Frederick City bonds sold for 1.5 million to Baltimore firms
Frederick City lawmakers approved selling 1.5 million dollars in bonds with total interest cost of 745,995 over two years. Bids came from Alex Brown and Sons, Baker Watts and Co., Legg and Co. of Baltimore at 3.1603262 percent. Proposals from nine firms were submitted with varying costs and rates, including bids from Harriman Ripley, Ritter Peabody, Halsey Stuart, Robert Garrett Sons, Phelps Finn Meade Miller, John Nuveen, Merrell Lynch, and Glore Forgan Staats. The issue funds the general and water sewer funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
Alex Brown and Sons
Baker Watts and Co
Legg and Co
Baltimore
E. Paul Magaha
Emmett R. Bowlus
Board of Aldermen
Harriman Ripley Co., Inc., and Associates
New York
Ritter-Peabody Co
Halsey, Stuart Co
Robert Garrett Sons, Inc
Phelps Finn Co
Meade Miller Co
John
John Nuveen Co
National City Bank of Cleveland
Merrell Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and Smith
Washington
D.C
Glore Forgan
William R. Staats Inc
Lowell Bowen
Miles and Stockbridge
Bowen
Frederick
General Fund
Water and Sewer Fund
Washington firm offers daily Frederick trash collection
Shayne Brothers Inc of Washington proposed to Frederick city and local businesses daily trash removal with closed sanitary containers and modern rear side or front loading trucks. The offer targets restaurants motels and industrial plants and cites improvements over current open containers and thrice weekly city service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frederick City
Frederick
Philip Shayne
Shayne
Ambulance Fund Drive Reaches Halfwaymark in City
The Junior Fire Company appeals for funds for an ambulance as of July 2,420, with $8,420 received from area businesses and residents. W M Ray Spurrier, fund drive chairman, praises community support and notes this is the Juniors first public appeal in over a century. The ambulance committee mailed brochures detailing need and statistics and hopes to conclude the drive soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Ray Spurrier
Spurrier
Russell H. McCain
Fire Company
McCain
Poe
Mailboxes Hit Again By Vandals In Frederick County
Vandals toppled two mailboxes overnight in Frederick County along a dirt road east of Yellow Springs. The mailboxes owned by Charles L. Holland and Curtis A. Cromwell Jr. were broken from posts by brute force, marking five destroyed in two weeks. Earlier, three mailboxes in the Eastview development near Shookstown were destroyed by Cherry bombs.
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Frederick County
Red
Yellow Springs
Charles L. Holland
Curtis A. Cromwell Jr
Eastview
Shookstown
Misunderstanding Settled Thurmont Police Chief Reinstated
Thurmont town council unanimously reinstated Police Chief Clarence Hagelin after a three day pay dispute described as a misunderstanding. He will continue a part time job in Hagerstown while earning about 4900 dollars yearly, and a future meeting will discuss a raise.
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Thurmont
Clarence Hagelin
Hagelin
Ray
Weddle
Guy Froushour
Frushour
Roy W. Lockinghill
Ice
Calvin Wilhide
Dag
Lidie
Joseph Kuhn
Hagerstown
Miss New York Beauty Title Lost Over Race Claim
Gloria Jon, Miss New York State in the Miss Universe system, says her title was stripped because she is Black. Ted Marshall, pageant director, says she breached her contract by missing appearances and advertising hair products. No Miss New York State title will be awarded this year.
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New York
Gloria Jon
Miami Beach
Ted Marshall
Hemlock
Jon
Marshall
Immigration Policy Change Approved
Washington AP The House Judiciary Committee approved a broad immigration reform bill by 26 to 4, backing ending the national origins quota system. The plan, to be considered on the House floor, would replace quotas with a new preference system favoring U.S. citizens relatives and set an initial 170000 annual limit, with a 20000 cap per country starting July 1, 1968. Western Hemisphere and immediate family members would be exempt from the ceiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
House
Senate
U.S
Rusk sees no hope for peaceful settlement in Viet Nam
Secretary of State Dean Rusk says there is no indication Hanoi or Beijing are ready for a peace deal in Viet Nam. He notes possible UN efforts may continue, while the Pentagon moves to speed up training and boost combat power in reserve units to deter or respond to a call up.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
North
Viet Nam
Red China
Rusk
United Nations
Hanoi
Pentagon
South Viet Nam
Defense Department
Department
Defense
Cyrus R. Vance
Fentagon
U.S
Peking
United States
Ford Suspects White House Leak
Washington AP Rep Gerald R Ford of Michigan said he suspects information on a Viet Nam conference between President Johnson and congressional leaders last week was leaked from the White House. House Republican leader denied being the source in a TV interview.
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Washington
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Johnson
White House
House
NBC
Railroads recommended to take Western Maryland under C and O control
An Interstate Commerce Commission examiner urged that the Chesapeake & Ohio and Baltimore & Ohio railroads be allowed to control the Western Maryland Railroad. The recommendation, by examiner Paul C. Albus, would end the 1932 trust and place the two larger lines in full charge of Western Maryland, which operates 868 miles across MD, PA and WV.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
Western Maryland
Paul C. Albus
Maryland
B&o
C&o
Albus
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Baltimore Harbor
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Connellsville
Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
New York
Missouri
District of Columbia
Ontario
Canada
37 Arrested In Allendale Protest At County Courthouse
Federal bonds posted for 37 civil rights demonstrators arrested in Allendale County courthouse as they protested voter registration rules. One white youth jailed after a scuffle with state troopers bonds totaling 700 dollars. Governor McNair vowed order and troopers reinforced. Demonstrators claimed they represented the Southern Christian Leadership Conference seeking Negro voter registration. The 37 faced disorderly conduct charges under open-books rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allendale
S.C
Rev. C.A. Webster Jr
Robert McNair
Columbia
U.S
Atty Terrell Glenn
FBI
McNair
Wayne State ‘University
Detroit
Mich
Martin Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
S.J. Wilson
Board of
Voter Registrars
South Carolina
65 Arrested In Chicago Rights March
Sixty five civil rights demonstrators led by Dick Gregory marched from downtown Chicago to Mayor Daley’s South Side home protesting School Superintendent Willis. They chanted, sang, and were arrested Monday night as police escorted them away in vans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
South Side
Richard J. Daley
Dick Gregory
Benamin C. Willis
Daley
En of Education
General Motors Seen as Weak Spot in Mixed Early Market
New York stock in early trading shows a mixed session with General Motors slipping as a weak spot. The broader market edges up on gains in several sectors while auto shares lag and investors await more decisive guidance from corporate results.
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New York
General Motors
Tydings Stand Criticized by Maryland Delegates
Democratic delegates from eight Eastern Shore counties condemn Sen. Joseph Tydings for backing a one man one vote stance while opposing a constitutional amendment to base legislative representation on nonpopulation factors. They fault his Baltimore City position to keep three congressmen despite the 1965 districting bill reducing City seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Maryland
House of Delegates
Joseph D. Tydings
Baltimore City
Tydings
Senate
Guerrillas Stage Two Major Raids
South Vietnamese and American forces fought multiple Viet Cong actions across provinces near Saigon and the Mekong Delta. At Phuoc Binh outpost nine guerrillas were killed. Phuoc Xuyen militiamen and civilians at Phuoc Toa market suffered casualties. Air strikes and base evacuations continued with heavy fighter-bomber activity leaving significant Viet Cong losses reported but not yet confirmed by body counts.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Phuoc Binh
Phuoc Xuyen
U.S
Soc Trang
Mekong Delta
Phuoc Toa
Dzone
Sigon
Quang Ngai
da Nang
Harold R Alston
Salt Lake City
Utah
Air Force
Navy
Viet Nam
Hanoi
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Chan Son Village
Miss
Ford
B& O
ICC Examiner
W. Maryland Rail
Coordinating Council of ‘Community Organizations
Howard Pierson
Harmony Grove
Lewistown Fish Hatcheries
Call
Montgomery County
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