Gas Station Robbery Reported by Local Police
City police search today for an armed bandit who robbed a service station on West Patrick Street at 7 15 p m The youth wore a brown felt hat black gloves and a red coat He fled after demanding cash from attendant James Hanes also vandalism was reported at West Frederick Junior High School and an attempted break in at Porter's Grill where about 70 dollars was taken from a cash register Police described further break in actions at the school and a sabotage of the fire extinguisher system and a drill from the school shop was also noted
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Barbara Laughlin
City Police
James A. Bohrer
Gideon T. Darkis Jr
James Hanes
RFD 2
Middletown
West Patrick
Court Streets
Hanes
West Frederick Junior High School
Billy
L. Snoots
William Lee
Donald Plunkard
Porter’s
West Patrick Street
Gary L. Ponton
Bernard King
Beverly
McGovern makes official bid for 1972 presidency
Washington AP George S McGovern formally entered the 1972 presidential race announcing his campaign would rest on candor and reason. The South Dakota senator urged U S restraint in Southeast Asia and denounced war pollution racism crime unemployment and inflation as he sought the Democratic nomination. He scheduled a 5 p m ET address from South Dakota and claimed broad student and faculty support and a large network of editors and contributors.
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Washington
George S. McGovern
America
South Dakota
McGovern
Robert F. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Sen
Edwund S. Muskie
Maine
Coldest Night Yet Hits Frederick Area Weathercasts Bitter Wave
The Frederick area endures the season's coldest night with 11 degrees after a 32 degree high and 5 degrees in Unionville. Sunny today but temperatures barely rise into the mid twenties with overnight lows around 10. Winds at 15 mph deepen the chill. Maryland report shows subzero readings in Accident and snowfall totals across Garrett County as the Snowmobile Championship nears in McHenry.
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Frederick
Frederick County
Unionville
Eury
Maryland
Hagerstown
Oakland
Frostburg
Cumberland
Garrett County
McHenry
Pentagon urges new doctor draft to bolster armed services
The Defense Department health chief urges a renewed doctor draft this year due to too few medical school graduates volunteering. If secretary Laird approves, Selective Service could call doctors early in February for two years of active duty as officers in the Army Navy or Air Force to replace many of 1126 doctors entering civilian status.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Louis M. Rousselot
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Army
Navy
Air Force
Complex Issues Await Return Of Congress
Complex issues face the 92nd Congress as it returns to Washington led by party leadership battles. Key items include welfare reform Social Security increases draft reform and SST debates. The House plans quick action on a combined Social Security and welfare bill while hearings on extending the draft continue amidst leadership challenges in both parties.
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Washington
92Nd Congress
91St
Nixon
House
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
John Conyers
D-Mich
Conyers
Albert
Mississippi
John B. Anderson
Ilinois
Republican Conference
Samuel L. Devine
Ohio
Anderson
Senate
Sen
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Republi
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Edward M. Kennedy
Ways and Means Committee
Anderson Committee
F. Edward Hebert
D-Labert
D-La
Boy 10 Detects Heart Defect In Younger Brother
Ten year old Steven Neumann curious about heartbeats compares his six year old brother Jackie and another sibling. His observation leads to medical tests at University Hospitals Madison, revealing Jackie has an enlarged heart a pinched main artery and a hole between heart chambers needing open heart surgery.
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Steven Neuman
Jackie
Jackne
Steve
West Bend
Wis
Steven Neumann
John Neumann
Nourse
Steven
Neumann
University Hospitals
Madison
Soviets pledge aid to Egypt amid tensions with Israel
Soviet President Podgorny promised to replace Egypt’s material losses in another war with Israel and improve living conditions, saying the USSR would bear all costs to help Egypt repulse Israel. Sadat thanked the Soviets as crowds cheered during a visit to Alexandria. The pair toured facilities tied to Aswan High Dam and village electrification projects costing over $270 million, with Soviet equipment and expertise to reclaim 300000 acres. Separately, Al Fatah leaders clashed with leftists over Jordan and Hussein, as Habash accused of betrayal and urged unity against Israel. Jordan warned it would react to attacks infringing the peace pact.
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Associated Press
Nikolai Podgorny
Soviet Union
Egypt
Israel
Podgorny
Alexandria
Anwar Sadat
Cairo
Mediterranean
Aswan High Dam
Sadat
al Ahram
Yasir Arafat
al Fatah
Jordan
Hussein
Kamal Adwan
George Habash
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Habash
Adnan
Adnan Abu Odeh
U S Bombers Hit N Vietnam Missile Sites Again
Saigon reports American fighter bombers attacked surface to air missile sites in North Vietnam for the third straight day. U S forces expanded in Cambodia with ships from the 7th Fleet and helicopter gunships backing 13 000 South Vietnamese and Cambodian troops advancing toward Phnom Penh highway access.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Cambodia
Ke Phch Ni
Phnom Penh
U.S. Command
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Demilitarized Zone
Air Force
Senators Mathias Harris Lead Hearing on Senate Seniority
In Washington the two lawmakers opened a bipartisan unofficial hearing on reforming the seniority system. They urged democratically chosen committee chairs and biannual recorded votes on nominations, while Common Cause chairman John Gardner argued for accountability and reform.
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Washington
Senate
Charles McC. Mathias
Maryland
Oklahoma
Fred R. Harris
John Gardner
Citizens
Common Cause
Gardner
Fire Log Summary for Weekend Fire Calls
Fire calls for a 24 hour period ending 10 am include house fire on Monument Road Myersville and Middletown at 10 am Saturday. Chimney fire on Chestnut Grove Road at 12:02 pm Saturday with Walkersville and Liberty responding. Brunswick automobile fire at 2:42 pm Saturday. Chimney fire on Old Route 15 South of Emmitsburg at 4:22 pm Sunday with Emmitsburg Ambulance calls. Jail population shows 34 males and 5 females.
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County Monument Road
Myersville
Middletown
Chestnut Grove Road
Walkersville
Liberty
Brunswick
Emmitsburg
Disposal Of Detrick Anti Crop Material Safe Scientist Says
Frederick County commissioners were assured by Fort Detrick scientist Orley Bourland that the disposal of anti crop material will be delayed until state and federal authorities investigate objections. Bourland said the material poses no hazard and will be buried or treated as ordinary waste and disposed of in the fort landfill and incinerator.
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Frederick County
Fort Detrick
Orley Bourland
Marvin Mandel
Army
Monocacy River
Bourland
John Derr
Montevue
Bank cuts prime rate to six percent in New York
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co lowered its prime lending rate to 6 percent from 6 4 percent, joining First National City Bank and other major banks. The move signals easing loan demand and liquidity, potentially affecting mortgages and personal loans if trends spread.
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New York
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
Morgan Guaranty
First National City Bank of New York
Market rises after rate cut by two New York banks
New York stock prices moved higher in early trading led by a 2.12 point gain in the Dow Jones industrial average to 847.82 at 10 30 am following a two bank cut in the prime lending rate.
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New York
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