Frederick County planners seek ideas for sanitary landfills
County Planner Robert Wirgan will present a sanitary landfill program to the Frederick County Planning Commission at its April 21 meeting. The open dumps issue is described as unsanitary and a source of rodents and odors while plans note cooperation among local agencies.
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Robert Wirgan
Frederick County Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Frederick County Commissioners
Wir
Winchester Hall
County Roads Department
Frederick City
Forbes H. Burgess
Wilfred Shields Jr
State Health Department
Wirgan
Frederick County
Wolfsville Raritan Club
Burkittsville Raritans
Wolfsville Ruritan Club
Frederick
Wolfsville
Burkittsville Raritan Club
Parking Meter Changes Improve Frederick Downtown
Frederick reports a notable parking improvement over the last month. Mayor E. Paul Magaha cites two changes: two hour meters in the East Patrick Street lot replacing 10 hour meters and an education campaign on on street parking. Chief Charles V. Main notes 1,136 tickets issued last month versus 1,160 in March 1964, with enforcement covering overtime, two am to six am zones, driveways, fire hydrants, and other violations.
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Frederick
E. Paul Magaha
Patrick Street
Charles V. Main
Main
Coordination Emphasized at CD Seminar in Maryland
City county and state agency representatives met to discuss Civil Defense readiness and agency coordination for potential attacks. County Director George J. Stup said the Maryland Office of Civil Defense sponsored the event with 27 attendees including Fort Detrick personnel and Red Cross officials.
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George J. Stup
Civil Defense
Maryland Office of Civil Defense
Gen. A. S. Sweaney
USA
Ret
Office of Civil Defense
Stup
Fort Detrick
National Guard
Red Cross
Gas Company Damage Suits Set for Hearing
Five damage suits against the Frederick Gas Company over the 1963 East Fifth Street explosion are scheduled for trial in Circuit Court. Attorneys for the company may move the case to another jurisdiction and proceedings could be halted, with damages totaling 232 500 sought by administrators of the estates of Mr and Mrs Henry King and by Mr and Mrs John Davis and their daughter Darnise. The blast on December 24 1963 destroyed two houses. the Kings died after burns in a Baltimore hospital and the Davises were treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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Frederick Gas Company
East Fifth Street
Herbert L. Rollins
Mathias
Edwin F. Nikirk
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Henry King
John Davis
Darnise
King
Baltimore
Davises
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Cardinal Meyer Dies in Chicago at 62
Albert Cardinal Meyer, 62, archbishop of Chicago and head of the nation’s largest Catholic community, died today after cancer surgery on February 25. Doctors reported he had shown some improvement before slipping into decline, with a brain tumor removed and feeding by tube after the operation.
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Chicago
Albert Cardinal Meyer
United States
Frederick County Officials Gain Salary Boosts in New Law
Gov. J. Millard Tawes signed measures boosting pay for Frederick County commissioners to 8000 annually and the sheriff to 7500 with new full time duties. Judge Robert E Clapp Jr. will earn 22500, aligning with the chief judge. Other edits expand library funding, audits, road board pay, and county treasurer powers.
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Frederick
Robert E Clapp Jr
J. Millard Tawes
Clapp
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Frederick County
Schnauffer
C. Burr Artz
County Roads Board
Pond View Farm Sold for 247 500 Near Urbana
Messer Farm and 193 acre Pond View Farm near Urbana sold for 247 500 to a Bethesda New York group led by Robert Levick and Arthur Pincus. Purchasers consider Urbana area for garden type apartments and light industrial sites adjacent to the Urbana interchange on US 40. The sale was handled by Value Land Company of Bethesda.
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Pond View Farm
Allie Messer
Urbana
Robert R Levick
Arthur Pincus
Washington
Bethesda
New York
Messer
Frederick County
MD 355
Frederick
MD. 355
Tabler Road
Value Land Company of
Charles Council
U.S. 708
Montgomery County
Linda Darnell Burned In House Fire
Actress Linda Darnell 41 is critically burned in a house fire at friends' home in Glenview Illinois. She suffers third degree burns to much of her head and upper arms while under intensive care at Skokie Valley Hospital.
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Glenview
Til
Linda Darnell
Friends
Miss Darnell
Skokie Valley Hospital
House approves Medicare funding with 313 to 115 vote
President Johnson's six billion health care Social Security bill clears the House by 313 to 115 after defeating a Republican substitute 236 to 191. Democrats back the plan funded by payroll tax increases. Republicans split on strategy. Senate hearings planned after spring recess.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Senate
General Treasury
GOP
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Finance Committee
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Ox Fibre Brush Company to Sell Assets to Massachusetts Firm
The Ox Fibre Brush Company board recommends selling its assets to Pro-Phy-Lac-Tic Brush Company of Massachusetts. Frederick W. Weitzel remains president and operations continue in Frederick. The deal, under the Oxco trade name, requires stockholder approval at a May 3 meeting. The Frederick plant employs about 375 and pays over 50,000 yearly in taxes. the firm distributes more than 100,000 annually in dividends to over 300 stockholders.
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Ox Fibre Brush Company
Brush
Frederick W. Weitzel
Ox Fibre
Philip A. Singleton
Ox Fibre Brush
Weitzel
Oxco
Massachusetts
Beverly
Florence
Proton
Tennessee
Florida
Frederick
East Church Street
Dog Attack Leaves Man and Dog Bitten in Yokohama
In Yokohama a mongrel dog lies in critical condition after a man, Haruichi Nishimura a 35 year old newspaper vendor, bit the dog following a bark and gate entry. The dog suffered bites to its legs and back and police monitor for rabies. The man was bitten on the face and ears.
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Yokohama
Japan
Haruichi Nishimura
Nishimura
Favored School Integration Sherman Minton Dies in Indiana
Retired Supreme Court Justice Sherman Minton, 74, died at Floyd Memorial Hospital New Albany after a week of severe intestinal bleeding. A Democrat, Minton served as Senate majority whip 1935 to 1941 and backed Roosevelt's court enlargement plan. He retired in 1956 citing poor health including pernicious anemia and memory loss. His wife Gertrude and children Mary, Anne, Sherman Jr., and John survive.
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New Albany
Ind
Sherman Minton
U.S. Supreme Court
Minton
Historical School
Floyd Memorial Hospital
Harry Voyles
U.S. Senate
Supreme Court
Gertrude
Mary
Anne
Washington
D.C
Sherman Minton Jr
Indianapolis
John Minton
Senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Air War Briefs From Viet Nam Front
Tokyo reports Red China claims eight U.S. planes shot down and more damaged in North Viet Nam air strikes. Saigon notes U.S. Phantom jets protect a major strike against Hanoi targets while MIGs clash over the Gulf of Tonkin near Hainan Island. Casualties and captures are summarized with conflicting claims from Washington and Beijing.
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Tokyo
Red China
U.S
Viet Nam
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Hainan
da Nang
Hue
Gustav C. Hertz
Leesburg
Nguyen van Hai
Phan Kac Suu
Hanoi
Radio
Peking
North
Thousands Lose Homes To Floods In Midwest States
Flood waters churned through streets, homes and fields in Iowa and Minnesota leaving thousands homeless. Rivers rose prompting the Weather Bureau to warn of one of the worst flood seasons in years. More than 4,000 evacuated in Minnesota and 2,000 in Iowa as a dam on the Cottonwood River near New Ulm burst, sending a heavier flow toward Mankato.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Minnesota
Indiana
Nebraska
Ohio
Middletown
U.S. Weather Bureau
Flandreau
Cottonwood River
New Ulm
Mankato
Stock Market Rises in Vigorous New York Trading
The stock market resumed its advance in vigorous trading in New York this morning, with gains spreading across major indices as investors digest early moves and corporate updates.
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New York
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Tawes
Gan
Tare
Cardinal Meyer
Messer Farm
Hood College
Debbie Gartman
Fort Meade
Charlotte
Frank J. Keeter Wright
Gainesville
Fla
Carol Hammen
Hyattsville
Frank J Keefer
Upper College Terrace
John Johnson
Ox Fibre Co
Mass
U. S. Embassy
Bulletin
Hertz
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