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News Events And Happenings Of 1970 Recounted
A long, period-dense chronicle recounts Frederick County happenings from early April through June including civic meetings, budgets, school and road projects, Earth Day activities, and notable events. Highlights cover council votes, mayoral changes, the USS Frederick commission, park plans, zoning shifts, narcotics arrests, and celebrations tied to the county's 225th anniversary, with numerous local officials named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett Creek
Francis Scott Key
Scott Key
Reading
Floyd Stine
Middletown
Ray Gladhill
Henry Haupt
Chus Rudy
Wallace E. Hutton
E. Paul Magaha
Hiltner
East Street
Parks and Recreation Commission
Frederick
Long Beach
California
Frederick County
Howard Whims
Bartonsville
Frederick County Teachers Association
Middletown High School
Board of Education
Federal Housing Authority
Brunswick Associates
E.M. Gershater
Fort Detrick
Gershater
Vietnam
Thomas Johnson
University of Indiana
Mitchell Baker
National Institutes of Health
Frederick Community College
State Roads Commission
Brunswick
Robert L. Renner
Frederick County Fireman’s Association
Detrick
Hood Colege
Frederick County Board of Education
Planned Parenthood
Crummell P. Jacobs
Michael E. Pue Jr
Baker Park
Bell
Margray Quynn
Elm Street
Amvets
Ralph HL. Potts
Frederick Police Department
History Day
Frederick City Recreation Commission
FCTA
County Heart Association
Irvin Renn
Federated Charities Board
Walkersville
Magaha
Defense Department
Biological Defense Research Center
Alfred M. Francis Jr
Frederick Memorial Hospital