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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1961
Page
1
A Frederick County meeting between the Board of County Commissioners and the Board of Education focused on the school building program and the funding cut for the year. Discussion covered across the board teacher raises, certification disparities, and the need for alternative revenue sources beyond real estate taxes.
The United States kept a posture of military readiness for Laos while seeking a political solution to its civil war. Soviet and Chinese support to Communist forces was cited as aimed at exploiting U S vulnerability during the transition to Kennedy. State Department noted airlift of arms to rebel forces concentrating around Vang Vieng near Vientiane, with North Vietnamese personnel reported in numbers.
Gov Tawes moves to seek a three cent sales tax extension and raise the floor on purchases to twenty dollars with meals still exempt. In caucuses, Democrats and Republicans named leaders as Tawes, dominating the legislature, readies a blunt response to long standing budget concerns. Senate President Della and House Speaker Wilkinson led the formal lineup with Northrop Boone Reed among leaders.
Mrs. Charlotte Yarroll Frederick County treasurer says staff have begun mailing real estate and personal property tax bills for 1961. About 26 600 bills will go out as districts are reassessed and values rise with market inflation. Backeystown Creagerstown and Liberty districts lead, with mailings continuing through January while two computing machines operate and night hours may be used.
The Chin Aeronautics Board heard that seven witnesses saw a United Air Lines jet and a Trans World Airlines Super Constellation collide on Dec 16 near Staten Island. Neither plane appeared to take evasive action. The CAB read a summary by investigator George R. Baker based on 125 interviews. Witnesses said both aircraft were in low level flight and the UAL plane seemed to contact the right side of the TWA craft.
Government spokesmen say Belgium slowly returns to normal while General Workers Federation calls for renewed demonstrations. Parliament debates higher taxes and reduced welfare as fires, clashes, and picket lines disrupt departments, rail, and power. Liege and Hainaut hit hardest as Antwerp, Namur show mixed results.
Korean war veteran Charles R. Carpenter pleaded guilty in court to passing six bad checks totaling up to 15 dollars each. He received 50 days on each conviction, totaling six months, as investigators traced his alcohol craving to injuries from his service. After trial he reimbursed most merchants. no explanation given. Separately, steel stocks moved briskly in early trading.
Albert S. Mullican Jr a 27 year old resident of this city named field representative for the Sixth Congressional District for Congressman Charles McC Mathias Jr announced by Mrs Maribelle Moore special assistant Mullican will be a roving liaison with headquarters in the Post Office building in Hagerstown and will serve as a constant link between district residents and the congressman The staff list also names Robert Hudspeth of Silver Spring as legislative aide and Sue AotW departmental aide Mathias sworn in to represent the district including this county Montgomery and western counties He is the first county resident elected to the Sixth District since 1883 and will maintain an office in Room 133 Old Office Building with plans to expand staff as budget allows
The U S Embassy in Havana orders a speedy departure for all Americans after President Eisenhower breaks diplomatic relations with Fidel Castro. A 48 hour deadline is extended for embassy staff to leave, while the Cuban government promises safe removal and cooperation.
More than 4 inches of snow fell in Western Maryland Tuesday night and today with cold weather statewide. Frostburg reported 4% inches and Allegany County saw amounts up to 7 inches, while Garrett County logged 4 inches as of morning. Roads were snow covered but driving conditions were generally good. Overnight low in Garrett was 1 degree at Oakland and Big Savage Mountain hit 11 degrees.
Spenser Brittain a 69 year old retired sales engineer died on the way to Frederick Memorial Hospital after a heart attack at his Walter Martz road home. He had lived with his daughter Mrs Charles Zehnder since retirement and was in relatively good health prior to the incident. He is survived by a wife, a son Warner L Brittain Jr and another son Spenser Brittain Jr plus nine grandsons and a brother. He was a Pittsburgh native and lifelong resident before moving to Frederick. Funeral services are to be announced by R E Dailey and Son.
Mathias, a law partner at Mathias and Mathias on West Second Street, has long served with his father Charles McC Mathias Sr. and new junior member Herbert Rollins. Urner retires after two terms in office.
Postmaster James A. Grove reports a 5.6 percent rise in postal receipts for 1960 totaling $227,062, with the Christmastime period showing the largest volume increase. The gain reflects more first class mail, more parcel post, and the area’s designation as a sectional center under the metropolitan plan, plus a 24 hour seven day schedule and two new clerks. Regular hours and service windows are listed for weekdays and Saturday mornings.
Gov Nelson Rockefeller calls for increased state spending to reach a record 25 billion largely to fund education highways and the aging and proposes a 10 percent income tax refund. He spoke in his annual message at the opening of the New York Legislature as he seeks re election in 1962. Revenue from state income taxes for 1960-61 is expected above 900 million, up from 365 million in 1958-59.
At Idaho Falls the Atomic Energy Commission sealed off a building after a deadly radiation blast at the National Reactor Testing Station. Three servicemen, an Air Force member and twoArmy men, were killed in the 9:30 p.m. accident in the experimental reactor used for portable power. Radiological teams in protective gear inspected the site as wind carried possible fallout away from populated areas. The incident marks the first fatal accident in many years at the station, where hundreds work daily and research ranges from military reactors to power plant components. Names of the dead awaited kin notification, with investigators probing a possible chemical reaction as the cause.
An anti Cuba demonstration erupted in the U N Security Council gallery during Cuban Foreign Minister Raul Roa s speech causing a recess. UN guards moved on the demonstrators as they heckled Roa and Ambassador Omar Loutfi ordered a recess as Roa began charging a U S invasion of Cuba.
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