Johnson outlines tax cut and welfare expansion in State of the Union
In his first State of the Union, President Johnson seeks an $11 billion tax cut by February 1 and a $97.9 billion budget to spur growth and fund welfare programs. He calls for welfare expansion including housing, schools, hospitals, libraries, and transportation while promising no new expenses. He also pledges to reduce armed forces overkill and press Congress to finish his program by summer despite opposition from House Minority Leader Halleck.
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Johnson
Congress
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
House
Halleck
Leap Year Timing and Marriage Trends in America
The Population Reference Bureau in Washington notes changing marriage patterns since 1900. In 1900, 36 percent of American men reached age 40 unmarried, while now the figure stands at 18 percent. Analysts cite evolving female strategies and male options as possible explanations.
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Population Reference Bureau
Washington
Letters To The Editor Warn Of Sanitary District In New Market
A New Market reader warns that county approval of a Sanitary District could compel residents to relocate if unable to pay. He cites a neighbor's $700 compliance with Health Department demands and questions future funding and oversight amid water and sewerage complaints.
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New Market
Sanitary District
Health Department
Qatar Oil
Ridge Road
New Market Sanitary District
Sanitary Commission
Sanitary
Baltimore
New Market Sanitation District Debate Raises Taxpayer Alarm
A New Market Maryland letter warns that sewerage from the New Market Elementary School project will expose taxpayers to rising costs. Residents urge County Commissioners to scrutinize Sanitary Commission actions and resist outside experts pushing for a countywide Sanitary District.
Public Officials Face Economic Pressure and Expert Rule
George A. Simon argues that county commissioners risk losing control to metropolitan and sanitary experts who could impose long term loans and policies beyond local checks. He warns these officials operate beyond electorate influence, creating streamlined control he likens to Socialism and erodes budgetary safeguards. Braddock Heights Md January 9 1964.
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George A. Simon
Modern steel bridge replaces old railroad span
The Frederick Junction crossing on the Georgetown pike now features a new steel bridge replacing one of the nation’s oldest railroad dry bridges. Professor John Kennedy La Cock of Harvard arrives to lecture on Braddock Road. County officials hear needs for Fourth Street Pike repairs as Thurmont Graceham road work stalls. Liberty town opens the People’s Savings Bank with $10,000 paid capital and $5,000 surplus.
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Frederick Junction
Georgetown Pike
Baltimore and Ohio
John Kennedy Lacock
Harvard University
Frederick
Fourth Street Pike
Montevue Pike
R.M. Ray
D. Columbus Kemp
Harry G. Tritappe
Ray F. Rohrer
Thurmont
Graceham
People’s Savings Bank of
Libertytown
Repair crew assigned to speed sewerage relief in city
Mayor Hugh V. Gittinger mobilizes a mixed street and water department team to tackle ongoing sewerage problems. Temperatures fell to 10 degrees making Culler Lake skating possible again after a long freeze. A small church fire at Evangelical Lutheran injures veil in service. Alvia E. Toms family loses home in fire near Point of Rocks. Frederick County records 11 fatalities in 1943 and 77 injuries in traffic accidents.
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Hugh V. Gittinger
Culler Lake
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Charles Anders
Alvia E. Toms
Point of Rocks
Frederick County
Senate backs gasoline taxes as income deductions
The Senate tax writers reversed a House action and voted to keep gasoline taxes and license fees as income tax deductions. They also agreed to repeal the 4 percent credit on dividend income.
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Washington
Senate
House
Leap Year Advice on Catching a Husband
Joy Miller surveys suitors and marriage anxieties with humor and psychology. She weighs types to avoid, from stingy and Don Juan figures to pedestal worshippers and narcissists, advising women to seek stable, respectful partners while noting maternal ties and independence shape outcomes.
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Joy Miller
New York
Montgomery Police Adopt Central Dispatch Radio System
The Montgomery County Police Department began using a centralized Emergency Operating Center with three radio frequencies from three transmitter sites. The upgrade replaces an aging single-frequency system to handle growing traffic and improve response times. Incoming calls will be received at a central number with immediate radio dispatch and continuous multi channel tape recording.
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Montgomery County
Federal Communications Commission
Multiple Deaths from Frederick Area Obituaries
A sequence of death notices reports infant Robert Larry Bennett Jr. of Ridgeville and several Frederick County residents dying in area hospitals. Details include survivors, funeral arrangements, and interment sites, with services in Damascus Mt. Airy Gaithersburg Beallsville and Thurmont.
Miss Hester Hawkins of Woodsboro dies after illness
Miss Hester Mae Hawkins 65 of 110 West Patrick Street died Friday morning at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a month of illness. Born in Montgomery County daughter of the late Richard D and Lara Zimmer man Hawkins she is survived by three brothers and a sister. Funeral services Sunday at 2 PM at the funeral home conducted by Rev Ralph M Sharpe Interment Mt Olivet Cemetery. Memorials requested to Frederick County Tuberculosis Association. Interment in Keysville cemetery. Robert E Dailey and Son funeral directors. Local fire company guests represented by multiple officers and Mt Airy Junior Fire Department. From Maryland State Police Westminster barracks and Frederick Barracks guests also listed.
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Robert Larry Bennett Jr
Robert L
Dianne Boughan Bennett
Ridgeville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
William C. Boughan
Baltimore
Roland A. Bennet
Damascus
Funeral
Pine Grove Cemetery
Mt. Airy
Harry J. Fromke
Frederick
Monocacy Hall
Mr. Fromke
Henry W
Margaret Babel Fromke
Walter M. Turpin
Washington
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Columbia Lodge
Jacques de Molay Commandery
Knights Templar
Enoch Royal Arch
Nathan Gott
Annie Warfield Gott
Montgomery County
Falls Church
Laytonsville
Annie Warfield
Rachel Virginia
John T. Warfield
Warfield
Buck Lodge
Boyds
Richmond
William Bowman
Springfield
G. G. Griffith
Lee C. Warfield
Old Homestead
Robert A. Pumphrey
Bethesda
Clarence W. Hahn
Lillie Ruth Hahn
Detour
John W
Laura Martin Rock
Keysville
Donald Fisher
Rocky Ridge
Lawrence Gladhill
Fairfield
John W. Frock
Hagerstown
Upton
Dayhoff
Alice
Creager
Thurmont
Moran Andres
Hester M. Hawkins
Hester Mae Hawkins
West
Patrick Street
Richard D
Lara Zimmerman Hawkins
B. Frank Hawkins
Evansville
Ind
Stiner J. Hawkins
W. Earl Hawkins
Woodsboro
Steiner Cramer
Astor
Calvary Methodist Church
Mt. Olivet
Robert E. Dailey and Son
Mers and Mechanics National Bank
Herbert Staley
University of Maryland
Robert C. Byrns
New Market
Ralph Brashear
James Hahn
Joseph Hawkins
Leslie Thompson
Buck Gladhill
Lisbon
Crawford Smith
Sykesville
Alvin Howes
Irvin Howes
New Windsor
Kenneth Grimes
Walter Hesson
Union Bridge
Gareth Stirley
Scott Davis
Maryland State Police
Westminster Barracks
Thomas Bosley
Grover Sensenbaugh
William Holly
D. L. Schlotterbeck
Tpr
Charles Mades
Frederick Barracks
C. E. Cook
Samuel Dorsey
William Newcomer
Mt. Airy Junior Fire Department
Mt. Airy Little League
Mt Airy Firemen Burn Mortgage and Honor Officers
The Mt. Airy fire company completed a mortgage on its new building begun with donated labor and low-cost material. First used July 1959, mortgage began May 13 1960, payments ended August 9 1963. Chief Rimbey appointed officers James Moxley captain Roland Welsh lieutenant and Beall captain of the rescue squad with Browning and Pat Holmes as lieutenants. The board of directors includes Welsh Beall Everhart Norwood Sherman Baker Grimes Day Wagner. Carnival receipts totaled 8749 59, ambulance to be delivered March 1. Mt. Airy firemen answered 197 calls last year. Banner banquet notes praised efforts and mutual aid. January 16 next meeting for regular business.
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Rimbey
James Moxley
Roland Welsh
Beall
Browning
Pat Holmes
Hobbs
Welsh
Mr. Beall
Woodrow Everhart
Travis Norwood
L. E. Sherman
Oscar Baker
Ray Grimes
William Day
Thomas Wagner
Smith
Weldon Dawson
Mt. Airy
Rev. Brown
Maryland State Firemen’s Association
David E. Kirk
Raymond L. Adkins
Floyd B. Heimer
J. W. Minter
Dair
William Moore
Vincent A. Simmel
Leslie Thompson
Howard Kellar
Philip Beard
Simmel
Carroll County Firemen’s Association
Presile Wilbur Miller
Carroll County Chief's Association
Charles Fritz
Frank Harper
Mt. Airy Lions Club
Harold Thompson
Kiwanis
Lewis Dixon
American Ion
Charles Wolle
Far
Local Hospital and Nursing Home Patient Updates
Among the sick Mr. Jack Kling of Adamstown is a surgical patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Robert L. Shipley of East Third Street was admitted to Vindobona Nursing Home in Brad dock Heights. Mrs. Joseph Griffin of West Third Street is in satisfactory condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Edythe Kussmaul of Jefferson underwent surgery at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Wilbur Haller near Urbana was transferred from Western Maryland State Hospital, Hagerstown to Montevue County Home. Marian Nicodemus of Frederick is in fair condition at Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown after a serious operation. she is secretary to City Engineer Robert A. Whiteford.
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Jack Kling
Adamstown
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Vindobona
Braddock Heights
Robert L. Shipley
East Third Street
Joseph Griffin
West Third Street
Edythe Kussmaul
Jefferson
Wilbur Haller
Urbana
Western Maryland State Hospital
Hagerstown
Montevue County
West Fourth Street
Maryland State Hospital
Marian Nicodemus
Frederick
Washington County
Robert A. Whiteford J
Funeral services for Mrs Billy Dunn of Boyds
Funeral services for Mrs. Billy Dunn of Boyds will be held Monday at 1 15 p m from Tyson Wheeler Funeral Home Rockville. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday and Sunday between 1 and 9 p m. Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery. She was a daughter of Mr and Mrs Forrest Stevenson Simms Boyds.
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Billy Dunn
Boyds
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
Tyson-Wheeler Funeral Home
Rockville
Arlington National Cemetery
Forrest Stevenson Simms
Traffic Lights Blink During Installation at U S 40 Intersection
Ten lights above U S 40 at Baughman Lane and Linden Avenue blink day and night during final installation. Wilbert H. Rinehart said completion date uncertain as State Roads crews paint lanes. An earlier sun reflection incident caused a minor tie-up and led to cautious blinking in both directions.
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Baughman Lane
Linden Avenue
Wilbert H. Rinehart
City Light Department
U. S. 40 West
Oil executive Robert W. Granert dies at 60 in Philadelphia
AP reports Robert W. Granert, 60, executive vice president of Pennzoil Co., Oil City, Pa., died after a brief illness in Philadelphia. The notice notes United States agricultural assets totaling 214 billion dollars, about three-fifths of all corporation stocks on the New York Exchange.
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OIL
Philadelphia
Robert W. Granert
Pennzoil Co
Oil City
United States
New York Exchange
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State of the Union
Austin Mantz
News-Post
Kenneth E. Fogle
Breakfast Optimist Club of
Merrill E. Groelle
YMCA
Frank J. Keeter
Y.M.C.A
Breakfast Optimist Club
Optimist International
Theodor Reik
Harold Greenwald
Montgomery Police
Fletcher Christian
Bounty
Tahiti
Pitcairn Island
Olin L. Molesworth
Mt. Lebanon
R. Weybright
Frederick County Tuberculosis Association
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