By Greg Bassett

Monday, April 22, 1968 --

• Hagerstown, Md.-based Allegheny Airlines is expected to ask the federal Civil Aeronautic Board for permission to add Salisbury to its commuter airline schedule. Allegheny is hoping to begin service to Salisbury as soon as May 26. Nine-passenger planes would provide early-morning flights to Washington, D.C., and Newark, Del. A much larger 55-passenger plane would provide late afternoon service to Washington and Baltimore.
• Wicomico County teen-agers are going to have a tough time finding jobs this summer, based on data released by the Maryland Department of Employment Security. According to DES Salisbury office manager Curtis B. Pusey, there will be about 2,300 Wicomico students seeking summer employment, but there will only be about 800 job opportunities. Additionally, however, there will be about 400 farm-related jobs that will need filling, Pusey said.
• State Delegate E. Homer White Jr. announced he will once again seek the 1st District seat in the U.S. Congress. A 57-year-old Democrat and Salisbury retailer, White has served 22 years in the House of Delegates, where he acts as President Pro Tem. Salisbury lawyer Hamilton P. Fox is also considered a possible candidate for the Congressional seat now held by Repuiblican Rogers C.B. Morton.
• The Salisbury City Council voted to buy a new speed-detecting radar unit for the city Police Department. The low bid of $895 was accepted unanimously. During initial discussion, Councilman Sam Seidel seemed to be questioning the purchase when he asked Chief Leslie J. Payne: “Is that the same one you used on Riverside Drive?” When Payne replied it was, Seidel said sheepishly: “I thought the old one worked pretty well.” The councilman admitted he had recently been cited for speeding by an office using the radar device.
• On Wednesday, students of instrumental music in Wicomico County will present a Band and Orchestra Festival at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center. Approximately 550 instrumentalists will perform. This will be the first time that all bands and orchestras from the county schools have held a combined concert. The Bennett Junior High School band is directed by Melvin Harris, the Wicomico Junior High School band is directed by George Fitzgerald, the James M. Bennett Senior High School band is directed by Charles Smith and the Wicomico Senior High School band is directed by William Cox.
• Wicomico County Administrator Max Rolih Jr. has pegged the fiscal 1969 budget at $8.7 million. Rolih’s budget total is a whopping $1.8 million more than the 1967-68 spending plan, so taxes will have to be raised to fund it. Rolih is proposing the County Council adopt a 15-percentage-point increase in local income taxes and a 4-cents hike in the county $1.92 property tax rate.