County Commissioners Cut $100,000 From School Budget
Frederick County officials announced a balanced $9,215,789 budget with a $2.14 tax rate after trimming $100,000 from the school budget. The reductions totaled about $250,000 across departments including planning, welfare, aging services, and civil defense, with specific cuts to capital outlays and personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Planning Commission
Children's Aid Society
Fredericks Memorial Hospital
Frederick
Ox Fibre Brush Co sale approved by stockholders
Stockholders of the Ox Fibre Brush Company voted to sell the company's assets to Pro-Phy-Lac-Tic Brush Co of Boston for 5,058,000 dollars. The sale, proposed by management, was approved by 68,002 shares to 7,754, with finalization expected after attorney review later this month. Frederick D. Countiss opposed the sale, citing the price and uncertain plant future.
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Ox Fibre Brush Company
Pro-Phy-Lac-Tic Brush Co
Boston
Mass
Frederick W. Weitzel
Oxco
Weitzel
Ox Fibre
Frederick D. Countiss
Chicago
Ill
Frederick
Job Corps Youths Demonstrate Fitness for Vice President
Twelve members of the Catoc tin Job Corps Camp near Thurmont gave an exercise display for Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey in Washington. The youths showed various feats at 1:15 p.m. in the Colonial Room of the International Inn, led by Sgt. Sam Griffiths, with routines focusing on barbell work.
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Catoctin
Thurmont
Hubert H. Humphrey
Washington
International Inn
Set
Sam Griffiths
Job Corps
Summer Weather Persists In Frederick Area
Unseasonably warm weather continues in Frederick with highs around the mid 80s to mid 90s and a cooling trend expected later in the week. Yesterday reached 87 degrees with a 59 degree overnight low. winds from the southwest at 10 to 15 mph. month precipitation at 0.08 inches versus normal May 3.60 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Bermudas
U S Planes Hit North Viet Nam Targets
In Saigon AP report US and Vietnamese squadrons totaling 113 planes struck communist North Viet Nam. The barracks area at Vinh Ginh served as the main target in the operation.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Vinh Ginh
Governor Signs Bond Bill For Frederick County Schools
Gov. J Millard Tawes signs multiple laws authorizing Frederick County to borrow up to 5 million dollars for school construction over three years. A School Building Commission will study equipment and costs and report to the county and board of education. The bond funds target Governor Thomas Johnson School, a Thurmont Emmitsburg high school, and a Middletown Valley elementary school.
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Frederick County
Annapolis
J. Millard Tawes
Board of Education
Governor Thomas Johnson
Frederick
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Middletown Valley
County Liquor License Commissioner
del. Goodloe E. Byron
Troopers To Testify In CR Murder Case
In Hayneville Alabama two state troopers who found the body of civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo are set to testify as a Ku Klux Klan murder trial moves forward. Prosecutors expect Trooper Thomas McGehee or Trooper Henry Burgess to be first witnesses after a jury is chosen. The officers rushed to the crash site on U.S. 80 following Liuzzo’s death on March 25.
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Hayneville
Ala
Carlton Perdue
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Thomas E. Mc
Delinquents Take Over Gov Tawes Signs Bill Closing Cullen Hospital
Gov J Millard Tawes signed a broad bills package including permission to convert Cullen Hospital Sabillasville into a delinquent boys training school. All patients will move to other facilities by July 1 with staff reassigned or kept at Cullen.
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Gov. Tawes
Cullen Hospital
Victor Cullen Hospital
J. Millard Tawes
Tawes
Sabillasville
Department of Public Welfare
Cullen
Quake Toll Rising as El Salvador Quakes Hit
San Salvador and surrounding areas evacuated as earth shocks continued. Death toll reports ranged from 43 to 150 with about 300 injured. Government declares state of emergency and initiates typhoid vaccinations in hardest hit zones. U S Ambassador Raul Castro’s official residence sustained about 35000 in damage.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
U.S
Raul Castro
Castro
Tucson
Ariz
Panama Canal Zone
Shakeup in South Viet Nam High Command Rumored
Reports from Saigon say the Armed Forces Council may be dissolved and a civilian defense minister appointed to replace Maj. Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu. Coup rumors circulated as armored vehicles appeared around key sites. insiders warned no immediate danger. US Marines launched an offensive six miles southwest of Da Nang Air Base, with two Marines wounded and heavy Viet Cong contact reported.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Armed Forces Council
Nguyen van Thieu
da Nang Air Base
Nuns Vow Fight Church Over Shelter For Animals
Victoria BC AP Mother Cecilia Mary and five nuns face a choice between vows and running the Good Shepherd Animal Shelter housing about 120 dogs cats birds and a goat. Church deadline today after complaints about noise and devotions to animals.
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Victoria
B.C
Cecilia Mary
Good Shepherd
Cecilia
Order of the Sisters of the Love of Jesus
Mother Cecilia
St. Mary’s Priory
Maryland Acts Ban Racial Hiring Bias and Sets New Auto Rules
Gov. Tawes signed 328 bills including a fair employment act banning racial discrimination in hiring for firms with 100 or more workers, and a plan requiring annual inspections of used cars titled in Maryland after Jan 1. The primary election date shifts from May to September.
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Annapolis
Tawes
Maryland
Senate
House
State Police
Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles
George E. Snyder
D-Washington
Knife Victim Died of Lung Collapse at Legion Stabbing
George B Barnes Jr 25 died from a collapsed lung after a Sunday night stabbing at the William P Larkin American Legion Post in Frederick. Police detained Charles Edward Hoy 24 of RFD 4 Mr Airy on a murder charge, after the 10 30 p m incident. Autopsy counted 13 knife wounds. Barnes died 11 45 p m at Frederic Memorial Hospital. Autopsy performed Monday. General Motors weak in irregularly higher market.
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George B. Barnes Jr
William P. Larkin
American Legion Post
Robert Furie
Frederic Memorial Hospital
Barnes
Carver Apartments
Fredericks County
Charles Edward Hoy
RFD
Airy
Hoy
Legion Home
South Bentz Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
President Seeks Cash Immediately to Back Viet Nam and Dominican Actions
President Johnson urged Congress to approve an extra 700 million dollars to support U S operations in Viet Nam and the Dominican Republic. He spoke to members of key committees in the White House East Room, vowing Firm commitment despite costs, and warned of continued pressure on North Vietnam and communist elements in the Dominican crisis. The White House pressed for swift testimony and action with Republicans signaling willingness to fund military needs, as Johnson cited possible revolutions elsewhere and emphasized plans for interim government and free elections in the Dominican Republic.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
United States
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
House
Senate Foreign Affairs, Armed Services and Appropriations
White House
Texas
Juan Bosch
Organization of American States
Rep
L Mendel Rivers
D.C
House Armed Services Committee
Rivers
State Police Open House Planned for Sunday
State Police will hold an open house Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m. during National Police Week. Lt. Samuel R. Dorsey says the barracks will be open for public inspection with troopers available to explain equipment such as radar, breathalyzer, polygraph devices, photography and fingerprint tools. City Police Chief Charles V. Main said no special open house is planned, but the North Market Street headquarters are open to the public any day.
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Samuel R. Dorsey
Charles V. Main
North Market Street
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Montgomery County
North Viet
Santo Domingo
OAS
Welfare Department
John A. Derr
R-Fred
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Derr
Del
Charles E. Collins
D-Fred
Collins
Sen. Derr
U. S
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New York
General Motors
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