City parking deck opens with 350 cars parked Monday
The 398 car space deck ran a busy kickoff with 350 cars parked from 6 am to 10 pm. County and monthly lease vehicles occupy several spaces while turnover parking remains unrestricted on lower floors. Park n shop stamps sold to DFA members reach 39 orders totaling 271 dollars as merchant participation expands.
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Robert L. Strine
Strine
Tom Scheel
Scheel
Downtown
Frederick Association
DFA
Betty Wise
Park ‘N Shops
Local collector fills gaps in historic Christmas Seal sheets
John Weddle of West Fourth Street completed his goal of acquiring Christmas Seal sheets for two missing years and now has a complete series back to 1907. He has become an expert on American Christmas Seals covering history, variations, sizes, colors, perforations, and markings. The display includes a rare 1956 issue with unusual color runs and adjacent stamps showing a boy and girl. Ernest Berger, a local book dealer, notes the significance of the Weddle collection.
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John Weddle
West Fourth Street
United States
American Red Cross
National Tuberculosis Association
Tuberculosis-Lung Association
John
Ernest Berger
Emergency Fuel Fund Launched by Frederick Congregations United
Frederick Congregations United initiates an Emergency Fuel Fund to aid residents facing winter heating shortfalls. The fund gathers $50 from FCU itself plus $122 from local church and service events to help elderly couples, unemployed individuals, widows, and families needing fuel due to delayed unemployment benefits and 30 day public assistance waits.
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Frederick County
Brunswick
Lewistown
County Frederick
United
FCU
John Wm. Clough
Frederick
Grace Reformed United Church of Christ
New Market
Dwight
County allocates emergency fuel and food fund
Frederick County Commissioners authorize Social Services head Geneva Barthel to spend 2000 from county funds for one time emergency aid on food and fuel. Deputy sheriff Howard Whims requested the measure to help residents and visitors in dire need.
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Frederick County
Geneva Barthel
Howard Whims
Lawrence Dorsey
Dorsey
Community Services Agency
Historic Characters at All Saints Church series continues
The Frederick Post and The News will publish a six part history of Rev. William N. Pendleton and James Addison Ingle. Judge Edward S Delaplaine reveals Ingle, Frederick born, became Bishop of Hlankow and died at 30 in China. The piece notes Ingle’s grave in Jianko and birthplace at All Saints rectory.
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All Saints Church
Frederick Post
William N. Pendleton
Edward S Delaplaine
James Addison Ingle
Frederick
Hlankow
Osborne Ingle
China
Delaplaine
All Saints
West Church Street
Ingle
Record Street
Philip Winebrewer
Oran C. Leave
Columbia Ladige of
Masors
Columbia Lodge
Frank W. Rothenhoeler
Masonic Temple
All Saints Parish
Senate Hears Tax Cut Extension and Veto Tactics
Senate hearings on extending this year's tax cuts opened as leaders urged a Christmas recess compromise with President Ford. Ford reiterates he will veto extensions lacking spending reductions, while Treasury and White House aides briefed the Senate Finance Committee on a House bill proposing about 13 billion dollars in 1976 tax cuts for individuals.
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Senate
Ford
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Ron Nelsen
Treasury
William E. Simon
Senate Finance Committee
Beirut battle rages as civil war claims hundreds
Christian gunmen hold the downtown Beirut hotel and commercial district against encircling Muslim forces. Police report more than 125 killed and hundreds wounded in the latest fighting, described as the worst night of clashes in the eight month war. The violence centers on the seaside banks and tourist hotel area.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Mediterranean
Governament Radio
Boty
Nce
Middle East
Kissinger delays Moscow trip over nuclear arms deadlock
Secretary of State Kissinger delays a final decision on visiting Moscow until he receives Soviet assurances that a nuclear arms deadlock can be broken. President Ford discussed prospects with Kissinger at the White House as Brezhnev in Warsaw signaled commitment to avoiding nuclear catastrophe.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Moscow
Soviet Union
Ford
Kissinger
White House
Warsaw
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
U.S
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
State Department
Brezhnev
Europe
Penn Central to terminate rail service on Frederick line
Penn Central announced it will end all rail service on the Frederick secondary track from milepost 33.0 to 69.0 south of Hanover Pennsylvania, effective February 27, 1976. Trustees cite Regional Reorganization Act of 1973 and say Conrail will not designate the line for continued operation.
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Penn Central Transportation Co
Frederick
Hanover
Penn Central
Unan
Northeastern
Consolidated Rail Corp
Conrail
United Way Nears Goal in County Campaign
The United Way campaign has reached 91 percent of its $250,000 goal, totaling $226,576, with Hood College contributing $2,214 to push past 90 percent. Executive director Mrs. Jean Laws says the effort, involving 12 county groups, remains within reach as chairman John E. Tritt expresses optimism about meeting the target.
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United Way
Jean Laws
Laws
United Givers Fund
Community Chest
Hood College
John E
Jack) Tritt
Tritt
Safety of children drives pupil transport hearing at Frederick High
About 25 residents spoke at a public hearing for the State Task Force on Public School Pupil Transportation held at Frederick High School. The panel focused on child safety as the top objective among six, with 13 recommendations to the State Board of Education. Recommendations call for computerized bus routing, adequate funding, simplified budgeting, staggered school hours, and local control across districts.
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Frederick High School
State Department of Education
State Board of Education
State Department of Budget and Fiscal Planning
Maryland
U.S. Vetoes U N Censure of Israel and Stevens Vote
The report notes a U S veto of a United Nations censure of Israel and mentions Stevens confirmation. A New York loan package edges toward completion as a weather section forecasts rain and drizzle.
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U.S
U.N
Israel
New York
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Haakow
Pickens, Jr
Annisquam
Mass
Jianko
Bishop James A. Ingle
Scott
GAP
Robert P Griffin
Economic Policy Board
Nessen
Russia
Cuba
Hreziner
Havana
Cha Snitote
New York Stock Exchange
Inside the News
Stevens
Tuck
The
Wall Street Journal
Cha State News
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