Hood College Dean Resigns Amid Financial Pressure
Dean Catherine Chilman resigns as Hood College Dean of Faculty after two years, citing current financial squeeze and mounting campus pressure. She leaves after commencement, just before a White House Conference on Youth delegation. President Elliott says resignation follows faculty tensions and alumni dissatisfaction. tenure refusals in December add to campus controversy.
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Hood College
Catherine Chilman
Hood
Chilman
Board of Trustees
White House
Randle Elliott
Dean Chilman
Elliott
Thomas
400 Future Business Leaders To Meet At TJ
Governor Thomas Johnson High School hosts the 15th annual Maryland FBLA leadership conference attracting about 400 attendees. TJ officers lead arrangements with state officials coordinating assemblies contests exhibitions from IBM 3M Monroe Friden and others. Delegates elect state officers in the afternoon and awards are handed to winners and honorary members. Other county schools Brunswick Catoctin Frederick and Linganore assist.
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Thomas Johnson
Maryland
Future Business Leaders of America
FBLA
Lana Martin
Ellen Croghan
Barbara Stone
Joan Purdy
Patsy May
Anne Priebe
3M Products Company
IBM
Monroe International
Friden Inc
Fela
C&p Telephone Company
Control Data Institute
Stenotype Inc
Brunswick
Catoctin
Frederick
Linganore
Fire Log Summary From Braddock Heights and Nearby Areas
Fire calls logged through 10 am include responses across from the fire house on Putnam Road Braddock Heights at 10 40 am and 11 43 am in Lewistown including the Merhl Hayne residence Buckeystown and Carroll Manor area with ambulance status Emergency 10 Routine 3 jail population shows 27 males and 2 females.
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Braddock Heights
Braddock
Putnam Road
Lewistown
Merhl Hayne
Buckeystown
Carroll Manor
County Takes Over Winchester Hall Lot Parking Change
County commissioners officially assumed ownership of the Winchester Hall parking lot turning it into a Monday through Friday employee lot with free public parking at night and on weekends. County leases with private owners total 2900 annually for five years, funded by employee fees of 5 dollars monthly. Public parking limited during working hours aims to aid downtown shoppers.
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Winchester Hall
Margaret Hindman
East Church Street
Frederick County Historical Society
S. Joseph Newcomer
William and Gladys Obenderfer
Eleanor Schodel
John R
Catherine Cheatham
Salvation Army Honors Students and Civic Groups
Frederick Corps honors school groups and civic clubs for aiding the Salvation Army over the past year at a Hotel Frederick dinner meeting. Capt. Kenneth Brewer outlined the Army’s international programs while Brigadier Harriss presented awards to high schools and colleges and thanked volunteers including Hood College students and local merchants.
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Salvation Army
Frederick Corps
Hotel Frederick
Kenneth Brewer
Maryland
West Virginia
Army
E. B. Harriss
Harriss
Catoctin High School
Frederick High School
Middletown
Walkersville High School
Gov. Thomas Johnson
Six Hood College
England
Downtown HUD discussions shape downtown renewal plan
Federal aid steps for a downtown renovation were outlined in a Thursday meeting with HUD officials. Rep. Byron and Beall appeared as planners outlined financing under the neighborhood development program and suggested renovating rather than razing housing in the south downtown area. A house to house survey showed most residents own homes but cannot afford basic improvements, with parking cited as a major issue. HUD noted the North Market Street vacant Frederick Community College could win a multipurpose center grant, subject to an eligible public agency applying.
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Quita Hague
HUD
U. S& Son
J. Glenn Beall Jr. Beall
Rep
Goodloe E. Byron
Marcou, O'Leary and Associates
Molly J. Newington
Congressional
Frederick
Marcou. O'Leary
Arthur Fawcett
Montgomery County
Morris Simms
Frederick Community College
North Market Street
Simms
Head Start Seeks Local Children for Summer Program
Head Start coordinators seek four and five to six year old children in multiple districts including South Frederick Elm Street Brunswick Valley Urbana Carrol Manor Liberty Lewistown Thurmont New Market Emmitsburg and East Frederick. The summer program runs June 24 to August 3 daily 9 am to 2 pm at four county centers with bus transportation provided for attendees.
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Sooth Frederick
Elm Street
Brunswick
Valley
Urbana
Carrol Manor
Liberty
Lewistown
Thurmont
Sabillasville
New Market
Emmitsburg
East Frederick
Hugh Nolan
Nolan
Catoctin High
Waverley
Brunswick High School
South Frederick
Valley Schools
Carroll Manor
Head Start
Community Action Agency
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Frederick County Board of Education
Frederick County Health Department
Nixon Stands Firm On Vietnam Policy
President Nixon defended a gradual U S withdrawal from Vietnam and said protests will be prosecuted. He indicated prisoner releases could hasten pullout, urged priority on POW talks in Paris, and kept options open on relations with China while stressing no imminent ground support in Cambodia or Laos.
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Nixon
Vietnam
Washington
U.S
United States
China
Peking
United Nations
Soviet Union
South Vietnam
Saigon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Paris
North Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Cultural Funds Sought For Schools
James L. Fisher of the Symphony Society asks Frederick County Commissioners to fund 20000 for the Board of Education cultural programs next year. The program began as a federal project, but the grant expired last year and local funding is sought to continue concerts plays and other cultural activities in schools. The commissioners said no decision had been made on the education budget yet.
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Frederick County
Symphony Society
James L. Fisher
Board of Education
Commissioners
Stock Market Edges Lower In Moderate New York Trading
New York stock prices slipped in moderate trade with the Dow Jones industrial average at 947.102, down 1.18 points at 10 30 a.m. Declines outnumbered advances on the NYSE by 4 to 3 as market activity quieted.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
TJ Evaluation Rates High with Rules Revisions Urged
The Middle States Association praised TJ Thomas Johnson High School for strong overall accreditation, professional staff, and community engagement while urging tighter rules and more supervision. Understaffing and funding gaps led to calls for 16 more teachers and aides, plus expanded planning time, with a decision on accreditation due in November.
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Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
PTSA
Middle States Association
Karl Manwiller
Manwiller
Cloudy Skies With No Rain Expected In Maryland
Skies were cloudy this morning but no rain is expected and the open burning ban remains in effect in Frederick, Washington and Allegany Counties. Temperatures will reach the 50s today and Saturday with lows in the mid 30s. Northwest winds around 10 mph will lessen tonight as a cool weekend forecast calls for fair but cool conditions and possible mountain showers Sunday.
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Frederick
Washington
Allegany
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