Water supply speakers urge steady Frederick city growth
A private citizen letters to The News Post discuss Frederick City water demand and sources for 1979. They cite a 1.494 billion gallon annual use, about 131 gallons per person daily, and outline sources from Linganore and Monocacy plants, Fishing Creek Reservoir, Yellow Springs Receiver, and Fort Detrick. The author argues drought resilience and recalls 1965 water shortages and bridge construction impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George K. Smith
Lee Place
Frederick
Monocacy River
News-Post
Sixes Bridge
Frederick City
Franklin E. White Jr
American Water Works Association
Linganore
Fishing Creek
Yellow Springs
Fort Detrick
Monotacy
Linganore Creek
Tuscarora
Gas House Pike
Highland Street
Monocacy
Fort Detrick Plast
Conne & Ealions Wes
Justia
Rickie
Luganore
Frederick City Water Supply Drought Plan and Dam Options
Reader urges immediate action on water supply during droughts, criticizing Singapore Plant’s ability to remove color and odor. Proposes emergency measures including Potomac River imports, Bloomington Dam, and a network of small Monocacy tributary dams. Calls for coordinated group of lawmakers, officials, farmers, and engineers to select sites, ensure adequate storage, dilute farm nitrates, and fund dam construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singanore
Whitman, Regquardt & Associates
EPA
White
Robert L. Strine
Bloomington
Potomac River
Bloomington Dam
Robert 5. McGarry
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
Army Corps of Engineers
Monocacy
Catoctin Creek
Middletown
McC. Mathias
Byron
Frederick County
Annapolis
Young
Frederick City
Robert Fisher
Save the Monocaty Association
Idaho top cop saga echoes through federal probe
The push to appoint Sheriff John Bender as Idaho’s state police chief in the early 1970s triggered federal doubts and a threatened funding freeze. Anrus later faced questions over Bender’s file, while a second copy surfaced in the Idaho attorney general’s office. The piece also notes a revived $104 million Watch on Waste program for air traffic controllers amid lobbying and campaign contributions from several congressmembers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Idaho
Cecil Andrus
John Bender
Justice Department
U.S
Jimmy Carter
Senate
Andrus
FBI
Bender
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Dale van Atta
van Atta
Fred Kennedy
Kennedy
Emprise Corp
House Civil Service Committee
Air Traffic Controllers Union
James Hanley
D-N.y
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
William Ford
Dmich
William Clay
D-Mo
Miami
Jack Anderson
WATCH
P.O
Washington, D.C
United Feats
Inspection of county schools nears completion next week
The school inspection program under Dr E C Kefauver will wrap up soon after four months with 4000 to 4500 children examined and many receiving medical advice and defect corrections. A large Allied Arts event at Hood College featured The Merrymakers with Christine Bingham Elizabeth Barkley Claude Schell George Kinsley Grover Davis Harriett Allyn Marine Morse Louise Starkey and others. Plans are underway for a major National Education Association superintendent meeting with Frederick County education leaders and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.C. Kefauver
Allied Arts Extension
the Merrymakers
Brodbeck Hall
Hood College
Christine Bingham
Elizabeth Barkley
Claude Schell
George Kinsley
Grover Tilden Davis
Harriett Allyn
Marine Morse
Louise Starkey
Boyd Crane
Proore Alexander Dean
Elizabeth Nh
National Education Association
Frederick County
Local Civil War plans meeting and lodge staff changes
An informal February 15, 1960 Civil War commemoration planning session in the Francis Scott Key Hotel Blue and Grey room drew many attendees. Francis W. Bush Sr. announced district staff appointments for the Boy Scouts of America while the Ladies Auxiliary of the Independent Hose Company installed its officers for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Richard D. Hammond
Gen
D. John Markey
Garland Guyton
Joseph F. Eisenhauer
George P. Ambush
Austin F. Angleberger
Henry Beyard
C. Lease Bussard
Francs Bussard
George B. Callan Jr
Ann Chertoff
W.F. Cramer Jr
Grace Hartman
W.C. Hobson
Mary Condon Hodgson
Gwynn X. Kinsey
Charles W. Poole
H. Thomas Summers
William L. Sweeney
Grace H. Spurrier
Donald C. Whitworth
Robert J. Zentner
Francis W. Bush SR
Francis Scott Key
Boy Scouts of America
YMCA
Alton ¥. Bennett
Vernon M. Gambill
Virgil D. Hylton
Everett Neff
Jack Joy
Vernon Hahn
Carl Carson
Charles V. Main
J.B. Houck
Charles F. Biggs
Charles Carpenter
The
Independent Hose Company
Ethel Brust
Jacqueline Whitmore
Nellie Shaw
Lena Ray
Nancy Mercer
Mary Gross
Louise Oden
Emma Carbaugh
Clara Rothenhoefer
Anna M. Baker
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Frederich. Md
Walkersville
Tam
Ausherman Farm
Greenbrier
Janet Cugini
Grape Creek Rd
Rockville
Margaret A.oland Frederick
Pap
Canapa
Etia’. Huume
Prince Princess Royale
Count Med
Wood
Sm. Wood
Tae
East Main Street
Midtetown
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