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News

Location

Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Jan 11, 1961

Page

9

Sappington Seeks Ditch Raise Near Emmitsburg

Frederick County officials meet with developer Francis Sappington to discuss raising a drainage ditch on Keysville Road near Emmitsburg. He offers to fund the project and landscape to prevent drainage issues after relocation of U S 15. State control of the road delays action until turnover.

Frederick County Commissioners and Roads Department Francis Sappington Emmitsburg Sappington Keysvile Road U. S. 15 County Reads Keysville State Roads Commission Mountain Manor St. Joseph’s College Mount Saint Mary’s College

Health focus reports on obesity birth marks and nerves

Medical experts discuss obesity and heart risk under a 1961 American Heart Association resolution urging weight control for heart health. Strawberry birthmarks often fade naturally with time as British researchers note only 21 of 169 marks persist in 140 children by age eight. Soviet experiments replace severed nerves in dogs with metal electrodes, enabling normal movement.

Associated Press American Heart Association Soviet Union

Scientist Reports Nerve Graft Trials in Dogs

Professor Boris Ognev states he has conducted 36 operations on 30 dogs, removing up to two inches of the sciatic nerve. Mass broadcast quotes Nedelya Izvestia supplement but offers no further mechanism details of the substitute nerve.

Boris Ognev Ognev Nedelya Izvestia

Haiti Fights With Church Rites Clash in Port au Prince

The Haitian government closed a church newspaper and expelled four priests after detaining Most Rev Remy Augustin for 14 hours. Police boarded Augustin onto an Argentina bound plane and ordered the expelled clergy including Fathers Paul Bellec and Jean Baptiste Bettebourg. The move compounds tensions between the state and the Roman Catholic hierarchy in Port au Prince.

Port AU Prince Haiti Poice Remy Augustin Augustin Paul Bellec Francois le Nir Jean Baptiste Bettebourg Saint Martial Emile Callec

Haiti Excommunication Crisis Ties Church and Duvalier

The article notes President Francois Duvalier expelled Archbishop Francois Poirier, sparking Vatican protest and likely excommunication for Haitians involved. It discusses Catholic identity in Haiti, church penalties, and political pressure over a permit fee and a potential bill to block it.

Republic Francois Duvalier Francois Poirier Vatican Duvalier

Milk Fee Postponed in Baltimore Dairy Shipments

Baltimore AP report says the new 15 dollar fee on dairy farmers shipping milk into the city has been postponed pending a new study. The City Council imposed the fee last month to balance the 1961 budget and expects about 5 thousand dollars yearly from roughly 2,300 farmers. Dr. Huntington Williams, health commissioner, said Mayor Grady arranged for a special study on the permit fee and urged farmers not to submit permit applications until further notice.

del. W. Dak Hess D-Harford Grady Baltimore Counci Huntington Williams The J. Harold Grady Williams

Bar Association Appeals To Court

The Montgomery County Bar Association asks the Court of Appeals to overturn a lower court’s dismissal of its injunction suit against six defendants including District Title Insurance Co and several other title and insurance firms. The association contends it is a proper party and claims acts occurred outside Montgomery County, with Judge J De Weese Carter noting the bill lacks sufficient facts.

J. DeWeese Carter

Six Maryland firms contended for practice in real estate law

The News reports the bar association argued six firms engaged in conveyancing title work for pay rendering title opinions interpreting contracts for sale of real property and presenting themselves to the public as authorities on Maryland real estate law, with the court dismissing the bill of complaint.

The Bar Association Mary Maryland

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