Bills Seek Tawes Signature On Bond and Pay Increases
The Maryland General Assembly approved a $5 million Frederick County school construction bond and a county commissioners pay raise to $8,000, both awaiting Gov. J. Millard Tawes' signature. A School Building Commission would advise on costs. A separate measure adds voter registration times and places in the county, with enabling bills advancing in both chambers.
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Frederick County
General Assembly
J. Millard Tawes
A. Irvin Renn
State Senate
John A. Derr
R-Fred
Del
Charles E. Collins
House of Delegates
Board of Election Supervisors
Central Committee
Assessment Jobs May Be Classified
A bill sponsored by Sen. John A. Derr would add the Frederick County Office of Supervisor of Assessments to the classified service. Affected positions include office administrator transfer clerks and office machine operators with over two years’ service. The change joins the classified system now covering register of wills clerk of the circuit court and county treasurer and adds the supervisor of assessments to the classified service board.
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Frederick County
Office of Supervisor of Assessments
John A. Derr
R-Fred
Register of Wills
Circuit Court
Classified Service Board
City Plans Elm Beetle Spraying in Frederick Parks
Frederick parks including Memorial and Baker Park will be sprayed for elm bark beetles on March 31 starting at 10 PM weather permitting. Surrounding streets will be posted no parking to protect vehicles. Bartlet Tree Expert Co. of Baltimore conducts the annual maintenance spray.
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Frederick Memorial Park
Baker Park
Robert A. Whiteford
Whiteford
Bartlett Tree Expert Co
Baltimore
Elderly Pedestrian Struck While Crossing West Seventh Street
A 75-year-old Frederick man, Charles Harrison Miller, suffered fractures of both shoulders when hit by a car driven by Harold Miller, 20, of Fort Detrick, as he stepped from the south curb on West Seventh Street. Miller remained in satisfactory condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Police Lt. Harry L. Quinn and Cpl. Paul W. Mossburg reported the eastbound sedan could not avoid the pedestrian. no charges were filed.
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Frederick
West Seventh Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Charles Harrison Miller
Ciyt
Miller
Harold Miller
Fort Detrick
Harry L. Quinn
Paul, W. Mossburg
Soviets Launch Triple Satellite In Cosmos Test
Moscow report says the Soviet Union launched three uncrewed satellites with a single rocket in the Cosmos space series begun in 1962. Tass said the satellites remain in near orbits around the Earth, completing a revolution every 106 minutes.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Myersville Water Shut Off For Six Hours
Myersville will lack water service from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday while workers connect a new water line as part of a $134,000 city project. Mayor Gilbert Stroup notes the shutoff affects the town during the ongoing program that includes a holding pond intake main pumping station filtration plant force mains and supply mains.
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Myersville
Gilbert Stroup
Khrushchev Surfaces in Public After Five Months Away
In Moscow Nikita Khrushchev appeared publicly for the first time since his removal, voting near the Kremlin then leaving with his wife. About a hundred Russians witnessed the event as he looked fit and cheerful amid aging health concerns, greeting onlookers with a brief thank you.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Tawes Proposes 7.7 Million State Spending Boost
Annapolis Gov. Tawes plans a supplemental general fund budget of about 7.7 million, including nearly 1 million for State Police retirement benefits and raises. The move aims to keep taxes off while lifting operations beyond 765 million next fiscal year. It adds 2.1 million for handicapped schools aid and shifts 1,230 retirement subsidy into salary for police.
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Annapolis
Tawes
Maryland
General Assembly
New Proposal To Be Outlined LBJ To Address Congress Tonight
President Johnson will address a joint session at 9 p.m. EST to outline voting rights proposals and discuss other matters. White House said the bill aims to guarantee the most basic political right, the right to vote, for all Americans. Demonstrations for federal intervention in Selma continued as civil rights groups held a large Lafayette Park rally. Johnson met with Alabama Governor George C. Wallace, stressing the need to protect Negro citizens denied registration. He asserted the goal to enable all citizens to choose their leaders and warned that denying this right is denying democracy. Televisions networks will carry the speech, following a State of the Union similar appearance ten weeks earlier.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
White House
Senate
House
Capitol Hill
Executive Mansion
Selma
Ala
Lafayette Park
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Rose Garden
Auto Jumps Curb Police Charge Man
An East Coast Relay Station man, Don R. Smith, 24, was charged with three violations after his car jumped the curb, struck a light post, and damaged property on West Thirteenth Street. Police cited failure to secure a new registration, driving without a license, and driving at a speed greater than reasonable. The incident damaged Smiths 1957 sedan, the light pole, and a lawn, with total damages around 700 dollars. Sgt. John B. Wheeldon investigated.
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Don R. Smith
Smith
West Thirteenth Street
Motter Avenue
Oscar Keyser
Fairview Avenue
John B. Wheeldon
Ft. Detrick
Park Avenue
Terry W. Hanson
Ralph H. Blank
RFD
Frederick
Blank’sear
John R. Rosinsky
Hanson
Blank
Rosinsky
Donald L. Travis
Steel Talks Resume in Pittsburgh as Talks Reopen
Basic steel contract talks resume in Pittsburgh after a weekend recess with hopes to shift focus from local problems to broader issues of wages and job security. U S Steel Corp and United Steelworkers Union meet in four groups to discuss plant grievances at sites producing heavy products wire tubes sheet and iron. Other major firms echo local concerns as well.
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Pittsburgh
Basic Steel
Hopefu
U.S. Steel Corp
United Steelworkers Union
U.S. Steel
Johnsons Health OK
A team of four doctors assured President Johnson his general health is excellent. They discussed exercise and scheduled relaxation days. Tests and a 1955 heart injury reading were normal along with other examinations. The White House physicians were joined by Mayo Clinic and Emory University specialists.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
George G. Barkley
James M. Young
James Cain
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minn
J. Willis Hurst
Emory University
Atlanta
Best Raid Against Reds N Viet Ammo Depot Bombed By U S Planes
U S air and naval forces hit Phu Qui ammunition depot 109 miles south of Hanoi with about 100 planes. 30 buildings storing ordnance were destroyed as pilots reported numerous secondary explosions and minimal ground-fire losses. The raid targeted the Ho Chi Minh trail and involved two-thirds Navy and one-third Air Force.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Hal S. Price
2Nd Air Division
Phu Qui
U.S. Navy
Price
Laos
U.S
Mountain Climbers Die In Fall On Mt Washington
A 1963 Mt Everest expedition climber Daniel Doody of North Branford Conn and Craig Merribue of Cambridge Mass died after slipping at about 5100 feet on Mt Washington. They fell roughly 1000 feet as a doctor tried to aid Merribue.
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Doody
Merribue
China Opens Word Attack On Russia
Tokyo AP reports Beijing accuses Moscow of being under the thumb of U S imperialism in an editorial on March 4 suppression of a protest by Chinese and North Vietnamese students at the U S Embassy in Moscow. The Peking paper condemned Soviet actions as fawning on U S imperialism and using force against anti U S demonstrators. It called the crackdown unprecedented in broad daylight and alleged political persecution of wounded students.
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Tokyo
China
U.S
Peking People's Daily
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Peking
Soviet Union
United States
New York Stock Market Advances in Early Trading
The New York stock market moved higher in early trading as major indices show gains. Traders assess earnings reports and economic indicators while reacting to overnight developments and investor sentiment.
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New York
Memorial service for Rev. Reeb draws 300 in Frederick
About 300 Frederick residents attended a courthouse park memorial for Rev. James J. Reeb of Boston who died from injuries suffered in Selma Alabama amid race protests. Local clergy spoke on dignity and unity as Rabbi Kosman led a Psalm tribute.
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Reeb
Ministers Halted in Selma March for Slain Clergyman
Sheriff James G. Clark assumed control of a Selma street and barred about 500 ministers and clergy from marching to a courthouse memorial service for Rev. James J. Reed, the Boston minister fatally clubbed in Selma. Deputies blocked the five abreast line as state troopers waited nearby. City officials later arrived and said no arrests would be made, urging the crowd to return to church. The march was halted after leaders accused authorities of limiting routes and faith with an offer to use a stadium being declined. A church service was scheduled for the afternoon as nationwide memorials continued for Reed.
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Selma
Ala
James G. Clark
James J. Reed
Boston
Wilson Baker
Baker
Clark
Camden
Negro Housing
Reed
Witness Saw No Violence In March Riot
In U S District Court, state trooper photographer Roy Smith testified he did not see troopers beat any Negroes during the Selma march incident on March 7. He noted he was filming with a camera, so his view was limited, and he acknowledged the film was being processed. He also said he picked up a tear gas grenade but did not throw it.
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Montgomery
Ala
U.S District Court
Selma
Roy Smith
Smith
James G. Clark
Albert J. Lingo
Lingo
Clark
Selma-Montgomery
Peter Hall
Hall
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