Delegate Proposes Study On Unequal Real Property Assessments
Urbana delegate Charles E. Collins introduces a House resolution asking the Legislative Council to form a committee to study high and unequal real property assessments. He cites cases where property is assessed nearly double neighboring parcels and argues for leveling and reducing real estate taxes.
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Charles E. Collins
Urbana
House of Delegates
Annapolis
Legislative Council
Collins
Maryland House Reapportionment Bill Stalled in House
The Maryland House of Delegates debate on reapportionment to give larger counties more delegates was halted by a parliamentary delay. Opponents used a rule to postpone adoption of a favorable report, threatening to push final action beyond adjournment as the Senate also faced delays.
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George Bowen
Annapolis
Maryland House of Delegates
Tawes
House
Senate
Eastern Shore
Del
John Nowakowski
D-Baltor Ist
House Judiciary Committee
Ridgely Melvin
D - Anne Arundel
Barbee
Alger
D-Montgomery
Royce Hanse
Baltimore
Baltimore County
Prince Georges
Montgomery
Maryland
Senate Finance Committee
Walter Dorsey
D-St. Marys
George Della
James A. Pine
Pine
Roller Rink May Be Test Case
A Rockville resident complains to the Montgomery County manager that Calamar Roller Rink in Gaithersburg refused entry to a group of 12 Negro children. rink president James E. Wilson Jr says the public accommodation law may not apply to an incorporated town and cites a private club use. He plans to seek Gaithersburg counsel’s opinion. The complainant says she was told prices by phone but no private skating party was disclosed. Wilson notes the rink and bowling alley admit Negroes only in special circumstances. A Meany Jamaica visit note follows.
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Montgomery County
Mason A. Butcher
Rockville
Calamar
Gaithersburg
James E. Wilson Jr
Alsey
Wilson
Henry Magruder
Douglas Avenue
Senior Class to Present Play at Frederick High School
Frederick High School announces its annual senior class play The Remarkable Incident at Carson Corners to be performed at 8 p.m. March 23 in the school auditorium. The production, based on a Reginald Rose Studio One teleplay, centers on a student’s death and a trial to prove the janitor’s guilt with proceeds supporting the senior prom and a class gift.
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Milton Hendrickson
Geraldine Wolfe
Carl Espeland
Susan Derwiler
Lloyd Graf
Miriam Hursey
Ronald Weintraub
Susan Ambrosen
Nelson Lichtenstein
Susan Jacobson
Darryl Feaga
Judith Bartgis
Gene Stull
Sonya Revin
Patricia Hopkins
Louise Reynolds
Bonnie Brady
Carolyn Bere
Linda Rudy
Clark Cottrell
Richard Zimmerman
Wendy Salsbury
Gary Kemp
Karen Stull
Jo Ann Younlins
George Wright
Anna May Hughes
Louise Weagley
Concert Sunday at Francis Scott Key
The combined glee clubs of Villa Julie College and Mount St. Mary’s College will give a concert Sunday March 4 at 4 pm in the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Mane Spillman Meurer will direct the Villa Julie singers with Shirley Schiffler as accompanist, and Rev. David W. Shaum will direct the Mountaineer singers.
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Villa Julie College
Baltimore
Mount St. Mary’s College
Emmittsburg
Francis Scott Key
Mane Spillman Meurer
Villa Julie Singers
Shirley Schiffler
David W. Shaum
Mountaineer Singers
Vila Julie
Gaines
Jacob
Steele
America
Drake
Mountaineer
Laredo
Villa Julie singers sing in recital program of arias and hymns
The program features soloists Hunter and Tobin with selections from The Lone Prairie and My Lord What Mornin arranged by Burleigh and Shaw. It moves through Baroque Handel and Purcell pieces to spirituals and Czech folk songs. The finale brings Bach Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring Humperdinck Han sel and Gretel Children’s Prayer and Rodgers It’s a Grand Night for Singing.
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Hunter
Lone Prairie
Cain Burleigh
Lord
Shaw
Giordani
Purcell
Thomas J. Tobin
Letti
Handel
Villa Julie
Davis
Joan
Stodola Pumpa
Bach
Jesu
PEPCO Readies Third Generator at Dickerson Plant
Potomac Electric Power Company says the third generating unit at its Dickerson station nears completion and will undergo tests from March 6 to March 16. Tests include blowing steam piping and setting safety valves, with noticeable noise during daytime hours starting around 9 a.m. Similar tests were done in spring 1959 and 1960.
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Potomac Electric Power Company
Dickerson
Lin
Jin
Dickerson Generating Station
PEPCO
Hagerstown club fined for lewd pictures on Washington's Birthday
Hagerstown Owls Club Inc was fined 100 dollars after conviction for showing Lewd obscene and indecent motion pictures on Washingtons Birthday. Prosecutors said tickets were sold publicly and police raided the club Feb 2 during a screening of Old Fashioned. May go to Glenora Washington reported the president.
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Hagerstown
Hagerstown Owls Club Inc
Washington
Paul Ottinger
John S. Hollyday
Owls Club
James F. Strine
Owls
Strine
Kennedy likely to spend weekend at Glen Ora estate
President Kennedy may visit Glen Ora near Middleburg Virginia with his wife and two children possibly joining him. White House secretary says plans are not definite and a return date to Washington is unclear while Palm Beach remains home for now. New record set for UN visitors in 1961 with 10 060 guided tours.
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Kennedy
Glen Ora
Middleburg
Virginia Hunt Country
White House
Fierre Salinger
United Nations
N.Y
Celia
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Baltimore Museum of Art
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Glenora Washington
Frions
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Ficson
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