Mathias backs Fort Detrick shift to NIH role
Senator Charles Mathias urged House members to back the Mathias Amendment directing $15 million for NIH to take over Fort Detrick facilities. The plan would fund about 700 staff for research under NIH, including slow virus studies, hepatitis, fungal diseases, tissue culture work, dental caries support, eye disease research, and cancer-related virus studies. He warned against delaying conversion and highlighted Fort Detrick’s $200 million facilities and easy transition to health research.
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Frederick Rotarians
Charles McCmathias
Fort Detrick
Hour of Representatives
Fort
Mathias
Labor Health and Welfare
National Institutes of Health
NIH
Detrick
Vietnam
Paris
Saigon
Sixes Bridge
Deer Kills Total 142 In County
Unseasonably warm weather barely affects the Frederick County rifle deer season which opened Saturday. By this morning 142 deer have been killed across three local stations Ben's Esso Thurmont reports 99, Ralph Brown's 11, Delphey's Sport Frederick 32. Highs in the low 60s and a cool weekend are forecast.
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Frederick County
Ben
Thurmont
Ralph Brown
Jefferson
Delphey’s Sport Store
Frederick
Youth Participation Lags In Blood Donor Program
Frederick County Red Cross Blood Program reports 1496 pints credited toward a 3600 pint county quota in five months of 1970 71. Donations come from 12 bloodmobile visits 16 hospital emergencies and 1287 area residents including Hood College students.
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Frederick County
Red Cross Blood Program
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Annie Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Red Cross Regional
Washington, D.C
Hood College
Blood Donors Sought Friday at Ft Detrick
Blood program appeals to Fort Detrick residents to donate Friday at the Field House from 10 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. chairman James A. Grove urges all donors with cards to attend and walk ins are welcome. December January February are critical months and the 18 30 age group is urged to donate during this period.
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Red Cross
Maryland
James A. Grove
Frederick County
Walkersville High
Grove
American Red Cross
Woman Medalist Questions Nixon Sincerity at White House
Debra Jean Sweet, 19, of Madison Wisconsin, who helped organize a 30 mile student march raising about 25000 for American Indians aid in Northern Wisconsin and irrigation pumps for Nicaragua, confronted President Nixon at a White House medal ceremony saying she questions his sincerity until U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam. Nixon responded we are doing the best we can.
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Nixon
Debra Jean Sweet
Madison, Wis
White House
Debra Jean
Vietnam
Washington
Wisconsin
Miss Sweet
Extended School Year Study Favored by Local Educators
A Frederick and Carroll County committee favors extensive study before any 180 day year extension. The report outlines pros and cons, forms like four quarter, three quarter, year round and trimester plans, and notes potential costs, scheduling, and training needs. The group plans to hand the findings to a citizen long range planning panel.
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Margaret Hindman
Frederick
Carroll County
Kyo
Carroll
Board of Education
Dwight Roy
Atlanta
Carnochan
Back The Man Plan Aims to Aid Homeless Alcoholics
Rev. John C. Gale of the Frederick County Council on Alcoholism outlines a new project “Back the Man” to support homeless recovering alcoholics. The plan coordinates re education relocation and follow up services while housing is provided through Hotel Frederick with FCCA guaranteeing room and board. The program is a step forward but not a complete solution and continues to face fragmentation across locations.
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John C. Gale
Frederick County
Gale
FCCA
Frederick
Frederick County Council On
Fire Log Report Highlights Numerous Calls
Fire calls and ambulance activity logged for a 24 hour period ending at 10 a.m. Contact numbers 663-6333 or 663-4400. Incidents include a pole fire on Fairview Avenue at 6:29 p.m. false alarms on Willow Avenue and Wilson Place, field fires on County Mountain Road and Price Distillery Road, a house fire on Reich's Ford Road with multiple departments, and ambulance responses.
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Fairview Ave
Uniteds
Willow Ave
Wilson Place
County Mountain Road
Brunswick
Price Distillery Road
Hyattstown
New Market
Jets Comb Vnet Mountains For Lost Planes With 123
Saigon AP United States planes and helicopters comb the central South Vietnam mountains for the wreckage of two C123 transports missing since the weekend with 38 Americans and 85 Vietnamese aboard One plane disappeared Friday with six Americans and 73 Vietnamese on board A second C123 disappeared Sunday with five American crewmen 27 American passengers and 12 Vietnamese passengers Cloud cover and low ceilings hampered the search and no trace or emergency radio signals have been found Officials said reduced visibility from overcast likely caused the crashes and neither plane carried radar though both had weather navigational aids
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Sengers
Mandel Warns Counties State Limited In Aid
Governor Marvin Mandel warned Maryland counties and private institutions not to expect state aid to cover all financial problems. He cited a $1.4 billion 1970 budget and warned against state takeover of public education, noting costs could exceed $1 billion. He urged localities to obtain proper permits under wetlands laws and described joint hearings for federal and state permits.
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Annapolis
Marvin Mandel
Maryland
Mandel
Baltimore City
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Department of Natural Resources
State Board of Public Works
Natural Resources Agency
Corps of Engineers
Board Okays East Frederick School Plans
The Board of Education approved final plans for an addition to East Frederick Elementary School. The expansion will raise capacity by 210 pupils at an estimated cost of 323000 dollars. Bids will be issued next week per director Gil.
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Margaret Hindman
Board of Education
East Frederick
Gil
Market rises for tenth straight session in New York
The New York stock market continued its advance for a tenth consecutive day in active trading. By 10 30 a m the Dow Jones average of 30 industrial stocks rose 5 07 points to 807 71 reflecting broad gains across major sectors.
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New York
Dr Huebner Wins Rockefeller Public Service Award
Frederick County scientist Dr Robert J Huebner chief of the Viral Carcinogenesis Branch at the National Cancer Institute received the 1970 Rockefeller Public Service Award in Washington DC for distinguished government and public service The $10000 tax free prize cites his work on virus forms linked to cancer and his theory that cancer seeds pass from parent to offspring The ceremony included remarks by Dr Robert F Goheen and telegrams from President Nixon confirming national appreciation for the five winners
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Frederick Scientist
Robert J. Huebner
Rockefeller Public Service
U.S
Robert F. Goheen
Princeton University
Yester
Washington
John D. Rockefeller
Dr. Huebner
National Cancer Institute
Jiamsville
Phovo
Bill Grady
Phil Niklaus
Frederick County
United States
Huebner
Ijamsville
John N. Mitchell
John D. Rockefeller II
Goheen
Nixon
Shoreham Hotel
Ben Posner
U.S Information Agency
Administration
Spurgeon M. Keeny
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Aaron M. Altschul
David L. Nerman
Department of Justice
National Institute of Health Science
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Ft. Detrick
John Carnachan
Monica
Vnet Mountains
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State Limited
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