Inauguration Day and Maryland Assembly Open
Wednesday marked President Johnson's inauguration highlighting progress without strife and a broad welfare agenda along with the opening of the Maryland General Assembly for a 70 day session. The day also featured state budget outlines, reapportionment debates, education TV plans, and local fiscal and governance issues across Baltimore and Frederick County.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Johnson
Congress
Maryland General Assembly
J. Millard Tawes
Supreme Court
House of
Frederick County
Borstow
Inflation Drives Up Cost of Interstate Highway System
The 41,000 mile Interstate Highway System now carries a projected price tag of 46.8 billion dollars, up from 27 billion in 1956 and 41 billion in 1961, with estimates by 1972 reaching as high as 54 billion due to higher land costs larger administration and broader design features. The rise reflects inflation and costlier designs, but is unlikely to deter motorists or delay completion.
Poseidon Missile Aims to Beat Soviet Defenses
President Johnson backs Poseidon as Pentagon fears Soviet anti missile progress grows. Poseidon designed for submarine launch with multiple warheads and radar jamming features to penetrate defenses by late 1960s or 1969.
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Johnson
Pentagon
Russia
McNamara
U.S
Congress
Soviet Union
Title VI pressure cracks southern school segregation
The piece reports that Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act is forcing southern school districts to sign nondiscrimination assurances to continue receiving federal funds. Arkansas Florida Georgia Mississippi Alabama Louisiana are moving toward compliance amid widespread skepticism of resistance. Observers note federal money leverage could end segregation, with governors and boards gradually folding under the threat of funding cuts.
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Old South
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
U.S
Southern
South
John McKeithen
Arkansas
State Board of Education
Florida
Georgia
McKeithen
Title VI
Atlanta
Orval Faubus
Little Rock
Greenville
Tupe- Jo
Paul Johnson
Washington
Justice Department
Sayere
Re-elected Deaf School Director and Local Improvements
Fifty years ago the Maryland School for the Deaf director was re-elected to the American Association to Promote Teaching of Speech among the Deaf. City paving near the Court House and East Second Street proceeds, with Emory C Crum calculating costs. A crew crushes old cobblestones at the triangular block near the City Light plant. The Marvel Theater is leased to W E Barbour of Shippensburg Pa who plans a nickel admission first class moving theater.
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Brof. T. C. Forrester
Maryland School For the Deaf
American Association
Court House
West Second Street
Emory C. Crum
East Second Street
East Church Street
City Light Plant
Marvel
W. E. Barbour
Shippensburg
Inauguration Traditions Through American Presidents
Washington Today reflects on fourteen inaugurations from Taft to Kennedy, noting changing atmospheres and money spent. The piece recalls 1909 Taft storm and 1933 bank closures, wartime inaugurations, and Kennedy’s assassination altering history, while affirming the ritual of peaceful transfer and free elections.
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Washington
Broadway
Hollywood
Taft
Mr. Taft
Senate Chamber
Capitol
Woodrow Wilson
Roosevelt
Preside Roosevelt
White House
Harry Truman
Truman
United States
Eisenhower
Russia
John F. Kennedy
Vietnam
Africa
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MacArthur
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Lodz
Stalin
Washington Today
By David Lawrence
LBS
Germany
Mr. Wilson
America
Warren Harding
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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