Cigarette Tax Increase Opens Maryland July First
The 3 cent per pack cigarette tax takes effect July 1 in Maryland to fund public school teacher raises. A 25 person Tax Division staff will enforce the new law with stamps and decals applied to packs. The transition includes a two cent local tax refund and special stamps for on hand stocks, while smuggling warnings and penalties are noted.
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Carroll
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Hollywood Actor Calvert Yacht Overdue in East China Sea
Hollywood actor John Calvert skippered an eight person yacht on an 800 mile voyage from Kee Lung Formosa to Hakata Kyushu. A coast guard alert covered East China Sea vessels as officials warned Calvert may be slowed by bad weather and could return safely.
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John Calvert
East China Sea
Formosa
Calvert
Keelung
Hakata
Kyushu
Ann Cornell
Taipei
Fuosa
Coast Guard
Keeling
Constance Conrad Lowe
Iverson
California
Los Angeles
One Man Made Moonset Faces Decay and Longevity
AP reports a flotilla of man made moons in orbit around Earth. Explorer II nears disintegration with crash anticipated June 29 at Smithsonian Observatory. Vanguard, a six inch solar powered cube, may orbit 200 years. Sputnik Jr weighs about 3 pounds, with rocket stage nearby. Explorer I remains aloft 5 to 16 years while both early Sputniks have fallen.
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New York
Earth
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
Vanguard
Sputnik, Jr
U.S
Episcopal Diocese of Maryland reports advance fund tops milestones
The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland says its Advance Fund has surpassed 1.001 million dollars, reaching 59 percent of a 1.7 million dollar goal with about a week remaining. Carlyle T. Barton of Baltimore notes progress as final report meetings set for 14 campaign areas across western and central Maryland.
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Woman shoots husband after third dare in Monroe County
Monroe County, Indiana. Joseph Jacobs, 32, died from a 16 gauge shotgun blast in his home six miles northeast of Bloomington after his wife Mary, 38, refused two dares and then shot him on the third challenge. Mary Jacobs was jailed on an open homicide investigation as charges were prepared.
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Monroe County
Joseph Jacobs
Here
Mary
Stretchable Paper Moves Prompt Coast Conversions
The firm said the shift was driven by an encouraging response to the elupak stretchable paper on the West Coast. It noted converting operations will allow prompt delivery of the new paper’s advantages to bag users on the coast.
Fairchild Delivers First Transport Jet
War hero Jimmy Doolittle and aviation enthusiast Jay War yen Hamilton opened the jet era by switching a door on the F27, the first American built jet transport for airline service. Richard Boutelle turned the plane over to West Coast Airlines head Nick Bez as 25,000 spectators watched the 72 mile flight in about 10 minutes. Doolittle called the F2T a milestone in local service since the DC3. In Kansas City a light plane made an emergency landing near a drugstore in Claycomo after running out of gas, with seven aboard escaping with minor injuries.
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Seatle
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Doolittle
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Kansas City
Claycomo
Maurice LaTier
Independence
U.S. 69
Clarence Lister
Griggsville
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