Governor's Conference Set Here
The eleventh annual Governor's Conference on Recreation and Parks will be held at the Francis Scoit Key Hotel April 12-14 with the theme Its Fun to be Fit. Gov Tawes will speak on the final day and discuss fitness open spaces and needs for seniors and the handicapped. Dr Warren R Evans chairs the event with talks on facilities in populations and suburban recreation planning.
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Francis Scoit Key
Maryland Recreation and Parks Society
J. Millard Tawes
Maryland
Warren R. Evans
Evans
Frederick County
Board of Recreation
Board of Education
Frederick City
Robert A. Whiteford
Marion Rice
Merrill E. Groelle
YMCA
Guy Garheart
U. S. Atty
Joseph D. Tydings
State Physical Fitness Commission
Frank W. Sargent
Quidoor Recreation Resources Review Commission
Gambrill State Park
Police Costs Drop in 1961 Report Shows Lower Per Capita Expenditure
The 1961 police department annual report notes total per capita cost fell to 7.81 from 8.55 in 1960. Operating expenses dropped to 18,900 from 19,900, despite salary increases and more police hires. The city added 21 miles of rally streets, bringing total to 71, and motor vehicle registrations rose to 10,650 from 10,500. The budget rose to 171,874.30 from 164,410.50 with funds allocated for equipment and improvements. The department handled 253 fire alarms, 453 ambulance calls, and 1,185 criminal record checks.
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Detective Bureau
Sherman H. Boone
Maryland State Police
500 Homemakers Greet Hood College President At Meeting
Hood College president Dr. Elliott will welcome about 500 Homemakers at the 40th annual Frederick County Council Homemakers Clubs meeting. Mrs. J Vernon Coblentz of Middletown presides, with a morning review of the year’s activities and a Christian Women's speaker in the afternoon.
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Randle Elliitt
Hood College
Frederick County Council
J. Vernon Coblentz
Middletown
Christian Womens
Fred Dienert
Rydal
Christian Women’s Clubs
Billy Graham
Duenert
Jenkintown
Christian Women’s Club
University of Pennsylvania
Bible Institute of Pennsylvania
Coblentz
Ray H. Smith
Phillips
Thayer
Elliott
Richard Hargest
Lincoln Engtebrecht
Elmer Michael
Michael
Walter Remsberg
Francis Putman
William Browning
Gail Catshall
Richard Keller
Edward McDevitt
Harold Keller
Kenneth W. Bullivant
August E. Selckmann
Two Inches Of Snow In Frederick County Reported
Downed trees and light snow coated Frederick County as up to two inches fell but roads stayed wet and no major trouble was reported. Temperatures near 40 expected with rain replacing snow by Monday as patterns signal early spring. geese migration noted as a seasonal hint.
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Frederick County
Weather Bureau
Local Girl Wins State Essay Contest
Kenney Shaw, a first year eighth grade student at West Brederick Junior High, won the state prize in the DAR Historic Figures essay contest for her paper on Margaret Brent. Her teacher Mrs. Helen Chandler prompted the project and she will be honored at the DAR conference in Baltimore.
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al. West Brederick
Kenney Shaw
Kenneth Shaw
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Baltimore
DAR
Kenney
Margaret Brent
Helen Chandler
Miss Shaw
Roger Brooke Taney
Route 5
Mrs. Shaw
Fort Detrick
DA. R
Sheraton Belvedere
Elizabeth Bower
Charles Mullen
Clear Win To Smelser In Primary
Delbert Null withdraws from the Democratic primary for state senator after meeting Charles Smelser. Null accepts Western Maryland Manager post from Governor J Millard Tawes to promote party harmony. Smelser, completing his second term in the House, will represent Frederick County in the State Senate.
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Delbert 5. Null
Null
Charles Smelser
Smelser
J. Millard Tawes
Western Maryland
Tawes
Frederick County
Senate
House of Delegates
Storms Wallop Nation Across Four States
A blustery storm dumps up to six inches of new snow in drifts across parts of four states, closing schools and stranding motorists in Montana. A second eastern storm loses strength as it tracks northeast, with rain and snow across the Carolinas and New England.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Seaboard
Montana
Idaho
Nevada
Extreme Western
Wyoming
Cut Bank
Mont
Tennessee
Georgia
Atlantic
New England
Ohio Valley
Carolina
North Atlantic States
Great Lakes
Florida
Texas
Oklahoma
Mississippi Valley
North Atlantic
City Residents' Shore Property Escapes Damage
Property on the eastern seaboard owned by local residents escaped the worst of high tides and flooding that damaged millions. Only a house on 78th street in Ocean City owned by Alan W. Long showed damage with two other nearby dwellings swept away and a roof torn from a third while Long inspected the site.
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Seaboard
78Th Street
Ocean City
Alan W. Long
West Second Street
Long
W. Jarboe Grove
Jackie Applauded By Italians in Rome Visit
Jacqueline Kennedy arrived in Rome for a 33 hour visit en route to India and Pakistan. The First Lady met Italian President Giovanni Gronchi and was to greet Pope John XXIII. she traveled with Lee Radziwill and a security and press entourage.
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Rome
Jacqueline Kennedy
America
John Xxif
India
Pakistan
New York
Leonardo da Vinci
U.S
Lee Radziwell
Secret Service
Kefauver Estate Leaves Bequest To Homewood Church
Anna Lee Kefauver widow of Martin K E Kefauver dies February 2 leaving her estate to Homewood Church Home Inc Williamsport after cash legacies totaling 34700. Benjamin L Shaff serves as executor with codicils dated 1957 and 1959 witnessed by various individuals. Other probates note Bertha B Nusz Alton Y Bennett Daniel W Lee and David O Johnson with executors and witnesses listed.
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Anna Lee Kefauver
Martin KE. Kefauver
Homewood Church Home, Inc
Williamsport
Register of Will Office
Homewood
Kefauver
Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ
Benjamin L. Shuff
Rayhu Specht
Herbert R. Staley
Elizabeth J Rice
Benjamin L Shaff
Allie Snoots
Mr. Shaff
Orphans Court
Bertha B Nusz
Alton Y. Bennett
Sherman P. Bowers
Louise M. Zimmerman
Daniel W. Lee
William F. Lee
Daniel W. Lee Jr
Grace Harp Spurrier
D. Princeton Buckey
David 0. Johnson
Murray H. Fout
Beverly W. Weddle
G Wilson Mercer
Neighbors Welcome U2 Pilot Powers In Quiet Homecoming
Big Stone Gap Virginia prepares a restrained welcome for Francis Gary Powers with speeches but no parade. The town armory will host up to 1 500 people after Powers revisits Wire County with sponsors from Pound Norton and Big Stone Gap. Juan March dies in Madrid at 80 after auto crash injuries. once dock worker rose to owner of major Spanish industries and banks.
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Big Stone Gap
Francis Gary Powers
Carl Murphy
Powers
Wire County
Wise Coty
Pound
Norton
Aut Big Stone
Gap Big Stone Gap
Madrid
Spain
Juan March
Europe
March
Ife
Palma de Mallorca
President Kennedy to Speak at Miami Democratic Dinner
President Kennedy plans to address about 3,000 Democrats at a $100-a-plate dinner in Miami Beach. The event aims to raise roughly $300,000, showcase party unity in a Republican-leaning state, and boost Sen. George Smathers’s re election bid. Cuban refugee protests and security concerns swirl around the gathering.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Harley Fitz
George A Smathers
Smathers
Senate
Miami
U.S
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