Educators eye 1 150 000 state loan for six year program
Frederick County school board considers applying for a 1 150 000 state loan to supplement a 5 million bond issue for school construction over six years. Most funds would go to Governor Thomas Johnson High School and Middletown Valley Elementary site issues. The board will also review site purchases, including Maude estate and O Possumtown Pike area for Frederick Community College, and report on Catoctin High School site.
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Frederick County
John L. Carnochan
Carnachan
Carnochan
Thomas Johnson
Brown
Middletown Valley
Jefferson
U.S. 340
Broad Run
Om Commissioners
Maude Eee
O’possumtown Pike
East Coast Relay
Frederick Community College
Possumtown Pike
Maryland State Board of Education
Catoctin
Thurmont
State Roads Commission
MD. 26
Liberty School
Euugene F. Wood Jr
West Frederick Junior High School
Death Stalks Nation's Highways
Multiple weekend crashes killed eight youths in British Columbia and Maryland while three other adults died in Kentucky and two more in Maryland. Victims included siblings and parents traveling to church, moviegoers, and beachgoers. numerous others were injured across the six incidents.
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Associated Press
British Columbia
Kentucky
Cub Run
Billy Ramsey
Bonnieville
John Ed Thompson
Hart County
John Brewer
Wayne
Mich
Columbia
Church
James William Paul Lasley
Fred Edward Lasley
Leonard Collidge Lasley
Lola York Jones
Greensburg
Robin Duncan
Maryland
Glen Burnie
Jesse Broadway Jr
Alma Coleman
Marlene Stewart
Baltimore
Elwood Rothrock
Betty
Hanover
Rothrocks
James Nolen
Jacqueline
Washington, D.C
Gregory
Herbert
Bowie
U.S. 50
Ardmore
Forest Fires Rage Along French Riviera
Rag ing fires whipped by a dry si rocco wind from North Africa destroyed at least 25,000 acres of pine forests along the French Riviera early today, officials reported. Five persons were reported injured, and at least 20,000 vacationers and homeowners were evacuated.
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Toulon
France
North Africa
French Riviera
Man Awaiting Trial Shoots Self In Chest
Frederick man Charles Vernon McDonald aged 24 shot himself in the chest Sunday evening in his backyard while awaiting trial for assault, battery, and robbery of William Grove. He was found near a North Market Street restaurant after turning in the pistol to his mother and transported to Frederick Memorial Hospital in fair condition.
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Frederick
Charles Vernon McDonald
E. Fifth St
Frederick Memorial Hospital
McDonald
William F. Grove
West Patrick Street
Grove
Kenneth E. Harding
West Fifth Street
North Market Street
Maude E. McDonald
Charles V. Main
Restaurant Granted Liquor License on West Patrick Street
The Town and Country Restaurant on West Patrick Street received a liquor license after a hearing before the County Liquor License Commissioner. No opposition was noted. It is the third approval under the county's liberalized liquor law, following Peter Pan Inn Urbana and Fitzgerald's Shamrock Thurmont.
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West Patrick Street
Louis V. Myers
Peter Pan Inn
Urbana
Fitzgerald’s Shamrock
Thurmont
Storm Brings 0.65 Inch Rain Locally and Drought News
Severe storms drenched Maryland's Eastern Shore with over four inches in places but Frederick area escaped heavy rainfall. locally only 0.65 inch fell Sunday. July saw 3.09 inches total with 2.86 inches on a single day. My ersville water ban talked about as towns consider restrictions while Jenkins Brothers cannery foresees corn crop gains if August remains wet. Weather notes include July highs near 96 and a cool spell ending July 29. Stock market rose early with strides in airlines motors and rails.
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Maryland
Frederick
Myersville
Corn Corp
Jenkins Brothers Canning Factory
East South Street
Jenkins
Congress Moves To End Voting Rights And Weighs Reapportionment
Congress ready to pass a voting rights bill to enforce the 15th Amendment and suspend literacy tests in affected states. A showdown over state legislative reapportionment looms as Dirksen proposes a geography based amendment to bypass the Supreme Court ruling. Senate leaders plan a vote Wednesday amid party tensions and possible southern opposition.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Senate House Conference Committee
House
Senate
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Supreme Court
Dirksen
Senate Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Elks Convention Leaders Visit Frederick in August
R Leonard Bush grand exalted ruler of the Elks will head the 45th Annual Maryland Delaware and District of Columbia Elks Association convention in Frederick August 26 to 29. He was elected to the post last month at the Miami national convention. The local lodge will host a reception August 26 with a formal dinner planned.
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R. Leonard Bush
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
Elks Association
Frederick
Bush
New Rights Medicare What It Means To You
Article explains Social Security benefits and introduces the new Medicare program. It cites potential monthly survivor and retirement payments, then describes Medicare hospital coverage including 90 days per illness and 40 dollar first-day and daily costs after. The piece targets workers age 65 and older and compares Medicare costs to private insurance.
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Medicare
Who Blabbed Johnson Blasts Viet Nam Leak
President Johnson accused a top Republican of breaking his confidence and releasing untrue information about Viet Nam deliberations. Reporters implied Gerald Ford Jr. was the target, while Ford denied being the person Johnson named. Johnson cited a memo from Mike Mansfield as the leak source and noted ordering 50,000 more troops after days of talks.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
House
White House
Lbj Ranch
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
U.S
Viet Nam
Mansfield
Eisenhower Critical of UN Role in South Vietnam
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower voiced disappointment at the United Nations stance on South Vietnam. He urged backing for President Johnson’s Vietnam policies and said the White House holds undisclosed facts, as he wrapped up a Wisconsin vacation.
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Minocqua
Wis
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United Nations
South Viet Nam
Eisenhower
Wisconsin
Johnson
Viet Nam
White House
Couple Climb Rockies on Honeymoon for 45 Years
Madison Wisconsin pair H Russell Briggs 72 and his 77 year old wife began climbing Colorado peaks on their honeymoon and remain active. They started at Georgetown aiming for Mount of the Holy Cross and plan a two day ascent staying at a motel base camp. They previously climbed Evans and Grays Peak, with Mrs Briggs praised as the bolder climber despite age.
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Redcliff. Cole
H. Russell Briggs
Colorado
Madison, Wis
Georgetown
of the Holy Cross
Denver
Briggses
U.S. Geological Survey
Holy Cross
Briggs
Pike's Peak
Colorado Springs
Evans
Gray's Peak
Bombers Hit Viet Cong Bases In Seventh Raid
US Baz bombers launched their seventh strike in South Viet Nam, 30 SAC eight-jet bombers dropping 500 tons on Viet Cong installations in Quang Tin Province about 350 miles north northwest of Saigon. The operation supported by US Marines and South Viet Namese troops overran Chan Son near Da Nang, with 25 killed and 40 captured in the village, while a ground sweep south of Saigon yielded meager results and Viet Cong mortar attacks continued.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Strategic Air Command
Quang Tin Province
South Viet Namese
Doxa
Guam
Okinawa
Bien Hoa
South
Viet Nam
UFO Deluge Hits Oklahoma and Southwest States
Reports spread across Oklahoma Texas New Mexico and Kansas of unidentified flying objects Sunday night. Sedgwick County Kansas sheriff and Weather Bureau tracked several objects at altitudes from 6 000 to 90 feet while Tinker Air Force Base Oklahoma estimated up to four objects at about 22 000 feet on radar. Air Force officials cautioned most sightings are balloons birds search lights or meteors and noted 9 127 sightings since 1947 with 667 still unidentified and no evidence linking to space.
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Oklahoma City
Tinker
McConnell Air Force
Air Force
Washington
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GOP
Ford
Sen. Bourke
Hickenlooper
Iowa
U.N
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Aspen
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