Mayor Opposes Potomac Dam Threat To 50 Brunswick Homes
Mayor James E. Cummings warned that a high level Potomac dam could flood at least 50 Brunswick residences. Speaking at Antietam during a regional conservation parley led by Congressman Charles Mathias, Cummings joined several local groups in opposing the Seneca dam. The meeting drew about 150 attendees and featured residents and cabin owners from Seneca voicing objections to dam plans and government plans to convert the area into a public picnic site.
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Potomac
Brunswick
James E. Cummings
Cummings
Frederick County Fish and Game Protective Association
Antietam
Seneca
U.S
Charles McC. Mathias
Frederick
Antietam Battlefield
Sharpsburg
Mathias
District of Columbia
Potomac River
Paul Rhoades
Frederick Fish and Game Protective Association
Julien Delphey
Charles Troxell
Department of Interior
Maryland Bay Bridge Bill Advances Amid Amendments
In Annapolis the administration pushed to move the Maryland Tunnel Bridge bill toward passage. Amendments authorize a parallel 74 million dollar Chesapeake Bay Bridge and set plans for a second Baltimore Harbor Tunnel plus studies for Bay bridges in Baltimore County Kent County and Calvert Dorchester counties. The amendments passed 65 to 59 after a previous 63 to 61 vote.
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Annapolis
State Roads Commission
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore Harbor
Baltimore County
Kent County
Calvert
Dorchester
W. Dale Hess
Darford
Ways Means Committee
Roy N. Staten
D-Balto County
Baltimore-Kent County
Calvert - Dorchester County
Maryland Senate to Act on Record Budget of 767 Million
Annapolis AP Swift Senate action was expected to enact and send to Gov Tawes a state operating budget of 767 million dollars, the largest in Maryland history by 61 million. The House approved 124-2, with a protest over a 1.09 million cut for a statewide educational television network.
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Annapolis
Senate
Tawes
Maryland
House
Harry R. Hughes
Caroline
Senate Finance Committee
Maryland Academy of Sciences
Baltimore
George Hocker
Breweries
Gov. Tawes
Inches Expected Spring Sneaks In With Snow Job
Spring arrives in Frederick County at 3 05 pm with four inches of snow, 30 degree temperatures, and 15 to 30 mph winds. Western Maryland totals run 15 8 inches for the winter, far below normal, as officials note slippery patches on mountains and bridges but otherwise light trouble.
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Frederick County
Maryland
Associated Press
Frederick Barracks
Frederick- Hagerstown
Weather Bureau
Friendship International
State Roads Commission
Walkersville Seeks State Title In Class B Final
Walkersville High School aims for its third state crown in Class B basketball meeting Somerset High School in College Park at Cole Field House. Led by Gordon Smith the Lions start Mike Trout Ken Snoots Ralph Whitmore and Vaughn Zimmerman.
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Walkersville High School
Somerset High School
College Park
Maryland
Lions
Gordon Smith
Somerset
Cole Field House
Bill Talley
Walkersville
Smith
Mike Trout
Ken Snoots
Ralph Whitmore
Vaughn Zimmerman
Frederick Liquor Bill Becomes Law Amid Dry Districts
Frederick County adopts a liberalized liquor bill to allow liquor by the drink in hotels and restaurants with a $20 000 valuation, $1 500 annual fee, 50 seating capacity, full meals twice daily, and required audits though 10 of 26 election districts remain dry. The six districts ban alcohol and four allow beer only.
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Millard Eiler
Frederick County
House of Delegates
Senate
Catoctin
Hanvers
Jackson
Linganore
Ballenger
Tustarora
Middletown
Jefferson
Johnsville
Burkittsville
John A. Derr
Tricts
Catoctin Mountain
Frederick Chamber of Commerce First U S charter
The Frederick Chamber of Commerce holds the first charter granted by the national Chamber of Commerce in the United States. Delegates including D. John Markey and Holmes D. Baker attended a 1912 Washington conference called by President Taft. The charter issued May 8 marked the birth of a nationwide business body, now a 400-member local chamber pursuing growth.
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Frederick
William Howard Taft
Boards of Trade
Washington
D. John Markey
Holmes D. Baker
Lewis Motter
E. E. Osborne
James Gambrill Sr
John
Newman
United States
National Chamber
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
Guns On Potomac Ruling Made
ANNAPOLIS AP T. R. Samsell chief of the West Virginia game and fish division has agreed Marylanders will not need a non resident license to carry guns to their boats in the Potomac River
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Annapolis (Ap
T. R. Samsell
West Virginia Game and Fish Division
Racial Violence Feared During 50 Mile March
A AP dispatch reports that regular Army troops were alerted to protect civil rights marchers on a 50 mile Selma to Montgomery march. Johnson federalized Alabama National Guard amid fears of domestic violence. The plan included possible use of federal troops and guardsmen to ensure safety.
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Selma
Ala
Montgomery
Maxwell Air Force Base
Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Alabama National Guard
George E. Reedy
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Reedy
Secretary of Defense
United States
Wallace
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Army
Air National Guard
National Guard Bureau
Washington
Army Guard
Air Guard
Martin Luther King Jr
Vandals Strike News Rack Again in Frederick
Vandals attempted to break into the coin box of a News-Post paper rack on North Court Street but failed. The second theft of the week, the rack and its papers were later found in an alley beside All Saints Episcopal Church on West Church Street. Police noted marks on the box indicating a coin box break attempt and some change remained.
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News-Post
North Court Street
All Saints Episcopal Church
West Church Street
Frederick
Market Street
Independent Hose Company
United Fire Company
Kresge
Joe Stone
Independents
Viet Police Halt Plot To Bomb U S Embassy Saigon
Viet Cong agents on a scooter truck rigged with 25 pounds of explosive tried to reach the U S Embassy in Saigon. Police intercepted the three wheeler several miles away and defused the device. the two suspects were arrested.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
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LBJ
Alabama Guard
Potomac Dam
George Evans
George Kline
David Meadows
K. R. Bromfield
W. D. Foster
Monocacy Canoe Club
Walter A. McKinney
Dalhart
Texas
Montgomery County
RTH
Frederick Park
Snow Job
Bowe
Sre Dore Tray
J Rolfe Castleman
Local Chamber of Commerce
West
Patrick Street
J. Rolfe Castleman
G. Maynard Summers
WFMD
North Market
Seventh Streets
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