Teachers Assn Seeks County Pay Hike in 1967 68
The Frederick County Teachers Association urged a $273 844 salary increase for 1967 68 raising total requested raises to 403 604. The letter to County Commissioners warned of rising union activity and sought cooperation to keep education progressive. The group’s salary plan proposes boosts of 140 to 240 for most teachers, 20 to 300 for others, with starting pay at 5600 and 8450 after 13 years.
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Frederick County Teachers Association
FCTA
Association
United States
Maryland
Frederick County
Dale Gangawere
Gangawere
Board of Education
County To Maintain 3 Roads At Walkersville
Frederick County Commissioners agree to continue maintenance on three roads near Walkersville after half the roads are annexed by the town. County engineer to study other towns for gasoline tax refunds and possible transfer of road segments within Walkersville to keep refunds.
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Frederick County
Walkersville
Southey T. Nottingham
Gilmore Trout
Riggs Ford
Fountain Rock
Crum
Trout
Maryland
Nottingham
Biggs Ford
Crum Roads
Wallace E. Hutton
Thief Steals Six Truck Wheels From Local Firm
City police seek a thief who stole six truck wheels and tires from Richard F. Kline Inc. at East Patrick Street. Two front wheels and tires were taken from a flatbed truck and four rear wheels from a dump truck. Loss estimated at 696 dollars. Investigation by the detective squad continues. no suspects named.
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sPolice
Richard F. Kline, Inc
East Patrick Street
County Asked To Continue CAS Service
County commissioners were asked to continue operation of the Children's Aid Society as foster care shifts to the Welfare Department. Acting CAS head Mrs. Elizabeth Dutrow said the agency can still provide care for preschool children and those over 16, and explore preventive family services. CAS funds mostly come from the county, with minor contributions from Community Chest Frederick City Lutheran Church Leats Orphanage fund. Dutrow projected budget cuts as foster care is phased out, while CAS would still oversee 50 foster cases over 16 remaining in care.
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Children’s Aid Society
Elizabeth Dutrow
CAS
Community Chest
Frederick City
Lutheran Church Leats Orphanage Fund
Thurmont Rail Station to Close After 95 Years of Service
The Western Maryland Railroad ends Thurmont station operations on Jan 12 as longtime agent-operator S Elmer Barnhart retires after 27 years at the post. Built after the Civil War, the station once served passengers and freight, now reduced to automation and fading need with no clear future for the 495 year old building.
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Elmer Barnhart
Thurmont
Western Maryland Rail
J. Rolfe
Castlemar
West 1
Maryland
S. Elmer Barnhart
Barnhart
Hagerstown
Western Maryland Railroad
Thur
St John’s Lutheran Church of
Rosemont Avenue
142 Inches Of Snow In Herman Michigan
Herman Michigan reports 142 inches of snowfall since October 18, topping all east of the Rockies stations. Population 73, Herman lies near L Anse in the Upper Peninsula at Lake Superior’s Keweenaw Bay. Mrs. Leonard Lahti tracks snow depths for the state. Snowfall totals run through May.
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Herman, Mich
Herman
Rockies
L’anse
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Lake Superior
Keweenaw Bay
Leonard Lahti
State Department of Conservation
Market Rally Hits Broad Range of Stocks in Early Trading
The New York market rallied in active early trading led by gains across steel, auto, oil, chemical, rail, airline, aerospace, electronics, drug, nonferrous metal and mail order shares.
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New York
Rescued From Plane Wreckage On Mountain
A search party reached a missing plane high on Mt Sherman in Colorado. Five aboard included an Illinois family and another Illinois man. Two rescued by helicopter to Leadville, others brought out by ground crews as fog cleared. Victims identified as O W Rosengren and wife Lorraine with son Jack and two others. pilot Jimmy Williamson. Army alpinists and paramedics assisted from Fort Carson. 100 ground crew and Civil Air Patrol planes aided the operation.
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Fairplay
Colo
Mt. Sherman
Colorado Rockies
Illinois
State Patrol
Leadville
St. Vincent’s Hospital
O. W. Rosengren
St. Charles, Jr
Lorraine
United Air Lines
United
O.W. Rosengren
St. Charles
Ill
Jack
Charles Budde
Jimmy Williamson
Denver
Williamson
Clinton Aviation Service
Rosengren
Ft. Carson
Mount Sherman
Powell Charges Political Conspiracy Against Negroes
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, from the Bahamas, claims a political conspiracy aims to remove him as chair of the House Education and Labor Committee. He vows a fight to keep the chair as Democrats caucus to decide his fate, while critics cite seniority and seating challenges. Powell asserts his innocence and notes his case is pending in New York appellate courts.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
House Education and Labor Committee
U.S
Bahamas
Harlem Democrat
Powell
Powelli
New York
Jonathan B. Bingham
Bingham
Wiliam M. Colmer
John Bell Williams
America
New York State
Clerks To Strike Food Stores Jan. 21
Baltimore AP report says Maryland negotiations between clerks and seven chain food stores aim to avert a strike when their contracts expire at midnight January 21. The AFL-CIO Retail Clerks International Association seeks higher wages pension benefits and expanded insurance for dental pharmaceutical prescriptions and optical costs. Stores named include A and P Rems Food Fair Grand Union Giant Penn Fruit Big Valu Markets and Safeway.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Afl-Cio
Retail Clerks International Association
Rems
Food Fair
Grand Union
Giant
Penn Fruit
Big Valu Markets
Safeway
Pilots Hit Red Boats and Drop Leaflets
US Navy pilots report a two day score of 189 North Vietnamese supply boats damaged or destroyed and two carrier planes lost. Forays along the coast added 77 watercraft destroyed or damaged, with 111 already tallied the previous day. Psychological leaflets were dropped on Hanoi and other areas warning of war continuation and currency devaluation. American casualties rose to 128 killed and 634 wounded, reflecting several sharp engagements. Ground operations in the central highlands saw limited action amid a lull in the broader war effort.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Hanoi
North Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnamese
Agricultural agencies plan move from Winchester Hall
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service and three related agencies announced a plan to relocate from Winchester Hall. County commissioners meet at 2 p.m. to discuss the move with ASCS office manager Larry Howard and Extension Service acting chair David Engenbrode. The transfer, ordered by a former board or discussed by officials, would place the agencies in a new one story building on Fast Street this spring, increasing space from 2,300 to about 3,000 square feet and boosting rent from 2,940 to about 12,000 dollars annually. Debate centers on authority to order the move and the cost impact to taxpayers.
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Agricultural Service
Winchester Hall
Larry Howard
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
David D Engenbrode
ASCS
Extension Service
Randolph B. Rosencrantz
Rosencrantz
Lawrence A Dorsey
A. Irvin Renn
Anne Arundel County
Howard
Russell Z. Horman
Fast Street
Fice
County
Ascs and
Soil Conservation
Farmers Home Administration
Richard ©. Brady
Baker-Kefauver
Dorsey
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Board of County Commissioners
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