Burglar alarm fee under fire in city debate
The mayor and Board of Aldermen defend a $100 annual burglar alarm fee amid criticism that it lacks an ordinance and public discussion. Critics call it illegal and discriminatory while officials justify it as paying for extraordinary police service.
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W. Jerome Offutt
Offutt
Patrick E. Powers
Donegan
East Patrick Street
special police service
Pue
Monocacy
Young
Elizabeth Burkett
Frederick County Humane Society
Baker Park
Frederick Jaycees
Frederick County Youth Planning Commission
City OKs 43000 Fire House Addition Contract
The city approved a 43000 contract Thursday for an addition to Citizens Truck Company to house a new fire engine. Alderman Hiltner supported the buy while concerns were raised about the high bid from F E Harris and Son of Sykesville. Rusherman Construction was the second-lowest bidder.
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Donald Hiltner
F.E. Harris
Michael Pue Jr
Maryland
Monocacy River
Pue
Ronald N. Young
Nickens urges state rent control measure in Frederick
Frederick NAACP president Lord Nickens asked state lawmakers to pass a rent control bill while seeking cooperation from city and county governments. He noted expirations of current rules limit local action and urged inspections of substandard housing as rents rose sharply by 100 percent.
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Frederick
sven
Ronald N. Young
NAACP
Bangladesh coup ousts Mujibur Rahman in predawn takeover
Pro Moslem military officers overthrow leftist government in Bangladesh and kill President Mujibur Rahman. Khondakar Mustaque Ahmed named successor. curfew in place. capital Dacca patrolled by tanks. Martial law proclaimed. reports say calm otherwise with no direct threat to foreigners.
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India
Bangladesh
Mujibur Rahman
Radio
Mansoor Ali
Dacca
State Department
Washington
Radio Bangladesh
Mujib
Khondakar Mustaque Ahmed
Islamic Republic of Bangladesh
United States
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Islamabad
Pakistan
United News of India
Darga
Ford urges energy reform as veto threat looms
President Ford calls energy a giant puzzle and vows to veto a price control extension on domestic oil. He also threatens to remove the $2 a barrel tariff on imported oil if Congress upholds the veto. He says the moves would raise petroleum prices only a few cents per gallon and urges tough decisions at a Vail energy symposium.
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Colo
Ford
Congress
Ford pursues energy plan to curb oil imports
President Ford urged Congress to end the energy policy deadlock and pursue a program to raise domestic oil prices gradually, promote conservation, and boost domestic production. He pressed for coal gasification, solar power, and windfall profits taxes while warning of a veto override and potential price shifts if controls end.
Frederick County considers building code change on window openings
County Attorney Lawrence Speelman was instructed to pursue amendments lowering bedroom window openings from 22 inches to 20.5 inches after a workshop with homebuilders, officials, and commissioners. Commissioner Donald L. Lewis opposed citing state fire rules. A public hearing is set in 15 days to decide the proposal’s fate under state law.
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Lawrence Speelman
Frederick County
Ernest Ausherman
Donald L. Lewis
Board of Appeals
Department of Permits and Inspections
Joan Little Acquitted in Beaufort Jail Stabbing Case
A mixed race jury in Raleigh acquitted 21 year old Joan Little of all charges in the icepick stabbing of jailer Clarence Alligood. The defense argued self defense during a sexual attack while Little was held on a B and E conviction appeal.
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RALEIGH
N.C
Joan Little
Clarence Alligood
Miss Little
Alligood
Beaufort County
Washington, D.C
Five missing as oil tanker hits platform
Gulf of Mexico accident leaves five crewmen unaccounted for after the Globuk Sun struck an unmanned drilling platform. 41 other crew members were rescued as a heavy oil slick spread from a hull breach and Coast Guard helicopters moved survivors to Galveston.
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NEW ORLEANS
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Lake Charles
Galveston
Tex
Patricia Hearst's mother to testify before Grand Jury
Government report shows money drain in Israel. Egypt near Sinai accord. Weather outlook calls for mostly cloudy skies with possible thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Highs in the mid 80s to 90s, nightly lows upper 60s to lower 70s. Thunderstorms likely Saturday with highs mid to upper 80s. Oscar Wilde quote noted.
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PATRICIA Hearst
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