News (Newspaper) - April 3, 1969, Frederick, Maryland II cloudy this to 00 I ait tonight lows to Friday ly cloudy u little chance of some rain it night In VOL Pren Hun uvn i i n I THURSDAY APRIL IS SECTIONS S SINGLE COPY WEEKLY BY CARRIER 8 4 j M Student Smoking Banned At Schools Student smoking on school board itself is during school hours almost completely banned by an un- Crs smoke a pipe In vote of the Frederick addition almost the whole ad- County School Hoard Wednesday I sUiff of the I he was taken by Uic system are board because a recent decision by Uie state board of education who had previously tanned dent smoking on school promises In Hie state opened up the de- to the option of the ty school boards According to Dr John L superintendent of schools the school system has been receiving many calls from The resolution enforcing this policy read in Whereas the board of education wishes not to be in a position to en- courage smoking under any particularly among students In schools now fore bo it resolved that there will be no smoking by students on school property during school hours and be resolved area residents who wish to know additional and more positive what was the policy of bo taken in the curriculum offerings of the Frederick ty school system to teach to Die students the health hazards in- Uie board In addition to this five letters one each from the Frederick County Health Commission the Frederick clety the County Medical Maryland Heart sociation the American Cancer Society and the North ick Elementary School were read Into the minutes All opposed student smoking in Brow ii Low Bidder On Bond Issue The firm of Alex Brown and Sons Baltimore submitted Uie low proposal on a million Frederick County Metropolitan Commission bond issue The Baltimore investment banking operation submitted a bid with an interest rate of 5.26 per cent on the bond over a period of 30 years The high bid was 5.43 per cent ing to county Fox The bond issue was floated by the commission to pay for the cost of a water line alco Aluminum plant near and a sewage in- north of Frederick City The advertisement for the bond sale drew eight bidders Fox said Most of the money from the sale will go toward the cost of the water line to the aluminum plant some million The line will run from the Potomac River up New De- sign Road to the plant The other million will go toward the costs of the Mono- cacy interceptor sewage line which will serve the area north of the city in- the new Frederick College sit on Pike Buildings On Court Street To Go Colonial James G Trout Auction and Realty Inc has purchased Uie old Citizen's Building located at 11 13 and 15 North Court Street The building which as square feet in its two floors will be the new office for Uic Auction and Realty Company by May 1 Joseph W Urner architect lias been employed to redesign Uic structure to colonial style to conform Uic colonial tory of Frederick Plans call for Uic building to be completely ovated including zoned heating and air conditioning The now owner will have the first floor office possibly using Uic auditorium as an auction room for Uio selling of real estate coins etc by lie auction method The second floor will also be completely remodelled fice suites offering some of Uie most modern suites In ick The sale was handled by F manager of 120 Realty Company In smoking It Kline voiced tion to taking step hearing Uie smokers side I have no doubt personally about Uie hazards of he commented I quit 15 years ago and have been ter off for it I don't want us to just go ahead and pass Uie motion out hearing Uie point of the er side he stated Charles Bowers interjected Uial Uils won't keep Uie other side from presenting point of view It just puts us on ord as to where we stand I think It is Uie responsibility of Uie board to set down lines which we believe in I we are all in pretty fair ment we are against ing in the schools so lets say so now Maynard Hurd suggested Uie board should go on record to start curriculum offerings in Uie school system to teach the ards of drug use The board echoed his ments but said they would have to find a perfected program to pre- sent to Uio students and it would take more U.S War Toll Reaches APPEAL AGENCIES PLAN PUBLICITY of agencies of the Frederick County United Appeal met Wednesday to plan a publicity and information program concerning the services each agency furnishes for the benefit of the community Seated left to right Mrs Carlotta P Buell Kid's Inc Mrs Helen Summers Federated Charities Mrs Eleanor L Everhart Inc Mrs John Mitchell Girl Scouts Mrs Amanda M Bayton Esther Grinage garten Standing left to right: Charles N Fort Detrick Youth Activities H G Baker Epilepsy Chapter H M Clendenin executive director United Appeal John N Lewis vice president of the Community Chest Lieutenant Paul W Mossburg Kid's Inc and James W Freeman vice president of the United Appeal and representative of the YMCA Photo Cable TV Proposed At Thurmont Educators To Request Budget Hearing Delay By DENIS O'BRIEN Staff Writer television for Thurmont was proposed at the Wednesday night town meeting Lynn I Decker president and John Hanly vice president of the American Telecable Services inc of Silver Spring discussed installation of cable service here The company would install cable service for the entire cor- limits plus areas outside the town where a population sity of twenty houses per mile exists Hanly told the town council would be no installation charge at first with charges be- ing established as the service grows The town council questioned Hanly and Decker about the security of the com- pany which was only formed last December Hanly said the company was fully insured to meet any and would post a bond Monthly rates would be and a competent company lineman would be brought to Thurmont by the company to in- stall and maintain equipment Hanly said The company would share cost of poles which are shared other utilities as well as Uic town and would share the cost of any new cables put up Continued On Pago Five By RUSS EDMONSTON Staff Writer The county school budget for will not be ready for its planned presentation to the county commissioners on April 17 Dr John L Carnochan super- intendent of schools informed Uie Frederick County Board of Education Wednesday at its monthly meeting in the board of education offices the budget will not be ready for the posed meeting The budget which appears to be shaping up as one of the most expensive ever assembled is in part delayed by the impasse developed between the Frederick County Teachers Association and school board teams on Uic teachers contract for the coming year The negotiations broke down last Monday section finalized is no chance Uie budget will be in shape for hearings either the public at large or Uic county commissioners by Uic April 17 deadline The board voted unanimously to authorize Dr Carnochan to approach the county ers to request a delay In the hearings Immediately following tion Uie board went into an ex- session to of Uie budget for fiscal year In other matters before the board they approved a loan of from Uie general fund to Catoctin High School for the chase of band and athletic uni- forms Howard B Goodrich principal of Catoctin requested the loan in a letter to the board He stated that if the loan was approved it could be paid back over a five year period The board has previously com- School Board Considering Fee For Driver Education A fee of may be re- quired of students who take er education from the school system beginning this fall The Frederick County Board of Education is being forced to consider a situation due to rising costs and expenses ed with funding this specialized course Latest date computed on the cost of teaching one student Uic complete course In driver's puts it at Of this cost is supported by the state leaving the local school system paying per student Dr John L Carnochan stated This cost is increasing each year The state has not seen fit to make provisions for increasing their aid to it and the burden of Uie course Is largely en us 1 strongly recommend the board take action to put a 25 fee on the course per student to help defray the expenses John L supervisor for the course a re- view of the course and what Is needed to Implement it He recommended the board consider funding money to put in driver education ranges at each of the high schools in the county He stated that putting in ranges would reduce costs for the course by about 38 per cent after they were in and paid for Currently county high school students are enrolled in Uie course Of 293 will have completed Uic course by June leaving students to teach during the summer The summer is reserved for Uie wheel training part of the course As a comparative cost analysis of what ranges would save in teaching these students If Thompson stated the cost without ranges would be and with would be Driver education ranges are controlled areas where students get behind Uic wheel training without the hazards of open road traffic Thompson estimated ranges cou J be put in for a cost of Continued On Pago Five money from the general fund for a similar purpose when lent Governor Thomas son High School about in The money is lent without In- terest and is still maintained as accountable to the general fund of the school board budget The Liberty Elementary School PTA sent a letter to the board requesting that they act con- on the shortage of textbooks which has plagued the school in the last year Dr Carnochan informed the board that added funds were be- ing inserted into the budget re- quest for tiie coming year to compensate for the shortage of textbooks throughout the system The board at the request of the county commissioners pointed Linton and Inc as Uie auditors for fiscal year Jack A Tritt director of ad- ministrative services for the system specifically requested the board to add into their lution federal funds be In- cluded in auditing contract The federal grants to the school system which are in programs such as must be audited each year by Uic school system Last year Uie contract did not call for a federal audit and the school system ran into trouble In getting Uic funds for start Tritt said Dr C Edward Hamilton superintendent of schools submitted his formal resignation from the system at the meeting He said in part It is some regret I submit my Designation from Uie Frederick County School system to assume Uic position of superintendent of schools for Burlington Vt A total of 1112 Americans were killed in action in Vietnam last week an In- crease of In per cent over the week before and the U.S Com- mand confirmed today that the Vietnam war is now Uie fourth costliest in American history The toll announced for last week raised to Uie ber of killed in ac tion in eight years and three of fighting in Vietnam This is 12 more than Uie American combat deaths during the three-year Korean war In only three other wars have American battlefield been higher than in World War II Union troops and Confederates in the Civil War and in World War I U.S headquarters also ed that Americans were wounded In action last week raising the total number of American wounded in the war to The total American casualties in are fast approaching of World War I when Americans were killed in action and wounded or a total of If Uie present casualty rate ues Uie U.S killed and wounded in Vietnam will surpass total American casualties in World War I by early June Uie total number of dead will he considerably less the 1918 total Total U.S casualties in Viet nam long ago exceeded Uie rean war total of killed and wounded U.S headquarters said allied forces killed North Viet and Viet Cong troops last week South Vietnamese government losses were put at 357 troops and wounded The 312 Americans killed In action last week was 46 more than the number the week be- fore and the second lowest toll in Uie first five weeks of the Viet Cong's spring offensive The offensive now in its 40th day took Uie lives of Americans in Uie first 35 days an of every 21 hours Another troops Were wounded in that period officers say the goal of Uie enemy offensive is to inflict so many American casualties that public opinion in the United States will force the ad- ministration to grant sions at the peace negotiations in But according to U.S reports Uie offensive is costing the my heavily Last week's ed toll of enemy killed raised North Vietnamese and Viet Cong casualties to reported dead since the sive began 23 According to official U.S figures a total of enemy troops have been killed in Uie war U.S Levels New Charges Against North Vietnamese PAULS AH The United States charged Vietnam today with violating the of Laos and Cambodia by using them for transportation routes and operating bases in attacks on South Vietnam The U.S declaration was made by Ambassador Lawrence Walsh deputy U.S negotiator at the full-scale session of the Vietnam peace talks The meeting once more consisted of an exchange of charges between the two sides without any sign of progress The spokesman for the Viet Cong's National Liberation Front denied the talks had any gains since they gati He said thai reports of progress were cunning ery on the part of President Nixon's administration Walsh speaking in the ab sence of Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge pressed once more for a mutual withdrawal of troops but the North and the front insisted on their previous demands for an unconditional withdrawal of U.S and allied forces The exchanges also touched on proposals for private talks but North Vietnam and the front continued to criticize the offers without actually rejecting them Tran Ruu Kiem leader of the National Liberation delegation told the session of Uie enlarged The key to the settlement of the present South Vietnamese problem is that the United States must withdraw Its own and satellite troops from south Vietnam without any condition whatsoever City Begins War On Pigeons Local officials have launched an all-out effort to eliminate Uic pigeons which arc doing ami have done thousands of lars of ic and private In Frederick The Twin-City of Alexandria were hired umler a contract with Frederick City Uio Frederick County Board of Indication and the Frederick County ers for a month The three rosl bodies split the In the I lie for l Die com- iwo Id of I n I city aim tnc county property All work being done Uic corporate A representative of Uic terminating company noted that 70 pigeons were In the traps In the second week of the operation For many years the pigeons lave been a to he area pedestrians The City tried killing them with guns proved In n noisy messy usually tive As recently AS last mer were fn Uie larlUs Hie population In- uK cither areas In Uie city Of- arc planning to evaluate the success of the pigeon ping program before deciding on some action against Uie starlings The Twin City were employed to trap the cons In the city's heavier nreas and remove them from the city In early March At present traps have on the of llon Hlv House nli with other iron ings Is In the pigeon JWil If Hie s arc placed near the dirty birds now home The traps are large enough to hold birds Once UK bird en- ters It cannot escape Once a week the company collects the birds the traps Food kept In the traps for the birds nod Is mmle for Im- treatment The birds are removed the city gassed City officials that vate business establishments in I will from ho the Iw birds lite i Is to vrai Nixon Mixes Business Wilh Holiday KEY Fla AP Nixon while sock ing Faster holiday relaxation at his home here plans to upend part of Uic weekend re- viewing domestic policy lems Flying with him to Florida Wednesday from funeral ices In Kansas for man White House counsel and a Key figure In domestic policy planning and Bryce N special assistant for liaison Their presence underlined the weekend emphasis on home front matters Slock Market YORK market continued downward was active near the opening Bloodmobile Plans Visit On April 11 The next visit of Uie Red Cross Bloodmobile to Frederick will be made on Friday April 11 in the Field House at Fort Detrick Registration of donors will be- gin at 10 and close at p.m AnoUier successful blood col- lection was completed Monday when Uic Red Cross bile unit visited Uic American Legion Home Francis Scott Key Post 11 The unit was set up in Uie cial room of Uie home and ors were registered between 2 and p.m A total of 178 persons visited Uic bloodmobile site 20 of wore deferred for medical sons and 158 were successful donors There one directed donation made for a patient in an independent hospital making a total of 157 units of blood col- for credit to Uic ick County Chapter annual quota of to be collected by June nn of riU nf tut have been collected In Uils cal year and pints yet to be collected In the next seven visits remaining Of the 200 persons scheduled for Uils visit kept and were 89 walk-in donors There were 33 new donors The following persons re- pins for the completion of one or gallons of blood donated In Red Cross One gallon pins James K Joy Thomas A tin M Jr Mrs Patricia A J Frank Miller Frank A Ralph II Blank Stewart II Brown Two gallon pins Harry W James M Mm plo Charles C T Mull Jr gallon pins ona M loms A font pin re- C lank credits wore re- In following Fiands Noll Kev 11 no Easter Lilies Remind Area Residents Of Ike Dwight D Eisenhower Is now buried In his beloved Abilene Kan but his memory lingers on at Thurmont Ten years ago he was visiting at the presidential retreat at Camp David near Thurmont It was Palm Sunday March 22 1959 and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of Great Britain was his guest Ike and Macmillan attended church services at Trinity United Church of Christ Uien Trinity There was a notation in the bulletin saying members could place a potted plant in the church at Easter On Easter morning there was a pot of Easter lilies from The President The White House That was ten years ago but that special memory is tucked away in Uic hearts and minds of Uic members of Uic small try church On Uie pew is a small plaque marking Uie place where the distinguished visitors sat and signatures re- main in the guest book This Palm Sunday Uic members placed a pot of Easter lilies at the church altar to remain throughout Easter son In memory of Dwight David Eisenhower The 30 nfT points at Ism lost 2 ir points I lo leml rains a CM lite Nen I Crime Report Favors More Trained Police 7 Kov I vilts Inc 7 I i iHlrrlr K I ions 1 1 S A nf oilier croup hanks t edits df 1 1 By STEVE CARTER Staff Writer A report released Wednesday outlining the major problem areas of law ment in Western Maryland calls for specific emphasis on in- creased police training ed training areas and additional criminal investigation tories The Western Maryland Region Three Board of the Governor's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice report was made public In more by the tive director K ler Jr Frederick attorney who is the regional executive tary for the five counties the main object of Uic report was to outline problem areas and more importantly solutions to specific problems He added that the main point of the report was ed training and crime laboratory facilities In Frederick Carroll and Washington Counties which make up Region I hree specific suggestion the establishment of a en- forcement institute at the Junior ler pointed out beginning with the faH semester the col- lege will offer an Associate of Arts Degree In law cement semester hours of law enforcement courses In the Included in the proposed ing would an I tional a crime I gallon and a unications The crime at do of Uw five for raining ami I ho fir M pt Ini Ity 0 Frederick City Police ment's Training Academy so that the facility could efficiently serve Uic entire Western Maryland area Presently the local academy graduates officers for Uic Frederick City Police De- and for municipal agencies In Frederick County The reports from Uie five re- gions of the state and later the full commission report compiled from the regional scripts will indirectly control Uie amount of funds alloted to Maryland and Uic various sub- divisions under tlw U S Safe Streets and Omnibus Crime This year there In only 000 for Maryland cording to commission but an Increase of at least fold is predicted for next yoar along yearly Increments the five-year gram Most stated the opinion that the gram will be extended pant Uio five years the Im- portance of the quality of the ro- Continued On Five i Fire calls reported during ending at HI CITY LAST p.m car fire and UnltHs responded Id South Street car flie I respo ruled Ml MY I II fire rtl I 1 I M I I Ih 11 f lor e of Uie fire I IN rt
