Winds, cold snap lash Frederick area with minor damage
Weekend winds near hurricane force caused scattered damage in Frederick County including uprooted trees and a roof blown off a College Estates apartment building. A Bethesda girl died when a tree fell on her car in Montgomery County. Baltimore area power outages affected 2700 customers and two ships damaged piers at Dundalk and Locust Point. Seawinds on Chesapeake Bay reported rough seas as ships collided with the dock.
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Washington County
Frederick
Unionville
Frederick County
College Estates
Taney Avenue
Montgomery County
Bethesda
Christy Sue Siegel
Suburban Hospital
David
Washington
White House
Baltimore
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co
Reisterstown
Carroll Counties
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
United States Lines
Dundalk Marine Terminal
Polk
Locust Point
Officials Discuss Sick Leave
Frederick County commissioners met in executive session to decide on sick leave policy and enforcement. They plan to meet with two employees who have received full salary after exhausting annual and sick leave, aiming to avoid embarrassment while considering potential rule changes.
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Frederick County
Board of Commissioners
Brazilian Envoy Kidnapped After Ambush in Rio
Swiss Ambassador Giovani Enrico Bucher, 56, was abducted by militants in Santa Teresa Rio de Janeiro after gunmen shot a Brazilian guard. Six assailants, including a blonde woman, blocked the ambassador’s car and took him away. The incident echoes previous political kidnappings in Brazil amid a military regime.
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Brazil
Giovani Enrico Bucher
National Liberation Aliance
C. Burke Elbrick
Rio de Janeiro
Elbrick
Nobuo Okuchi
Sao Paulo
Ehrenfried von Hollenden
West Germany
Okuchi
Bucher
Santa Teresa
Helio G. Xavier
Jordanian Army retakes Jerash station amid renewed fighting
In Jerash and Ajlun, Jordanian forces retook a police station after Palestinian guerrillas stormed Jerash, reopening routes toward the Syrian border and the Israel cease-fire line. Heavy clashes followed a 12 hour ultimatum, with guerrillas still holding Jerash as the war edged into a third day. The action intensified tensions around the Amman-Syria corridor and came as Al Fatah leaders accused Jordan of instigating the violence.
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Lebanon
Jerash
King Hussein
Jordan River
Israel
Amman
George Habash
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Ajlun
Hussein
al Fatah
Jordan
Syria
Bahi Ladgham
Tunis
Mobile Home Plans Subject For Planners
The Frederick County Planning and Zoning Commission will meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. to consider preliminary designs for two mobile home developments: Mt. Pleasant Court on Water Street Road with 205 lots and Ballenger Park Estates on the northwest side of Ma. 180 in Feagaville with 209 units. An afternoon session will review county eligibility study for leased housing and a septic system study, plus planning commission responsibility in high tension line cases following a citizens group appeal of a power line permit in Urbana. Thursday’s all day session will finalize the county comprehensive plan including highway rapid transit public facilities and sewer and water plans, with sewer and water the only master plan currently officially approved.
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Frederick County Planning and Zoning Commission
Mt. Pleasant Court
Water Street Road
Ballenger Park Estates
Feagaville
Planning Commission
County Jail Cook Resigns Over Sheriff Clash
Mrs. Virginia Deater, longtime Frederick County Jail cook since September 1968, resigns after dispute with the new sheriff over menu control and budgeting. She alleges budget overruns, harsh hours, and alleged falsities about jail meals, citing a $1,000 monthly food fund and a 94 dollar weekly salary, and accuses the sheriff of replacing staff and planning to hire a hospital dietitian.
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Virginia Deater
Frederick County
News-Post
Deater
Austin Arnold
Vernon Roderick
Frederick News
Sheriff’s Department
Wolten
Virginia Ceater
Thief Steals $50 From Liberty Town Church
A weekend theft at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Liberty Town saw $50 taken from cash collected at the Saturday evening service. Police say an unknown intruder entered through an unlocked rear door and fled with the money.
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Liberty
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Study Unit Backs Independent CEO
A two month study formed by U.S. Sen. Charles Mathias recommends keeping the Office of Economic Opportunity independent and decentralizing to empower local agencies with anti poverty funds. Mathias appointed the panel Oct. 1 and sought recommendations on changes before its June 30 expiration.
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Washington
U.S
Charles McC
Mathias
R-Md
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
OFO
Mandel Aide Seized In Drug Raids
In Baltimore three people were arrested on narcotics charges after a two month probe. Oliver S. Claire Franklin Jr., director of public affairs for the Governors Commission on Law Enforcement, was taken from his North Calvert Street home. Danielle R. Barron, a commission secretary, and James M. Logan were seized at their Baltimore area homes. Police recovered hashish marijuana and drug paraphernalia at Franklin’s home and a marked $50 bill. No drugs were found at Barron’s or Logan’s residences. The trio appeared in court with a hearing postponed to January 12.
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Baltimore
Governor’s Commission On Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice
Supreme Bench
Charles Harris
Oliver S. Claire Franklin Jr
Calvert Street
Daneille R. Barron
Commission
Baltimore County
James M. Logan
St. Paul Street
Barron
Logan
Franklin
U S Studies Month Long Cease Fire In Viet War
Secretary of State William P. Rogers says the United States is weighing a month long Vietnam truce over the holidays hoping for a permanent end to fighting. Senator Jackson suggested extending Christmas cease fire through Tet to press for a standstill. Hanoi rejected longer truces, offering short holiday pauses. South Vietnam had not announced plans. Jackson urged guarantees and international support for a sustained halt.
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Washington Cap
William P. Rogers
United States
Vietnam
State Department
Rogers
Henry M Jackson
Washington Democrat
Jackson
Paris
NBC
North Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Fires Reported Across Multiple Maryland Towns in Weekend Log
Fire log lists numerous calls from Burke Street and Madison Street leaves to a building roof blow off at College Estates and various woods, chimney, field, and barn fires in Brunswick Freestate Walkersville Woodsboro New Market Emmitsburg Cascade and neighboring areas. Ambulance calls noted as Emergency 2 Routine 4.
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Burke ST
Madison St
Uniteds
North Market ST
College Estates
County RT
Camp Airy
Thurmont
Bank OF Brunswick
Brunswick
Nicodemus
RT 194
Walkersville
Blank
Daysville
Oak Hill Road
Beall
Woodsboro
New Midway
Taneytown
Cascade
Quinn Road
New Market
Old Frederick Road
Raymond Lynn
Emmitsburg
Cooper
Knoxville Mountain
Market indices inch higher as trading remains active
New York stock market prices continued to rise from last week with modest gains. At 10 30 a m the Dow Jones industrial average stood at 816 40, up 0 34 points in early trading.
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New York
North Vietnamese seize Cambodian post near Phnom Penh
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces reportedly routed a Cambodian battalion and captured a district headquarters 37 miles northeast of Phnom Penh. The siege halted resupply and evacuation due to grounded helicopters, while fights spread around Highway 4 and nearby targets. A hazardous device attack on an army HQ in Phnom Penh injured seven, with three extremists captured.
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Cambodia
Cap
Phnom Penh
Peam Chiang
Ures
Peam Chikangi
Jin
South Vietnam
Kompong Som
Gulf of Siam
Prek Thaot Dam
T'not
U.S
Thailand
Governor's Aide Charged In Wreck
Frank A. DeFilippo press secretary to Gov. Marvin Mandel was charged with reckless driving after a rear end collision in Baltimore near the Westport exit of the Baltimore Washington Parkway. Hearing set for Dec 30 in city traffic court.
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Baltimore
Frank A. DeFilippo
Marvin Mandel
Westport
Baltimore Washington Parkway
DeFilippo
Andrew Szinay
Mandel
Stephen Bugos
Mount Rainier
Bugos
UAW Ford Marathon Talks Near Deadline for Deal
In Detroit, negotiators for Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers pressed into a 24 hour bargaining session aimed at a three year contract without a strike. The UAW council was to decide on approval or strike as midnight deadline loomed after around the clock talks began Sunday morning.
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Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers
UAW
Ford Council
Ford
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