Maryland House Passes 14 Cent Sales Tax Bill
The Maryland House sent a 14 cent sales tax bill to the governor after voting 111 to 9 in favor and 82 to 7 for a repeat attempt. The session also advanced the Baltimore City tax measure granting new taxing powers while excluding buses and certain commercial vehicles from city taxes. An adjournment followed as lawmakers faced welfare and road funding decisions and other local measures.
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Baltimore
Baltimore City
Thomas D'Alesandro
Reeves
Montgomery
Maryland
Board of Public Works
House
Delegate Reeves
Senate
Roads Commission
Bayside Park
Baltimore County
Maryland Tobacco Authority
Government panel proposes new corporation to manage foreign aid
Washington November 7 a special House Committee recommends establishing a government corporation to handle foreign aid. It would screen requests direct aid purchases and ensure aid reaches intended recipients while protecting the U.S. economy. Five specific steps urge recipient nations to boost production and trade, limit new authority, and foster private initiative.
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Washington
House
United States
Rep ' Herter
R-Mass
Senate
Herter
Congress
Amish farmer awarded five thousand dollars in damages
A Common Pleas Court jury in Wooster Ohio awarded 33-year-old Amish farmer Andrew J. Yoder $5,000 in damages for an alleged five-year social boycott by Helmuth District church officials. Judge Walter J. Mougey also issued an injunction stopping the boycott, which barred him from religious liberty and social or business relations. Yoder had transferred from Helmuth to the Bunker Hill District to enable auto ownership to care for his invalid daughter, defying Helmuth rules forbidding cars.
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Wooster
Andrew Yoder
Isaac Muller
Coumsun
Emanuel Wengered
John J Nistay
John J. Heim
Bisnop
Yoder
U.p
Common Pleas Court
Walter J. Mongey
Andrew J. Yoder
Mougey
Helmuth District
Bunker i Hill District
Helmuth Church
Funk Portrait To Be Hung In State House
Annapolis Md November 1977 J Frank Bauer former State Senator presented to Governor Lane two portraits of John B Funk Brunswick chief engineer and former Secretary of State. The portrait will hang in the Secretary of State office. Lane praised Funks public service and noted his future work in the Department of Public Works would benefit Marylanders.
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J Frank Bauer
Lane
John B Funk
Brunswick
Bauer
Funks
Legislative Council
Funk
Department of Public Works
Maryland
People's Service
Bertram
Portrait presented at ceremony with reception aboard State ship Potomac
Boone received the Governor E Darey Kenney portrait from the McDonough School of Art. a reception for Funk's relatives followed aboard the Potomac. Bauer introduced by J Tyson Lee of Frederick. The report also notes Anna Panuker becoming Romania's foreign minister in a cabinet shift, possibly the first woman to head the post, and a private school bus accident injuring six children in Silver Spring Maryland.
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E Darey Kenney
McDonough School
Funk
Potomac
Bauer
J. Tyson Lee
Frederick
Bucharest
Romania
Anna Panuker
New International Communist Information Bureau
Washington
Parsons’ Countryside Day School
Silver Spring
Two Juvenile Bad Men Hold Off Police in Night of Robberies
Two youths ages eight and ten led a nocturnal spree across Pelk County, stealing rifles and ammo, cash, and goods from a barber shop, hardware store, bar, and American Legion Club. They barricaded in a service station firing at property until dawn, leaving 90 bullet holes. jailed in Crookstown without charge.
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Youther
Fosston
Crookstown
Pelk
Torkel Knutson
Noted Gun Battle: Kids Take Shelter During Stoke Yard Standoff
A gas truck crash and a bemut gang ambush sparked a nighttime chase as residents armed for defense clashed with a posse. Police attempted to deploy a tear gas bomb but were met with gunfire. The youths fled to stockyards and a field before surrendering to authorities.
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Louie Peterson
Knutson
Vernon Espe
Unionville 4 H Club Holds November Meeting
The Unionville Boys 4 H Club met at the Unionville Community Hall on November 4. Kenneth Barker and Arthur Rhoderick presented a very interesting program before the meeting adjourned.
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Unionville
Kenneth Barker
Arthur Rhoderick
Martin Accident Near Bidie's Hill In Myersville
Mr and Mrs John Horiie, longtime Myersville residents, were injured in an automobile crash on the Middletown Myersville concrete road at Bidies Hill. They were taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital after their car left the highway and hit a tree. Authorities believe glare from an oncoming car caused the mishap.
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John Horiie
Myersville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Middletown
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