Aged Relief Tax Bill Drafted for Maryland County
A proposed bill seeks limited tax relief for seniors with income under 1200 a year. The plan allows a 1500 deduction on county real estate taxes for qualifying residents age 65 and older who own and inhabit property in the county and have lived there five years. Exemption is permissive and requires application with income and ownership affidavits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel W. Barrick
C. Clifton Wirts
Lumen Norris
Annapolis
Barrick
Fliers To Reveal Soviet Firing Story
TOPEKA Kan AP Two Air Force captains will present a dramatic account of the July 1 1960 Soviet shootdown of an American jet reconnaissance plane over the Barents Sea. Six men were aboard. one body returned, two imprisoned nearly seven months, three missing. Captains Freeman B Olmstead and John R McKone, released from a Soviet origin on January 25, have been shielded from newsmen since their return.
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Topeka. Kan
Barents Sea
America
Freeman B. Olmstead
John R. McKone
Air Force
Wee Women Harold and I Look Forward to This Week
Harold and a speaker express anticipation for an upcoming event. The brief line conveys eagerness and shared excitement for a planned activity this week.
U S Navy Tender Proteus Arrives At Holy Loch Base Blockade
At Holy Loch Scotland the U S Navy tender Proteus tows toward the new missile submarine base while British boats pursue a pacifist canoe armada. Six blockade canoes are swamped and arrested as crowds gather along the Clyde River. The Patrick Henry, the first U S nuclear submarine, is en route from America with Proteus serving as its mother ship. Prime Minister Harold Macmillan spoke in the Commons.
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Holy Loch
Scotland
U. S. Navy
Proteus
Clyde
Patrick Henry
U.S. Navy
America
Harold Macmillan
Commons
Heart Fund Drives Toward 15000 Goal in Frederick County
Frederick County Heart Association reports about 8000 collected toward a 15000 goal. M George B. Douglas notes collections ahead of last year as Heart Sunday adds around 3200 chiefly in the city. County workers are urged to turn in remainings. Bruce Crum is general chairman, Charles Kehne city chairman, Mrs. Lawrence Willard Heart Sunday chairman. Fund opened Feb 1 and runs through February with late contributions welcome.
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Frederick County Heart Association
Heart Fund
M George B. Douglas
Heart Association
Ional
Bruce Crum
Charles Kehne
Lawrence Willard
Heart
Douglas
American Legion
Thai troops hunt Chiang remnants roaming Southeast Asia
Thai government forces pursue Nationalist Chinese irregulars said to number about 1000 in Thailand. They are remnants of Chiang Kai-shek's troops after 1949 and are suspected of banditry in northern Burma as Burma and Thailand press for disarmament. The United States is evaluating a diplomatic dispute over the matter. The stock market rose sharply in New York with heavy trading.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Southeast Asia
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Burma
Yine
Formosa
Us.s
U. S
Runaway Boy Captured After Stolen Car Incident
Local State Police turned a one year old runaway boy over to Baltimore City authorities after he allegedly stole a 1957 Pontiac and drove it to Frederick County where it was abandoned when fuel ran out. He was found hiding under a blanket in a car at the Bowser home on John Stiles Meadowbrook Farm.
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Baltimore City
Frederick County
Downingtown
Route 144
Carl Bowser
Bby Bowser
Lawrence Routzahn
Bowser
William L. Newcomer
Bartholows
Joseph Gailen
Newcomer
Gailen
W. D. Grose
Grose
Baltimore
Pay Hike For Board Is Dropped
State Senator Samuel Barrick said the proposed pay raise for Cain County Commissioners was not feasible to introduce this session after county delegation discussions in Annapolis. No legislation has been introduced and no local delegation is pursuing higher salaries. Current pay stands at 2700 dollars annually with duties beyond the 3 a week duty claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Cain
Samuel W. Barmick
Annapolis
Barrick
Tawes Displeased After Frostburg Transfer Debate
Governor Tawes voiced displeasure to reporters when House majority leader A Gordon Boone joined a resolution opposing transferring Frostburg State Teachers College to the University of Maryland. He regretted timing of the move and noted the resolution, sponsored by Boone and Del Blair Lee, seeks to defer higher education issues for further study.
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Tawes
Annapolis
APG
House
A. Gordon Boone
Frostburg State Teachers College
University of Maryland
Rockefeller mansion fire devastates historic New York estate
Governor Nelson Rockefeller and his wife escaped unharmed when a flash fire swept the Albany mansion. Fire damaged portraits and Harriman gift art valued at about 200 thousand dollars, with total losses around 500 thousand. Fire started in the basement and was under control after about an hour.
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Albany
X.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Grover Cleveland
Ixo Roosevelts
Theodore
Franklin D
Rockefeller
W. Averell Harriman
Bilding
Harriman
Gilbert Stuart
Thormaz Sully
Red Cross establishes multiple clothing distribution centers
The Red Cross opens clothing distribution centers in Frederick area towns to aid unemployed families. Donations come from a school drive starting February 23. Centers operate weekly in Frederick, Braunswick Meadows, Emmitsburg, New Market, and soon Sabillasville, with Mrs. Fuana and Mrs. Dean guiding efforts and aid from local auxiliaries and fire companies.
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Red Cross
Cou
William H. Fuana
Focal Red Cross
South Market Street
Frederick
South-West County
Meadows
Braunswick
North County
Emmitsburg
Nother
New Market
Fire Company
Ladi Wandary
Sabillaswile
Helbert Dean
The
Dean
Middle Alley
Five Day Weather Forecast From The Associated Press
Temperatures will run about 9 degrees above normal with cooler conditions Saturday and warmer Sunday and Monday. Cooler again Tuesday then warmer Wednesday with some rain over the weekend and again around Wednesday. Normal highs range 45 to 51 and lows 29 to 33, with mountain areas in the western part of Maryland dipping into the 20s.
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Associated Press
Mesyland
Shoeless Danner Found Guilty On Disorderly Conduct
Margie Elen Danner of East Patrick street and Brunswick faced magistrate Thompson after a drunken porch disturbance reported by George Riegel. She was convicted on disorderly conduct and public drunkenness, 30 days or $25 on each count, suspended on the jail term. A second case involved Paul W. Sines awaiting DMV license status after a motor vehicle revocation. A separate note reports a Blue Scout rocket mission delivering instruments 1,580 miles into space from Cape Canaveral, carrying radio telescopes and simulated skin samples.
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Magistreat Thompson
Margie Elen Danner
East Patrick Street
Brunswick
Joseph Gallen
Rockville
Imo
Thompson
Danner
Rederick County
Department of Motor Vehicles
Blue Scout
Cape Canaveral
Guard Command Change at 115th Infantry Maryland National Guard
Captain Richard A. Fox is reassigned to Bazile Group Headquarters Towson as liaison officer. First Lieutenant Kenneth L. May becomes new commanding officer of Company B. Announcement by Lt. Colonel Elmer F. Bridge, effective March 1, notes Fox will coordinate training across seven companies. Units operate armories in Towson, Cockeysville, Kensington, Silver Spring, Hyattsville and nearby.
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Richard A. Fox
Maryland Army National Guard
Bazile Group
Towson
Kenneth L. May
Elmer F. Bridge
First Battle Group
115Th Infantry Infantry Division
Maryland National Guard
Fox
Europe
115Th Infantry
Captain Fox
William D. Bowers Lumber Company
Yellow Springs
May
Here
National Guard
Car Crash on Route 240 Leaves Driver Missing
State Police investigate an early morning Route 240 crash in Jefferson involving a 1951 Plymouth that crashed into a tree stump and halted near a house. The driver, possibly owner Foster Elwood Bennett of Brookeville or an unknown thief, was last seen walking east on Route 40 amid blood injuries and minimal medical aid. The car is a total loss with extensive front and side damage.
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Jefferson
Joseph Gatien
Foster Elwood Bennett
Brookeville
Frederick
Twenty-One Miners Die In Viking Coal Mine Blast
In Terre Haute Indiana a deep Viking Coal shaft blast kills twenty one miners. Rescue workers hauled injured and burned bodies out over ten hours amid heat pockets and deadly gas. Officials investigate cause as 22 more miners are sent to the surface.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Viking
Birch Brooks
Viking Coal Corp
Wabash
Public Service Company of Indiana
Charlies A. Purcell
Indiana
Wabash River
Iluminat
Jess
Liberty Postmaster Is Sworn In
Charles I Joy, 39, World War 2 veteran, sworn in as Liberty postmaster succeeding the late Robert Curfman. Joy, named this week by the Postmaster General, previously sold for Damascus Electric and will earn about 4600 yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles I Joy
Liberty
Robert Curfman
Curfman
Joy
Gen
Damiascus Electric Company
Main Street
Frederick
Union Bridge
Post Office
Erving Joy
Mary Morningstar
Air Force
Liberty High School
Post Office Department
PTA Groups Back Teacher Pay Raise
In Annapolis a Maryland conference heard 17 speakers led by Mrs. Fred L. Bull urging a 13.3 million education aid plan with 80 percent for teacher salaries. About 250 people attended the joint hearing as critics rejected the Tawes administration’s 6.5 million annual aid proposal. Dr. Thomas G. Pullen questioned raising the state guaranteed teacher minimum to 3 600 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Maryland
General Assembly
Fred L. Bull
Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers
House
House Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committees
Tawes’ Administration
Thomas G. Pullen
Bandits Rob Poker Players of $26,000 in Texas Raid
In Beeville Texas three masked bandits assaulted rancher Melvin Sugarek and 17 guests at a poker party. They blew in the door with gas bombs and escaped with about $20,000 in cash and $6,000 in watches and valuables after demanding all in the house. Police hunted the attackers as Sugarek described their size and weapons.
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Beeville
Tex
South Texas
Melvin Sugarek
Sugarek
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John D. Rockefeller Jr
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PTA
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Kesre
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