New Attempt To Flee County Jail Thwarted
Sheriff Baumgartner reports an attempted jail break at the county facility early Saturday. Prisoners were evacuated as bars and a window were found sawed, with six hacksaw blades and other items recovered. Investigators expect charges against multiple inmates. Chester Stone remains at large. An ambulance transported a juvenile inmate for asthma to Frederick Memorial Hospital. Additional stolen property including a circular saw and walkie talkies was recovered and returned to owners.
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Richard O. Baumgartner
Terry Boyer
Boyer
Baumgartner
Chester Stone
Sheriff’s Department
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Lewis Crutchley
Senator's Wife To Speak At Frederick County Banquet
Mrs. Jane Hart wife of Senator Philip A Hart of Michigan will headline the Frederick County League of Women Voters banquet on April 15 at the Francis Scott Key Hotel speaking on Environmental Quality. Hart a Michigan native with four sons and four daughters holds a George Washington University anthropology degree and pursues a masters. She serves on boards including Michigan 4 H Foundation Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation NOW and Webster College and has held leadership roles in LWV and Pontiac Urban League. A licensed pilot she was the first woman in Michigan to earn a helicopter license and has flown Powder Puff Derby events.
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Jane Hart
Philip A. Hart
Michigan
Frederick County League of Women Voters
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Hart
United States
George Washington University
Michigan 4-H Foundation
Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation
National Organization For Women and
Webster College
St. Louis
Center For Christian Renewal
Washington, D.C
League of Women Voters
Guid
Pontiac
Volunteer Firemen Win Praise for Fort Detrick Fire
Col Floyd B Mitman Jr commends the Independent Junior and Citizens Fire Companies for rapid response to Saturday blaze at Col and Mrs Dan Crozier home at Fort Detrick. Mitman thanks Frederick citizens for cooperation. full fire story on Page B-12.
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Floyd B. Mitman Jr
Fort Detrick
Mitman
Frederick
Dan Crozier
Crozier
April Showers Arrive as Weekend Sunshine Ends
The forecast calls for heavy rain tonight and tomorrow with near zero precipitation chance throughout the weekend. Temperatures will range from highs in the 50s to mid 40s, with lows around the 30s as a strong northwesterly wind brings clouds and rain. The prior weekend featured sunny, springlike weather with a 62 degree high and 37 degree low. no precipitation was recorded by the local weather station.
Thurmont Seeks Park Fund Aid Request
Thurmont mayor and town commissioners ask county for park resurfacing funds and fencing for the baseball diamond. They have $2,000 state aid matched by town and seek an $1,800 state grant via the county Parks Commission, with total project cost $7,669. They push for local control of summer recreation programs to save money and direct funds to programs.
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Thurmont
Thurmont Park
County Parks Commission
James Black
Black
Donald Lewis
Housing Developers Peril Antietam Battlefield Area
National Park Service officials warn Antietam battlefield near Sharpsburg Maryland faces residential development as a small firm seeks to subdivide 69 acres on the battlefield high point. Officials say zoning gaps and stalled federal purchase limit protection. local leaders seek park land or government purchase to prevent loss of the historic setting and its monuments.
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Sharpsburg
National Park Service
Antietam
W Dean McClanahan
Antietam National Battlefield
Hagerstown
Martinsburg
W.va
McClanahan
Gettysburg
Antiettam
Battle Field
Jones
Grand Jury Reconvenes To Reassess Circuit Court Backlog
Judge Samuel JW. Barrick reconvened the 23 member grand jury to review criminal cases amid a large backlog. The February session produced 27 presentments on Feb. 1 with a report issued Feb. 4. The panel also inspected the County Jail and Montegue Home and urged reconvening within 60 days to inspect the County Court House.
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Circuit Court
Samuel JW. Barrick
Barrick
Montegue
North Viet Attack Force Turned Back at Fire Base 6
North Vietnamese troops attacked a central highlands outpost for the fifth day, but were repelled with heavy losses. South Vietnamese sources cite 287 enemy killed. government losses 2 killed and 20 wounded. Air strikes and artillery dominated, with U.S. B52s dropping over 100 tons. More than 1,800 North Vietnamese casualties and 70 killed with 124 wounded among South Vietnamese, plus five Americans killed and one missing.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
Apartment Fire Drill At Catoctin View A Success
Housing Authority director Nicky G. Harner called Saturdays fire drill at Catoctin View Apartments a success. All but two bedridden tenants joined as elderly residents exited via inside stairs. Alarms and lobby light panel performed correctly as Junior and Independent fire companies tested equipment. The building houses 100 families and hosts annual safety drills.
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Catoctin View
Housing Authority
Nicky G. Harner
Harner
St Johns Pastor Receives Transfer To St Marks Catonsville
Rev. Frederick H. Duke, longtime pastor of St. Johns Frederick, will become pastor of St. Marks Catonsville effective April 17 after Easter. He has led St. Johns since 1967 and will oversee about 15,000 parishioners with a team of clergy and lay ministers. Cardinal Shehan announced the move and a successor at St. Johns will be named soon.
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Frederick H. Duke
St. John’s Catholic Church
St. Mark’s Church
Catonsville
Lawrence Cardinal Shehan
Baltimore
Father Duke
St. John’s Church
East Second Street
James Hogan
Frederick
Archdiocesan Senate of Priests
Liturgical Commission
Committee For
Catholic Education
Columbia
Maryland
Interfaith Planning Commission
Leonardtown
St. Mary’s County
Duke
St. Charles College
The
Catholic University
Wash
Sisters of Notre Dame
St. John’s
CCD School of Religion
Bernard Dumay
Cardinal Shehan
Gerald F. LaPorta
William E. Becker
Lawrence K. Frazier
Supreme Court Ruling on Netcong Prayer Backed by Court
The Supreme Court denied the Netcong New Jersey school board a bid to resume voluntary prayer at Netcong High School. Justices split over hearsay and dissenters argued for a hearing. The case follows 1960s rulings prohibiting official prayer in public schools and cites First Amendment concerns.
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Washington
New Jersey
Supreme Court
Netcong
N.J
Superior Court
Joseph H. Stamler
New Jersey Supreme Court
High Court
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
Catholics War over Draft Ruling Revisemeant by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court set aside a federal judge Alphonso J. Zirpoli ruling that the draft law violates Catholic religious liberty. It recalled March decisions in similar cases and ordered reconsideration, ruling conscientious objectors cannot choose which wars to refuse. James McFadden, a Catholic objector, had faced possible jail under the draft law, with Zirpoli deeming the law coercive to religious exercise.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U.S. Dist
Alphonso J. Zirpoli
San Francisco
Wiliam
Douglas
High Court
Zirpoli
James Francis McFadden
Theudge
McFadden
Obscenity ruling blocks Providence theater group
A Providence group of theater operators was denied a Supreme Court hearing today in a case tied to obscenity allegations. The decision limits their appeal options amid ongoing legal dispute over material shown in local venues.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Lackawanna
N.Y
Wishington
Providence
Stock Market Mixed as Dow Dips at Midday
New York AP reports stock prices drifted with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.64 at 902.40 at 10:30 a.m. The market shows more declines than advances, with the NYSE tally at 3 to 2 in favor of declines.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange Fed
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Tional Democratic Club
Woman’s Club
NAACP
Federal Aviation Administration
Park Fund
Peril
Antietam Battlefield Area
Washington County
W. D. Jones
County Planning and Zoning Commission
Ments
Col
Gale H. Lyon
Antietam Enerprises Inc
Kennedy Park Homes
Walkersville
Georgetown Road
Monocacy River
Cedric Smith
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