County Surplus Tops $1 Million in 1970 Audit
Frederick County reported a record general fund surplus of 1,105,686.01 for the year ending June 30, 1970, slated to boost the 1972 budget. The gain came chiefly from unexpected state income tax receipts near 3.8 million and higher interest earnings, with county officials noting it funds revenue without a tax increase. The 1969 surplus was 794,111.26, and a separate Board of Education audit will follow. General property taxes totaled 9,454,919.00.
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Margaret Hindman
Frederick County
Board of Education
Board of Commissioners
Green Valley
Myersville
Board of Education Construction
Tax Agency
Sheriff's Fund
Frederick County Debt Share Set At 366 Dollars Per Resident
Frederick County residents owe 366.09 as their share of the county capital debt after the 1970 audit. The county total indebtedness was 42.424 million with principal above 30 million and interest over 11 million. Major debt includes 24.465 million in public school bonds and 5.590 million in state loans.
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Frederick County
Board of Education
The
Community College
Metropolitan Commission
Carroll Manor Firemen Hold Election 1971 Officers Chosen
The annual meeting of Carroll Manor Fire Company Adamstown elected 1971 officers. Eugene Johnson as president Charles Carlin first vice president John Matthews second vice president Charles Clark secretary Robert Hartz assistant secretary Roger Plummer treasurer Robert Strassman assistant treasurer Rev Anthony Tomaschko chaplain Rev Glenn Crone assistant chaplain Max Keyser chief John Mills first assistant chief Harry Fowler second assistant chief Eugene Johnson ambulance chief Guy Cheeks assistant ambulance chief Charles Clark Nathan Kerns Kenneth King truck captains Max Keyser central alarm representative first alternate Guy Cheeks second alternate Harry Fowler directors Monroe Thomas John Kubrick company physician Dr John M Culler.
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Eugene Johnson
Charles Carlin
John Matthews
Charles Clark
Robert Hartz
Roger Plummer
Robert Strassman
Anthony Tomaschko
Glenn Crone
Max Keyser
John Mills
Harry Fowler
Guy Cheeks
Nathan Kerns
Kenneth King
Monroe Thomas
John Kubrick
Company Physican
John M. Culler
Market gains lift Dow in steady morning trade
New York stock prices rose on a strong front in moderately active trading. By 10 30 a m the Dow Jones industrial average added 3 90 to 324 96 in a morning session.
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New York
Catoctin View Plans Open House in Frederick
Open house for Catoctin View, the Frederick Housing Authority’s elderly high rise, will be Sunday December 20 with model apartments on the sixth floor. The authority named Nickey G. Harner as new executive director and secretary treasurer, replacing William Irvine who resigned. Harner’s six month trial salary is 4000. Progress on brick veneer at Md 35 was reported slow. 13 buildings up to second story, site on Wisner Avenue, eastern Frederick, with May 15 completion target for federally funded housing now about 80 percent done. Eight rent late-payment exceptions were approved for December.
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Catoctin View
Frederick
Nickey G. Harner
Harner
William Irvine
Wisner Avenue
HUD
Fire Log Report for Buckeystown area and Thurmont
Fire calls logged in a 24 hour period ending 10am include a trash fire on CITY CENTER STREET at 2 38 pm with Uniteds responding in front of Whites Carry Out Shop, a truck fire at 3 42 pm with Carroll Manor responding in THURMONT, and a saw mill fire at 5 29 pm of undetermined origin. Thurmont and Emmitsburg also recorded ambulance calls Emergency 5 Routine 5.
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City Center Street
Uniteds
Buckeystown
Carroll Manor
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
One Million Needed for New Frederick Library
The executive branch of the Committee of 1970 to Study Frederick County Libraries heard a $1,075,200 estimate for a 28,000 square foot library project plus architect and furnishings. The cost excludes site work, and raising funds will be hard due to the library being a private charitable trust rather than a government agency, requiring matching funds.
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Quita Hague
Frederick County
C. Burr Artz Library
M. L. Reynolds
Rail Workers End Short Strike Under Legal Pressure
Washington AP reports railroad workers halted a 24hour strike under orders from Congress and federal courts. Strike leader C L Dennis said workers would return to duty as the government sought swift talks to settle a yearlong wage dispute. A 13.5 percent immediate pay hike was mandated for about 500,000 workers, with an 80day strike ban and a March 1 prohibition on further action.
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Washington
Congress
C.L. Dennis
White House
John P. Hiltz
Hiltz
Dennis
AFL& Cio Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Post Office Lifts Embargo After Rail Strike
The Post Office lifted the embargo on second third and fourth class mail at 9 a.m. today after a nationwide rail strike collapse. Officer in charge John Young of Frederick Post Office said operations are back to normal. The embargo started Wednesday at 4 p.m. and barred parcel post catalogs and publications beyond 300 miles and all international surface mail. Air mail and mail within 300 miles continued as usual.
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Frederick
John Young
Nixon Threatens to Bomb North Viet to Protect GIs in South
President Nixon warned at his first news conference in 19 weeks that he would order air strikes against military targets in North Vietnam if infiltration threatens the shrinking U S force in the South. He said the United States may strike North Vietnamese sites and supply lines to counter aggression while pursuing Paris peace talks.
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Nixon
North Viet
South
Washington
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
US S
South Vietnam
United States
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam
Cambodia
Paris
Conditions Improve at Frederick County Jail After New Leadership
A prisoner remarks the jail now runs like a facility rather than a hotel as Warden Crutchley and Sheriff Baumgartner take charge. Guards are more responsive, security tightens with locks being repaired, and phones and visits improve. TV sets arrive, donations sought for permanent units, and Cablevision ties explored. Meetings between officials and prisoner representatives aim to identify needs while paint, cleaning, and enhanced meals are planned.
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Bile Grady
Frederick County
Lewis E. Crutchley
Baumgartner
Sheriff Baumgartner
Cablevision
George Delaplaine
Crutchley
John Georgantis
Frederick Memorial Hospital
New Law Requires Cause For Rezoning
The state adopts planning and zoning changes requiring county commissioners and local town boards to state reasons for rezoning decisions. Reasons limited to change or mistake must be public, with annual planning reports and clearer local ordinance definitions to align with the new law.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
Board of Commissioners
Planning Commission
Wet Weekend Seen Locally
Light morning showers touched Frederick marking the first rainfall since late November. Heavier rain expected this afternoon with highs near 50 and lows around 40. Clouds and colder temperatures persist into Sunday with a chance of snow flurries early next week.
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Frederick
City Snow Crews Ready for First Storm
Frederick residents await the season's first snow as a 22 man City crew from park, sewer, street, water, light and signal, maintenance, engineering and sign departments stands ready. They use six plows, two graders, three loaders with three extra graders rented as needed. Salting begins when snow accumulates reaches four inches, with four hour salting in four city quadrants and 12 to 14 hour plow runs. Mayor Magaha praises the crews for dedication and teamwork during storms.
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Quita Hague
Fredericksonians
City Park
New York City
John V. Lindsay
Department of Public Works
Robert L. Strine
News-Post
Strine
State Roads Commission
Carroll Creek
Frederick
E. Paul Magaha
Police Investigate Multiple Theft Incidents
State Police probe a Wednesday theft at Stull-Dougherty Chevrolet in Thurmont where over 1100 dollars in cash and tools were stolen. Thieves pried the safe and took socket sets and repair gear totaling about 800 dollars. City Police report a separate Thursday theft of 5 dollars from Fran's American Station after breaking a glass door. A Frederick City truck windshield was damaged by BB shots, causing around 100 dollars in repairs.
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Stull-Dougherty Chevrolet Inc
Thurmont
John Reburn
East Streets
Billy Snoots
Frederick City
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Schenectady
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Javits
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