Solons Pick Leaders As New Session Begins
In Annapolis the House Democratic caucus named Arthur Dorman speaker pro tem and John S. Arnick chairman of Environmental Matters. The posts filled two vacancies from judges appointments. Governor Mandel’s reapportionment plan looms as a key early issue ahead of a busy session with gun, auto insurance, and betting debates expected.
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ANNAPOLIS
House
Prince Georges County
Arthur Dorman
JohnS
Arnick
Maryland General Assembly
Senate
Fred C. Wright
Washington County
Mandel
Hagerstown
Marlboro
Thomas Hunter Lowe
D-Talbot
General Assembly
Kritsings Installed As Uniteds President
Phillip Kritsings was installed as president of United Steam Fire Engine Company No. 3 at a Tuesday night ceremony succeeding William M. Moore. The banquet drew members and officials from county fire companies statewide and the University of Maryland Fire Extension Service. Kritsings, a Frederick native, called serving the company a great honor and recalled his early days with the volunteers.
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United Steam Fire Engine Company No. 3
Phillip Kritsings
William M. Moore
Uniteds
Fire Extension Service
University of Maryland
Frederick
United Fire Company
Cullen School Halts Air Pollution and Cuts Costs
Victor Cullen School for Boys in Sabillasville faced air pollution violations along with Mt. Saint Mary’s College Emmitsburg Thurmont Middle and Middletown Elementary. The switch from coal to propane gas reduced annual costs from 95 000 to 81 000 and total savings reached 288 000 despite conversion expense.
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MONICA MAIN
Victor Cullen School For Boys
Sabillasville
Victor Cullen School
Mt. St Mary’s College
Emmitsburg
Thurmont Middle School
Middletown
Frederick Air Quality Control Bureau
U. S
East Patrick Street
Victor Cullen
William E. Hawkins
Hawkins
Potomac Edison Co
Post Office Switches To Gas To Cut Pollution
Following health department warnings the East Patrick Street post office will replace its 30 year coal furnace with a gas converter. The $2,000 to $3,000 upgrade aims to end air quality violations noted in a January 6 notice. The Frederick Shopping Center branch already uses gas.
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East Patrick Street
John Young
Ringelmann
Young
Frederick
Prospective Contractors Sought for National Cancer Center
The National Cancer Institute mails requests for proposals to private contractors to operate the Fort Detrick National Cancer Center. Contracts awarded by mid June with a March 1 due date. The center opens in July with a $6 million first year budget and 220 staff, rising to $20 million and 600 staff by 1977. Renovations total about $2 million, with occupancy planned by May.
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national cancer center
Fort Detrick
National Cancer Institute
NCI
Patricia Newman
Newman
Nixon
Mt Airy Bank Robbery Spurs Statewide Hunt For $46,000
Three masked black males robbed the Maryland National Bank in Mt. Airy at 10:55 am taking about $46,000 in one to fifty dollar bills. They fled in a stolen 1969 green station wagon, later swapped for another car, with ski masks and winter coats observed. FBI and state police led the search with roadblocks set across Howard, Montgomery, Carroll and Frederick counties. no injuries were reported.
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Maryland National Bank
Mt. Airy
U. S. 40
FBI
Dennis Lee
Ahalt
Ahab
Howard
Montgomery
Carroll
Frederick
Anthony Joseph Bur
Wheaton
National Bureau of Standards
Gaithersburg
Frederick L. Silbernagel Jr
Thomas H. Farrow
Baltimore
Barracks B
Farrow
Set
Thomas Bosley
Carl Harbaugh
Tfe
John Reburn
Frederick State Police
Henry Stafford
Anthony J. Bur
National Bureau of Stan
Nixon Working On Address At Camp David
President Nixon, late at night on the Camp David retreat, labors on his State of the Union draft. He spent the day secluded at Aspin cottage in the Catoctin Mountains near Thurmont after flying in by helicopter. The plan is to deliver the address to Congress on January 20, two days after Congress reconvenes.
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Nixon
Camp David
Thurmont
Catoctin Mountain
Aspin cottage
Congress
House
Senate
Urbana scrapped village project in Urbana Maryland
After two years of effort Montgomery County developers abandon plans for a 1340 unit mobile home village on Md 80 near Centerville. Attorney Charles A Price says land will be developed in a way more acceptable to the public and planners. Urbana Civic Association opposition leader Herbert Morrison welcomes withdrawal noting population concerns.
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Urbana Village Limited Partnership
Md. 80
Centerville
Charles A. Price
Montgomery County
Price
Urbana Civic Association
Herbert Morrison
Urbana
Fire log and market update in brief
Fire calls reported in a 24 hour period ending 10 a.m at City East Street Frederick Iron and Steel Co alarm. Ambulance calls show 9 emergency and 4 routine. Population includes 17 males 0 females and 4 juveniles. In New York stocks rose with the Dow up 3.24 to 915.34 at 10:30 a.m.
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CITY EAST STREET
Frederick Iron and Steel Co
NEW YORK
Robbery at Maryland National Bank Branch Near Mt Airy
Three armed men robbed the Maryland National Bank branch near Mount Airy on a Tuesday morning, forcing three female tellers and the branch manager into the vault. They escaped with about 46000 dollars as witnesses described initial disbelief turning to fear.
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Maryland National Bank
Mt. Airy
Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation of South Frederick Elementary
A bomb threat led to evacuation of South Frederick Elementary Tuesday as police searched the building but found no device. Bank robbery details described include tense moments and gunmen demanding money, with staff expressing fear for a vault incident and alarm responses following the incident.
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South Frederick
Fredericktown Bank Robberies in Frederick County Highlighted
Law officers seek leads in the October 1968 Fredericktown Savings and Trust robbery at the Prospect Shop ping Center on South Jefferson Street where 31317 dollars were stolen. The Mt Airy heist of 46000 dollars is noted as similar and under investigation.
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Frederick County
Mt. Airy
People’s Bank
Libertytown
Frederick
South Market
All Saints
Farmers and Mechanics Bank
FBI
Baltimore
Fredericktown Savings and Trust Company
Prospect
South Jefferson Street
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James E. Kardash
Baltimore County
Arvick
Marvin Mandel
Kritsings
Cullen School
Paul Beale
Hamilton D. Williams
assis
Cancer Center
MARGARET HINDMAN
Teller
Mildred Ridgley
Mrs. Rippeon
Rippeon
Fredericktown
Galthersburg
Bur
Cedric H. Smith
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