Burning Of Greens Ceremony Abandoned In Frederick
The annual Burning Of The Greens in Frederick is canceled due to lack of interest. The event, once a city tradition at Husky Park with as many as 200 spectators, will not be held this year and trees will be disposed of at the city dump. The city announces tree pickup dates starting Jan 6 for different blocks and urges residents to place trees for collection before Thursday.
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Frederick
Frederick City
Husky Park
Highland Street
Great Frederick Fairgrounds
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Boy Scouts
Sell L. Morgan
Patrick Street
Linden Hills
Church Street
Sixth Street
East Sixth Street
Morgan
Mandel Leading Gov. Race
Baltimore voters prepare for a special session to elect an interim governor as Mandel leads the field. A Sun poll shows 58 legislators ready to back Mandel, with 13 leaning his way and Republicans favoring Morton as first choice.
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Baltimore
Marvin Mandel
Maryland
House of Delegates
Spiro T. Agnew
Baltimore Sun
Mandel
Dbalto Sth
Agnew
General Assembly
Baltimore County
Dale, Anderson
Sun
William 5. James
D-Harford
Senate
Francis X. Gallagher
Harry J. Hughes
Upper Shore
Rogers C
Morton
Repubiicans
Stock Market Edges Ahead in Active Early Trading
New York shares moved higher in a fairly active session on Friday morning. Traders reported moderate volume as investors watched for further cues from earnings reports and economic data.
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New York
Landfill Hearing Begins On Reichs Ford Road Appeal
Opponents of the Reichs Ford Road sanitary landfill reopen their challenge in Circuit Court Judge Robert Clapp Jr presiding on the second appeal by the group Attorney J Edward Davis outlines four key issues including a new zoning law procedural questions the conditional use permit and a setback variance from nearby homes and the 103 acre site The hearing follows a remand for clarification and testimony.
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Larry Heslin
Robert EP. Clapp Jr
Reich
Ford Road
County Board of Appeals
Clapp
J. Edward Davis
Board of Appeals Ior
Davis
62 Survive Plane Crash
Sioux City Iowa AP Ozark Air Lines DC 9 jet with 62 passengers crashed into heavy snow in a grove of trees on take off from the Sioux City Airport Friday morning. No one was killed or seriously injured. Passenger Airman Larry Cornwell 22 Pender Nebraska credited the snow with a soft landing and a floating stop.
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Sioux City
Towa
Ozark Air Lines
Larry Cornwell
Pender
Neb
Freezing Rain Closes Roads After I-70 Bus Slip
Freezing rain coated Maryland roads causing numerous accidents. A Greyhound bus skidded off I-70 near Myersville at 7 20 a m but did not overturn with about 40 aboard, driver David Morrison of Washington Pa cited. Weather warnings and windshields iced over persisted. crews worked to clear main streets as temps edge upward.
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Maryland
Greyhound
Myersville
David E. Morrison
Washington
Tfe
Gordon Smith
Frederick
County Roads Department
Dublin Road
Walkeraville
Dentists Broadrup and Davis Receive Kader Award
Dr. Charles F. Broadrup and Dr. Bernard M. Davis of Frederick receive the Dr. Thomas S. Kader Award from Frederick County Dental Society president Dr. Richard J. Crouse. The late Dr. Vader founded the society and served as its first president from 1914 to 1928.
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Charles F. Broadrup
Bernard M. Davis
Frederick
Thomas 5. Kader
Richard J. Crouse
Frederick County Dental Society
Vader
Bader
Fader
Davie
George Washington University School of Centlatry
Int’red
Trio Makes Pinpoint Landing In Pacific
Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders landed aboard the USS Yorktown in the Pacific after a 69 hour outbound journey and 10 moon orbits. They were taken to sick bay for checks and cheered by sailors as the craft was recovered from the sea.
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Yorktown
Pacific
Ocvan
Force
Frank Bornan
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
Air Force
William Aa. Anders
Americas
Borman
Lovell
Anders
FST
Barman
Jim Lovell
Missalun Control Center
Houston
Helicoptera
Cape
U.S
Tropmen
Yorkstown
Earth
Moon
Fire log entry reports multiple incidents in Daysville area
Fire crews responded to incidents on Daysville Road and Port Road before 10 am. Walkersville and Independents were dispatched to locations including Forward Floor read and Charles flamey residence. No injuries reported in the fragmentary log.
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MD. 80
Lynn Burke Road
Franklin Milburn
Frederick Memorial Hospital
County
Daysville Road
Walkersville
Retcius Port Road
Charles Flamey
U S Troops Fighting Less In Viet War
AP dispatch reports American forces engaging less in combat than in the prior three months. South Vietnamese forces killed 146 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese in four clashes, captured 49 draftees, and found a substantial weapons cache. Vietnamese losses were 9 killed and 33 wounded. heavy fighting occurred near Da Nang with 81 enemy deaths and 37 wounds reported overall.
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Saigon
Mekong Delta
da Nang
Veterans honored as local AMVETS host Vietnam servicemen
The Frederick County Veterans Association held a shrimp dinner at AMVETS Host 2 to honor Viet Nam era servicemen and their families. State Senator Charles I. Smelser attended among guests, while local members read thank you letters and noted Christmas package drives for troops in Vietnam.
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Vietnam
Charles St. Smelaer
Sos Philp Raver
Frederick County Veterans Association
U.S
Cave
Pred Wisner
Mra
Lewis Wisner
Walkersville
Frealdent Harvey Showe
PCWA
Marine Cpl
Robert A. Dorsey
Nathan Dorsey
Sp. Mayer
Senator Smelser
Gary Martin
Teave
Tn Fleet
Amvets
Charles I. Smelser
POVA
Harvew J. Showe Jr
Stowe Algo
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Walter Goad
N. Market St
Wisner
Cpl
Dorsey
Galer
Fort Meace
Rong Son
Kay Smith
Mt. Abry
Timmy
Trio
Cadie
Cmdr
Donald Ss, Jones
Madison, Wis
Astronaus
Viet
Montamard
Pleiku
Stalire
Hong Kong
Emer Agin
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