Reapportionment Debate Presses Maryland Lawmakers
The Maryland General Assembly faces a reapportionment crisis as Frederick County fears diminished influence. Proposals consider expanding Senate seats to 47 with each county guaranteed representation, arguing a larger body better reflects population shifts since 1940 and postwar growth. The piece blames the legislature for failing to act, inviting Supreme Court intervention.
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House of Delegates
Montgomery
Prince Georges
Frederick County
Gates
Frederick
Supreme Court
State Senate
Baltimore City
Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
Seeding Fogs Could Clear Airports This Winter
The article notes United Airlines used dry ice cloud seeding in Salt Lake City on 14 occasions, enabling 30 flights with over 700 passengers. Plans to seed Northwest airports this winter aim to keep air traffic moving in dense superfog. The piece questions how to also clear highways for safe motor travel.
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United Air Lines
Salt Lake City
Northwest
Castro warns on using Soviet missiles in Cuba crisis
Fidel Castro told The New York Times Cuban forces control 1962 Soviet surface to air missiles and Cuban crews are trained to use them if needed against U S U 2 reconnaissance planes. He said Cuba would not shoot first but could act if necessary and warned of U S retaliation if missiles are used.
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United States
Fidel Castro
New York Times
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Castro
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Khrushchev
Soviet Communist Party
Administration eyes tax repeal to boost 1965 economy
The plan to repeal or reduce excise taxes aims to spur business through 1965 and 1966 amid a possible downturn. Officials warn of budget balancing delays, rising state local taxes, wage costs, and potential inflation, while defense savings offset social program spending.
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Washington
Dillon
Senate Finance Committee
White House
Middle-aged man: the Forgotten American in need of aid
A Berry’s World column laments that while governments protect children the elderly and other groups, the middle-aged person is left without robust protections from Congress state legislatures or city governments, deeming him the forgotten man in need.
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Sam
America
Congress
The Poor Man's Philosopher Passes Unnoticed
The middle aged man, ignored by society, politics, and culture, evades national honor as no day or statue marks him. Doctors and tax collectors alone notice him. government attempts to aid him seem futile, save for a potential pill that never arrives. Swan navigates this solitary path.
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Harvard
Walker sVille to gain electric current line
Fifty Years Ago items note Walkeraville may receive electric service if business justifies extending the Hagerstown and Frederick Railway to the town. Other items report a Russian army setback to German forces under Von Hindenburg and Mr Asa Pearl slaughtering hogs totaling 1,164 pounds. A marathon is planned for Thanksgiving morning with about a dozen runners expected to jog to Jug Bridge and back.
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Walkersville
Hagerstown and Frederick
Walkeraville
von Hindenberg
Y.M.C
Jug Bridge
Officials discuss covert U S plans to strike North Vietnam and China
A Secret briefing by a U S official explored a possible war plan targeting North Vietnam and Red China. It outlined airfields supply routes and ports with reactions about China's potential response and broader fears of a nuclear arms spread.
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U. S
U.S
North
Viet Nam
United States
China
Northwest
Korea
Manchuria
Mao Tse-tung
Washington
City Hall to Get Window Washing and Janitorial Service
Frederick city officials plan to hire a janitorial service to wash City Hall windows four times yearly, possibly starting in December. The remodeled building has been called one of the dirtiest in the county, with poor maintenance and a frequently abused public rest room on the north side.
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Frederick
City Hall
Frederick County
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