Renovations To FHS Approved
Frederick County Commissioners unanimously approved a 549875 appropriation for Frederick High School renovations including 15000 for architect fees and 434875 for alterations and additions. County official notes remaining bond funds after allocations. project cost estimated at 600000 with rebidding savings unclear.
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Frederick County
Frederick High School
Lawrence A. Dorsey
Catoctin High School
Dorsey
Donald C. Linton
Frederick High
Catoctin High
Linton
Board of Education
Yellow Springs
Elm Street
Valley
Russell Z. Herman
John C. War Field
Frederick County School
Bicycle Inspection Schedule Starts Citywide Inspections Begin
The city police department opens annual bicycle registration with inspection stations at Harmon Field and Maryland Avenue Park. They expect to inspect over 3,000 bicycles for safety and registration during the first week of August, with locations and times listed for eastern city residents.
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Harmon Field
Maryland Avenue Park
Winchester Street
Five Die in Night-Time Rt. 381 Crash Near Upper Marlboro
A car carrying nine people struck a bridge on Maryland Route 381 near Upper Marlboro during the night, killing five and injuring six. The victims include three men a woman and a child. Identities withheld until kin notified. All occupants were crammed into a 1960 two door sedan. Conditions ranged from critical to fair.
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Upper Marlboro
Maryland Rt
Maryland
Prince Georges Hospital
Cheverly
Hot Dry Weather Continues Into August
July ended hot and dry with near 90 degree highs today and Tuesday after a Sunday 87 degree high and mornings near 57. Scattered thundershowers possible Tuesday evening. July was hot but produced no records. total rainfall 2.83 inches vs 2.94 normal. For seven months, 20.79 inches compared with 20.67 last year. Rain needed to replenish supplies and aid crops.
Monocacy Water Flow At New Low
Frederick City faces potential water trouble if rain remains scarce as Monocacy and Linganore supplies strain. Davis notes 36 year low in Monocacy flow, while Potomac levels threaten Washington area. Pipe diversion from the Gas House Pike narrows the river further.
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Frederick
William J. Davis
Davis
Washington
Potomac River
Fishing Creek
Mountain
County
Gas House Pike
Associated Press
Roy L. Orndorff
Department of Sanitary Engineering
Potomac
Orndorff
Tax Money Provides Variety Of Services In Frederick City
A Frederick City budgeting overview outlines how tax dollars flow into city services for the 1966 fiscal year. Major line items include trash collection at 129,781, employee pensions and insurance at 170,367, water filtration at 108,251, debt service on water and sewer bonds at 122,000, and general debt payments of 233,945. Additional allocations cover parks, pools, cultural events, community promotions, and clock maintenance, with smaller donations to local organizations and a 4,997 animal shelter budget, 14,500 for snow removal, 14,291 street sanitation, near 100,000 for the incinerator, 4,380 for the municipal airport, and 100,222 categorized as General funds.
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Lawrence van Goethem
Stati
McCurdy Field
Chamber of Commerce
Community Chest
Salvation Army
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Hood College
Children’s Aid Society
YMCA
Frederick City
Tirty
Chicago clashes as white mob drives out civil rights marchers
In Chicago 3000 angry white demonstrators shouted white power and threw rocks at 350 civil rights marchers, injuring 60 including three police and a nun. Cars burned in Marquette Park as firemen were pelted. arrests and injuries mounted while police struggled to separate groups in the all white neighborhood. The event followed earlier summer riots in other areas and was linked to a King organized housing protest aimed at making Chicago an open city.
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Marquette Park
Chicago
Tles
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Coordinating Council of Community Organizations
CCCO
Albert C. Raby
Raby
County May Apply Again For Federal Drought Aid
Frederick County drought aid panel plans to reconsider emergency federal relief, amid prior rejection. A Sunday survey showed likely approval, with state committee hinting openness due to rainless period and dwindling feed. If approved, funds would buy surplus corn for dairy and beef, allow grazing on diverted cropland, and permit hay growth in reserves. Charles Mathias noted.
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Frederick County
Kenneth E. Shifflet
Shifflet
Allen B. Bryant
State Committee
James M. Voss
Denton
Maryland
J. Millard
Charles McC. Mathias
Operation Welcome Mat Set for Aug. 23 by Jaycees
A northbound couple on U S 15 will be stopped Aug 23 by state police for questions by a Junior Chamber of Commerce member. If they qualify, they may be featured in the Operation Welcome Mat campaign to honor honeymooners from out of state, receive a city key from Mayor Derr, tour Frederick history, attend official functions, and end with a Jaycee picnic at Breezy Grove Park after staying at the Holiday Inn.
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U.S. 15
Chamber of Commerce
The
Jaycees
Frederick
Howard Bayer
John A. Derr
Breezy Grove Park
Holiday Inn
Air Stocks Slide As Market Dips Early Today
New York stock market opened with a broad decline as airline stocks lagged in moderate early trading. Investors watched for signs of demand weakness and potential fuel cost pressures while overall indices moved lower.
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New York
Hearings Open as Airlines Strike Grinds On
Congress fast tracks inquiries by Senate and House Labor committees after airline strike grounds five carriers. Machinists vote 17151 to 6587 against a White House backed contract with 72 cents in gains, seeking full benefits now. Union president Siemiller recommended acceptance amid tense political pressure.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Senate
House Labor Committees
Len Lister Hal
Senate Labor Committee
Ihs
Johnson
Senate Democratic
Mike Mansfield
P.L. (Roy) Siemiller
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Union
United
Eastern
Northwest
National
Trans World Airlines
William J Curtin
Church Of God Seeks Control Of 25 Dissident Churches
The Maryland and Virginia Eldership of the Churches of God seeks to regain control of 25 seceded congregations. It revokes life ordinations and licenses of rebel ministers, while offering to welcome defectors who accept church doctrines. New leaders are installed as replacements amid potential legal actions to reestablish authority.
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Church of God
Maryland
Virginia
Churches of God
Frederick
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Standing Committee
David L. Ring
Martinsburg Church of God
Ring
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FHS
Tax Money
Paul W Moore
Edgewood
Moore
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