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Gov. William Preston Lane Jr. announced yesterday that the state Board of Public Works would purchase the 337-acre tract of land at Sandy Point that has been offered by William Labrot for a bayside park. -- The Sun, Sept. 3, 1948.

Efforts to hire three additional guards for Crownsville State Hospital for Negro mental patients have been unsuccessful, Dr. Jacob Morgenstern, the hospital's superintendent, said yesterday. -- The Sun, Sept. 14, 1948.

Reversing an earlier order, the Public Service Commission granted authority to the Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad to operate bus service between Baltimore and Annapolis. -- The Sun, Sept. 18, 19948.

Martin Appell Dyer, Jr., the first Negro student in the history of 242-year-old St. John's College in Annapolis, was among 71 freshmen who started classes today. -- The Sun, Sept. 27, 1948.

Pub Date: 9/27/98