Frederick County Faces Vocational Teacher Pay Debate
The Frederick County Board weighs a proposed vocational teacher pay scale from 5 000 to 8 000 dollars a year. Critics say the plan would outpay certified teachers and worsen equity. Dr Donald Z Koons notes no statewide standard and cites private-sector competition as a risk to vocational education.
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Frederick County
Frederick County Teachers Association
Donald Z. Koons
Board of Education
Maryland
Frederick County Adopts Project Opportunity For Summer
The Frederick County School Board unanimously approved Project Opportunity to join the summer school training program. The program, a federal aid initiative linked to the War on Poverty, targets underprivileged elementary students while Head Start remains for preschoolers. Details on participant numbers await federal and state approval, and the scope may adjust with funding.
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Frederick County School Board
Frederick County
C. Edward Hamilton
State PTA Meets Here June 24-26
The 32nd annual summer conference of the Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers will be at Hood College June 24 and 25 with a June 26 State board meeting here. About 300 local leaders will receive extensive training in PTA program policy and procedure. Keynote Interpersonal Relations by Dr. Robert C. Lloyd. Hyman H. Bookbinder will address a dinner on How President Johnsons Poverty Program Will Affect Maryland. Dr. James A. Sensenbaugh will moderate a panel How Superintendents Work with Local PTAs.
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Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers
Hood College
George J. Barthel
Braddock Heights
Robert C. Lloyd
Baltimore City
James A. Sensenbaugh
Ptas
Drag Racer Killed At Monrovia
A 27 year old driver, David Joseph Geiman of Catonsville, died after his 1949 modified drag car left the Monrovia track and overturned at 750 Drag-A-Way. Police said he struck a utility pole, flew 168 feet, rolled 63 feet from the pole, and died at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Attendance was about 5,000 as the season’s largest crowd watched. Geiman was on his first time trial and was wearing a safety belt. track owner William E. Wilcom noted the car had been inspected and the accident ended the track’s six year safety record.
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Monrovia
David Joseph Geiman
Catonsville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
James B. Thomas
Geiman
William E. Wilcom
Wilcom
German
R. E. Cook
Elderly Man Walks Into Side Of Car on East Patrick Street
A 71-year-old Frederick resident, Eugene J. Foreman of Clarke Place, walked into the side of a moving car on East Patrick Street around 1:25 p.m. Friday. He was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital for an elbow laceration after colliding with the vehicle driven by Elizabeth Pearl of Magnolia Avenue. Foreman said he wasn’t paying attention. Police investigator William McK. Boost did not file charges.
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Frederick
East Patrick Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Eugene J. Foreman
Clarke Place
Foreman
Elizabeth Pearl
Magnolia Avenue
Pearl
William McK
Boost
Viet Forces Hit Back At Cong
Government forces aided by U S helicopters say they killed 49 Viet Cong in a single action near Vinh Long southwest of Saigon. U S helicopter crews accounted for 20 of the dead and six Reds were captured with eight suspects taken. Four government soldiers died and four were wounded with an adviser in Friday’s clash. In another engagement, government forces reportedly killed five Viet Cong but suffered 18 dead, two wounded and 32 missing after a Communist battalion attacked three hamlets northeast of Saigon.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Vinh Long
Bid Opening for Postal Station in Frederick
Bids to lease a Frederick postal station for 12,000 square feet of parking and maneuvering space 675 square feet of platform space and 2,760 square feet of enclosed space are to be opened Monday in Washington D C. The 10 year lease with four five year renewal options supports mail service for northern Frederick and seven rural carriers. Bids are received in the office of Wendell J. Chesser regional real estate officer Post Office Department Washington.
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College Estates
Frederick
Washington, D.C
Post Office Department
Wendell J. Chesser
Washington
Baker Park Chimes Repaired After Temporary Outage
Baker Park carillon chimes are ringing again after a motor controlling a bell broke and was repaired by city workmen. Superintendent Robert L. Strine noted such maintenance is common as the system ages and requires more upkeep to keep the bells ringing properly.
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Baker Park
Robert L. Strine
Strine
True Equality For Negroes Johnson Humphrey Seek New Civil Rights Effort
President Johnson at Howard University calls for a new civil rights push to make equality a fact and a result not just a right. He pledges a White House conference next fall and aims to give all citizens real opportunity amid widening gaps. Vice President Humphrey says minorities must be brought fully into American life and equal respect must replace racial prejudice.
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Johnson
Howard University
White House
All America
College Park, Md
Hubert H.humphrey
America
University of Maryland
Humphrey
Ohio woman Sue Ann Downey crowned Miss USA
Sue Ann Downey 20, of Columbus, Ohio, won Miss USA over 14 of 47 finalists in Miami Beach. She will represent the United States at Miss Universe next month, earning 5000 in cash plus a 5000 personal appearance contract and a mink coat. Downey, a OSU coed with a 35-24-35 figure, said she dreamed of being a nun as a child and now aims to be a good wife and mother.
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Fla
Ohio
U.S.A
N.M
Mayfield, Ky
Diana Batts
Pentagon
Washington
Falls Church
Ohio State University
Sue
John E. Downeys
Jeff
David
Sue Ann
Bobbi Johnson
Washington, D.C
Drunken Driving Charged In Center Street Crash
A county motorist, Leonard L Piper, 29 of RFD J Jefferson, was charged with drunken driving and improper left turn after a Center Street crash Friday night. The 7:35 p.m. collision involved Piper’s eastbound truck and Paul P. Sanger’s 1959 sedan, causing $150 and $20 damage respectively. Two state officers investigated.
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Center Street
Leonard L Piper
RFD J
William E Shepley
James E. Schroyer
Middletown Area
Middletown
Jennings W Bauserman Jr
RFD 2
Bauserman
Ronald G. Bauserman
California Senate Moves to Split State at Tehachapi
The California Senate approved a constitutional amendment to divide the state along the Tehachapi Mountains proposing a southern state of Los Angeles Ventura San Bernardino Orange Riverside San Diego and Imperial counties with 103 million people and a northern state of 78 million. The Assembly and Gov Brown opposed the split, and Congress action was being sought.
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Calif
California
Senate
49Ers
State Assembly
Edmund G. Brown
Congress of the United States
Richard J. Dolwig
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San Mateo
Colwig
Assembly
Don Allen
Los Angeles
Brown
Tehachapi Mountains
Congress
Ventura
San Bernardino
Orange
Riverside
San Diego
Imperial
Second Year In Row County Red Cross Blood Program Honors
Frederick County Red Cross Chapter earned a merit certificate for its blood program for 1963-64, presented to Postmaster James A. Grove. The county program exceeded its goal by 2 percent, collecting 3,048 pints, with 13 chapters participating through the Washington Regional Blood Center.
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Frederick County
Red Cross
Washington
James A. Grove
Frederick
Grove
H. Albert Dean
William Wallace
Gemini 4 astronauts reach midpoint of historic orbit
Houston AP reports astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White in excellent condition at orbit 32 of Gemini 4. They encountered unidentified satellites amid a lengthy spaceflight with White awakening for a medical check and both men noting favorable telemetry. White’s son had a Little League hit, while McDivitt’s son also played. NASA officials monitored sightings of space debris and a possible Pegasus 2 meteoroid, with potential implications for future manned spaceflight.
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Tex
James A. McDrvitt
Edward H. White
America
U.S
Mission Control
White
Canary Islands
Eddie
McDivitt
Mike
Wor
McDivvitt
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Earth
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