Cease-fire in Middle East quiets banks of Suez Canal
The cease fire proposed by the United States took effect at midnight local time, quieting the Suez Canal region after months of conflict. Israeli reports said little activity. rockets were fired from Jordan toward a Dead Sea area earlier, with no casualties. U Thant’s UN mission was reactivated to discuss sites for talks, possibly New York Geneva or Nicosia, as leaders pledged to pursue negotiations toward a broader peace.
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Associated Press
Suez Canal
Middle East
Jordan
Israeli Dead Sea
Tel Aviv
New York
Geneva
Nicosia
Cyprus
U.S
U.N
U Thant
Golda Meir
Israel
Interior Department Backs C&O Canal Park Plan
The Interior Department endorses a bill to create the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park in Maryland and DC. Hearings are set Aug. 11 and 13 as lawmakers push for quick approval, detailing parkland expansion to about 20,250 acres and facilities including campgrounds and boat ramps along the 185 mile Potomac route.
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Department of the Interior
Maryland
District of Columbia
House Interior Committee
Nixon
America
East
Potomac River
Hickel
Potomac
U.S
Charles Mathias
J. Glenn Beall Jr
Gilbert Gude
Senate
House Interior
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Georgetown
Cumberland
Potomac Valley
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Potomac Basin
Interior Department
Smoke Tax Distribution Highlights County Shares
Frederick County received 72537.38 of more than 3.6 million dollars in tobacco tax revenue distributed by the state to counties in Q4 fiscal 1970. Baltimore City and Prince Georges led with 901338.55 and 544566.77. Montgomery 402050.20, Carroll 54382.41, Washington 90857.41, total 23346896.39, up 4.5 percent from last year per State Comptroller Louis L. Goldstein.
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Frederick County
Baltimore City
Prince Georges County
Montgomery County
Carroll County
Frederick
Washington County
Louis L. Goldstein
Nixon At Camp For Weekend
President Nixon spends the weekend at Camp David in Thurmont Maryland with his wife and daughter Tricia. Presidential staff aides Ehrlichman Haldeman Chapin and press secretary Ziegler joined the trip by helicopter from the White House Friday.
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Thurmont, Md
Nixon
Camp David
Tricia
John D. Ehrlichman
A. R. Haldeman
Dwight Chapin
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
Search Continues For Elusive Boy Near Ijamsville
The search for a seven to ten year old boy abandoned near Ijamsville Road continues as up to 150 volunteers join State Police. A barefoot youth was sighted Friday by a trooper near an abandoned house and cars, with reports varying on clothing. Helicopters aided the effort amid hot, dry conditions and dense woods.
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Ijamsville
Ball Road
William Newcomer
Newcomer
Centerville
Ijamsville Road
Civil Defense Unit
Washington County
Frederick County School Dropout Rate Falls to 1.5 Percent
A Frederick County Board of Education report cites a 1.5 percent dropout rate for the past school year, 283 students, down from 4.9 percent in 1960-61. Reasons include lack of interest, scholastic struggles, marriage, work, and pregnancy, with breakdowns by high schools and a note on earlier trends and contributing factors.
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Frederick County Board of Education
Susan Schmidt
J. Rolfe Castleman
Paul Fogle
Frederick County
Frederick High
West Frederick Jr
Gov
Thomas Johnson Jr
Catoctin High
Brunswick High
Walkersville High
Fogle
Md 75 contract awarded for widening in Frederick County
The State Roads Commission awarded a $108 490 contract to Plummer Construction Inc of Hagerstown to widen and resurface Maryland 75 from the Johnsville concrete section to Union Bridge corporate limits, a 3.8 mile stretch.
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State Roads Commission
Frederick County
Plummer Construction Inc
Hagerstown
Maryland
Johnsville
Union Bridge
Commission Withholds Decision on Sewer Plan
At a Friday public hearing two property owners urged the Metropolitan Sanitary Commission to fund a sewer feasibility study for the lower Linganore Creek drainage area. The request was deferred pending a full commission meeting. Representatives for Morris Kanter, Robert Murphy, and Linganore Ltd expressed interest. Lake Linganore developers declined to fund but offered input from their private sewer work. The Lake Linganore project will not join the Linganore system immediately due to an approved private system and temporary treatment plant for the 4,200 acre subdivision. The study aims to assess the Monocacy River to New London reach.
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Linganore Creek
Full Metropolitan Sanitary Commission
Metropolitan Commission
County Commissioners
Singanore
Monocacy River
New London
Richard Zimmerman
Morris Kanter
Robert Murphy
Kent Farm
Long Branch
Robert M. Keats
Linganore Ltd
Lundgren
Lake Singanore Corporation
William and
Louis Brosius
Lake Linganore
William Rothen
Maryland Dairy Princess Coronation Set for Aug 17 18
Seven young women will gather at Frederick’s Francis Scott Key Hotel for the two day Maryland Dairy Princess Coronation on August 17 and 18. A noon luncheon on August 18 will host about 300 guests in the hotel banquet room. The state winner will represent Maryland at major dairy events and in the national coronation next July in Chicago.
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Frederick
Francis Scott Key
Maryland
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Chicago
Jackie Mellett
Washington County
Frederick County
Carol Slater
Monrovia
Darlene Mirfin
Union Bridge
Mirfin
Carroll County
Henry Mirfin
Cambodian forces recapture Skoun as northern offensive wanes
Cambodian strike forces backed by fighter bombers recaptured Skoun, halting a seven day occupation. The town at Highway 6 and 7 junction, 40 miles northeast of Phnom Penh, saw about 500 Communist troops killed, with 10 Cambodians killed. Air support came from U.S., South Vietnamese, and Cambodian aircraft. A separate report from Kompong Thom noted ongoing clashes and Cambodian defenses holding. In South Vietnam, U.S. pilot Donnelly guided ground troops to a North Vietnamese base near Khe Sanh, uncovering huts, bunkers, munitions, and uniforms.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Cap
Skoun
U.S
Vietnam
Kompong Thom
Kompong Cham
Siem Reap
Siem ‘Reap
Phnom Phen
South Vietnam
W.C. Robert Donnelly
Chico
Calif
Laos
Donnelly
Khe Sanh
Hac Bao
Black Panther
Fire Log Report Highlights 24 Hour Calls
Fire calls reported through 10 a.m include 7:30 p.m auto fire with Juniors and Uniteds, 3:28 p.m pole fire with Li bertytown, and 10:45 p.m grass fire near Drag Strip, New Market. Ambulance calls show Emergency Routine five. Route details cite CITY YOUNG PLACE COUNTY RT Clemsonville Road and Route 75.
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City Young Place
Uniteds
County RT
Clemsonville
Libertytown
New Market
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Mideast
Washington
Cairo
Jerusalem
United Nations
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Sweden
Amman
Gamal Abdel Nasser
C&o Canal Park
George Dorsey
SRC
State Dairy Princess Coronation
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