City Approves 1.6 Million Bond Issue in Frederick
The Frederick Mayor and Board of Aldermen vote to advertise sale of 1.6 million dollars in bonds for water sewer and street work in the western annexation. The ordinance allocates 1.375 million for water and sewer and 225000 for streets with bids set for May 10 and delivery planned for the week of June 5. A future item proposed leasing a parking space for private limousine service was tabled due to highway authority concerns.
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Frederick
Alex Brown and Sons of
Baltimore
Franklin Still
lrich
Fredericktown Bank and Trust Company
William I E. Shepley
S. Market St
Emmett Bowlus
Guard Units Maintain Order At College Park
National Guard elements kept order at the University of Maryland campus as hundreds stood by at Greenbelt Armory ready to return if trouble resumes. About 140 were arrested for curfew violations after a 9 p.m. curfew was enforced, with no riot gas or dogs used and limited rock throwing reported.
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College Park
COLLEGE PARK. Ma
National Guard
University of Maryland
Greenbelt Armory
Edwin A. Warfield
Frederick National Guard Company A
Frederick
Living Costs Rise Modestly as Earnings Jump in March
Government data show consumer prices up 0.2 percent in March, with groceries easing from February. Weekly earnings rose to 131.73 dollars, up 6.5 percent from a year earlier, the largest March annual gain since 1965. Higher taxes and clothing, eggs, beef costs led the increase while vegetables and pork prices fell.
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WASHINGTON
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
State Helicopter Joins Potomac Search For Missing Man
A Maryland state police helicopter joined the Frederick search for Paul John House 24 of Knoxville missing since a Saturday boating accident on the Potomac. High water and rain hampered boats and spotters along the river as Roy David Loy 35 swam to shore half a mile south of Knoxville.
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Frederick
Paul John House
Potomac River
House
Knoxville
sears
Roy David Loy
Pandas Hide From Crowd At National Zoo Display
Hsing Hsing and Ling Ling refused to perform for 8000 visitors as they hid in their cages after a morning display for Pat Nixon. Zookeeper quotes and surprised children captured the scene as the pandas peered out briefly before retreating.
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WASHINGTON CAP
Hsing-Hsing
Ling-Ling
National Zoo
United States
China
Pat Nixon
saults
Don Grist
Dennis
Nsing-Hsing
Brunswick Old Mill Fire Prompts Illegal Burning Probe
Federal charges filed against David Stouts and Richard Longerbeam, both 24 of Brunswick, for unlawful open burning near the Old Mill. Fire crews battled the blaze, using alternate hydrants as the structure near B&O tracks burned, with about 2,000 spectators watching from the Lovettsville Bridge area. The mill, owned by Brunswick Cooperative, housed machinery and grain facilities. efforts continued into the early hours to contain the fire and protect nearby structures.
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Brunswick
James Powers
C&O Canal Forester
Ernest Weinholt
David Lee Stouts
Richard Allen Longerbeam
Lovettsville
Potomac Edison
B&O
H. E. Genny Cannon
Brunswick Fire Company
Delaware Avenue
West Potomac Street
Potomac River
Cooler Air Brings Rain This Weekend
A cold front lowered temperatures to 38 degrees overnight while sun returns today. Highs near 60 with nights in the 40s. Rain expected tonight through Saturday with highs in the 50s. Thursday reached 75 and Thursday rain measured 0.01 inch. April rainfall totals 4.84 inches, above the 3.67 inch average.
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mercury
WPMD
Fire Log Entries and Emergency Calls Summary
Fire log covers 24 hours to 10 am with calls at Rosemont Avenue at Hood College entrance a pole fire. Brunswick response for an Old Mill building fire with Bruns wick and Jefferson units. Hughes Ford Road water flow alarm at Ever edy Co box alarm. Ambulance calls list six emergencies and routine responses. Jail population notes show 20 males, 0 females, 3 juveniles.
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ROSEMONT AVENUE
HOOD COLLEGE
Independents
Uniteds
COUNTY OLD MILL
BRUNSWICK
Brunswick and
Jefferson
HUGHES FORD ROAD
Everedy Co
Apollo 16 Moon Walk Set After Narrow Landing
Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and Charles Duke prepare for three lunar EVAs after a near abort due to an engine snag on the command ship Casper. Ground teams fixed the issue in hours. mission now plans a 73 hour surface stay with experiments and a moon car drive.
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Duke
Ubsir
Casper
Mission Control
Orion
earth
Pacific
Young
Tony England
John
Thouars
Thomas K. Mattingly H
Ken Mattingly
Gerald Griffin
Mattingly
Young and Duke
Brunk elected president of Frederick Produce Co
John D. Brunk elected president at a Frederick Produce Co board meeting. Brunk, born November 3, 1937 in Hagerstown and a former buyer, has served as director and buyer since 1960 and is active with Kiwanis and Boy Scouts. New officers include James R. Easterday and James A. Cremins Jr., with Edward Blumenauer re-elected secretary-treasurer.
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John D. Brunk
Frederick Produce Co., Inc
Brunk
RFD
Frederick
Hagerstown
J. Milton Brunk
Braddock Heights
Goshen College
Goshen
Ind
Western Maryland College
Westminster
U. S. Army
Frederick’ Produce Co
First Baptist Church
Frederick Kiwanis Club
Boy Scouts
Jean R. Robinson
Bridgeton
N. J
Linda Sue
Redskin
James R. Easterday
James A. Cremins Jr
Edward Blumenauer
Fighting Goes On For An Loc
North Vietnamese forces pressed attacks around An Loc 60 miles north of Saigon as South Vietnamese paratroopers holding Min 609 endured artillery and ground assaults. About 100 of 500 paratroopers were killed or wounded before helicopter evac. Elsewhere Dau Tieng district faced shelling with civilians fleeing south while U S destroyers sank a North Vietnamese patrol boat in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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SAIGON
An Loc
fuly
Dau ‘Tieng
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
Beall Praises EPA Role in Curbing Pollution
Senator J Glenn Beall Jr told Hood College students the 70s' challenge is protecting Lake Eries waters and air. He highlighted three major pollution wins: creation and funding of the EPA, EPA authority over water and air standards, and legal avenues for public action against EPA negligence.
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J. Glenn Beall Jr
Lake Erie
Hood College
Beall
Senate
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Local Man Held Without Bond On Murder Charge
Frederick County Circuit Court arraigned 15 defendants with Larry Michael Weedon, 20, indicted for murder in Merr Crum’s death Feb. 15. Weedon’s May 23 jury trial is set. he faces a May 30 hearing on robbery and assault charges with two codefendants. Bonds for co-defendants Foreman and Genius set at 4000 each.
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Frederick
Frederick County
Larry Michael Weedon
Sagner Avenue
Samuel W. Barrick
Weedon
Merr! Crum
Franklin Stillrich
Stillrich
Charles Geisler
Raymond Vincent Foreman
Ice Street
Larry Amos Genius
Phobus Avenue
Market gains extend late-session momentum in New York
New York stock market prices moved ahead today extending the firming trend from late-session trading. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials at 10 30 am rose 2.48 points to 968.77.
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NEW YORK
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Potomac
Dennis Lorton
Kelly Starret
Tim O’Brien
Jefferson fire companies
Nancy Morris
Donald Barnes
Brunswick Cooperative
David Arnold
Louder Road
Arnold
Cannon
Jefferson Fire Company
areca
Houston
Brunk Heads Produce Co
GEORGE DORSEY
Cleopatra Campbell
Larry Russell Strube
Grant Place
Wallace Nelson Grimes
West Patrick Street
Stirich
Jack Wolfe
RFD 2
Myersville
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