Frederick area stock trading shows national rally spillover
Stock trading in Frederick area has grown over the past days with local brokers split on whether the rise mirrors a national market surge or normal activity. Nationally, record highs were reached as NYSE volume climbed to 1.8 billion on Saturday and 1.4 billion on Friday, with 63 million shares traded on Saturday. Philip Berkheimer of Legg Mason Wood Walker Frederick reports rising activity though only modest gains locally.
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York Stock Exchange
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Legg. Mason, Wood
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Frederick
Mason
Berkheimer
New York
Ground breaking held for 85 million New Market Middle School
Ground was officially broken Wednesday for the 85 million New Market Middle School on land next to the elementary school. Frederick County Superintendent Dr Gordon M Anderson Jackson and school officials joined students and parents as the first shovels moved soil. The 900 pupil capacity facility is set to open in 1979.
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New Market
Frederick County
Gordon M. Anderson Jackson
Frances Ashbury
Mark Buzzell
Lawrence A. Dorsey
Green Valley
Charlotte Castillo
Faye Wong
Liberty
David Reed
Karyle Hardman
Colby Flautt
Board of Education
County Treasurer to retire after 38 years in Frederick County
Mrs. Charlotte Yarroll Kerrigan will retire on November 30, 1978, ending 38 years in Frederick County government. Beginning Sept. 1, 1939, she joined as deputy clerk to County Treasurer Falk and later completed his term. She won election in 1962 and served unopposed in 1966 and 1974, noting the county’s move from hand to computer driven tax processing and the region’s growth.
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Charlotte Yarroll Kerrigan
Frederick County
Torney
Francis Burch
Democratic State Central Committee
Millard Tawes
Falk
Courthouse Flood Plan Delays City Project Demand Three Items
A GSA official said Frederick City must supply a plan timetable and financing program before the new courthouse can proceed. County officials report the need and warn that delays driven by inflation may raise costs.
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State General Services Administration
Frederick City
Jonathan Moxley
GSA
Frederick County
Stitely enters county commissioner race on Independent ticket
Richard E. Stitely a 35 year old plumber with R W Warner becomes the sixth candidate for county commissioner and the first on an Independent ticket. He plans to collect 1200 petition names by July to appear on the November ballot while canvassing Frederick City. Stitely will attend county meetings for information and will join five others including Republicans and Democrats in the race for the Board of County Commissioners.
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R.W. Warner
Stitely
Frederick City
Biggs Avenue
Lee
Grant Place
Sutely
Howard Whims
Jack B. Kussmaul
Galen R. Clagett
Sanford G. Blum
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MORO execution could be a ruse
Occasional showers likely through tonight with a low in the mid to upper 40s. Clearing and mild Thursday with a high in the mid to upper 60s. Rain chances 70 percent tonight and 60 percent Thursday. Winds southerly 10 to 20 mph tonight. New discoveries in science will continue to create frontiers for those who still would adventure, President Herbert Hoover.
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Herbert Hoover
Panama Canal Treaties Gain Senate Approval Rally Mix
Panamanian leader Torrijos hailed the Senate vote as the end of colonialism while warning that controversy will persist as the House weighs implementation. Carter urged eventual public acceptance, and opposition called the move a retreat from national greatness amid fears of U.S. intervention and sovereignty risks.
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White House
Senate
Panama Canal
Washington
House
Panama
Omar Torrigjos
United States
Torrijos
Robert C. Byrd
Carter
Senators Vote For Panama Canal Treaties
Maryland Senators Paul Sarbanes and Charles Mathias voted in favor of the Panama Canal treaties. A roll call appears on Page A3. Carter called the treaties a step toward a new era in relations with Panama and other developing nations, based on mutual respect and partnership. Panamanians celebrated by radio then mobs gathered in what observers called a big drunken street party.
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Maryland
Paul Sarbanes
Charles Mathias
Panama
Carter
White House
Domenici to speak at Frederick GOP dinner April 26
U.S. Senator Pete V Domenici of New Mexico will be guest speaker at the spring dinner of the GOP Club and the Republican Party of Frederick County on Wednesday April 26 at Peter Pan Inn Urbana He sits on the Budget Environment and Public Works Energy and Natural Resources committees and is ranking minority member of the special Committee on Aging He has been an assistant minority whip since 1975 and helped shape the 95th Congress economic package His focus includes Senate reform energy minerals water policy and Medicaid fraud investigations
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Pete V. Domenici
U.S
New Mexico
GOP Club
Republican Party
Frederick County
Peter Pan Inn
Urbana
Senate
Environment and Public Works
Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Sen. Domenici
Economic production shows first drop in three years
The Commerce Department reports the US economy shrank 0.6 percent annualized in Q1 1978, the first decline in three years, dragged by severe winter weather and a coal strike. It notes weaker business sales and consumer spending as key factors, with unemployment around 6.2 percent and inflation at 7 percent.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Burall Seeks Democratic Nomination For County Commissioner
Jesse I. Burall Sr., a Monrovia dairy farmer and longtime civic and farm group member, announced on Wednesday his bid for the Democratic nomination for county commissioner. The 50 year old is the sixth Democrat to enter the race for the five nominating slots in the September primary. Burall previously ran in 1974 for the House of Delegates in District 4 A and was defeated by Charles E. Smith of Brunswick. He remains active in civic and agricultural groups.
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Jesse I. Burall Sr
Monrovia
Burall
Ales Uve
Charles E. Smith
Brunswick
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