Park Service maps zoning plan for C and O Canal restoration
National Park Service proposes to restore portions of the 185 mile C and O Canal to support major tourist centers while preserving Frederick County 20 mile stretch from large scale development. Plans call for 1 2000 acres along the canal with over 1000 already acquired and remaining land to be secured by September. A public hearing is set for May 28 at 8 p.m. in Brunswick Town Hall with 197 landowners affected and about 180 having settled.
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Bonita Maas Park Gift Reflects Civic Duty in Frederick
Frederick resident Bonita Westbrook Maas donated the land for a small park on West 2nd Street. The city spent 35 000 dollars to develop Bonita Maas Park after Maas bought the site for 10 000 dollars following a January 1970 Elks Club fire. Maas and her late husband started Maas Opticians in 1946 and she urges others to give back to the community they inhabit.
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Bonita Westbrook Maas
Frederick
Earl A. Maas
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Bonita Maas
Myersville doctor to close office in May
Myersville's only physician Dr. Charles R. Wierer will end his private practice on May 24 to join Fort Detrick as a civilian doctor. He cites rising costs and a malpractice insurance crisis as key factors, with many residents already traveling to Middletown or larger cities for care.
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Fort Detrick
Charles R. Wierer
Wierer
Claude Keller
Middletown
Hagerstown
Frederick
Keller
St. Paul
Ford urges mandatory prison terms for repeat violent criminals
President Ford proposes federal mandatory prison terms for those convicted of violent crimes, especially with guns or prior records, signaling a broader anticrime plan to Congress within six weeks. Yale faculty members and others judge the idea cautiously, while Bork signals conditional support and Levi’s input influenced wording changes to target predatory crimes.
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Connecticut
Yale law
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Clyde Summers
Dean Abraham Goldstein
Black
U.S
Robert H. Bork
Justice Department
Edward H. Levi
Robert Havel
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Huong to Decide on Resignation Amid Vietnam Peace Talks
South Vietnam's National Assembly debated for 10 hours and gave Huong a two point option to resign or appoint a government of negotiation. The move aims to form a cabinet acceptable to the Communists for peace talks while Huong could still be replaced if needed.
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Minh
Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Huong
Saigon
Graham Martin
Jail inmates feel inflation pinch at Frederick jail
Inmates at the Frederick County Jail face rising costs as inflation squeezes daily life. Starting May 1, county commissioners extend measures affecting prisoners on work detail and related expenses.
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Frederick County
Thomas Fox
Courthouse project advances amid property talks slow progress
County officials push the county-state courthouse plan while negotiating for the Amoco service station at Patrick and Court Streets. A counter-proposal is informally accepted, price undisclosed, with possible condemnation if talks stall. Separate talks on the Blue and Grey building face deadlock over about 120 000 dollars, while Hanson House issues remain unsettled for a site plan.
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Lawrence A. Dorsey
Dorsey
Amoco
Patrick and
Court Streets
Lloyd Rice
News-Post
Lebherz
Hanson
Paul L. Crum Jr
Labor rally demands federal action and justice
A Labor rally calls for federal job action amid ongoing political pressure. Reports note a hijacker arrested at Atlanta and a broad set of political results from Portugal. A bank robbery leaves 11 dead in a $12 000 holdup. Weather: partly cloudy and cool with sunny Sunday.
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