Trial Finds Doctors Guilty in Widow’s Auto Crash Suit
In a Rockville Frederick Memorial Hospital and Dr. Robert J. Thomas were found guilty of negligence in a jury trial. Robert Lee Muller Jr. was found innocent. The suit, filed by the widow Faust Q. Corso and her five children, followed a fatal auto crash involving Miller’s car. The judge severed Interstate Bridge Co. from the case and will hear damages later.
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Rockville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Robert J. Thomas
Richard M. Bishop Sr
Robert Lee Muller Jr
B&o
John P. Moore
Faust Q. Corso
George W. White Jr
William A. Ehrmentraut
Council For
Thomas
Corso
Moore
Robert Lee Miller Jr
Patrick A. O’dohlerty
Miller
O’doherty
Frederick County teachers and board bargain anew
The Frederick County Teachers Association and the Board of Education met for a third time to begin serious talks on 18 page proposals. The Board seeks longer school year business leave changes and a merit pay system, according to an FCTA interim newsletter.
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Frederick County Teachers’ Association
Board of Education
FCTA
Vaughn Baker
Maryland State Teachers’ Association
Eric Rhodes
Officials Study Road Program
County commissioners planned a day tour of proposed county road repairs and construction for the next fiscal year. They will meet with the roads board at Winchester Hall at 2 p.m. on December 15 to set priorities and funding for the 1970 71 budget. Winter meetings will shift to daytime while the regular evening time returns in March or April.
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County Roads Board
Winchester Hall
Roads Board
Striking Rail Workers Begin Returning To Jobs
Washington AP reports the nationwide rail strike began to crumble as two unions returned to work hours after the midnight strike deadline. Congress and President Nixon moved to end the walkout with emergency pay and rules changes while unions urged members to resume duties amid injunctions and court orders.
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Washington
Nixon
Cleveland
United Transportation Union
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Detroit
Local Rail Workers Strike Hits Maryland Nationwide
Local rail workers in Frederick County part of about 6,985 idled in Maryland remain on strike at noon. Picket lines shield major points such as Brunswick and Frederick depot while unions urge members to follow leadership orders. Despite federal action and court orders, two of four nationwide unions had not yet called a return to work.
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C. L. Dennis
Nixon
Dennis
Ion
Congress
B&o
C&o
Frederick County
Maryland
Brunswick
Brotherhood of Maintenance and Way
Frederick
Point of Rocks
Baltimore
Brunswick Garage Fire Disrupts Phone Service
A late night blaze in Brunswick damaged a one car garage beside a similar building and cut telephone service to about 3,500 residents. Chief James Powers said the fire appeared possibly set and destroyed a car and many lines on main feeders used by Chesapeake and Potomac and B&O. Power was restored by morning as investigators probe links to a fire from the previous year.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Brunswick
James Powers
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
B&o
Powers
East Potomac Street
Mercury Climbs Above 50 Degrees
A warm front moved in overnight lifting the thermometer to a high of 53 degrees by 2 am. Wednesday’s daytime high reached 41 with a 38-degree low around midnight. Expect sunny skies and mid 50s today, then upper 30s tonight with a shift to northwest winds. Friday coats rain and cooler highs near 50, and Saturday should be clear but cooler.
World Champion Cow Kicks Bucket At Dairy Toast
A Holstein cow named Ballad set a world record by yielding 40 981 pounds of milk to surpass prior marks as dairy leaders toasted with milk punch. Senator Mathias fingerslipped warming and received a swift kick from Ballad, a memory recounted with photos on pages C 1 and C 5.
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U.S
Charles McC. Mathias
R Md
Reinhart Arthur Farms
Glen Morrow
Mathias
Saigon Joins Viet Cong Rejection of Christmas Truce Plan
Saigon and Viet Cong rejected Washington’s proposal for an extended ceasefire starting at Christmas. South Vietnamese officials reported tentative 24-hour cease-fires for Christmas New Year and Tet during late January, while Hanoi and the Viet Cong called the plan perfidious.
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Saigon
U.S
Washington
Viet Cong
Guyen van Thien
United States
William P. Rogers
Nixon
Asim
Enem
iTanoi
Nixon Calls Press Meet For Tonight
President Nixon has scheduled a news conference for tonight at 7:00 p.m. in Washington. The rat strike figure is expected to be high on the agenda along with questions about limited access for reporters to question him on national issues.
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Washington
Nixon
Why Waste 200 Million Facility Fort Detrick?
The Fort Detrick campaign urges citizens to write to the President to preserve the bioscience installation as a national health research center. The House conferees will decide on a 15 million HEW bill amendment. a presidential decision will follow. Fort Detrick's labs, valued at about 206 million, contain major containment facilities and equipment critical to infectious disease and bio medical research.
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Margaret Hindman
Committee of
Fort Detrick
Detrick
Cal
Parcel Post Embargo Hits 300 Mile Radius
Frederick residents confront a parcel post embargo after a national rail strike halts 2nd 3rd and 4th class mail to destinations over 300 miles. Post Office officer John Young says embargoed items received before the deadline were shipped and no new items are being accepted.
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National Rail
Maryland
North Carolina
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
APO
Young
Third Parcel
Fire Log Highlights From 24 Hours Near Rocky Ridge and Brunswick
Fire calls logged through 10 a.m. report multiple incidents including an automobile fire in front of Snow White Grill on North Market Street at 5 12 p m. near Rocky Ridge a chimney fire and a field fire occurred with units from Graceham New Midway and Rocky Ridge responding. A Brunswick garage behind Sheil Station on Potomac Street also prompted engine and ambulance response. Ambulance calls totaled emergency two and routine one. Stock market mixed as nationwide rail strike began at midnight.
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City North Market Street
Snow White Grill
Robert Roderick
Rocky Ridge
Graceham
New Midway
Richard Saylor
Brunswick
Sheil Station
Potomac St
Brunswick Engine and Ambulance
New York
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J. Rolfe Castleman
United
Charles Luna
Luna
UTU
WL W. Carson
Carson
Nixor
John H Pratt
Washington, D.C
Pratt
Cong
South Vietnam
House
Robert Lowrie
Ft. Detrick
Lowrie
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