25 Years Ago
* Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Matthew S. Evans ruled that no referendum will be held in November on the phase out of slot machines. He ruled that a petition drive financed by gambling interests last spring came five years too late. -- The Sun, Sept. 5, 1968.
* The Anne Arundel County Council, by a unanimous vote, gave the county's police and firemen a 10 percent pay raise. The new salary proposal raises the base police and fire scale from a $6,074 to $7,758 range up to a $6,700 to $8,565 schedule. -- The Sun, Sept. 16, 1968.