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Daylight Time
Slated for Most
Of Maryland
Only Queen Anne
And Garrett Counties
Expected to Hold Out
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BALTIMORE, Mar. 23.-Most of
Maryland will be on daylight saw
ing time this summer.
With only two counties holding
to standard time Marylanders can
look forward to a less confused time
situation this year. The two hold
out counties are Queen Annes and
Garrett.
Daylight saving time was a check
erboard affair in the State last year.
Additional confusion was caused by
some areas which could not make
tup their minds and used both sys-
TENS well into June.
( But this year Maryland appar-
entity will go along almost solidly
with the general Northeast Sea-
board area when it changes to day.
Light saving time April IS.
Cumberland Backs Change.
Cumberland officially approved
the 0switchover yesterday. 1t is ex-
pected that Allegany County will
follow Cumberland's lead.
4 Howard and st. Marys County
commissioners were scheduled to
make their decisions today. Cam
bridge makes up its mind next week.
Hagerstown already has adopted
daylight time. and most of WASH
ington County probably will follow
suit.
: Both Frederick and Frederick
County are in the fast-time COL
unan
Salisbury has approved it and
plans have been made to do the
same in the county.
d. C. Expected to Switch.
Montgomery, Prince Georges and
Charles Counties probably will fol-
low WaShington's lead. Although
no action has yet been taken by
the District Of Columbia, it is ex-
pected to adopt daylight time as
it did last spring.
II Washington does change, the
Metropolitan Area in Virginia will
be able to follow suit because of
legislation passed by the General
Assembly permitting Arlington,
Alexandria and Fairfax to move up
their clocks.
The Senate is scheduled to debate
bill within few days which
would give the District Commits
sioners power to decide the time
issue each year without further ref
erence to Congress.
Baltimore, Hartford, Carroll, How
ard and Anne Arundel Counties all
had daylight time last year and
probably will adopt it again. Their
business and transportation Is closely
geared to Baltimore City, which goes
on daylight saving automatically
this year.
Queen Annes to Resist.
Queen Annes was one of the hot
beds of resistance last year and
appears to be shaping up for that
role again.
Caroline County, whose cities but
not its rural districts had daylight
time last summer, is still in doubt.
The county commissioners are not
expected to take sides.
hclI SOuIfIy was dHOLQer Eastern
Shore holdout last year. Some of
it's towns already have accepted
daylight time, but most of the
county is expected to stay on stand
ard.
Ocean City to Change.
The only community in far west
Garrett County adopting the change
is Oakland.
Ocean City probably will lead
Worcester County into general &C
ceptance of daylight time
A real wrangle is shaping up in
Talbot County. Easton and some
of the other communities like day.
light time, but the county commits
sioners are opposed.
The Easton Rotary Club has taken
strong stand-but not for OF
against daylight saving. They want
one time for the whole State, be
it fast or slow, and they've asked
Gov. Lane for legislation to accom-
pliSh that end.