16 Jan 1962
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1962
Page
1
The city mayor criticizes the probe into MELP finances while MELP head claims industrial users save. The disputed chart compares 1954 to 1965 figures labeled net income and accuses Potomac Edison of shielding the chamber. Citizens demand public correction and detailed explanations from the chamber committee.
City Auditor Baker criticized the Chamber fact-finding panel over its chart on city light plan estimates. He questioned who prepared the chart and argued figures from a 1954 Burns & McDonnell report were misrepresented as net revenue. Chamber members defended their work while pressing for full public disclosure and independent engineering guidance.
Mrs Shank of Cearfoss region dies. Survived by husband David G Shank and two foster children plus siblings across Chambersburg Maugansville Hagerstown and Greencastle. Funeral at Mennonite Church Greencastle with burial beside the church cemetery. Donations to charity urged. William H Red of Reading dies after hospitalization. mother Loretta Vairehid among survivors.
AP dispatches describe a stormy day in Maryland with high winds and lightning causing scattered damage. Voters consider candidates as Governor Tawes and Mahoney face off. Hume says he will not drop out to avoid a party split. Local officials report weather effects on events and liquor sale controls during the day.
The Nor folk and Western Railway merger moves toward Interstate Commerce Commission review after Central Pacific and Pennsylvania Rail merge agreement. Nickel Plate Wabash and Akron Canton and Youngstown join the N and W plan while Pennsylvanian lines insist they are not strong competitors at interchange points in Ohio and Virginia. The UN says Tanganyika Kenya and Usanda edge toward economic integration with shared tax systems and currency freedom.
Edward J. Powers reported a shortage of 21,000 at Salisbury Farmers and Merchants Bank. Anne Savage, 44, of Salisbury, charged with violation of the Federal Reserve Act. Bond set at 1,000 as a preliminary hearing is scheduled in U.S. District Court Baltimore.
Washington AP Kennedy laments failure to reach a Soviet test ban as the biggest disappointment of his first year. He cites unity among Western allies and Latin America as a bright note, while calling for quick steel industry agreement and signaling broader policy aims from Laos to civil rights. A second item notes license suspension for James R. Crabtree for one month.
AP TV-Radio writer Cynthia Lowry reports on major shifts in the daytime serial Secret Storm. Peter Hobbs announces his departure after eight years playing Petey Ames, prompting CBS to reshuffle casting and send the character to a remote setting while NBC and CHS coordinate a replacement and storyline wrap.
Governor Tawes forecast Maryland school enrollments could double over the next 10 to 12 years from kindergarten through college. He cited rising education budgets, broadened facilities, and higher faculty salaries as signs of policy aimed at matching student growth with more classrooms libraries and equipment at five state teachers colleges.
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