County Officials Preview Tourism Film Shot in Maryland Countryside
County officials viewed a sneak preview of a Memiaute color film produced to promote tourism in Frederick County Maryland. The documentary blends sunlit rural scenes and state park footage with a reenactment of 1760s colonial riots and historic homes. It cost 14000 and runs about thirty minutes for Baltimore Washington and Hagerstown channels.
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Prens
Tole Touiean
Burkitsville
Maryland
Bern
John Hamson
Congress
Griswold
Fredericktowan
Frederick Cousty
Inntmost
Baltimore
Washington
Hagerstown
Anred Catsail
Countians Criticize State Land Use Bill
County officials and farmers voiced strong misgivings about a state land use bill that would grant statewide authority over local land. At a joint Senate House hearing, critics argued the measure could devastate agriculture by setting "critical area" designations that reduce land value and credit access. Farmers warned it fails to address taxes, values, compensation, and borrowing, with bankers predicting tighter collateral.
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Ina
Senate
House Environmental Matters
Frederick County
George Wills
Maryland Environmental Trust
Oone
Land Board
Harold Lenhart
County Bureau
Agricultural Interesis
Lenhart
Frederick
Farm Bureau
Balloonist Believed Lost At Sea Off African Coast
A 47 year old balloonist, Sylvester Gatch of Alexandria Virginia, is missing after a sighting two thirds across the Atlantic. Rescuers search sands and seas off Mauritania and Spain alert area. a search plane may be dispatched.
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Wan
Gatch
Federal Weather Agency
Africa
Alexandria
Atlantic
Thursde
Spanish Sehara
Mauritania
Defense Department
Gold Price Tops $177 Amid Market Turbulence
Gold climbed to about $177.50 an ounce as producers threaten action against the dollar. Traders noted renewed weakness in the dollar in European markets after a brief Monday rally and energy stayed volatile.
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London
Zurich
Frederick College Starts $240,000 Classroom Expansion
A $240,000 construction project begins at Frederick Community College to add classrooms offices and labs on the second floor of Building C and relocate departments including Art Nursing and Economics. Bronka of remains the contractor with completion targeted for June.
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Fredericks College
Bronka of
Frederick Community College
Severe cold grips Frederick with 18 degree low
Freeze brings 18 for Frederick with highs in the 20s and teens to mid 20s tonight. Lows fall to the teens to mid 20s with clear skies. Wednesday promises a warmer 40s and a trace of snow in parts of Southern Pennsylvania causing traffic disruption but no major accidents.
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Pennsylvana
Nixon Doubts Impeachment and Gas Rationing
President Nixon said I do not expect to be impeached and that rationing chances are less than 50-50 in a wide ranging news conference. He addressed Watergate energy policy taxes and detente and noted lines at stations may shrink by spring while prices wait for more supply. He supported continuing to fight inflation and said Arabs may lift the oil embargo.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate House Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
Presi
United States
Soviet Union
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Solzhenitsyn
Western Europe
Middle East
Gasoline Lines Form As Frederick County Stations Sell In Shifts
Residents report gas available at Emmitsburg Thurmont area stations but with limits and long lines. Stations like Keeney's and Kee describe shipments and hourly pumping, while others warn of rush hour selling and tight supplies.
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Frederick County
Emmitsburg Thurmont
Oe Citgo
Keeney’s
Keeney
Gary Setherley
Health Planners Elect Officers and Budget Approved
Frederick County officials approved a balanced budget after a long meeting extending past time limits. Council elected Wallace Hutton as chairman and Jesse Burall as vice chairman while addressing EMS regionalization concerns and a Saturday hearing at Winchester Hall.
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Winchester Hall
Frederick County
Kemmerer
Kemerer
Mid - Maryland Emergency Medical Service Organization
Baltimore
Region 2
Frederick
Washington
Kemeter
R. Adam Cowley
Mandel
Cowley
Gas Plan Exemptions Clarified
Maryland’s rationing plan lists exemptions for emergency vehicles municipal state and federal fleets funeral hearses limousines flower coaches and mass transit buses. Vehicles with truck tags motorcycles medical staff and some court travel may qualify with affidavits and specific distance requirements.
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Ste
Maryland
Kissinger British Talks on Middle East Energy Crisis
Kissinger flew to London to confer with Sir Alec Douglas-Home on the Middle East, the Arab oil embargo, and the energy crisis. He will visit Damascus and then Israel, with possible return to Damascus for a new prisoner exchange proposal.
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Middle East
Geneva
Nixon
United States
Kissinger
London
Alec Douglas-Home
Kissanger
Damascus
Israel
Kissinger Wet
Cosirtent
Assad
Syme
Isreel
Nepolia
Gasoline Thefts Rise In Local Area
Gasoline thefts are increasing as police report multiple incidents. Ralph Ray Kolb Jr., 18, of East Third Street, was charged with tampering after being found near a car with stolen gasoline and the gas cap in his pocket. A siphoning hose and plastic can were located beside the vehicle. An investigation also looked into a local station allegedly selling gasoline to friends and possible diversions to emergency vehicles.
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Ralph Ray Kolb Jr
East Third Street
Are Ee
Kot
Routzahn
Stock Market Mixed and Listless on Tuesday
The New York stock market showed mixed, listless trading with the Dow Jones average down about 3.4 points at 16 38 as declines slightly outweighed advances. Investors kept to a cautious stance amid thin activity and modest price changes across sectors.
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New York
Todey
Messay
Dew Jones
Beck Exchange
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