County committee weighs tobacco tax to fund school improvements
Six of eight committee members meet in the Court House to consider a one cent tobacco tax as an alternative funding method if sales tax rises prove unlikely. Officials reiterate they will not raise real or personal property taxes to meet school costs, and discuss equitable taxation for cigarettes, pipes, and cigars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners
Court House
E. Earl Remsberg
Harry Zentz
The
Grange
Randall Garst
Farm Bureau
Nelson Strathern
William B. Leichert
Donald B. Rice
Bruce E. Crum
Elmer J. Eshleman
Delbert S. Null
A. Irvin Renn
C. Burton Cannon
New Lines Under Construction Across The Territory
IPE Building reports ongoing construction and expansion across the territory as new industries and major projects, including a 75,000 kilowatt unit at the R Paul Smith plant, prepare to come online by late 1957. The report notes progress, storm-period resilience, and a growing power load, with governance and local map updates as part of the broader development push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K.paul Smith
Potomac Edison Company
Francis Scott Key
R. Paul Smith
Braddock Heights
Water Company
Park
Thurmont
Union Bridge
Evenus
Sir Cand Iti
Lehigh Portland Cement
Smith
Portland Cement
Freder
Ick County
Null
Annapolis
American Optical Company
Barie Tee
State Association of Equipment
S. Thompson
Donovan R
Supreme ContButler
Raymond E. Creager
Crete Products Company
Newbert B. Crothers
David K. Cushwa
Fred
Commissioners Association
State Roads Commission
Factfli
Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea Tops Hungary Best Seller List
Vienna reports Ernest Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea as Hungary’s best seller. The record highlights the novel’s top position in the Hungarian book market dated September 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Ernest Hemingway
Hungary
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IPE
Frederick
Washington
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Japan
John L. Creech
W. R. Walter
H. W. Price
J. Lee Rice Jr
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Hubert H. Schindel
D. E. Stultz
H. H. Startzman
John W. Morgan
G. Frank Thomas
Asa H. Watkins
F. D. Spofford
Galen C. Smith
A. R. Moss
J. McSherry
William Zerwick
Church of the Brethren
Inselude
Ruth Weybright Stauffer
Bridgewater College
Land
National Guard
115Th Inf
Nat'l Guard
Willard M. Horine
Better Homes Equip. Co
E. Patrick ST
Wall Raney Pareeht
Weil Brothers
Eoerikk Tropical Aquarium
Seark Aquariames
Cheetdam. & Belitayy
Vindobona
Skyline
Nuldeck Heights
Maryiy
William
West
Patrick Street
Hendrickson
Gohan
Kehne Furniture CO
South Market St. Woagment
Weil
DOG World
NEW Yorker
Blue Ridge News Agency
East Patrick St
Miller Bros
Dailey’s Funeral Home
N. Market Ss
Monocacy Village
the Modernaire
Duen Fha
Pecacy Village
Hamilton Homes, Inc
East Second Street
Agneanovox Televisio
White House
Magnavox
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