County considers extending tax discount dates and liquor license bill
County Commissioners would gain power to extend discount dates on county taxes, up to five percent, under a bill by State Senator Samuel W. Barrick. The measure aims to aid inventory tax payers and improve equity by removing July 1 limits while noting a future liquor license issue for large bowling alleys.
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Samuel W. Barrick
Barrick
Byron
Jon
Georges’ Worcies
Baltimore
Carrol Cou
Frederick
Walkersville
Ery
Last Survivor Of Fever Test Dies In Columbia
James Leonard Hanberry, last survivor among 735 volunteers in Dr. Walter Reed's yellow fever experiments, died at 35 in Veterans Hospital Columbia. He attributed his survival to abstaining from liquor, recalling Reed's warning that booze and yellow fever do not mix.
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Columbia. S.C
James Leonard Hanberry
Walter Reed
Hanberry
Veterans Hospital
Maj. Reed
Windstorm Destructive In County
Destructive weekend windstorm caused widespread damage in Frederick County. Gusts reached 75 mph in the east, toppling trees and ripping roofs as power and phone lines failed. Repairs continued Sunday with crews counting over 100 lines out and several poles down, while flooding along the Potomac and Monocacy rivers prompted road closures and cautious forecasts for crest levels.
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Frederick County
P.m
Potomac River
Ace Joseph T. Kenigan
Monocacy
Ise
Buckeystown
Weather Bureau
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Frederick
New Market
Mt. Airy
Tawes seeks new securities protection and loan regulation
Maryland Governor Tawes backs a Senate resolution to appoint a committee to study Blue Sky laws and update securities sale regulations as part of strengthening investor protection. The Senate also considers a regulation bill for building and loan associations, a first major administration measure this session.
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Annapolis
Tawes
Maryland
Committee On Securities
State Law Department
Senate
George W. Della
D-Balio
Weekend City Accidents Cause Notable Vehicle Damage
Two weekend crashes in the city caused significant damage. A 38 Model Hien wagon driven by Jaz co Yrezabai collided with a 55 Ford sedan driven by Lewin Barnes at East Sixth Street and Middle Alley on Saturday about 7:30 am, with Barnes charged for failure to yield. A 35 Chrysler sedan driven by Lawrence Henry Walsh struck a barbed wire fence on Rosemont Avenue after braking at Lee Place and crossing the intersection, damage about 500 dollars. no charges filed.
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E. Ciy
Jazco Yrezabai
Moreland Farms
Buckerstown
Lewin Barnes
East Sixth H Street
Middle Alley
Lew
Barnes West
East Six
William A. Boone
Chrysler
Rosemont Avenue
Lawrence Henry Walsh
Walsh
Lee Place
Rosemont
J. Frank Main Jr
Claude Evans
Language laboratories boost foreign language teaching
Frederick County schools expand foreign language programs with three working laboratories in Frederick Middletown and Walkersville high schools under the National Defense Education Act. Brown notes labs allow self paced practice playback of recordings and heightened student confidence with native speech samples and flexible programs.
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Frederick County
Frederick J. Brown Jr
Frederick
Middletown
Walkersville
Singapore
Brown
Frederick High School
Elm Street
Paxton, GE Head, Retires
Robert Paxton retires as president of General Electric Co. due to continuing convalescence after major January surgery. Ralph J. Cordiner to serve as president until a new one is elected. Cordiner resigns as chair of the National Business Advisory Council. Paxton, with GE 37 years, was to retire in January 1962 at age 69.
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New York
Robert Paxton
General Electric Co
Ralph J. Cordiner
Cordiner
Paxton
National Business Advisory Council
General Eleci
County Officials to Discuss Legislation in Annapolis
Frederick County officials travel to Annapolis Tuesday to present proposed measures for county action. They seek tax relief for residents over 70 with limited incomes and a one to two year expiration on building permits. Other items include subdivision regulations and trailer tax laws.
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Annapolis
Frederick County
Goodloe
Delbert S. Null
Board of County Commissioners
Byron
Ias
Bourguiba and De Gaulle Meet for Algeria Peace Talks
Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba and French President Charles de Gaulle began private, day-long talks at Rambouillet near Paris to press for a peaceful settlement of the Algerian rebellion. Security was tight with thousands of police and a restricted area around the chateau.
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Paris
Habib Bourguiba
Charles de Gaulle
Bourguiba
de Gaulle
Rambouillet
Orly
Zurich
Orly Field
Bourgguiba
France
Michel Debre
Debre
Maurice Couve de Marvie
Sadok
Makkadem
4-H Clubs Plan National Week Observance
Local 4 H clubs finalize National 4 H Club Week plans with demonstrations displays and tours. Activities include county wide exhibits at Kemp s and Farmers and Mechanics Bank Shopping Center, a March 7 recreation night basketball game, a March 11 citizenship tour to St Mary s County and Patuxent Naval Base, plus a radio program March 8. Leader training sessions are scheduled in Middletown Winchester Hall and Thurmont.
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Maren
Frederica Russell
Assi
Demonstrati Shiffles
Girls County Council
Kemp's
Farmers and Mechanics Citizens National Bank
Janice Christopher
Unionville Club
Girls Council
Julian Smariga
Raymond Covey
Frederick Hish School
Order
St. Mary’s County
Patuxent Naval Base
Donna Buckey
Osborne I. Price Jr
Frederick City
Alan Long
Russell
Middletown
Winchester Hall
Thurmont
Tavern Owner Killed By Own Booby Trap
Chicago AP report says Joseph Busler rigged a 20 caliber rifle behind his Norvines Side tavern door after looting, hoping to deter thieves. Sunday morning the electric alarm activated, waking Busler who opened the rear tavern door and was fatally shot. Detectives could not explain the alarm and found no burglary evidence.
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Chicago
Joseph Busler
Norvines
Mwaime
Burlieski
Man Accused Of Larceny After Trust In Frederick Court
A local man identified as Preston Moore Jr was ordered held for grand jury on larceny after trust. Charles E Stanton testified Moore received about 700 dollars in furniture in October 1959 and kept proceeds from a second hand store sale. Moore posted 300 dollar bond.
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Magis Byron Thompson
Preston Moore Jr
Moore
Charles E. Stanton
West All Saints Street
South Market Street
Stanton
Herbert Leon Everly
RFD
Airy
Thompson
Everly
Henry Thomas
Thomas
Frost
UN claims force to stop Congo violence amid Lumumbist advance
A U.N. Congo command statement says attacks on off duty personnel will be resisted with full force as Lumumbist troops threaten Leopoldville. A U.N. civilian staff woman was abducted and assaulted by Congolese soldiers aided by an armed guard. Canadian troops were beaten while forced to run by rebel forces near a scenic overlook. In related local news, Grace Church elected two vestry members Walter W. Kirk Jr and J Rolfe Castleman. and a Minor collision case yielded vehicle damage and fines for youths.
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Leopoldville
Cap
U.N
Congo
Camp Reisdorf
Congo River
Unop
Stanleyville
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Mobutu
Equator
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Wea
Rage Four
Roscoe W. Fox
Tfc H. J. Frost
U. S. 15
Fox
Inter
Samuel W. Barzick
U. S
Paul Richard Wisner
North Court Street
TFC
Charles Young
Grace Church
Walter W. Kirk Jr
J. Rolfe Castleman
Lucian Falconer Sr
Lucian Falconer Jr
Charles Wood
Stoll D. Kemp
Chase C. Gove
George Delaplaine Jr
DeSoto
Miller
Paul W. Mossburg
Mossburg
Roger Lowe
Water Street
Highland Street
Magistrate's Coast
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