Counties face loss of 3 million in bridge relief funds
Maryland officials warn that as much as 3 million dollars in federal emergency relief money for five counties could be forfeited if three Monocacy River bridge projects in Frederick County are not begun by the looming deadline. The ultimatum, issued by the Federal Highway Administration and relayed by the state SHA, targets bridges at Links Bridge Read Devilbiss Bridge Road and Park Mills Road with Lily Portis awaiting bid approval.
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Maryland State Highway Administration
SHA
Frederick
Co Tlarters
Carroll
Montgomery
Washington
County Commission
Lawrence A. Dorsey
Frederick County
William Stout
Links Bridge
Read
Devilbiss Bridge Road
Park Mills Road
Fout
Sinve Agnes
Lily Portis
Agnes
Carroll County
Frederic
Warren Berger
State Highway Administration
Maryland
Berger
Bro Unsit
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
J. Glenn Bealty
Goodloe EB. Byron
H. A. Lindberg
Literacy tutors train at Schaefer Center in Frederick
Laubach instructors lead a reading tutor class at the Schaefer Center Evangelical Lutheran Church. Emmett J. Norris and others stand with apprentice trainer Mrs. Caroline Gaver as about to teach a new class of tutors. Call 663-9217 for training or volunteering between 2 and 4 p.m. weekdays.
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Schaefer Center
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Emmett J. Norris
Walter Beadling
Christine Frey
Live McGovern
Suzanne McCarthy
Joyce Routzahn
Thelma Reod
Laubach
Caroline Gaver
Fout
Frederick County Laubach
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Ford seeks Social Security tax hike and Medicare changes
President Ford asked Congress for a multi billion dollar Social Security tax increase and new catastrophic illness insurance for seniors. He proposed Medicare patient contributions up to 500 annually for hospital care and 250 for doctor bills, with rate limits for 1977 and 1978. The package would raise about 4.4 billion in 1977 and add less than a dollar a week for most workers. The message was delivered amid a Florida primary drive and a ceremony in the Oval Office.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Medicare
Oval Office
Florida
Ford plans post election welfare overhaul
President Ford floated a broad welfare overhaul to curb abuse and aid the needy after the New Hampshire primary. He spoke at the University of New Hampshire in a moment that included heckling from students while defending administration proposals and urging voters to judge by policy over rhetoric.
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Ford
Durham
N.H
New Hampshire
Ronald Heagan
White House
Reagan
University of New Hampshire
California
Bentsen Eyes Exit From Democratic Race
The report notes prospects of Bentsen bowing out of the Democratic presidential contest as a key race developments unfold.
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Bentsen
Slain Man and Girl Found at Germantown Residence
A 28 year old man Richard Alan Obert and a 16 year old girl Donna Sue Mitchell were shot to death at their Germantown area home on Waring Station Road. The bodies were discovered by the girl's mother around 2 30 a m. Police say both had multiple gunshot wounds from a large caliber handgun. No suspect or motive yet. investigators suspect possible jealousy. A separate Frederick incident left Phillip Thomas critically wounded. Clara F Thomas reportedly claimed an accidental rifle discharge during a dispute. Police recovered a rifle at the scene. Another arrest in Frederick involved Sherman L Myers charged with assault and battery and attempted carnal knowledge of a 13 year old girl. he is jailed on 5 000 bail.
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Waring Station Road
Germantown
Richard Alan Obert
Donna Sue Mitchell
Montgomery County
Mitchell
John G. Ball
Obert
State Medical Examiner
Baltimore
Frederick
Phillip Thomas
Emery Grove
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Monrovia
Thomas
Clara F. Thomas
Victor E. Wolfe
Frederick City
Sherman L. Myers
West Fourth Street
Myers
Trooper Daucher Shot by Wife In Laurel
Trooper James W. Daucher, 29, of Mt. Airy, listed in critical condition after being shot in the lower back at his Laurel home following a domestic dispute. The suspect, Lana Frances Daucher, was questioned and released. police say the weapon was the trooper's 38 caliber service revolver.
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James W. Daucher
Aurel
Maryland Institute For Emergency Medicine
Baltimore
Pikesville
Tpr
Daucher
Mt. Airy
S. Paula St
Laurel
Lana Frances Daucher
Scholarship fund honors three Frederick County residents
The Frederick County Scholarship Fund honored three local residents at its third anniversary banquet kicking off Black History Month. Alice Dunn DeLauter Jr., Major Charles W. Main, and Samuel H. Rosenstock received plaques for decades of service in education policing and industry. Their advocacy supported youth pursuing higher education amid unemployment and inflation.
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Frederick County
Claude K
Alice Dunn) DeLauter Jr
Charles ¥. Main
Samuel J. Rosenstock
Ier
Samuel Koserstock
Feld
Futher
Aml
Main
Cliorts
Frederick County Scholarship Fund
Betty's
Alice Dunn DeLauter
Charles W. Main
Samuel H. Rosenstock
MPLA Claims Victory in Huambo Amid Angola Front Signals
MPLA claimed capture of Huambo the rival UNITA capital in south central Angola with gains reported across northern fronts. UNITA denied the fall, while Pretoria sources cited MPLA seizure and Tass and Kinshasa reports varied on other towns along the Benguela Railroad. The market opened mixed after recent declines, with the Dow edging higher early trading.
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Huambo
National Union
UNITA
Angola
Zambia
Pretoria
Jane Bergerol
London Financial Limes
Luanda
LNITA
National Front
FNLA
Huabo
Silva Porto
Nesto Mulato
Kinshasa
Zaire
Novo Redondo
Luso
Mulato
Benguela
Daurbtia
Miss Bergerdi
Lobite
Tass
Lumeje
Raiiroad
Santo Amanio Do Zaire
Congo Hiver
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