8000 Reds All Set To Leave Cuba
8000 Reds All Set To Leave Cuba continues as Fran Pago reports that up to 6,000 Soviet personnel may depart Cuba, with 17,000 troops currently on the island. Debate centers on whether weapons and missiles remain under Soviet control and how removal could affect Castro’s armament. Senate Armed Services plans a detailed Cuba briefing with Defense Secretary Taylor and the Chiefs of Staff. Cuban Senate President Manuel de Varona testifies that more than 17,000, perhaps up to 30,000, Soviet troops may still be in Cuba.
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Fran Pago
Kennedy
Fidel Castro
United States
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Artiaircraft
U.S
Senate
Armed Services Committee
Defense
Richard B. Russell
D-Gay
Robert §. Taylor
Daink Chiefs of Staff
Kenneth B. Keating
F. N.Y
Dean Rusk
Cuba
Manuel de Varona
House
Inter American Affairs
Three locals begin basic training at Fort Jackson Army center
Three local men Pvt Ronald L Smith Pvt James M Bollyer and Pvt Delmat L Head start basic combat training at Fort Jackson D C assigned to Company A 19th Battalion Infantry Training Center They learn physical conditioning traditions of the service character guidance the Armys role today squad tactics bayonet drill hand to hand combat and night fighting They train in marksmanship under simulated battle and crawl under five machine gun fire During week seven they camp in field conditions resembling a battle zone Graduation review before Fort Jacksons commanding general opens to parents and guests
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Ronald L. Smith
Earl W. Smith
Winter St
James M. Bollyer
James M. Bell
Hagerstown
Delmat L. Head
Henry Head
W. Washington St
Duriy Ue
Batila
Help For Aged Urged Again By President
President urges renewed aid for the elderly focusing on Social Security funded medical care. Proposals include a 13 dollar annual cost per employer, a 0.25 percent company tax on the first 95,200 of payroll, and income and health tax benefits for those over 65. Tax credits of 300 for seniors, expanded medical deductions, and new limits on grants to states plus third party payments for recipients needing assistance.
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Alderlyns
Area Deaths John H Kester and Angle Angle
Area death notices report John H Keefer of Mercersburg aged 96 dying at home. Surviving relatives include a daughter and three sons with 84 great grandchildren. Funeral at Welsh Run Brethren Church officiated by two ministers with interment beside the church. Viewing at Lininger Funeral Home in Mercersburg. Angle, a Greencastle cabinet maker and Brethren Church member, died in Waynesboro Hospital aged 0 years after illness. Survived by daughter and one grandson. Funeral from Minnich Funeral Home with burial at Shanks Church Cemetery. Flowers omitted per family request.
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John H. Keefer
Mercersburg
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Peter and
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If the Brethren
Golden Hornbaker
David Keefer
Cholon
Aaron
Mercer
Greencastle
Willy
Samuel
Lindsay
Wayne A. Nicarry
Shanks Church
Damily
Tawes And SRC Criticized For Lack Of Program
Annapolis AP report notes House minority leader sharply criticizes Gay and the State Roads Commission for not presenting a road program to the Maryland Legislature. Del Beall says SRC read from handouts and promised a program this year, while alleging a reneged pledge due to no tax increase. SRC requests face scrutiny as Ways and Means orders payroll and hiring review.
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State Roads Commission
Maryland
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R-Anes Gang
General Assembly
SRC
Allegany County
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Tawes Administration
Roads Commission
Committee Chairman Predicts Approval of Tawes' Redistricting Bill
In Annapolis Senator Frederick C. Markus Jr. predicted the administration redistricting bill would pass the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee. The plan creates a new district through central Maryland including Carroll Howard Anne Arundel and Calvert. The Maryland League of Women Voters condemned the bill as unacceptable and warned of a petition drive for a referendum if enacted.
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Frederick C. Markus Jr
D-Dorete
Senate
Judicial Proceedings Committee
Carroll
Howard
Markus
Baltimore
Councilman Opposes MELP Buyout Offer in City Debate
Council members debate the MELP issue after a $33.5 million estimate shows $4 million would remain after debt payoff. An offer from Potomac Edison to hire MELP workers at higher salaries was rejected. Councilman Cordell compares a PE buyout to a grocer taking over a rival market as engineers warned against monopoly risk. Potomac Edison executives note no rate hikes in 30 years but point to past rate cases and municipal plant acquisitions.
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Proinac Edison
Elss
Cordell
Hagerstown
Poucilmar
Charles Lyon
Potomac
Ven Coutry
Municipal Light
Biot Hearing Set As Statewide Group Backs Slot Ban
ANNAPOLIS AP. A public hearing is set for Thursday Feb 24 on the administrations bill to ban slot machines in Maryland. A citizens committee announced completion of a statewide organization to marshal public support for the measure. Del. Thomas Winter Lowe chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said the panel will hear arguments for and against the proposal at 10:30 a.m. in the house chamber. The effort aims to shape action in the final weeks of the 90 day session. The Maryland Committee for Abolition of Slot Machines reported county chairmen across 20 of 23 counties and Baltimore City, with directors named for seven congressional districts. The lineup includes district and county leaders across the Eastern Shore and other regions. some counties have yet to designate chairs.
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Bressman
Baltimore
League of Women Voters
Herbilisj
Marvin Manuel
Baltic Factorn
Gordon Boone Wheatley
Baltimore County
Senate
Boone
House of Delegates
House
Gay
Dawes
Chamberhat
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Maryland
Citizens Committee
Tawes
Thomas Winter Lowe
D- Talbot
House Judiciary Committee
Frank W. Wilde
Maryland Committee For Abolition
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Walter J. Addis
Salisbury
Maryland Committee On
Worcester
Robert Westfall
Pocomoke City
Prayer for UN leaders by Agnes Scott College president emeritus
James Ross McCain of Decatur Ga president emeritus Agnes Scott College offers a prayer asking God to guide United Nations leaders with righteousness and peace, warning that nations without divine will drift into confusion.
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United Nations
James Ross McCain
Decatur, Ga
Agnes Scott College
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