Blue Law Commission Seeks Narrow Sunday Opening Rules
Maryland blue law commission recommends closing most stores on Sunday with limited exemptions for drug and small food outlets, restaurants, soda parlors, newsstands, gas stations, and certain roadside stands. It urges restricting liquor sales, to be considered by lawmakers, and cites enforcement seen as protecting Sunday rest and family time.
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Annapolis
Maryland State Board of Pharmacy
H. M. Richardson
Cumberland
Baltimore County
Skull Found On New Windsor Property
A skull the size of a softball, believed to be an eight or nine month fetus, was found Sunday on Frank Gorsuch’s Sam's Creek Road property and turned over to State Police. The skull was sent to the Maryland State Medical Examiner for examination while a nearby dump search failed to locate the rest of the remains. A New Windsor physician tentatively identified it as possibly human and police await the examiner’s report before any further action.
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Frank Gorsuch
Sam's Creek Road
Baltimore
Henry Stafford
Gorsuch
Sundaherioun
New Windsor
Stafford
Aelant Wituh
Milk firms in DC milk dispute spark potential legal action
The Maryland Virginia Milk Producers Assn plans court action to block Washington’s largest dairy from buying milk directly from farmers, citing DC import regulations on uninspected milk. Sealtest and Thompson dairies seek to align sanitation codes with federal standards and buy directly from farmers, arguing current rules are too strict.
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Arlington
Maryland-Virginia Milk Producers Assn
Washington
W. B. Hooper
Co-Op
District of Columbia
Washington Milkstad
de Yelpbash Anurstia
Chesnut Farms
Sealtest
Edgar N. Brawner
Thompson Dairies
U. S. Public Health Service
Timper
Grove Among Postmasters Honored
Washington hosted a dinner honoring six postmasters from across the country for improving mail service. Postmaster General Summerfield attended with officials. citations appeared in The Postmaster's Gazette. The honored include James A. Grove, 47, Frederick, vii, who met with congressmen and will attend the unveiling of mechanized nets at the main post office.
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Washington
Summerfield
National Assn. of Postmasters
Association
Postmaster’s Gazette
James A. Grove
Frederick
Jury Trial Sought by Man Accused of Wife Assault
In Magistrate's Court last night John H. Gaver 47 of Adamstown sought a jury trial in Circuit Court for an alleged assault on wife Nellie Gaver after a Saturday night argument at their home. Bondsman Glenn R. Crum would decide if his $500 bond could be extended or if jail time would continue. Co-defendant C Glenn Jones 43 also faced charges from the same incident and stood trial. he claimed no slapping or kicking occurred and testified he merely placed a foot out to stop a stove pipe. Nancy Gaver testified Jones slapped her, broke the stove and kicked at her. Nellie Gaver backed her daughter's account. Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker found Jones guilty of assaulting Nancy Gaver and a brawl on Market Street. both men were fined $50 and given 30 days in jail after a chase and yard search near a funeral parlor. Frederick City barber Joshua William Rutherford 45 was fined 5.56 or 60 days for intoxication at the B and O station. Two other forfeitures recorded: Ambrose Kingsbury 57 forfeited 25.80. Nadine Smith Miller 2 forfeited 11.45.
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John H. Gaver
Route 1
Adamstown
Nellie Gaver
Glenn R. Crum
C. Glenn Jones
Gaver
Nancy Gaver
Rial
Jones
H. Reese Shoemaker
Miss Gaver
Market Street
Shoemaker
Joshus William Rutherford
Frederick City
B&o
All Saints Street
Claude Evans
Ambrose Kingsbury
East Church Street
Nadine Smith Miller
North Market Street
Traffic Figures From Frederick Freeway Released
George N. Lewis Sr of the State Roads Commission reports average weekday traffic from automatic counters on the Frederick Freeway. East end averaged 4 788 vehicles daily and between New Design Road and Washington National Pike 5 011 vehicles daily in both directions. The section at Square Corner showed a slight decrease of about 9 percent.
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George N. Lewis Sr
State Roads Commission
Frederick Freeway
Washington National Pike
Private Virginis School at Cherrydale Faces Appeal
A private school in Cherrydale plans a new trial or appeal at the Maryland Court of Appeals before Judge C. K. McLaughlin after attorney J. B. Berkson argued divine healing as a defense to manslaughter. Craig and another defendant remain free on bail as Arlington County reviews use permit compliance and fire hall occupancy cited by inspectors.
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Maryland Court of Appeals
C. K. McLaughlin
J. B. Berkson
Craigs
Arlington
Cherrydale
Craig
Artington
Arlington County Board
Stratford Junior High School
Coun ‘Ty
Ceourt
Fed ‘Eral
Albert V. Bryan
Couple Files Motion For A New Trial In Manslaughter Case
Hagerstown AP report: a couple convicted of manslaughter in their month-old daughter's death filed a motion for a new trial. Last March, the husband was acquitted of manslaughter in another child’s death. The judge cited reasonable doubt Craig knew the child had dementia.
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Hagerstown
Mandiau
Eree
Raymond
Craig
Battlefield Bill Wins His Support in Battlefield Expansion Debate
In congressional action the Interior Department backs a bill to expand the Antietam National Battlefield site near Sharpsburg Maryland by adding about 1800 acres. The bill would allow purchase with non donated funds and stress the site’s historic importance.
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Interior Department
Washington
Rerstown
The
United
Antietam National Battlefield Site
Sharpsburg
E. Russell Hicks
House Interior Public Lands
Secretary of the Interior
Antietam Battlefield
Hicks
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Washington County Hospital
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