Dualization Of U.S. 40 urged as priority road project
Frederick delegate Charles E. Collins urged Governor Tawes to immediately fund dual-lane construction on U.S. 40 from the Frederick Freeway to Alternate 40 and to dualize the Frederick Freeway from Rosemont Avenue north. He criticized the state plan as inadequate and said accidents along these two segments have produced dense pin maps, urging action despite other state road plans.
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Frederick
Charles E. Collins
Pilin
U.S. 40
Rosemont Avenue
J. Millard Tawes
Collins
State Roads Commission
Frederick County
New Tax Bills Put In Mail
City and county officials have mailed thousands of tax bills marking the new fiscal year. City treasurer Louis E. Eichelberger said nearly all city bills have been sent, with 34,300 plus bills going out and state data pending for business taxes. County treasurer Mrs. Charlotte W Yarrell issued 34,372 bills totaling 6 037 457 dollars, noting recent automation and overtime eased preparation without extra staff. Two percent discounts apply for July payments and one percent for August, with full amounts due by September 1 and monthly interest on unpaid taxes after October 1. Eichelberger projected over 90 percent year collection, urging payment of past due taxes per state law before current taxes.
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Louis E. Eichelberger
Charlotte W. Yarroll
Treasury
Yarrell
Eichelberger
Pope Paul VI to Attend United Nations Session
The Vatican's UN observer said Pope Paul VI will address the next session of the General Assembly in September. Msgr. Alberto Giovannetti, the Holy See’s observer, told AP it is premature to speculate on the exact date or details of the pope's address.
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United Nations, N.Y
Vatican
United Nations
Pope Paul VI
U.N. General Assembly
Alberto Giovannetti
Holy A
Sieaiee Agsem
Hunters Car Theft: Guns Dogs Stolen From Norris Home
Ernest L. Norris of RFD 1 Adamstown awoke to find his 1959 car, a rifle, two shotguns, about $80 in cash, and his two hunting dogs missing after two hitchhikers stayed at his home overnight. Police report the car remains unfound and no arrests have been made.
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Nimrod
Ernest L. Norris
RFD 1
Adamstown
Norris
Frederick
Monocacy River
W. Dennis Drumm
Fireworks Complaints Start Here
The Fourth of July weekend brings a flood of fireworks complaints to city police with at least seven reports in the past week. No arrests yet. Police caution on Maryland laws against selling or exploding fireworks and potential fines up to 250 dollars for possession or 1,000 dollars for selling. State Police note easy cross border access from Virginia and say offenders will be charged regardless of origin.
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Charles V. Main
Maryland
W. H. Wahl
Wahl
Virginia
Congress approves cigarette warning label plan
Washington AP reports a congressional compromise on tobacco warnings requires all cigarette packages to carry a conspicuous label reading Caution: Cigarette Smoking May Be Hazardous To Your Health The agreement blocks FTC from requiring warnings before July and lets a joint Senate House committee review the matter before ratification by both chambers
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Oren
Senate
House
Congress
Stock Market Pauses After Two Record Gains
New York stock prices steadied after two sessions of sharp gains. Early trading showed a softer tone as investors paused, with many key issues trading near the day’s opening levels and market activity subdued compared to recent highs.
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New York
City Plans Purchase of Grove Land
Frederick City planning commission approved a final plat for 1.5 acres to be bought from M.J. Grove Lime Co for future expansion of the municipal maintenance and storage yard on Hamilton Avenue. The panel also approved a Sun Oil service station plat on U.S. 40 Hillcrest Orchard, authorized a Peoples Drug Store sign at the Frederick Shopping Center, denied a Sherwin-Williams sign for exceeding local size limits, as city engineer Robert Whiteford noted.
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Frederick
M.J. Grove Lime Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hamilton Avenue
Sun Oil Co
U.S. 40
Hillcrest Orchard
Potomac Edison plans rate reduction filed July six
Potomac Edison Co. will file new lower electric rate schedules totaling 209000 with the Maryland Public Service Commission on July 6 to take effect on all meter readings after August 5. The cuts, driven by a federal corporate income tax reduction, will apply to all customers with residential saves of about 118000 annually, about 1.50 per customer, plus about 85000 for general and commercial and 41000 for power and street lighting customers across Garrett to Montgomery counties.
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Potomac Edison Co
Charles D. Lyon
Maryland Public Service Commission
PSC
Potomac Edison
Garrett
Allegany
Washington
Frederick
Howard
Carroll
Montgomery
Jetliner Skids Off Runway In Missouri River Crash
Continental Airlines 707 skidded after landing in heavy rain at Kansas City, bursting through a fence into an earthen bunker and stopping at a river dike. Four injured, 59 passengers and 7 crew aboard. Air Force chaplains Lt Cols Moses and Naughter reported pilots attempted reverse thrust with brakes failing. Passengers exited safely. a strong fuel odor reported by the chaplains.
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Kansas City
Continental Airlines
Missouri River
Ralph Heininger
Los Angeles
Chicago
Air Force
Jack Moses
Lubbock
Tex
John Naughter
Lee Zerba
Moses
Senate Probe Ends Bobby Baker Accused of Feathering Nest
Senate Rules Committee says Bobby Baker abused his patronage post to feather his nest and recommends possible indictment for conflict of interest. Democratic majority notes insurance sale on President Johnson’s life as example. Baker amassed over $2 million before resigning in 1963 after invoking the Fifth Amendment.
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Washington
Bobby Baker
Senate
Senate Rules Committee
Pickens
S.C
Matthew McCloskey
District of Columbia
Baker
Johnson
Morse Pleads In Senate Stop War In Viet Nam
AP Wirephoto shows a bunker closeup as a plane wing dips near a dike. A passenger and two crewmen were injured in the non-stop Los Angeles to Kansas City flight carrying 59 passengers and seven crew.
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Viet Nam
Morse
Senate
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Federal Aid For 250 Young Students In County Program
Frederick County school board will receive 33 840 in federal funds for Project Opportunity a six week summer training program for disadvantaged children in grades one to three The grant funds 10 classes county wide and staff including 21 aides plus teachers is expected to serve about 1250 children across the county The program coordinators describe expanded class numbers to meet demand and emphasize early education benefits with federal officials approving the expanded plan The award also covers transportation meals and a wide range of educational activities including reading writing language arts and basic sciences
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Frederick County
Project Opportunity
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
R-Md
D. Edward Hamilton
Office of Economic Opportunity
Dr. Hamilton
Hamilton
Mathias
Montgomery County
Washington County
Noone
Ambrosen Invited to White House Education Conference
Lloyd A. Ambrosen, superintendent of the Maryland School for the Deaf, was invited by President Lyndon B. Johnson to attend the White House Conference on Education in Washington D C on July 20 and 21. He led the recent American Instructors of the Deaf convention in Michigan attended by about 900 educators from the U S and Canada along with Maryland School for the Deaf staff and faculty from South Market Street.
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Lloyd A. Ambrosen
Maryland School For the Deaf
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Washington D.C
Ambrosen
Michigan
United States
Canada
South Market Street
Margaret S. Kent
Kenneth Kritz
Mary Alice Benson
Vance Zimmerman
Shelma Schoppert
James Behrens
Boyd Yates
Edith Fauth
Dorothy Mooring
Elvira Wohlstrom
Margaret Haines
Russell Madisor
Hazel McCanner
Court Orders Halt To C-R Arrests In Jackson
A federal appeals court ordered city authorities in Jackson Mississippi to stop arresting peaceful civil rights demonstrators in the state capital. Demonstrators may be arrested if they picket on the State Capitol grounds.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
U S Planes Hit North Viet Nam After Da Nang Attack
U S planes retaliated against targets in North Viet Nam while Da Nang base defense suffered losses. Viet Cong killed one American, destroyed three planes, damaged three others. Marines reinforced Qui Nhon as 7th Fleet crews shore up coastal security amid ongoing combat operations.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
da Nang
U.S. Air Force
Navy
North Viet Nam
U.S
Cut
Morse urges U.N. action to end Vietnam war
Senator Len Morse pushes President Johnson to mobilize all means through the United Nations to stop the Vietnam conflict. He argues the U S cannot end the war alone and that U N backed peace offers better prospects, criticizing Johnson's U N speech as honoring the charter only in breach. Meanwhile House Republicans led by Gerald Ford face Mansfield’s counterpoints on bombing and victory strategy.
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Washington
Len Wayne Morse
Johnson
Viet Nam
United Nations
Oregon Democrat
U.N
U. I
Morse
United States
Senate
House
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
U.S
Housing Bill Gets House OK
Washington AP reports a modified rent subsidy bill passed the House 245 to 169 after a narrow 208 202 vote on the controversial rent supplements. The four year program would devote about 150 million dollars for subsidies to qualifying families not in public housing, with income ceilings varying by city and aid limited to nonprofit or limited dividend housing.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
House
Senate Banking Committee
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Kansas City Municipal
North Viet
da Nang Base
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