Grange Speaks On School Controversy Over High School Plans
Pomona Grange of Frederick County endorses close scrutiny of Governor Thomas Johnson High School plans and calls for delay to study both sides. Board of Education members Thomas Smith Best faced censure over meeting access as grange leaders press economy and efficiency questions amid urgent construction timelines.
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Pomona Grange
Frederick County
Thomas Johnson
Frederick
Board of Education
Clarence C. C. Thomas
C. Gordon Smith
Hallar Best
Thomas
The
Grange
Production Credit Office
East Street
Bernard Remsburg
Austin P. Renn
Harry E. Swomley
Renn
Charles King
Ross V. Smith
Smith
Mary Condon Hodgson
Special School Board
Mr. Best
Local Churches Begin Lent Morning and Evening Services
In Frederick the 40 day Lenten season began with Ash Wednesday services at St. Johns Catholic Church and All Saints Episcopal Church attended by hundreds. Ashes from burned palms were blessed and marked on foreheads. Other denominations start services tonight. Community services will be held across Frederick County with area ministers participating. Lent signifies fasting and penance and traces to early Rome.
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Frederick
St. John’s Catholic Church
All Saints Episcopal Church
Episcopal Church
Frederick County
Walkersville
Lewistown
Rome
World Day Of Prayer Children to Participate in Ecumenical Services
The Frederick Council of United Church Women will host a first time World Day of Prayer children’s service Friday at 4 p.m. in Calvary Methodist Church with Rev. Robert C. Holley Jr. directing. The event features readers, rhythmic and Cherub choirs, and music from multiple area churches, emphasizing unity and global fellowship for grades one through junior high.
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Frederick
Robert C. Holley Jr
Calvary Methodist Church
Holley
Olive Engle
United Presbyterian Church
Austin Rhoades
Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ
Chris Harner
Good Shepherd Lutheran
Kathleen Anderson
All Saints Episcopal
Jennifer Sullivan
Parkway Church of God
Marsha Shober
Church of the Brethren
Charles Smith
Missionary Baptist
Asbury Methodist Church
Robin Hoy
Quinn A. M. E. Church
Theresa Wachter
Trinity Methodist Church
Cheryl Hann
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Carleen Piepoli
Betsy Russell
Grace United Church of Christ
Debbie Nunembaker
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Calvary Methodist
United Church of Christ
United Presbyterian Churches
Below Zero Temperatures Hit Frederick County Night
Temperatures plunged to minus four at Unionville with many areas in the county staying in the teens or lower. Officially eleven degrees at dawn, colder unofficial readings were reported. Roads crews noted limited drifting and said conditions were under control though some slick spots remained. More precipitation was forecast as rain by Thursday with afternoon temperatures rising toward the forties after a Tuesday high of 29.
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Frederick County
Unionville
County Roads Department
Weather Bureau
Subdivision Rules Defined by Frederick County Planning Panel
The Frederick County Planning and Zoning Commission proposes subdivision regulations defining subdivisions as land divisions into two or more parcels for transfer or development, with minor subdivisions involving up to four lots on existing streets and major subdivisions needing new streets or facilities.
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Frederick
Frederick County Planning and Zoning Commission
Planning Commission
Planning and Zoning Commission
Lincoln's Message Sold For 16000 At Auction
In New York the handwritten message of congratulations from President Lincoln to the defeated Union Army of the Potomac after Fredericksburg sold for 16000. The Carnegie Book Shop purchased the document, the only known Lincoln hand version, at a Parke Bennett Galleries sale. The message praised the army and conveyed national thanks.
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New York
Abraham Lincoln
Ambulance Called For Routine Transport to Memorial Hospital
The United ambulance was dispatched around 11 45 a m for a routine transfer from Carver to Frederick Memorial Hospital. An attendant escorted the patient in stable condition to the facility for medical care.
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United Ambulance
Carverpartment T
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Democrats Plan Annual J J Dinner in Urbana
Frederick County Democrats will host the annual Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner on April 11 at Peter Pan Inn in Urbana. Mrs. Mary Condon Hodgson chairs the event with eight local clubs as sponsors. A social hour starts at 6 p.m. dinner at 7 p.m. and dancing to follow.
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Frederick County
Peter Pan Inn
Urbana
Mary Condon Hodgson
Hodgson
Democratic State Central Committee
Austin C. Powell
Ruby V. Hahn
E. W. Bartgis
Jeffersonian Democratic Club
Milton Nash Jr
John C. Ramsburg
Eugene Carlisle
Jeffersonian Club, Incorporated
M. Austin Young
Murray F. Fox
Alvey Shelton
Women’s Democratic League
Mr. Bartgis
Mrs. Powell
Mr. Whitworth
Mrs. Nicholson
Mrs. Hahn
Mrs. Bollinger
Mr. Nash
Hutton Reports From Canal Zone Letters from Dr. Hutton on Canal Zone ruckus
Dr. Robert S. Hutton, stationed in the Canal Zone, writes to Frederick Lions Club secretary G. William Trout about the January disturbance. He notes his family’s safety, a hillside view of the events, and that reports vary. US News and World Report offered a solid account while some papers mischaracterized. He describes mild weather, wind, a cold daughter, and an air conditioned house as he keeps up with club matters via The Lions Tongue.
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Frederick
Canal Zone
Robert S. Hutton
G. Wiliam Trout
Lions Club of
Fort Detrick
Lions Tongue
News and World Report
Panama
U.S
Pope Paul VI Critics Modern Life Doubt and Scandal
Pope Paul VI told Ash Wednesday preachers that modern life is marked by doubt, scandal, and spiritual confusion. He warned ideals are in crisis and philosophy has become immediate utility, urging stronger religious truth to counter public immorality and sensationalism. He called on priests to stimulate better thoughts and aims as a grave, urgent duty.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Sistine
Ball Arrives In Troubled Cyprus Peace Mission
Undersecretary of State George Ball and British envoy Cyril Pickard met President Makarios to present a new U.S.-British plan for a peacekeeping force in Cyprus amid renewed clashes between Greek and Turkish communities. A Greek Cypriot policeman was killed in Limassol as talks considered Makarios invoking the United Nations, with a possible Greek Cypriot delegation going to New York.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
George Ball
Cyril Pickard
Makarios
Ball
Turkey
Limassol
Johnson Welcomes Home With Brotherly Love
President Johnson and Sir Alec Douglas-Home meet at the White House to discuss world issues and bolster U.S. British ties. Talks will cover trade with the Communist bloc and Cuba, the Western Alliance, and Soviet negotiations as Britain refuses to halt Cuba bus sales.
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Washington
Johnson
Britain
United States
Alec Douglas - Home
White House
Douglas - Home
East Asia
Soviet Union
Toronto
Cuba
U.S
Fidel Castro
Empire Club of Canada
Douglas-Home
One Car Of B&O Derails Tuesday
A coal car on a 100 car eastbound B and O Railroad train derailed near West Plain by Bartholows around 5 p m Tuesday. The track was cleared after about four hours with no injuries reported.
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Lear
B&o
West Plain
Bartholows
Baltimore
Court Order Halts Space Picketing
A federal court in Cape Kennedy Florida halted union picketing over 213 million dollars of Cape Kennedy and Merritt Island moonport construction. Judge George C Young issued a temporary restraining order at the request of the NLRB directing the Order of Railroad Telegraphers AFL CI O to withdraw lines. Picketing ceased by morning and 3200 workers returned to work. The order lasts until 5 p.m. Thursday with a 2 p.m. hearing to consider extension.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Iworth
Cape Kennedy
Merritt Island
Moonport
U.S
George C. Young
National Labor Relations Board
Afl-Cio
Montgomery County Rejects Rural Five Acre Zoning Plan
The Montgomery County Council rejected a proposed five acre rural zoning plan aimed at conserving open space and slowing high density development. The proposal would have governed land use in Upper Montgomery County, distinguishing it from denser lower areas and guiding structure types, with supporters from groups such as the Montgomery County Civic Federation and the League of Women Voters.
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Montgomery County
County Council
Montgomery County Civic Federation
Montgomery County League of Women Voters
Governor Tawes plans TV appeal to push tax hike
Annapolis AP Gov Tawes plans a statewide TV appearance to pitch raising Maryland income tax from 3 to 4 percent and fund education. aides arrange the telecast. comptroller Pressman demands equal time and vows to invoke FCC rules for a debate. Administration officials will brief Senate and House on the plan as opposition cites impact on education funding.
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Annapolis
Tawes
Maryland
Hyman A. Pressman
Baltimore
Pressman
Preman
FCC
State Senate
House of Delegates
James G. Rennie Jr
John 8. Shriger
Louis L. Goldstein
U.S. Senate
Goldstein
Senate House
Del
Thomas Hunter Lowe
D-Talbot
House
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Western Alliance
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