Grand Jury Urges Closure of County Home in Westminster
The retiring Carroll County grand jury calls the three story Bishop Street home obsolete and inadequate and questions prolonging operation. It notes the home houses fifteen elderly residents at about 21000 a year, predating the Civil War. The panel also warns of welfare fraud concerns, illegitimacy cases, and jail facility needs, with Walter H. Weasel listed as foreman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Grand Jury
Bishop Street
Westminster
Poor House
Demo . Carros
County Welfare Board
Walter H. Weasel
County Agent Reports on Dairy Testing Programs in Frederick County
Frederick County dairymen have four testing programs for milk and herd records DHIA DHI R and Owner Sampler 05 used by 214 enrolled herds totaling about 12 000 cows monthly The programs aim to improve culling feeding and breeding through tested production and fat content data While state and national averages vary most cows remain unenrolled prompting outreach to expand testing nationwide campaigns noted by aging items and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth E. Shifflet
Frederick County
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
DHIA
Dairy Herd Improvement Registry
DHIR
Breed Association
Senice and
New deer scare trials show promising results in Maryland region
Biologists report several booby trap experiment areas in Washington County and on the Eastern Shore produced excellent results. Further testing is expected as deer damage remains severe due to overpopulation, though the new approach proves effective where issues are acute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Booby Traps Aimed At Deer In Maryland Fields
Maryland farmers face rising crop damage from deer in western regions and the Eastern Shore. Researchers test animal booby traps using explosive devices on poles with trip wires to scare deer from orchards and fields while warning signs protect landowners. The project led by Dr Vagn Figger and Theodore Thorig seeks to curb crop loss through nonlethal deterrents as antlerless seasons struggle to reduce populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Maryland
Free State
Maryland Game and Inland Fish Commission
Vagn Figger
Natural Resources Institute
University of Maryland
Theodore Thorig
Missile tests cap Ethan Allen Polaris launch trio
Cape Canaveral reports the nuclear submarine Ethan Allen successfully fired three A2 Polaris missiles from beneath the Atlantic Ocean near Grand Bahama Island. The launches occurred at 9:02 am, 10:30 am, and noon, with all missiles reaching a range over 1,500 miles toward Antigua. The vessel remains five-for-five in test firings since arrival last month, with plans for additional A2 launches before early 1962 operational date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antigua
Grand Bahama Island
Cape Canaveral
Ethan Allen
Allen
Four Cars Caboose Derail From Freight Near Hyndman
HYNDMAN Pa AP four cars and a caboose of an eastbound freight derailed near this town injuring two crewmen. Conductor Jesse W Laugherty 43 and flagman Michael P Rulli 53 of Connelsville were treated at Cumberland Memorial Hospital for cuts and bruises and listed in good condition. Train known as Eastbound Timesaver was en route from Chicago to New York. Track rerouted with no delay to other runs. authorities anticipated clearance within hours. INDUCTED INTO FRATERNITY John P O Hehir inducted into Alpha Rho Chapter Lambda Iota Tau at Mt Saint Marys College Emeritsburg according to the Dean of Studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyndman, Pa
Ib & O
Pennsylvania
Jesse W. Laugherty
Michael P. Rulli
Connelsville
Cumberland
Memorial Hospital
Forest deer herds to be reduced to fit land carrying capacity
In the long run the deer population must be trimmed to match forest land carrying capacity. Hunting both sexes is cited as the most effective control method in states facing similar problems.
433 Students Make Honor List at Maryland in 1960 61
433 University of Maryland students earned the academic honor list for the 1960 61 year. President Wilson H. Elsing announced the honors at a College Park convocation marking the Morrill Act centennial. Eric A. Walker of Penn State spoke on land grant colleges expanding access and research in American higher education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
University of Maryland
Wilson H. Elsing
Maryland Agricultural College
Eric A. Walker
Pennsylvania State University
Walker
America
Honor students named in The News Frederick MD 1961
The News lists honor students Alice Linton Patricia Messer and Georgia Boyer from Middletown Frederick and Frederick nursing graduate. Secret of Labor Goldberg commends Congress for Public Law 87 391 protecting civilian job rights for up to four years for those in military service. The amendment clarifies reentry rights and removes prior service counting toward the four year limit. It also eases prerequisites for leave requests during fitness examinations and ensures temporary employment during preinduction reviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice V. Linton
Middletown
Patricia L. Messer
RFD
Frederick
Georgia M. Boyer
North Market Street
Congress
Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
Joseph W. Hall
U.S. Labor Department
Bureau of Veterans
Hall
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