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THE MORNING HERALD, HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1961 1,000 View Meet Legislature OK's Civil Wai- Bill In Frederick Session By GEORGE BOWEN jsion pitch in Annapolis because FREDERICK (API A Mao'- federal troops had moved into the land Legislature passed its first i i. bill away from Annapolis in 100 aale al and a bnd had years Wednesday. swwl. Coy. Tawes promptly signed iti Hicks, although an eastern in a speedy piece of lawmakinj shoreman wncrc slavery existed, that had about 1,000 as or The 1861 ses- shaking their heads and sio eam lo an enforced in the National Guard Armoo i nion arl esl cd suf iiicient members of the legislature The bill authorizes the Frederick lo presence of a quorum.

County commissioners lo appropriate $2,500 for the next three Part of those proceedings werej reenacted this afternoon i the years lo the county's Civil SVarklimax coming when Amos Centennial Commission. Harper, acting as William Kil- It was the centennial commis- Sour, secretary of the Senate, was sion. in cooperation with the State marched out o( the armory by organization, that induced the leg! sotdicrs in federal blue uniforms. islature to come to Frederick lo The 1961 legislature then held a commemorate meetings of the regular session with 113 of Jhe 12.1 1861 General Assembly here. delegates and 2c out of 29 senators The transfer was ordered then in attendance.

The House first as a of "evident necessity" lo guard against passage ol an act ot secession. Gov.Thomas Holliday Hicks feared that Southern sympathy was reaching a seces- passed a resolution expressing the legislature's appreciation Frederick's hospitality. Then it whipped through the bill (or the centennial commission. SS Benefits Rules Eased Fire Deaths Mount In Md. Young Demo Dinner-Dance On March 18 The Jefferson-Jjckson.

dinner-dance being sponsored by the Young Democrats will be deld the evening of Saturday, March 18, at the Franklin Court auditorium. The committee on arrangements fixed the date at a meet- Ing Tuesday and announced that plans call for a speaker of national recognition. The banquet served promptly at 6:30 o'clock and will be followed by the speak ing, a social hour and then dancing until midnight. Tickets will be available within the week. Burton Hoffman and Mrs.

Peggy Oiler head the ticket In a a 1961 more liberal! By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS rules on earnings by social sc-l The terrible loll of fire deaths curity beneficiaries went into in Maryland continues to mount, effect. The familiar $1,200 figure The latest victims were two remains the same but there the'youngsters injured in separate similarity ends. As before, earn-jtragedies. ings of $1,200 or less will be per- At a Baltimore hospital, burns milted without penalty. However, under the new rules, for each $2 earned from $1,200 to SI of the beneficiary's (or his family's) benefits will'be withheld.

For every $1 of earnings above $1,500, SI of benefits will be withheld. Family benefits are all a to the suffered Feb. 4 were fatal to Brenda Porter of Ferndale, 13-year-old only child of Mr. and Mrs. Ken- neUi Porter.

The Anne Arundel County girl was burned over. 70 per cent of her body when her robe ignited as she stood near a fireplace in the basement of her home. DOG I a a a 4-year-old a Shepherd, sits happily for a family portrait after coming home from a year of roaming in the Niagara Gorge, below Niagara Falls. The dog disappeared over the edge of the gorge and was presumed dead. Sons of Charles Tiller, Taucha's owner, make up the'welcome home committee.

Left to right are Matthew, 16 Paul, 16, and Roger, 11. (AP Wirephoto) beneficiary and his a i based ne Army Hospital at on the beneficiary's social ea de. 4-year-old Clyde Chase curily record. lied of burns he suffered Tuesday There will slill be no loss of a i at his home al Odenton, benefits in any in which neither wages of $100 are earned nor substantial services in self- employment rendered. Also no benefits will be withheld for any month the beneficiary is age 72 or over.

The earnings of a dependent or survivor of the affect only that person's benefits. All wages and net near the military base. His brother, Carroll Chase, 2, remained in serious condition at the Ft. Meade hospital cs a result of burns suffered in the fire. Two hotel fires were reported in Baltimore Wednesday, and two (em men suffered injuries in one of from self-employment must be included in computing earnings Howard 37.

occupant of room at the Maritime Hotel, and earnings the hotel's night manager, Rusbel! Margulis. fighting a 46, suffered blaze which to the room. They were on which to base deductions. member, however, investment! Mercy" income, savings, and pensions are not counted. bums In was con- For further information about earnings a retirement contact your social security office at 59 North Cannon Avenue.

There were no injuries in the blaze which was discovered in a room at the Mayfair Hotel. The flames were confined to the ceil ing between the fifth and sixth floors. No guests had lo be evau Mod. Pet Bird Lost MONTE CARLO 'API-Sir Win- Little ston Churchill's yellow ami black pet bird, Toby, is flitting some- Un eunesaa where among the trees of this seaside resort and Churchill is very upset. He offered a $30 reward.

Toby escaped when Churchill left his vacation hotel for lunch. STATE LINE DMVE-IN 'THEATRE NOW SHOWING 3 BIG PICTURES Box Office Opens 7:00 Show 7:30 "DESIRE IN THE DUST" "4-D MAN" "TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT" Free Ekctric Heaters For Every Car. Little change was noted in yesterday's weather, excepU that it was a few degrees cooler than Tuesday's high of 56. The mercury reached a high of 49 yes. terday, with a low of 32 early in the morning.

The reading stood at 44 degrees at 6 p.m., and at 39 degrees at 9 p.m.. as compared wilh 40 degrees the previous evening. Kennedy Warns Reds On Congo (Continued from Page 1) and other agricultural commodities slated for shipment to the United States. He also is looking into a $12-million shipment of Cuban molasses to this country, a transaction arranged by private interests. Kennedy said, "It has been my hope that transaction would not be consummated." invitation from King Hussein and Eisenhower's reply were pub- shed here Tuesday.

NOW SliMM MARYLAND low Doori Open UFI Continuoui 1:00 P.M. IrtLftJ UVbn. FEATURE AT 1:35 4:00 6:35 9:10 I I A A I --This candid photo of President Kennedy was taken at last night's news conference. The Chiel Executive opened hi? conference in the new State Departmenl auditorium with a warning to Russia against any one-sided in tervention. in the internal affairs of turmoil-riddea Congo.

(AP Wirephoto' lunger Riots TAIPEI, Formosa (API-Hungry farmers in three communes South China rioted Wednesday, ought with Communist guards and looted food depots, the Chinese Nationalist Central News Agency said. Red China admits icrious food shortages exist. AIR CONDITIONED ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) Th Montgomery County School Boar has voted 6-1 to plan two 1,09 pupil junior high schools Ih would be air conditioned and tually windowless. ii The onc-slory schools would I built near Prisoners 7 lee Guards Baltimore Three youthful prisoners from Maryland State Reforma- ry for Males escaped custody their guards yesterday after- ion while they were being ken to Baltimore Criminal ourt.

However, two of the escapees ere picked up in Baltimore icrtly after they fled. Capturec ere William H. Smith, 20; and dward W. Breilshwardt, oth of Baltimore. High And By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS High Low Pr Albany, clear Atlanta, cloudy Bismarck, cloudy Boston, clear Buffalo, snow Ihicago, clear Cincinnati, clear Cleveland, cloudy Denver, cloudy Des'Moines, cloudy Detroit, cloudy Fairbanks, Fort Worth, cloudy Honolulu, Indianapolis, clear Jacksonville, cloudy Juneau, Kansas City, cloudy Los Angeles, cloudy Memphis, cloudy Miami, clear Milwaukee, cloudy Still at large is Leonard Herd, 0, another Baltimore resident, 'he trio escaped at about 2 p.m.

GOING TO JORDAN AMMAN, Jordan A I For: ier U.S. President Dwight D. isenhower has promised to visit ordan if-he and Mrs. Eisenhower an opportunity. The text of Tampa, cloudy 34 28 74 50 19 5 42 33 30 26 54 34 61 40 49 27 53 24 46 30 41 31 74 56 59 36 79 50 66 33 69 50 72 51 75 71 46 31 27 74 49 44 36 47 28 42 30 78 38 Pittsburgh, clear 43 27 Portland, cloudy 39 28 58 27 63 33 66 49 56 50 44 41 80 52 49 35 4-11 Science At Work By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Rockets into the earth, painless death crabs, and moondust igure In the news of science, 'ninless Death Lobsters and crabs apparently suffer extreme pain when dropped nlo scalding water.

This is unnecessary torture, declares Gordon Guhter o( the Texas Game and Fish Commission. He says they can be killed eas- ly and painlessly by dropping into cool, fresh water. Fresh water leaches salt out of their bodies, and loss of salt has an anesthetizing effect, he explains. Then gradual heating of the water about 100 degrees--lukewarm- makes the crustaceans die "qulck- and easily without showing dis- Then the water can be brought to a boil to cook the meat, Reverse Rocket Soviet scientists are working or a special rocket which would go plunging down to explore the earth's depths, rather than out in to space, says Academician Dmit ry Nalivkin in Moscow. "We can already fire such a rocket," he told the U.S.S.R Academy of Sciences.

But he gavi no details of such a project ex to say special metals and (special equipment weighing hun might visit the moon. I Burglars Flee Apartment Fire Joseph A. Bowman, 44 Sum. I a i reported to city police a someone broke into his sec- jonri floor apartment early yes' a He said he was awaken ed by a noise in the kitchen and when he got up the subject fled out the kitchen window onto a and jumped to the alley below, lie was able to partially identify the subject. Apparently notiiing was disturbed.

reds of Ions are necessary. "We Iready have begun tackling this ask," a Tass broadcast quoted Vnlivkin. Ocean Biography Scientists are preparing a de- ailed biography of the North At- antic Ocean, from top to bottom, rom North Pole to equator. Its depths, contours, tempera- ures, winds, currents, and dislrl- lution of fish and plant life all will be mapped in a project directed by the American Geographical Society. The atlas will integrate and try .0 point up relationships of all the data being learned by scientists icre and in other countries, with goals of Indicating future use- 'ul research, and the wisest ways of exploiting the ocean's resources.

Moondust The layer of dust on the moon seems to vary in thickness, being jerhaps thinner on some moon craters than elsewhere. This inference is drawn from heat studies of the moon made during eclipses with infra-red detectors by scientists and engineers of Baeing Airplane Company. The studies are aimed al getting basic information about the moon to aid design of spacecraft which I Paul, cloudy 32 27 .01 18 New Orleans, cloudy New York, clear Omaha, cloudy Philadelphia, cloudy Phoenix, cloudy Richmond, rain St. Louis, clear San Diego, clear San Francisco, clear Seattle, cloudy Buses To Resume Full Runs Today City buses will resume their complete routes today, a spokesman for the Antielam Transit Company announced Wednesday. Because of ice and snow some of the buses had been making abbreviated runs.

The spokesman said some runs had been made under trying circum- tances but only a few minor breakdowns resulted. He paid tribute to city and county crews for their efforts to clear away ice and snow. Would Prolong Oyster Season ANNAPOLIS (AP) Dr. H. C.

Byrd, chairman of the Tidewater i i Commission, said Wednesday "if our commission had ihe authority, I think would be glad'to extend the on varied remedies to relieve season 15 days to make up Washington, cloudy Winnipeg, cloudy (M-Missfaig; T-Trace) .19 in the The TFC head said Chesapeake torture in minutes. Bay ice which locked many oys- 85c tube applicator. termen in port "will probably feet the total oyster production in Maryland for 1960." A Million Dollars to Relieve Itch of Piles It is estimated that over a million dollars a year is spent itch of piles. Yet druggists tell 'for time lost due to ice conditions you that cooling, astringent hin fko hnv Pptprsnn's flintmpnf Peterson's Ointment soothes pile 55c box or Peterson's Ointment gives you fast, joyful relief from itching, Be delighted or money back. FINAL WEEK most different and touching lov "For AdulH Only, No Children Under 16 Admitted Unless Accompanied by An Adult" NOW SHOWING Cent, Showt DOORS OPEN 1 P.M.

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