Maryland to accelerate road program with 70 and 340 include
Gov Tawes plans to fast track highways Interstate 70 and U S 340 under an accelerated construction program to improve safety. Senate leader James proposes raising highway bond ceiling from 300 to 350 million to fund urgent needs as spring work begins.
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Frederck County
Tawes
U.S. 340
Senate
William S
Carl Wannen
Wannen
Baltimore City Line
Old Court Rd
Calvert
Caroline
Dorchester
Carroll
Harford
Frederick
Queen Annes
Kent
Capitol Beltway
Montgomery
Prince Georges
Talbot
Easton
Wicomico
Baltimore County
Sensenbaugh Urges Higher School Age
Maryland state superintendent James A Sensenbaugh urges raising the mandatory school age from 16 to 17 and supports reaching 18 later. He notes 10 000 dropouts yearly and backs a task force to design new curricula with vocational focus for better citizen outcomes. The bill, by 27 delegates, would take effect in 1967 to allow curricula and financing plans.
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Annapolis
State Superintendent of Schools
Maryland
James A Sensenbaugh
State Department of Education
House Education Committee
News-Post Wins 7 Awards In Area Press Competition
The News-Post dominated the Maryland-Delaware Press Association winter convention in Frederick as the host paper. It earned several prizes including third in typography and page layout, a first for a picture series by J Rolfe Castleman, and second place for sports writing by Bucky Summers. Reporters Anne Marie Gibbons and Marie Howell also won awards.
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News-Post
Frederick
Maryland - Delaware Press Association
J. Rolfe Castleman
Bucky Summers
Anne Marie Gibbons
Marie Howell
State Bill Seeks Sabillasville TB Facility for 200 Patients
Delegate Charles E. Collins seeks authorization for the Health Department to use or build a facility at the former Victor Cullen Hospital in Sabillasville to house about 200 alcoholic tuberculosis patients. He argues the patients now in Baltimore risk wandering into bars and spreading disease, and notes Sabillasville offers suitable space while the juvenile facility could remain elsewhere. He also mentions a separate plan to place a blood type on driver licenses to aid emergency transfusions.
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State Health Department
Victor Cullen Hospital
Sabillasville
Charles E. Collins
Frederick County
Health Department
Cullen
Baltimore City
Callins
Baltimore
Collins
State Welfare Department
New York stock market recovers in brisk early trading
New York shares staged a long awaited rebound in brisk trading as prices rose across the market. The gain reflected renewed investor optimism and a shift in momentum for key indices in the opening hours.
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New York
Limestone Quarry Wins Appeals Board Approval
The Frederick County Appeals Board approved Rockville Crushed Stone Company's limestone quarry near Adamstown after months of hearings with 19 conditions. The board also rejected Washington Brick Company's shale removal near Graceham and conditionally approved John R Webb Post VFW's private pool and bath house along US 40 west of Frederick.
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Frederick County Appeals Board
Rockville Crushed Stone Company
Pascal H. Benn
Adamstown
Washington Brick Company
Joseph Mathias
Graceham
John R Webb Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
US. 40
Frederick
Warm Temperatures Clear Frederick Roads After Heavy Snow
Heavy snowfall of 10 inches disrupted Frederick County with 40 inches season total. Warm temperatures helped state and local crews clear all roads by noon. A two engine plane crash at Hagerstown Airport injured two. one power line down caused a local outage. February precipitation reached 2.89 inches.
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Uull Ui Uis
Frederick
Hagerstown
James McConnell
Patricia McConnell
William Coleman
Pangborn Corporation
Coleman
Charlotte
Potomac Edison
Morse Warns Viet Nam Aid May Expand War to Thailand
Oregon Democrat Sen. Wayne Morse denounced a proposed 4.8 billion dollar Viet Nam funding bill saying it would widen the conflict into Thailand and commit more U S troops and money in Asia. He argued the SEATO pledge had promised no such force and signaled a move to attach repeal of the 1964 Johnson blank check resolution. A vote on the bill was anticipated early next week.
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Washington
Viet Nam
Wayne Morse
Thailand
Oregon Cemirat
Senate
Asia
Congress
Morse
U.S
Johnson
U S Deaths In Viet Nam Rise to 2205
The Defense Department reports 2205 U S servicemen killed in Viet Nam since Jan 1 1961. The weekly summary shows 97 deaths and 435 wounded in the week ended last Monday night. Current missing stands at 160, two fewer than last week.
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Washington
Defense Department
U.S
Viet Nam
Department
Is $7 Million Too Much For One Frederick School
Staff writer examines Frederick County high school costs, detailing a 7.01 million project for Governor Thomas Johnson High and arguing for tighter planning. The piece critiques site choice, architect fees, and governance, urging public input and possible electoral reform to curb future spending.
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Thomas Johnson
Frederick County
Board of Education
GTI
GTJ
J. Rolfe Castlema
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Cullen Hospital
J. Ralfe Castleman
C. Millard Eiler JR
Nioweps
Advisory Commission
Dr John
L Carnachan
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