Frederick County Seeks Details On Potomac Park Plan
Frederick County officials travel to Washington to learn how the Potomac Valley Park would affect land use and recreation. The 40 million project spans 190 river miles, 10100 acres of public land and 5300 acres of private land, with $32 million annual recreation impact projected. The Interior Department notes long term land acquisitions over eight to ten years and initial funding toward Great Falls and Mason's Neck.
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Frederick County
Washington
Potomac Valley
Interior Department
Cumberland
Charles F Luce
Interior
House Appropriations
Luce
Johnson
Potomac Valley National Park
Congress
Baltimore
Winchester
Martinsburg
W. Va
Hagerstown
Frederick
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New Jersey
Great Falls
Riverbend
Seneca Falls
Shenandoah River
Potomac
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Great Valley
Cacapon State Park
West Virginia
Antietam National Battlefield
Maryland
Fort Frederick State Park
Mason's Neck
Negotiators Reach Tentative AFTRA Settlement In TV Radio Strike
New York AP reports tentative AFTRA deal with ABC CBS and NBC after 24 hours of bargaining on March 29’s strike that put celebrities on picket lines and forced schedules of old films and reruns. Pickets remained outside NBC Rockefeller Center as mediators weighed ratification and whether the Academy Awards broadcast could proceed. The agreement centers on pay and share of commercial fees for some 100 network newscasters, with details to be voted on by AFTRA’s national board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Federation of Radio and Television Artists
ABC
CBS
NBC
Suniies
Rockefeller Center
New York City
Voice
Ralph Potter
Patterson
National Board of Aftra
AFTRA
Imeramen
John Daly
Fran Allison
Ed McMahon
Los Anges
Chicago
LBJ Throws Opening Ball for 1967 Baseball Season
President Johnson today tossed the first ball at the presidential opener in Washington. He welcomed Vice President Humphrey back from Europe and announced plans to visit Crahuay and meet Latin American leaders.
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Johnson
Washington
D.C
Hubert Humphrey
Europe
Probers Clinch Apollo Flaw Fix Plan After Tragic Fire
An eight member blue ribbon panel found major deficiencies in Apollo 1 design engineering manufacture and quality control and urged a spacecraft overhaul including quick escape hatch fewer combustibles and a review of electrical life support systems. Lawmakers said NASA and contractors must correct the ills before the program resumes work on the moonship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Kennedy
Fla
AP - America
U.S
House
Senate Space Committee
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Clinton P. Anderson
Dn.m
Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee
Olin E. Teague
D-Tex
NASA
Apollo 1
Board-Of-Review
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White II
Navy
Roger B. Chaffe
Grissom
Floyd L. Thompson
Langley Research Center
Drowning Victim’s Body Found In Potomac River
A week-long search ended Sunday morning when the body of John B. Young of Hagerstown was recovered by two West Virginia fishermen, Martin Grimm and George Lemaster, near an old railroad bridge three miles south of Williamsport. Young and his wife and two children drowned last week at the Williamsport dam on the Potomac River.
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Potomac River
West Virginia
John B. Young
Hagerstown
Martin (. Grimm
George E Lemaster
Williamsport
Young
Potomac
Truckers Shut Down As Bargaining Fails
Maryland Transportation Company joined a nationwide lockout, closing its doors at midnight Saturday and affecting 350 drivers. The dispute with the Teamsters Union centers on wages and fringe benefits, with talks resuming in Washington as employers plan mediations. Local grocers and wholesalers expect at most a week of limited supply, depending on trucking restart and stock movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Maryland Transportation Company
Teamsters Union
Washington
B&p Motor Express
Evergreen Point
Maryland Transportation
Paul Carmack
Carmacks Grocery
Waldo Ricketts
Safeway
West Seventh Street
Carmack
William Simms
Maryland
East Street
Simms
Protea
J. Raifa Castromanerick
Stock Market Takes Another Sharp Loss
New York AP reports the stock market opened with a sharp drop as trading remained active. Leading issues fell across sectors including steels autos mail order retail electronics chemicals rails oils airlines tobaccos and drugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Johnson releases funds for Frederick Baltimore road plan
Federal highway funds totalling 311 billion are freed by the Johnson administration for Maryland interstate projects. About 40 percent of frozen 1966 67 68 aid may be released enabling bids on I 70N segments Baltimore to Frederick and a US 40 bypass toward the DC cutoff. Unfinished sections of I 170N and I 195 between DC and Baltimore may go under contract as funds become available.
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Baltimore
Frederick County
Johnson Administration
Morris M. Brodsky
State Roads Commission
Maryland
Brodsky
Frederick
al Rita Brodsky
State Roads Commisson
Washington
PUM
Sat
Obs
Charles Schultze
Frederick Delegate Houck New Legislative Leader
Frederick County delegate Willam M Houck of Thurmont rises as Maryland legislative leader atop Ways and Means for tax reform. A three term House member and former state trooper, Houck gained prominence after guiding the Cooper Hughes plan and earning praise for his calm, decisive approach during the 1968 session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
General Assembly
del Willam M Houck
Thurmont
Houck
Frostburg State College
Houcks
Thomas Hunter Lowe
Talbot
Lowe
Pipesmoking Houck
William W
University of Maryland
John
Frestburg
Ways and Means
Marcin Mandel
Cooper + Hughes
Firemen Plan Diamond Jubilee Convention Offices Open
Frederick County volunteers open an office at Independent Hose on Church Street to coordinate the Diamond Jubilee Convention of the state firemen association set for June 21 22 and 25. Mrs Evelyn Cline heads the office, with Mrs Helen Walsh and other officers organizing housing committees program books and meetings at Gov Tom Johnson High School and local sites.
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Frederick County
State Firemen's Association
Evelyn Cline
Wiich
Church Street
Auxthors
County Association
Helen Walsh
Fire Company of
Frederick
al Ratements
Cietaman
Comention Cumomi
Corcchl le Otticers
Philp H Beard
Watherssille
Fle
Ny Dames
Ro Hann
New Yarket
Viseehedmmian
Willian M. Mooe
Cadteds
Mel Fo Seuwearime
Independents of
Vas
Louie Mo Mackley
Country Auxiliary
Ruth Moor Bhumenauer
Ihey Home Company
Jute Dients
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Potomac Park
LBJ
Employers, Inc
Teamsters
Trucking Employers, Inc
TBI
Gordon Knapp
Frank Fitzsimmons
Fred
Frederick-Baltimore Road
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