State Flag Salute Law Struck Down by Maryland Court
The Maryland Court of Appeals, in a six to one decision, ruled Maryland’s daily flag pledge law unconstitutional under free speech guarantees. Justice Digges led the majority upholding prior rulings and citing binding precedents from a 1943 West Virginia case. Judge Barnes dissented predicting broader harms to national unity and patriotic training in schools.
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Annapolis
Maryland
U.S
State Court of Appeals
Anne Arundel
Matthew S. Evans
West Virginia
U.S. Supreme Court
Wilson K. Barnes
J. Dudley Digges
Digges
Marvin H. Smith
Barnes
Legion Accepts First Black member Brooks Sees Bias
Frederick American Legion Post votes to admit Paul L. Brown as possibly the first Black member while Charles Brooks faces a third rejection amid ongoing discrimination charges. Brooks had sought ACLU help after prior denials. Brown insists race did not influence the vote and notes it takes about three nay votes to block membership. New member says he was drawn by character and background. commander says few active Black members existed and the post has long served Black servicemen.
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Margaret Hindman
Frederick American Legion
FSK American Legion Post
Paul L. Brown
Legionnaires
Charles Brooks
Brown
Bership
Brooks
The
Legion
Milton 4
Frank Jr
Frank
Admis
Air Conditioners Theft At Local Business Reported
Almost $600 worth of merchandise stolen from the Farmers Cooperative on East South Street at 4:56 a.m. Brian thieves entered through a rear door and escaped with three air conditioners two saws and a broken soft drink machine. At Frederick High School a second break in occurred early Monday with $500 in goods taken including a table clock radio a fan a record player and two basketballs. Two youths were arrested in Baker Park for being minors in possession of alcohol. Names: Raymond Foster Riggles 16 and Arthur D. Baker Jr. 17. Trial date was not listed.
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East South Street
Charles V. Main
Frederick High School
Baker Park
Raymond Foster Riggles
North Market Street
Arthur D. Baker Jr
Thomas Avenue
Rainfall Tops Half Inch Mark in Frederick County
More than a half inch of rain fell last night as winds whipped wet branches and toppled spring blooms. Today and tomorrow bring occasional rain with a 50 percent chance. highs in the low 70s and nights near 60. East winds 8 to 15 mph, stronger gusts earlier. Monocacy and Potomac Rivers remain muddy from recent rains. Yesterdays storm dropped 0.52 inches, high 82, low 57.
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Frederick County
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Frederick
Monocacy
Potomac
Fire log highlights multiple incidents across towns
A 24 hour fire log reports automobile and tree fires in Myersville and Mt Airy, with a house fire near Woodsboro and New Midway, plus an ambulance call. Times include 3am, 9:33pm, and 8:32pm. agencies from MT to Mt Airy respond. jail population shows 30 males and 1 female.
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Myersville
Mt, Airy
Park Ave
Airy
Woodsboro
New Midway
Woman Dies In Car Wreck Near Lisbon Maryland
An 18-year-old former Rocky Ridge woman, Dorothy Louise Anderson, was killed when her husband Thomas Allen Anderson, 19, drove into the path of Dale Mullinix, 16, at the U.S. 40 eastbound and Md. 194 intersection north of Lisbon. Dorothy died from head injuries. Thomas was injured and hospitalized in satisfactory condition with facial lacerations and chest and shoulder pain. Mullinix also sustained injuries after his car overturned into a drainage ditch.
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Rocky Ridge
U.S. 40
MD. 194
Lisbon
Howard County
Dorothy Louise Anderson
Woodbine
Thomas Allen Anderson
Anderson
Dale B. Mullinix
Mt. Airy
Catoctin High School
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Mullinix
FCTA Seeks State Aid in Frederick County Contract Talks
The Frederick County Teachers Association plans to petition the Maryland State Board of Education for an order directing the local board to fund the negotiated 1971 72 contract. Superintendent John L. Carnochan says negotiations have stalled with no meeting since last Thursday.
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Margaret Hindman
Frederick County Teachers Association
State Board of Education
John L. Carnochan
Board of Education
FCTA
Maryland State Board of Education
Carnochan
Reese Poffenbarger
Carnachan
Teachers Association
Public Works Bill Faces Crucial Test In House
Washington AP reports a compromise public works bill with 5.5 billion dollars poised for a final House vote. The package includes 2 billion for accelerated projects in high unemployment areas and faces a potential presidential veto amid Democratic support and Republican opposition.
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Washington
House
White House
Nixon
Senate
GOP
House Public Works
Times To Ignore Court Ban on Vietnam Stories
The New York Times says it will not halt publication of a secret Pentagon study on the Vietnam War. Atty. Gen. Mitchell asked the paper to refrain, arguing it would injure U.S. defense interests, while a Justice spokesman warned of possible injunctions to stop further issues. The third installment of the 40 volume study ran in today’s Times.
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NEW York
The
New York Times
Justice Department
Pentagon
Atty
John N. Mitchell
United States
Robert C. Mardian
Internal Security Division
Department
Harding F. Bancroft
the Times
Mardian
Times
Mitchell
Sit
Stock Market Mixed As Dow Dips On Light Trading
New York trading was light as stocks drifted lower with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 12.63 to 905.08 at 10:30 a.m. The market fell amid uncertainty over court action and ongoing publication of a series of articles. The Times stated it will oppose any injunction and will comply with court decisions as defense officials commented on the document publication.
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New York
Times
Melvin R. Laird
Senate
Prisoners In Rap Session At Maryland Center
Seventeen young inmates at an Hagerstown correctional training center share a weekly rap session to tackle drug abuse and personal problems. Roland, 28, reflects on a life of drugs and crime from New York’s ghetto. Phil, 25, recounts gluing sniffing and methadone therapy, while Lewis, 25, describes drugs, distrust, and the drive for a thrill as they face release and uncertain futures.
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Mgnica
Hagersee
Cener
Roland
New York
Hagerstown Training Center
Phil
Ysecure
Lewis
Coal Miners Strike Expands Across Five States
In Charleston, AP reports Appalachia coal miners extend a walkout begun at midnight Sunday in protest of United Mine Workers President W. A. Boyle's dismissal as trustee of the Welfare and Retirement Fund. About 40,000 miners idle across West Virginia Virginia Kentucky Ohio Pennsylvania areas.
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Charleston
W. Va
Appalachia
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony’’ Boyle
Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rubella Clinic Set Wednesday at Frederick Health Dept
The Frederick County Health Department will hold a two hour rubella vaccination clinic for children aged one to 12. The event runs from 2 to 4 p.m. in Winchester Hall and emphasizes bringing preschoolers for vaccination.
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Frederick County
Death toll rises in Australian nonuplets birth
SYDNEY AP Nine babies born to Mrs Leonard Brodrick faced critical conditions sixty hours after birth with two more of the nonuplets dying early today and Monday night. Two boys and a girl died after Sunday night, two boys were stillborn, and two surviving infants remained in fragile condition as hospital bulletins revised the period of gestation to twelve weeks.
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Sydney
Leonard Brodrick
Suruday
Royal Hospital For Women
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