Federal probes racial bias at Frederick County Social Services
U S officials will investigate charges of racial discrimination by the Frederick County Department of Social Services. The Maryland state Human Relations Commission says federal involvement arises from HEW funds and interest in social services. Local and state agencies have been notified. an affirmative action plan is in preparation within two weeks.
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U.S
Margaret Hindman
State Human Relations Commission
Frederick County
Department of Social Services
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HRC
Treadwell O. Phillips
Marvin Mandel
Social Services Department
Geneva Barthel
State Department of Social Services
Rita C. Davidson
State Department
Clyde Andrews
Frederick
Andrews
Frederick County Hrc
Morgan Anderson
Board of Education
Department of Employment Security
Indictments Revealed By February Grand Jury
The February Grand Jury returned 25 indictments after three days of hearings. Among them 15 involve theft and two relate to passing bad checks. Named defendants include Maurice Weedon 28 Knoxville and Merkle Smith Jr. 32 Phebus Avenue among others from Adamstown Frederick Bethesda and Rocky Ridge, all facing breaking entering larceny or related counts with multiple co defendants.
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Maurice Edward Weedon
Knoxville
Merkle N. Smith Jr
Ronnie Smith
Phebus Avenue
Joseph Wilson Parker
Hotel Frederick
Barbara Louise Millberry
Adamstown
Richard Roland Harris
Ricky Valentine Millberry
John Leroy Trent
RFD
Frederick
Chester Leroy Stone
John Henry Brant
Park Avenue
Tony Joe Teasley
Jackie Bruce Teasley
Bethesda
Michael Collins Shipley
Damascus
Richard Leo Bentz
RFD 1
Rocky Ridge
Robert Leo Delphy
Keymar
Robert Andrew Thomas
South Market Street
Allen Lee Thomas
Million Dollar Wreck Suit Filed in Frederick County
A Taneytown couple sues Brunswick man in a $1 million civil case over a February 12, 1968 crash on Md 97 at Meadow Branch Road. Alvin J. Irvin Jr. seeks $500,000 for injuries, $250,000 for loss of marital relation, and $250,000 for loss of his expected lifetime income, with Gloria E. Irvin as co-plaintiff.
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Frederick County
Taneytown
Brunswick
Edwin F. Nikirk
Alvin J. Irvin Jr
Gloria E
Sid Edgar Sigler
Brunski
Alvin
MD. 97
Sigler
Meadow Branch Road
Rt. 97
Irvin
Cold snap grips towns with single digits across counties
Temperatures plunged to 10 degrees in Frederick and eight degrees in Unionville overnight as a cold front lingered. Winds 8 to 15 mph cut wind chills to about 5 below zero, with highs in the mid 20s later today and lows in the mid teens tonight. Sunny dawn gave way to a forecast of mid 30s Thursday and warmer weekend ahead. Middletown Elementary School closed today due to a heating failure, while county schools opened on schedule.
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Frederick
Unionville
Middletown
Ky Threatens To Invade North Vietnam
Saigon reports Ky may cross the 17th parallel to target North Vietnamese supply bases as South Vietnamese forces, now over 10 000 strong in Laos, push along Route 9 near Sepone. Two clashes along the Laos border left 33 North Vietnamese and six South Vietnamese dead.
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Saigon
Laos
Nguyen Cao Ky
North Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
Sepone
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Lang Vei
Quake Claims 36 Die in Southern California
In the San Fernando Valley a 6.6 magnitude quake damaged Veterans Administration hospital buildings and left 25 or more feared buried. Officials evacuated 80,000 people as fires and collapse disrupted Los Angeles area infrastructure and a dam at Van Norman Lake faced strain. President Nixon proclaimed a disaster area and federal aid was set to flow.
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San Fernando
Los Angeles
Cali
California
Veterans Administration Hospital
San Fernando Valley
van Norman Lakes
Los Angeles County
Ronald Reagan
Robert FE. Noel
Long Beach
San Andreas
Gulf of California
San Francisco
Bay Area
Spiro T. Agenew
Nixon
Reagan
Sacramento
Santa Monica Mountains
San Gabriels
Local Residents Await Word From Friends In Quake Area
Red Cross officials in Frederick report injuries among area residents with ties to Los Angeles earthquake victims. A Los Angeles bulletin notes many downtown structures collapsed and shelter is being sought. Calls to Southern California numbers are restricted to emergency lines. some communications outages expected.
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Red Cross
Frederick
Los Angeles
Ing
Carl V. Weakley
C&p Telephone Co
Bakersfield
California
Weakley
Thomas Roberts
West Street
Brunswick
Roberts
Clifford Morris
Knoxville
Open House Displays Highlight Police Tools and Old Case
City and State Police open houses run 7 to 9 p m with weapons crime detection gear fingerprints and a coffin bone hair and baby items from the Larry Lord Motherwell case. The Frederick County Jail offers tours 1 to 3 p m and 7 to 9 p m. State police show modern equipment including CCTV terminal computer and infrared night crime devices. Narcotics and related gear are shown at both stations amid more than 15000 dollars in illegal drugs seized in Frederick County.
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Frederick Exchange Club
Frederick County
Larry Lord Motherwell
Motherwell
Frederick
California
Pearl Putney
U. S. 40
Apollo 14 Moonmen Safely Aboard Ship
Apollo 14 astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr Edgar D. Mitchell and Stuart A. Roosa were hoisted aboard the USS New Orleans quarantine carrier after a precise lunar landing. They will travel to the Manned Spacecraft Center near Houston arriving Friday then isolate until Feb 26.
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USS
New Orleans
Samoa
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa
South Pacific
Space Agency
Stuart Roosa
Alan Shepard
Edgar Mitchell
Uss New
Fire Log from 24 hours ends 10 am city and county
Fire calls sum 24 hours: automobile fire at North Market Street at 10:03 am Juniors responded. laundromat smoke investigation at South Market 1:23 pm Uniteds Independents and Citizens responded. truck fire on Sabillasville Road 11:56 am Thurmont responded. stove fire at 23 A Street Brunswick 2:01 pm. ambulance calls Emergency-4 Routine-2. Police jail: Males 34 Females 3.
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City North Market Street
South Market
Sabillasville
Thurmont
Brunswick
Stock Market Opens With Decline In Early Trading
The stock market slid in active early trading as the Dow Jones average of 30 industrials drops 4.79 to 75.00. Gainers led losers by roughly 200 among issues traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
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New York Stock Exchange
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Soledad Canyon
San Gabriel Mountains
California Institute of Technology
Suburbia
Newhall
Saugus
Veterans Administration
Sylmar
Shepard
Mitchell
Roosa
William Carpentier
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
R. H. Culbertson
NASA
Cou
Paca
Orleans
American Samoa
VASA
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