Two Appointed To County Extension Service Staff
Frederick County adds two staff to Extension Services. Carolyn Travers, 28, joins as 4-H Youth Leader in the Leader Section with Chuck Hommey, bringing past Maryland and NCSU education degrees and prior work as a 4-H agent in North Carolina. Dianne Hovey, 24, becomes home economics agent, focusing on new programs and extending outreach to homemakers, after previously serving in Frederick since November.
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County Extension Service
Frederick County Department of Extension Services
Extension Services
Carolyn Travers
Mrs. Travers
University of Maryland
N. Carolina State University
Maryland
N. Carolina
Ter
Bethesda
Dianne Hovey
Ice Storm Closes Schools In Frederick Area
An ice storm has shut down all county public and parochial schools in Frederick and halted mail deliveries as sleet and snow threaten travel. Temperatures near freezing plus freezing rain and snow are expected, with power and phone service largely intact.
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Frederick
J. Rolfe Castleman
Margaret Hindman
Wrnter
Men In Blue
John Young
Beall Sr. 76 Dies After Heart Ailment in Frostburg
J Glenn Beall Sr longtime Maryland politican dies at 76 after battle with heart condition Funeral services await Hafer Sowers Funeral Home Frostburg Beall served five terms in the House and two in the Senate beginning his career as a tax collector and road commissioner and later chairing the State Roads Commission His son J Glenn Beall Jr confirmed the death saying he had been ill since September and noting the Beall family long political prominence in Maryland.
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Frostburg
APY
J. Glenn Beall Sr
U.S. House of Representatives
Senate
J. Glenn Beall Jr
Allegany County Roads Commission
Bobby Baker Begins Term In Prison
Bobby Baker, 42, the Washington influence peddler who boasted of ties to Lyndon B. Johnson, surrendered today to a U.S. marshal to begin a prison term for cheating the government. He wore sunglasses in freezing rain as deputies prepared to drive him about three miles to a Federal Penitentiary in Lewisburg Pennsylvania after the Supreme Court refused his appeal.
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Lewisburg
Robert G
Bobby
Baker
U.S
Baer
Federal
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Capitol
John Buck
Pennsylvania
U.S. Supreme Court
Urgent Need for Better Housing in Frederick Highlighted
Col Philip Winebrewer retired from the Frederick Housing Authority after nine years, recalling a 1968 article about Frederick’s housing crisis. He emphasized that the local authority is independent, not federal or city run, and works under three jurisdictions to ease housing.
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Frederick
Philip Winebrener
Frederick Housing Authority
Baltimore Evening
Winebrewer
Department of Housing and Urban
Supreme Court blocks censorship of obscene mail
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Post Office may not block or detain mail to obscene dealers, saying the 1890 and 1960 laws impose an unconstitutional burden on a dealer and slow unnecessary administrative processes. Justice Brennan argued free speech favors erring on the side of access.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William J. Brennan Jr
California
Georgia
High Court
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Brennan
United States
Brenman
Maryland
Drivers Escape Injury on Icy Streets and Roads
Frederick County and the northeast coast faced a solid ice sheet with impassable secondary roads and cautious driving on main routes. State Police reported numerous fender-benders but no serious injuries, while six tractor trailers jackknifed in Frederick County. Crews salted and cindered overnight. state roads mostly passable, I-70 prioritized. In the city, icy streets eased as snow emergency lifted by noon.
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George Dorsey
Frederick County
U. S. 40
U. 40
County Roads Department
Montgomery
Lily Ponds
Fire claims nine lives at Louisville senior home
A fire at Westminster Terrace Presbyterian Home for Senior Citizens near Louisville killed nine residents and injured at least 48. The blaze started about 2 15 a.m. in the chapel area, with the building evacuated and uninjured residents taken to hospitals and nearby churches. Fire officials said the dining room and chapel were destroyed, while most living areas escaped heavy damage.
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Louisville
Westminister Terrace Presbyterian
Helen Turner
Turner
Garland Miller
Buechel Fire Department
Dale H. Fisher
Board of Trustees
Fisher
Duckett Drug Trial Delayed by Ice in Circuit Court
The narcotics trial of Clarence Danilo Duckett was moved to a later date after only 11 jurors appeared due to icy roads. Key witnesses could not attend as hazardous conditions persisted. Duckett, 21, of South Market Street, held on $45,000 bond on a nine count narcotics indictment. A new date was tentatively set for Jan 21 after talks among Judge Robert E. Clapp Jr. defense attorney Cleopatra Campbell and State's Attorney Robert Rothenhoefer.
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Clarence Danilo Duckett
Duckett
South Market Street
Frederick County
Robert E. Clapp Jr
Cleopatra Campbell
Robert Rothenhoefer
Special Meeting On Family Life Curriculum Aids
A public viewing of Family Life and Human Development films slides books and print material approved by Frederick County Board of Education will be held at Linganore High School Monday at 7 30 pm. Attendance is limited to Singanore High School area residents. State Board of Education laws require public viewing to judge acceptability for use in schools and Linganore curriculum committee will have recommendations.
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Frederick County Board of Education
Linganore High School
Singanore High School
State Board of Education
Fire Log and Market Snapshot
Fire calls reported in the 24-hour period ending 10 a.m. include emergency and routine ambulance counts. New York markets opened with the Dow Jones average sliding 2.32 points to 838.79 as declines held a narrow edge over advances on the NYSE.
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New York
New Jones
New York Stock Exchange
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Frederick Community College
Lewis Stephens
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Potomac Edison Co
Unionville
Middletown - Boonsboro
Boonsboro High School
West Frederick
South Carroll
Frederick High School
State Senate
State Roads Commission
U.S. House
George P. Mahoney
Baltimore
U.S. Senate
Glenn Beall Sr
Bobby Baker
Middle Alley
Vanecoa Hanes
Col. Winebrewer
State Board of Natural Resources
Department of Public Works
Arthur Simons
Animal Shelter
New Market
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