Clarksburg Man Wins 2500 Grant for Biography Project
Dr. David J. Brandenburg of American University receives a $2,500 Evening Star Faculty Research Grant to pursue a biography of duc de la Rochefoucauld Liancourt. He will work in Paris Clermont and London while on sabbatical, having joined the university faculty in 1948.
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David J. Brandenburg
American University
Washington
The
Evening Star
Brandenburg
Duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt
France
Liancourt
Paris
Clermont
London
Bury St. Edmunds
England
Maryland State Board of Education
Howard, Carroll
Montgomery County
Clarksburg
Maryland Governor Signs 2 Major Bills Into Law
Governor Tawes signed 78 pieces of legislation including a roadside control bill expanding billboard bans on expressways from 600 to 660 feet and a witness protection measure. The roadside rule aligns with federal standards to secure interstate highway funding. The witness law releases innocent bystanders after seven days unless extended by the State’s attorney. In Annapolis, House Speaker Wilkinson praised Delegate Virts on his birthday.
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Annapolis
Tawes
General Assembly
Maryland
Frederick County Officials Plan Meeting On Federal Aid Roads
Frederick County commissioners schedule a meeting with the State Roads Commission to discuss federal aid for local farm to market roads at the SRC headquarters in Baltimore next week. John J. McMullen confirms the outline and a separate jail maintenance review and parking expansion plan are noted.
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Frederick County
State Roads Commission
John J. McMullen
Frederick County Roads Board
McMullen
SRC
Baltimore
Roads Board
Workers Reject Thieblot Aircraft Contract Proposal
Workers at the Thieblot Aircraft Co. plant in Martinsburg West Virginia rejected a proposed wage increase and halted production in a two month strike. Local 898 spokesman said the offer of 10 cents per hour, split half now and half next Jan 1, was unanimously rejected after the union had sought 50 cents per hour. A decision on canceling the Thieblot contract for wing flaps used on a Martin plane was expected early this week by Martin Co. of Baltimore.
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API
Thieble Aircraft Co
Local 898
International Assn. of
Thieblot
Vitro Corp. of America
Martin Co
Baltimore
Martin
Chestnut Farm Plans Milk Price Reduction
An official of Chestnut Farms said the firm will reduce the average consumer price of milk by up to two cents a quart if a federal milk marketing order is established. The Maryland Virginia Milk Producers Association and Chestnut Farms expect producer benefits and route operations cuts totaling about 200 dollars per year in some areas.
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Maryland-Virginia
Asan
Chestnut Farms
Thompson's
Seas
Cunitarians
Rockville
United Steelworkers
Ae Ava
pAmerica
Edgar M. Brawner
General Forum
Theville Unitarian Center
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