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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1961
Page
16
The Maryland House accepted the report and will bring the bill to a roll call vote on passage. The session again faced a tough civil rights question as lawmakers voted down on a voice vote a bill requiring hotels and restaurants to serve all patrons.
The Maryland Legislature sent a $520 million state budget to Gov. Tawes covering operations in the coming fiscal year starting July 1. The package advances pending bills but defers pay raises and some tax measures until the budget is signed. The James plan adds aid to local governments to $9.30 million while sales tax changes remain under discussion. Reapportionment and a constitutional convention bill also surface, with debate continuing in both chambers.
A chlorine gas leak aboard the S S Frances while unloading 15 cylindrical tanks sent 73 to 100 workers to area hospitals in Baltimore. Captain Curtis S. Olson said the tank was nearly full though claimed empty. Tanks were brought from Ponce Puerto Rico after trips to New York and Philadelphia.
Hagerstown elects Mayor Winslow F. Burhans to a third consecutive term with 5013 votes against Republican Walter M. Daniels 4523. Incumbents Funkhousler and Vorous win re election. New council members include William Baker Cordell and Oscar W. Spigie. Leonard W. Carlin and Katherine H Bentz lose. First time a Negro and a woman ran for city office. Voter turnout total 9536.
The United Nations announced a relief airlift for the Congo’s Oriental Province as a response to economic hardship. Voters in Leopoldville hold 53 percent of the city’s registered voters amid a Congo River shipping discussion.
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