States Attorney Robert Rothenhoefer Reflects on Power and Humanity
An interview with Robert Rothenhoefer, Frederick States Attorney since 1959, explores his career, ethics, and views on public duty. He discusses his modest $18,000 yearly salary, budget concerns, and his belief in the office while facing community scrutiny from both Black and white residents.
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Robert Rothenhoefer
Frederick
Episcopal Church
George L
Antoinette Rothenhoefer
Frederick High School
University of Maryland
Doris Perrott
Francis
Doris
State Roads Commission
Rothenhoefer
City Plans To Raze Dwelling After Controversy
Frederick city attorney announced demolition of John E. Nusz's damaged 311 Braddock Ave dwelling after a court ordered 80 percent rebuilding within 60 days and only about 5 percent completed. Nusz faced contempt charges. judge noted demolition plans were not court action.
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MARTHA RAVER
Frederick
John E. Nusz
Frank Stillrich
Nusz
Robert E. Clapp Jr
Braddock Ave
Stillrich
Clapp
Charles Mack
Argen
Katherine Kaetzel
Buckeystown
Nasz
County Orders Two Month Subdivision Moratorium
Frederick County commissioners imposed a two month moratorium on subdivision activity in non severed areas to halt receipt review and approval of plats served by individual sewage systems for 60 days. Health officials propose larger lot sizes and limited percolation tests while planning officials hear alternatives to septic tank pollution.
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Frederick County
Health Department
Planning Commission
Edward Holter
Health Dept
Charles Spicknall
Farmers Home Administration
James Pasik
Holter
Insanity Pleaded In Murder Case
Roy Steven Hodge 23 of Buckeystown pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in Circuit Court for the October death of James E. Howard 67 of Frederick. Judge Robert E. Clapp Jr ordered psychiatric exams at Perkins State Hospital after arrest on November 18. Howard was found dead by Monocacy River with a gunshot wound to the head while hunting squirrels.
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Buckeystown
James E. Howard
Frederick
Robert E. Clapp Jr
Roy Steven Hodge
Perkins State Hospital
Hodge
Howard
Monocacy River
Rezoning Clears Way For New Fedders Plant
The Planning Commission and County Commissioners unanimously approved rezoning the 208 acre former Brown farm south of Walkersville from agricultural to industrial use. Norman Todd plans a compressor plant for Fedders Corporation to be built and leased, with construction to begin soon. The industry name was disclosed in a Sunday news release for commercial reasons.
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Brown
Walkersville
Norman Todd
Fedders Corporation
Todd
Planning Commission
Fedders Corp
Evening with Max Morath evokes Gay Nineties nostalgia
Senior citizens and Community Concerts subscribers enjoyed An Evening with Max Morath at Thomas Johnson Auditorium. The show used a turn of the century stage setting, slides, and a mix of performance and narration to recreate the era. Morath’s seamless onstage presence and inventive commentary sparked reflections on early 20th century popular music and its cultural mores. The first half featured The Grizzly Bear Don’t Go in the Lions Cage and Tiger Rag, while noting the continued page reference for the program.
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Thomas Johnson Auditorium
Max Morath
Morath
aft
Air Bea
Two Lion Cub Daughters Born at Catoctin Mountain Zoo
Mary Ann Hahn tends two female lion cubs born Friday morning in an incubator. The cubs weigh two to three pounds, eyes open at birth, and rely on formula as Princess the lioness, mother to the cubs, had her claws removed before being rescued from a pet shop. John and Rich Duke, owners of Princess, previously faced rejection by other zoos before Baltimore Zoo declined the animal. The cubs will stay in the incubator two to three weeks and will be named by local children in a future contest. Claude, the father, died about three weeks before birth.
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Tillie Duke
Catoctin Mountain Zoo
Princess
CATOCTIN
Mary Ann Hahn
Mrs. Hahn
Richard
John Duke
Owings Mill
Hahn
Hahns
Duke
Dukes
Baltimore
Florida
Catoctin Mountain
John
Claude
Derailed Freight Trains Block Shenandoah Junction
Thirty loaded freight cars derailed at 1 18 am today at Shenandoah Junction West Virginia blocking the Baltimore Line. The Baltimorean freight train with 83 loaded cars and seven empties was en route Cumberland to Baltimore. No injuries reported and main tracks remain blocked with detours and bus replacement for Martinsburg commuters.
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Shenandoah Junction
W. Way
Baltimore
Baltimorean
Cumberland
Harpers Ferry
B&O
Martinsburg
W. Va
Washington, D.C
Washington
Brunswick
Iran Quake Kills Thousands in Southern Villages
A powerful earthquake in southern Iran, centered near Qeer and Karzin, collapsed mud brick homes. Initial figures estimate over 1,000 dead with unofficial tallies up to 2,000 to 4,000.
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Iran
TEHRAN
net ail
Manuchehr Pirooz
Fars
Geophysics Institute
Tehran University
Pirooz
Qeer
Karzin
B52s Return to Air War Deep Into North Vietnam
U S B52 bombers rejoined the air war over North Vietnam for the first time in over four years and hit targets around Vinh, 145 miles northwest of the DMZ. South Vietnam reports crushing the DMZ spearhead as reserves push into An Loc while North Vietnam remains active north of Saigon.
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SAIGON
North Vietnam
Vinh
demilitarized zone
North
vietnam
America
South Vietnam
DMZ
An Loc
Nixon
Fire crew logs show multiple calls near town area
Fire calls logged over 48 hours end at 10 am with 6:55 pm Sunday responses from City Hood College and local units for a house fire near Eyler's Valley Road and a shed fire in Centerville. Ambulance data lists 18 emergencies and four routines with inmate counts.
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CITY HOOD COLLEGE
Citizens
Uniteds
EYLER’S VALLEY RD
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
CENTERVILLE
New Market
Hyattstown
Market Dip in Early Trading Stocks Slip Mildly
New York blue chip shares eased under modest profit taking as the Dow Jones industrial average at 10 30 a m slipped .30 to 962 30.
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NEW YORK
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Braddock Avenue
Spicknall
Lake Singapore
Louie Brosius
Richard Zimmerman
commission
Fedders
Frederic Morath
Frederick Community Concert Association
James E. Sensenbaugh
Sensenbaugh
Round Hill
Braddock Heights
Concert Association
Donald E. Leatherman
Frederic
News-Post
cubator
Frederick Memorial Hospital
cubs
Cedric H. Smith
NANCY MORRIS
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