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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1969
Page
2
A fragment from The News in Frederick Maryland dated Friday April 11 1968 appears. It references a lower section page A4 and mentions postal and circulation terms. The text is fragmentary and lacks a clear singular event or person.
Striking evidence of bank rate hikes appears in Frederick County as a $3 million Class A school construction bond issue faced at 5.2 percent versus 4.2 expected. The Board of County Commissioners, mindful of taxpayers, hesitates to issue bonds, hoping inflation cooling or deflation may lower rates. The housing shortage for expanding student population worsens as classrooms fill and the Board of Education remains limited, urging the commissioners to authorize sale despite higher interest.
Parents from Thomas Johnson High School and School Superintendent John L. Carnachan voiced vague concerns about the school crisis. A Thursday report by the parents offered specifics but avoided controversy. Taxpayers demand frank analysis and action, not censorship or superficial surveys, as only seven of forty six educators were consulted.
After a public hearing the Frederick City Planning Board voted to recommend to the Board of Aldermen the rezoning of the 12 acre former Southern Dairy site off Sagner Avenue. Flinkete Inc is the petitioner and the Frederick Housing Authority would construct the project if approved. The plan aims to expand affordable housing while boosting local business, with eight acres for buildings keeping density below garden apartment limits.
Washington debate on racial quotas in public school hiring. Justice favors quotas. HEW opposes. Supreme Court reviews a test case amid disputes over faculty race ratios, with NAACP backing desegregation and three white to two Negro teachers in Montgomery County. Secretary Finch warns arbitrary targets could reduce teaching quality while arguing merit should guide hiring.
A meeting will be held at the Lutheran church in Anonville to discuss a proposed state road connecting Anonville to Brunswick and linking to a good road to Harpers Ferry. A tenant house south of Walkersville was burned, believed deliberate, after a warning note. Brunswick cooperative store robbed on Potomac Street with no clues. Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Thomas L. Rickard brick factory in Hagerstown, losses around 200000, nearby freight station. large city building.
Twenty years ago April 1 1949 item notes three new road projects in Frederick County including Wolfaville Garfield row and Paint Hock Mill road in Catoctin district and le Di Perry road near Urbana. It also records approval for a 20000 gallon above ground fuel oil tank on South and Wisner streets corner. A theft of a large gasoline powered shovel near Barracks B west of Frederick is noted. The Women’s Christian Temperance Union plans a county wide convention May 19 at the Reformed Church in Middletown.
Tufts University moved into Mound Bayou Mississippi in 1967 to promote health care across a 500 square mile delta. A $152000 poverty grant funded the Delta Health Center which shifted focus from medical care to root causes like food shortages, dilapidated housing, and contaminated wells. The effort grew into garden clubs, land donations, and a cooperative food program serving 10 communities and 3000 people, with plans to produce multiple crops on 500 acres and connect to markets in Memphis and Mobile.
The Missouri decision on one man one vote signals potential shifts in Maryland districts. While Congress may feel late effects, state legislative maps show disparities up to 35.5 percent, pressing calls to expand the House of Delegates to 250 to balance rural and suburban power amid 1960 census data.
A fragmented column by Phil Pastoret blends quirky musings and garbled lines, referencing marbles at ten, inpatient thoughts, and odd names. The text weaves nonsensical phrases about parrots, peace, and a mix of stray proper nouns, creating a puzzling, unreadable snapshot.
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