. Houck
Charles E. Collins
E. Earl Remsberg
Houck
Cooper- Hughes
House
Ways and Means
Remsberg
Joseph D. Payne
Collins
Cooper -Hughes
Cooper - Hughes
C. Clifton Wirts
Goodloe E. Byron
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Fishing Creek Reservoir Nears Overflow
Frederick's Fishing Creek Reservoir faces its first spillway overflow since last July as 3 million gallons remain to reach 77 million capacity. Water rise accelerates after recent snowmelt and three snowstorms, with mountain streams feeding more than usage. William F. Davis, city water superintendent, notes the spillway has been dry longer than ever.
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Frederick
Fishng Creek
William F. Davis
Fishing Creek
Davis
No Alternate Route U S 15 Closing At Emmitsburg Ruled Out
State officials ruled out closing U S 15 at Emmitsburg citing no adequate alternate route. Gov Tawes leads a tour of the three mile bypass with top roads officials to seek a positive solution after 15 deaths in four months and a petition by 700 residents.
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State Roads Commission
U.S. 15
Emmitsburg
Edward J. Birrane
Tawes
Patrick F. McGucken
John B. Funk
The
Roads Commission
Carey Jarman
Gaver Announces Aldermanic Candidacy in Frederick
Aldermanic candidate Pierce H Gaver becomes the first announced contender for Frederick City alderman. His bid depends on Republican nomination. The general election is scheduled for June 14. Gaver, former president of the Board of Election Supervisors, works in the Frederick County Assessment office and previously served as Winchester Hall maintenance supervisor. Born in Middletown in 1904, he attended local schools.
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Pierce H Gaver
Frederick City
Gaver
Board of Election Supervisors
Frederick County Assessment Office
Winchester Hall
Middletown
Free College For Future State Teachers Endorsed
Legislation to open free community college tuition for Maryland students who plan to teach was endorsed by the State Department of Education. Community college leaders including Duval W. Sweadner, president of Frederick Community College, urged passage saying it would boost teacher supply. The plan would cost about $430,000 in the first year and applies to students who commit to teaching in Maryland after graduation.
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Maryland
State Department of Education
House Education Committee
Duval W. Sweadner
Frederick Community College
Sweadner
Harold Reese
University of Maryland
Three Doors To The Future Outlined At PTA Founders Day
Dr. Geneva Ely Flickinger state supervisor of adult education spoke at the Frederick County Council of PTAs golden Founders Day dinner at Calvary Methodist Church. She outlined three doors to the future through past experience balance and freedom, commitment to a cause, and noted life memberships to George Barthel and Miss Lavenia Hood.
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Geneva Ely Flickinger
Frederick County Council of
Ptas
PTA
Flickinger
Calvary Methodist Church
George Barthel
Hunger striker Belton Wins Viet Nam Battlefield Promotion
Winster R. Belton, who led a seven day hunger strike at Fort Benning to oppose the draft, is promoted to private first class on a battlefield in South Viet Nam. His former hunger strike stance and mixed reception by unit members frame the moment as company commander Capt. R. E. Spriggs vows to fight alongside him. Belton had received a suspended jail term and a bad conduct discharge, with a chance to avoid jail if he proves himself in Viet Nam.
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Viet Nam
Winster R. Belton
Ben Cat
South Viet Nam
Belton
Fort Benning
Bencat
R. E. Spriggs
Mexico
N.Y
Spriggs
Winslow
Ariz
U.S. Army
1St Cavalry
1St Infantry Division
28Th Regiment
One Way Traffic Study Sparks City Debate in Frederick
The blizzard of 1966 prompts discussion on keeping Church Second Third and Fourth Streets as one-way. Police ordered one-way during the snow, then returned to two-way. Alderman Bowlus cites resident interest. Mayor Magaha will form a committee. Recreation Commission adds two appointees John E. Molesworth and Robert E. Hess. seven are reappointed.
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Frederick
Emmett R Bowlus
E. Paul Magaga
City Recreation Commission
John E. Molesworth
Frederick High School
Robert E. Hess
Stock market opens mixed in New York trading
The New York stock market opened with mixed results as investors weighed early trading data. Major indices showed volatility with gains for some blue chips and declines for others amid cautious sentiment.
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New York
Delegate Dies in Maryland Auto Wreck
An Annapolis crash killed Maryland House Delegate W. Perry Doing of Montgomery County and injured three other delegates. In the car were Delegates John McInerney Louise Gore Jacqueline McCurdy. McInerney and McCurdy were in good condition.
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Annapolis
Maryland
House of Delegates
del. W. Perry Doing
Montgomery County
Anne Arundel General Hospital
John McInerney
Louise Gore
Jacqueline McCurdy
Baltimore County
Miss McCurdy
McIinerney
Del
James R. Miller Jr
Louis Panos
Associated Press
McInerney
Doing
Silver Spring
Washington
Columbus University
Skillman Named Easter Seal Campaign Chair in Frederick
John A. Skillman of State Farm Seaboard Office is named chair of Frederick County Easter Seal drive for 1966. The campaign aims to raise $10,000 from March 1 through Easter Sunday April 10 with J Milton Brunk announcing the plan at the Western Maryland Council meeting.
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John A. Skillman
State Farm Insurance Company
Seaboard
Frederick
North Market Street
Frederick County
Frederick considers committee study of city parking rules
Frederick aldermen approved a mayoral committee to review parking ordinances after Alderman Richard L. Shipley renewed claims of widespread illegal parking. Mayor Magaha named Aldermen Bowlus Renn Munshaw to work with Police Chief Main, aiming to curb violations on garbage nights and near schools and churches.
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Frederick Aldermen
Richard L. Shipley
Shipley
Charles V. Main
Paul Magaha
Magaha
Emmett R Bowlus
Alvey V. Renn
Elmer F. Munshower
Main
Richard R. Burgee
Critics Voted For 1954 Treaty
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the panel long ago voted for the 1954 Southeast Asia Treaty. He said the pact obliges the United States to defend South Vietnam and noted that only Sen William Lang er dissented. The testimony marked a peak in the Senate Viet Nam policy probe as Johnson ordered renewed bombing and Rusk appeared for the second time since hearings began.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
America
South Viet Nam
William Langer
R-N.d
Senate
Rusk
Johnson
JW Fulbright
D-Ark
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Albert Gore
D-Tern
Honolulu
Secretary of State
Maritime Unions Plan Boycott Against North Viet Nam Trade
AFL-CIO maritime unions warn President Johnson of a nationwide boycott targeting ships trading with North Vietnam. Telegram cites blood money from ship owners and demands action as protests to begin on U S waterfronts. The plan covers hundreds of foreign vessels from Britain Norway Sweden Denmark France Italy and Egypt. Ships will be refused loading at U S ports.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Afl-Cio
Johnson
North Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Afl-Cio Maritime Irades Department
Great Britain
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
France
Italy
Egypt
U.S
Merchants Learn Adequate Parking Aids Vero Beach Sales
Vero Beach merchants outpaced expectations, selling 105 percent above estimated trade potential in 1963 with a retail total of 39.441 million versus a 35.688 million potential. The study by the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council notes Leesburg as the only other city with higher actual than potential, and projects rising regional sales through 1980.
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Adiar S. Magee
Braddock Haights
Florida
Miami Herald
Vero Beach
East Central Florida
Clermont
DeLand
James G Sneehan
Cincinnati
Fark
Leesburg
Sheehan
Veron Beach
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