Health Officials Urge Halt to Illegal Roadside Dumping
Frederick County Health Department officials press county leaders including Commissioners and Engineer to curb more than 40 roadside dumps. Inspector Beale outlines proposals such as a Green Box compacting system, enhanced enforcement, and public education to reduce illegal disposal and extend solid waste management.
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Frederick county
Paul Beale
AQCD
William Fout
health department
roads department
Fout
Weather fronts shift to snow as colder air moves in
Rain, then changing to snow tonight as temperatures dip from the 40s to the 20s. Winds go northerly, with Wednesday forecast cloudy and cold and a 40 percent chance of more snow. Early today precipitation totals 0.04 inches, January total 0.93 inches, far below the 2.98 inch average. Monday highs reached 49 with a low near 3.
Three Die In Wreck On I-70 At Clarksburg
Police report three men from out of state died in an early morning head on crash on I-70 near the Clarksburg exit in Montgomery County. The southbound collision halted traffic for hours and two vehicles were involved with one car traveling the wrong way. Police withheld names pending next of kin notification.
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Clarksburg
acci- Clarksburg
Montgomery County
Frederick
County Officials Cite 1971 Progress and Tax Actions
County commissioners John Derr Lawrence Dorsey and Don ald Lewis highlighted 1971 achievements including creation of a Tax Appeals Court keeping the property tax at 2.54 per 100 and doubling the recreation tax to 2.20 per 500. They approved housing measures expanded health planning and sediment controls and discussed road closures and future plans.
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John Derr
Lawrence Dorsey
Donald Lewis
State Roads Commission
Linganore Corp
Meadow Road
Dorsey Pushes Nonprofit Nursing Home Plan
Frederick County Commissioner Lawrence A. Dorsey advocates creating a nonprofit nursing home for the sick and elderly to address 68 county residents waiting for admission. He notes private facilities cannot absorb all Medicare patients and questions remain on costs, location, and regulatory changes before presenting details to residents.
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Lawrence A. Dorsey
Dorsey
Frederick County
Doosey
Mottevue
Officials Await HUD Decision on West Second Street Park
City and county officials seek 50 percent federal funding up to 34000 for a west pocket park on West Second Street using the former Elks Club site. The plan, drawn by County Planner Lawrence Johnson, envisions land acquisition site development with planters benches a fountain and a wall.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
west pocket park
West Second Street
vest pocket park
Marcon, O’Leary
Lawrence Johnson
Philadelphia
Johnson
Elks Club
West Secod Street
No Tax Hike For Three Years Lewis Predicts Tight budgets
Commissioner Donald Lewis says tax rates can be held for three years with sound management and reassessment gains. He cites 1971’s $2.54 per $100 rate as a major board achievement and plans budget cuts in 1972 while pushing youth involvement in county committees. He hints at reducing overfunding across agencies.
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Donald Lewis
Lewis
Derr cites housing boom strains on Frederick County roads and schools
County Commissioner John A. Derr warns rapid growth from new housing strains public facilities including roads sewers and schools. He argues out-of-county developers buy farmland and questions planning rules while outlining 1972 road rebuilding goals and reliance on state funds.
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John A. Derr
Frederick County
Derr
O’Possumtown Pike
Reich
Ford
House Trailer Fire Claims 58 Year Old Man
A 58 year old county man, William Grover Dixon of Basford Road, was found dead in a house trailer south of Frederick after a fire caused by a faulty gas heater. Fire officials say the blaze began around 12:30 a.m. with investigators from the State Fire Marshal's office on the scene.
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Frederick
William Grover Dixon
RFD 4
Basford Road
Maryland
Donald E. Barnes
newly-con
HEW Sees Half Billion Welfare Waste Inaccuracies
Washington AP reports the HEW data estimate about 5 percent of welfare families are ineligible plus many receive too much or too little. Officials say 168 million dollars a year are due to 5 percent error with 124 million in overpayments and 38 million in underpayments.
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WASHINGTON
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Richard P. Nathan
HEW
Nathan
Mass Confusion Marks Display of Base Prices
Retailers in Frederick struggle with new price posting rules effective Jan 2 as district officials require base prices to be shown in every department and openly available to the public. Stores display wall signs but shoppers face long lines and confusing figures. torn pages hinder usability.
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Frederick
federal price commission
Internal Revenue
Machiz
Baltimore
Frederick's Newest Credit Union To Declare Dividend
The Center Frederick Community Federal Credit Union will hold its first annual shareholders meeting on Tuesday January 18 at 7 30 p m in Winchester Hall Room 203. The board is expected to declare a 4 percent dividend on shares deposited before December 10 1971.
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Center Frederick
Poindexter
Jack Motter
Federal Credit Union Association
Misuse Of BB Guns Reported In Frederick
Two instances of BB gun misuse were reported in Frederick. Charles Smith on North Wisner Street found six windshield holes. Ronald Linton on Trail Avenue was struck in the leg by a BB pellet and heard one whiz past his head. Police questioned neighborhood boys with no arrests. Officers warned BB guns are illegal and noted injuries from pellets.
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Frederick
Charles Smith
North Wisner Street
Ronald Linton
Trail Avenue
Ronald
Fire Log Summary Sparks Across Multiple Towns
Fire calls within 24 hours end at 10 a.m. report incidents in Monrovia and Hyattsown. Automobiles, trucks, and a house trailer fire prompt responses from Juniors, New Market, Carroll Manor, Jefferson, and Montgomery area mutual aid. Ambulance calls list Emergency-5 Routine-1 with jail population of 14 males and 0 females, 2 juveniles.
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WOOLCO
COUNTY
MONROVIA
New Market
BASFORD ROAD
Dixon
Carroll Manor
Jefferson
HYATTSTOWN
Montgomery
Libertytown
Market Dips as Rates Rally Falters in Slow Trading
New York stock prices failed to rise after favorable rate news and traded weakly at midday. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials slipped 1.21 points to 880.09 as trading remained subdued.
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NEW YORK
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