Fort Detrick to remain open says Army officials
A civilian delegation from Fort Detrick told U S Army leaders in Washington that the base will not be closed. Sen Charles Mathias and Rep J Glenn Beall pressed to outline Detrick’s mission soon as key personnel may depart. Talks covered potential contract work for other agencies and moving funds between departments.
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Fort Detrick
Department of Army
Washington
Charles McC. Mathias
J. Glenn Beall
Detrick
Department of the Army
Secretary of Defense
Congressman Beall
Army
Meyer Chertoff
Robert W. Zentner
Edgar W. Larson
C. H. Kingsolver
Lloyd Graf
Riley Housewright
Lucien
Auto jack accident claims life of youth in Andamsville
An 18 year old, Lester Lewis Kipps of Samsville, was crushed to death when a car he was repairing slipped from a single bumper jack in a garage behind his parents home. The 1 a.m. death occurred after 11 p.m. Wednesday. unsafe working conditions were cited as contributing factors.
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Andamsville
Lester Lewis Kipps
RFD 1
Samsville
Kuhn
Lester Warren Kipps
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Robert J. Thomas
Tpr
Kipps
School Construction Plans To Be Aired At Feb 24 Meeting
Frederick County Board of Education will hold a public meeting at Parkway School on Feb 24 at 7 30 p m to discuss its five year construction plan. PTAs are asked to send representatives to share information on upcoming projects. Five new projects are proposed for 1971 72 six for 1972 73 five in 1973 74 and three in 1974 75.
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Frederick County Board of Education
Parkway School
Ptas
Local Pension Checks To Increase In April
The new social security legislation will raise Frederick County pension benefits by about 1.18 million annually. Average payments rise from 940 to 1081 dollars per recipient, with totals from 7.86 to 9.04 million dollars. Checks increase begins January 1 but arrive in April.
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Frederick County
Washington
Congress
Social Security Administraton
Senate
Social Security Administration
B52s Return To Action In South Viet
U S B52 bombers resumed strikes in South Vietnam after 48 hours of heavy bombing in Laos and along the Ho Chi Minh trail. In Saigon sources said missions continued against North Vietnamese depots with about 10 planes dropping 300 tons in the western Mekong Delta while Laos saw reduced activity. The force maintains roughly seven South Vietnam missions per day and two in Laos, amid push to slow infiltration before an offensive.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Laog
Strategic Air Comr
Marmi
Southeast Asia
Ho Chi Minh
Laos
Mekong Delta
Plain of Jars
First In State Local Officials To Testify At Human Relations Hearing
Maryland Commission on Human Relations schedules a two day hearing in City Hall with city county and state officials invited to testify. Frederick chosen as pilot site to address racial discrimination and encourage local action for better inter racial relations.
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Maryland Commission On Human Relations
State Commission
Community Relations Service
Justice Department
Justice
Commission
Frederick
Phillips
Crawford Seeks Place on GOP Central Committee
John E. Crawford of W 5th Street announces his candidacy for the Republican State Central Committee in the September 15 election. He is the former president of Frederick County Young Republicans and has held multiple leadership roles in Maryland GOP youth groups. Crawford organized Frederick’s first Teen-Age Republican Club in 1964 and served as State Teen-Age Republican advisor. he also worked on campaigns for Goldwater Nixon and Dean. He is a member of the Frederick County GOP Kids Irc and All Saints Episcopal Church.
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John E. Crawford
W. 5Th Street
Republican State Central Committee
Crawford
Frederick County
Young Republicans
Maryland Federation of Young Republicans
Maryland
Youth For
Goldwater
Nixon
Dean
GOP
Kids Irc
All Saints Episcopal Church
Maryland House Defeats 19-Year-Old Voting Bill
In Annapolis the House rejected a proposal to lower the voting age to 19 after Senate approval. Debate referenced student disorders in Annapolis and Baltimore with counterpoints on civic judgment and referendum pathway. The measure previously passed the Senate and failed in the House last year.
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Annapolis
Maryland
House
Senate
Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Baltimore
Baltimore City Hall
Paul Weisengoff
D-Balto
Russell O. Hickman
Worcester
Hickman
Wickman
Southern Senators Win Civil Rights Victory in Desegregation Fight
Senate debates education bill as Sen. John Stennis pushes a plan for a uniform national policy on school desegregation and federal court busing limits. The outcome signals Southern officials aim to blunt Northern desegregation efforts while civil rights supporters warn of weakened enforcement.
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Washington
Dixie
Senate
Sam J. Ervin Jr
N.C
South
John Stennis
Dmiss
North
Ervin
Five of Seven Convicted Chicago 7 Plan Appeals
Chicago jurors convict five men of crossing state lines to incite rioting during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. All seven are held on contempt sentences. two defendants were acquitted on conspiracy. Attorneys Kunstler and Weinglass seek bail and plan appeals challenging the federal anti riot law's constitutionality.
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Chicago
U.S
Lee Weiner
John R. Froines
Froines
Weiner
David T. Dellinger
Jerry C. Rubin
Thomas E. Mayden
Abbott
Abbie’? Hoffman
Rennard C. “Rennie’’ Davis
Julius J. Hoffman
Cook County
Hoffman
William M. Kunstler
Leonard J. Weinglass
Kunstler
Weinglass
Smelser Proposes Tougher Narcotics Penalties in Senate
Frederick County senator Charles H. Smelser introduces two bills to raise narcotics penalties. One bill boosts first and second conviction sentences to up to forty and eighty years with a mandatory forty-year fourth conviction term. The second bill targets repeat sellers with fines up to 5 000 and prison terms of twenty years or life. Both bills would take effect July 1, 1970.
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State Senate
Frederick County
Charles H. Smelser
Smelser
Fire Log Summary for 24 Hours in City and County
Fire calls logged in the 24 hour period ending at 10 a.m. CITY numbers listed. Ambulance activity reports show 2 emergencies and 1 routine call across COUNTY and CITY areas. Contact CITY 663-4400 or COUNTY 662-6333 for details.
Egyptian Planes Hit Israelis Along Suez
Egyptian planes attacked Israeli positions along the Suez Canal for the third day in a row with no reported casualties, while no Israeli retaliation was confirmed. A Soviet observer noted an Egyptian pilot hailed as Phantom One after shooting down an Israeli Phantom jet, flying a MIG21. Police investigate a $500 robbery and gun theft at The Gem Laundry on West Patrick Street.
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Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
Cairo
Gem
West Patrick Street
Cold Front Moving Into Area Brings Uncertain Spring Weather
Frederick County skies were overcast as mild air gave way to an approaching cold front from the west. Showers, early buds, and a forecast of cooling temperatures with possible snow flurries this afternoon, followed by frigid nights in the upper teens and highs in the mid 30s through Friday and Saturday.
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Frederick County
Stock Market Clears Early Gains In Active Trading
New York stock market resumed its advance in fairly active trading early today as investors welcomed continued gains and buying momentum.
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New York
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HIVE
John E. Crawford Jr
Microbiological Associates of
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Walkersville
Southern Senators
Stennis
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
East Lyme
Conn
Barbara A. Thoron
Guilford
Connecticut
Chicago 7’ Lawyers Plan Appeal
Suez
Crect
Egypt
Israel
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