Ridge Road Bridge Over I-70 Nears Autumn Finish
The Ridge Road Bridge over I-70, a 400 foot arch linking U.S. 40 and U.S. 40A, is on track for completion this fall. The $755,822 project, under C William Hetzer Inc., required precision blasting and pre split rock work to preserve surrounding formations. The bridge will reconnect Braddock Heights with Shookstown and Gambrill Park and restore direct emergency access.
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State Roads Commission
Frederick County
Ridge Road
U. S. 40
U.S. 404
Thomas G. Mohler
C. William Hetzer Inc
Hagerstown
Mohler
Braddock Heights
Shookstown
Gambrill Park
Local Drug Peddler Gets 0-Year Term
Clarence Daniel Duckett, 21, of South Market Street, was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison after a Jan. 29 jury conviction for selling heroin and maintaining a common nuisance. He was acquitted on conspiracy to distribute heroin and related counts, while three counts remain pending. Judge Barrick rejected probation, noting that buyers who sell heroin are not given probation in this court. State's Attorney Robert Rotherhoefer prosecuted.
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South Market Street
Samuel Barrick
Clarence Daniel Duckett
Duckett
Tpr
Joseph Kelly
Thomas
Kelly
Thom
S. Market Street
Barrick
Tor
Cleopatra Campbell
Robert Rothenhoefer
Commissioners Take Power Line Authority
The county commissioners agree to transfer authority on power line location from the Planning and Zoning Commission to the commissioners. Planning officials argued to keep review rights but seek the official county stance from the commissioners. The move, endorsed by all three commissioners after a Wednesday meeting, follows concerns over past county representation at PSC hearings.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
Public Service Commission
Planning Commission
Edward Holter
Middletown Valley
Frederick County
Board of Commissioners
PSC
George Speer
Speer
Fire Log Summary for Walkersville Area
Fire calls within 24 hours ending 10am include a smoke in house report at Walkersville and ambulance activity with 6 emergency and 5 routine calls. Jail population listed as 45 male and 9 female. Contact Liberty County at 662-6333 or 663-4400 for details.
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Liberty
Walkersville
Farm Truck Hearings Proposed
Representative Goodloe Byron urged hearings on a Department of Transportation plan restricting farm trucks under 10 000 pounds moving interstate commerce. It would require drivers to be 21 or older with a road test and physical. Byron fears broad interstate commerce interpretation from farm movements.
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Department of Transportation
Goodloe E. Byron
Charles P. Ellington
State Board of Agriculture
Byron
Maryland
Secretary of Transportation
Department
Nixon Pins War Expansion on Hanoi Threat
President Nixon accused Hanoi of widening the Vietnam war into an Indochina conflict and warned the United States and allies face tougher choices as American aid and air support for allied ground forces rise. He outlined a midterm foreign policy and urged continued negotiations despite pessimism about a negotiated settlement.
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Washington
Nixon
Hanoi
United States
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Congress
U.S
Indochina
White House
Vietnam
Hint Of Spring In Air Today
A hint of spring in the air as temperatures rise to the high 40s with mostly sunny skies. No precipitation today, but a 20 percent chance of rain tonight increasing to 40 percent Friday with highs in the 50s. Lows tonight near 39, winds 5 to 10 mph from the south and southwest. Weather is a slight change from yesterday's 44 high and 32 low, the first freezing weather in over a week, and Monocacy River levels have dropped from Tuesday.
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Monocacy River
White Collar Force Gains in Frederick County
Frederick County shows a 16.7 percent rise in white collar workers over a decade, driven by job upgrades and new offices. Eastalco Aluminum and State Farm Insurance boosted white collar roles, with engineers moving into production. White collar now about 40 percent of the labor force. blue collar pay grows faster, reducing past living standard gaps, while layoffs hit blue collar workers more.
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Frederick County
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Richard D. Hammond
Hammond
State Farm Insurance Office
Eastalco Aluminum Company
Eastalco
South Viets Turn Back Red Tank Attack In Laos
Eight North Vietnamese tanks attacked Hill 31 in Laos but were repelled by South Vietnamese defenders aided by U.S. airpower. The Laos push did not advance, marking the first tank assault in the Laos portion of the Ho Chi Minh trail drive. U.S. and Saigon totals showed high weekly American deaths and large allied casualty figures, with no American ground troops on the Laotian side and about 9,000 blocking forces in South Vietnam.
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Saigon
Laos
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Hill 31
Lang Vei
Central Highlands
U.S. Command
South Vietnam
T Stuart Haller Dies Wednesday
Landscape architect T Stuart Haller died at his residence on RFD 6 Wednesday evening. Funeral arrangements are being handled by M R Etchison and Son.
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T. Stuart Haller
Rfd
M. R. Etchison and Son
North Viet Charges Nixon Lies On Peace Efforts
At the Paris peace talks North Vietnam accuses the Nixon administration of lying about seeking peace in Indochina. Xuan Thuy and spokesman Nguyen Thanh Le say Nixon has broadened the war, threatening Laos and North Vietnam. No progress toward ending the war was noted as talks discuss a time frame for foreign troop withdrawals.
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North Viet
Nixon
Paris
North Vietnam
Indochina
U.S
Congress
Vietnam
Hanoi
Thuy
Laos
Asia
China
Thieu Calls For March On Hanoi
Saigon reports President Thieu said a march on North Vietnam is only a matter of time. The remark, delivered at a central highlands convention, echoed prior calls for action while a government spokesman declined to comment on the speech.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
North Vietnam
Vietnam Press
Thieu
Pleiku
Central Highlands
Saigon Post
Neuyen Cao Wy
North
Commerce forecast lifts stocks in early trading
New York executives watched the Commerce Department predict a strong recovery this quarter. The Dow Jones Average of about 30 industrial stocks rose 2.05 to 877.67 at 10 30 a.m. as trading remained moderately active.
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New York
Commerce Department
Tive
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U.S. 40
Amos L. Brown
Hollow Road
David Bruce
East Frederick
East Patrick Street
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