Snowstorm brings light disruptions to Frederick area
Four to five inches of wet snow blanketed Frederick County causing few accidents and many snowmen. Police reported no serious crashes, minor fender-benders, and brief power issues. Schools stayed open and the Braddock Heights Skiway was open with excellent conditions as police logged multiple minor incidents.
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Frederick County
Frederick City
Potomac Edison
C & P Telephone Company
Frederick
Hagerstown
Washington County
Carroll Counties
Baltimore County
Braddock Heights
Baltimore
metropolitan area
News-Post newsroom
Clover Hill
College Estates
Monrovia
Amos L. Brown
Derailment halts Baltimore main line near Reel's Mill Road
A freight train derailed on the Baltimore & Ohio Old Main Line shortly before 6 am near Reel's Mill Road. Three derailed locomotives pulled the caboose and three loaded cars, with a flagman hurt and taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital for observation.
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Frederick Junction
Cedric H. Smith
Baltimore
Cumberland
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Reel's Mill Road
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Herbert B. Crum
Kearneysville
W. Va
Chessie System
Frederick
Adamstown Activist Shames Smokers at County Hearing
Austin P. Renn, an emphysema sufferer and civic activist, spoke at Winchester Hall during the county commissioners meeting to praise non smokers and scold those who smoked, including Commissioner Sterling Bollinger. Beale’s anti smoking literature was shown as Renn pressed for smoke free air.
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Adamstown
Austin P. Renn
Winchester Hall
Renn
Sterling Bollinger
Bollinger
county Air Quality Control
Paul
Beale
Tom Fox
County accepts 1.4 million bid for nursing home project
Frederick County Commissioners accept the lowest bid of 1,460,860 from Dominion Contractors Inc of Baltimore to build a 120 bed nursing home on Montevue grounds. Groundbreaking set for Jan Wat 1 30p.m. The facility serves Medicaid eligible and indigent elderly with 24 hour care and therapies. Construction funded mainly by federal Revenue Sharing with some state grants.
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Montevue Home
Dominion Contractors, Inc
Baltimore
Commission on the Aging
Comprehensive Health Planning Agency
Lawrence A. Dorsey
Dorsey
Frederick Memorial
New energy program to require sacrifices
Treasury Secretary William E. Simon outlined a Ford energy program to demand personal sacrifice from Americans as part of a tough new conservation and anti inflation push. He signaled possible tax cuts and unemployment help while noting details would be announced Jan 20. Greenspan warned unemployment may climb this year before any recovery across autos and housing.
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Treasury
William E. Simon
Ford
Simon
Alan Greenspan
Greenspan
Council of Economic Advisers
Joint Economic Committee
New Orleans
American Farm Bureau Federation
Economy to Dominate State Legislature Session A3
Auto sales fall 23 percent in 1974 as economic concerns mount. Gold market revival stalls, shaping debates in the upcoming session.
Mostly Sunny Mild Today With Warmer 50s
Weather reports a mostly sunny and mild day with highs in the low to mid 50s. Tonight will be fair with lows in the 30s and Wednesday brings increasing cloudiness and highs in the 50s.
North Vietnamese forces overrun Phuoc Binh City ending siege
North Vietnamese troops breached Phuoc Binh City after a six day siege, marking the first provincial capital loss in nearly three years and leaving parts of the city in flames. A base guarding Tay Ninh City was also seized, threatening the provincial capital 70 miles away.
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Nguyen Van Thien
Phuoc Binh
Phuoc Long
Tay Ninh
U.S. Defense Department
U.S
Enterprise
Thieu
Nui Ba Den
Black Virgin Mountain
Hien
De Viet
County eyes 40 CETA public service jobs
Frederick County could offer forty one year public service positions in three departments if Title VI CETA funds arrive, with about 323,426 dollars pending to fund six planning posts, seventeen in roads, and sixteen with parks and recreation. Data technicians and a systems analyst are needed in planning.
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Frederick County
Kathleen Hall
parks and recreation commission
James Shaw
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