Downtown Frederick facelift plan outlined by city leaders
Mayor and aldermen heard a progress report on a downtown Frederick revitalization plan financed by city county federal and Downtown Action Committee money. Parking improvements and building uses were discussed along with ways to keep Sears in the central area and attract private storefront enhancements.
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Frederick
Arthur Fawcett
Marcou
O’leary
Ond Street
Fawcett
E. Paul Magaha
C. Burr Artz
Board of Education
Sears Roebuck and Co
Magaha
Detrick Denies Link With Utah Sheep Kill
Fort Detrick officials deny any link between the Army biological research program and a Utah sheep die‑off near Dugway Proving Ground. Col. Utegaard and Army spokesmen say no open air testing since 1969 and no connection to the sheep deaths. Reports suggest various causes including nerve gas, dust from a nuclear test, or loco weed, with officials stressing uncertainty and caution to prevent panic.
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Fort Detrick
Army
Utah
Proving Ground
Detrick
Pentagon
Rolf Stegaard
Information Office
Detrick Progress
Col. Utegaard
Dugway
Frederick
Charles McMathias
Edgewood
Atomic Energy Commission
Dugway Proving Ground
Skull Valley
Calvin L. Rampton
Rampton
County Firemen Hold Mid-Winter Meeting
Representatives from 19 volunteer fire companies attended Frederick County Volunteer Firemen's Association mid winter meeting. Reports from Central Alarm and the legislative committee were heard, new Graceham company admitted, litter prevention pledge approved, and nominating committee named for spring meeting at Libertytown Fire Hall. The 10th annual banquet set for Feb 17 at Walkersville Fire Hall. approx 100 members present.
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Frederick County Volunteer Firemen’s Association
United Fire Hall
Robert L. Renner
Philip Beard
State Firemen’s Association
Graceham Volunteer Fire Company Inc
Vernon M. Cassell Jr
Braddock Heights
William M. Moore
The
Uniteds
Kenneth L. Crum
Libertytown
Carmen Fogle
New Windsor
Harry O. Miller
Thurmont
Carroll
Webber
Brunswick
Walkersvilles
U.S
James H. Stavely
Charles McC. Mathias
Erick County Central Alarm
Harley O. Staggers
Central Alarm
D-W.va
House
Commerce Com
Special Registration Planned For County's Young Voters
Margaret Hindman reports a supplemental voter registration drive at Frederick Community College on Monday and Tuesday aimed at residents ages 18 to 21 who became federal voters under new laws. About 100 young residents have signed federal registration books. drive may extend to other colleges and high schools.
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Margaret Hindman
Frederick Community College
Board of Election Supervisors
FCC
Board of Election Registrars
Smith
Board of Elections
Frederick County
Byron Takes Oath As Hometown Support Grows
Rep Byron was sworn in as Congressman from Maryland sixth district in the House. About 2,000 constituents from Frederick and Frederick County attended the ceremony at the Sam Rayburn Building. Family, staff, and friends from Maryland and other states filled the room and hallway for the traditional swearing in.
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Tight
House of Representatives
Byron
Sam Rayburn
Washington
Frederick County
News-Post
Goodloek
Frederick
Katharine E. Byron
William D. Byron
Congress
Beverly
UGF Frederick County Dinner Meeting Monday Night
The UGF of Frederick County Inc will hold its annual dinner at Red Horse Steak House Frederick at 6 15 PM Monday led by President Charles M Trubac General chairman F L Silbernagel Jr will report on results which set a record high with 196 849 in contributions and pledges Entertainment includes Doris Grice organist and TJ Sr High Jazz Ensemble Directors and officers for 1971 will be elected Reservations via UGF office 663 4231
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UGF
Frederick County, Inc
Red Horse
Frederick
Charles M. Trubac
F. L. Silbernagel Jr
Frederick County
Doris Grice
TJ Sr. High Jazz
Truck fires and ambulance calls logged near Urbana
Fire calls reported for 24 hours ending 10 am include a 6:20 am truck fire south of Urbana on I-70 Hyattstown, and a 4:19 am truck fire on I-70. Ambulance calls noted as Emergency-2 Routine-2. Jail population shows 35 males and 4 females. Contact numbers 662-6323 or 663-4400. cITY NONE. COUNTY I-70.
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Urbana
Hyattstown
Cambodian Airport Attack Rips Phnom Penh Area
A joint North Vietnamese and Viet Cong assault on Phnom Penh airport and an adjoining army camp caused heavy casualties and crippling damage to Cambodia’s air force. Eyewitnesses reported bodies and bloodied civilians as guards were killed, uniforms stolen, and distant battles echoed across the riverfront. The attack came as Cambodian troops retook strategic heights near Pick Nil pass, signaling a major but costly setback for Lon Nol’s government.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S
Pemier Lon Nol
Pick Nil Pass
Nixon To Outline New Approaches To Problems
President Nixon plans a State of the Union message aimed at 1972, promising bold remedies for national ills. The address to Congress will be live and televised at 9 p.m. EST, with a brief postponement considered after Senator Richard B. Russell’s death. The focus will be domestic problems and Nixon’s proposed solutions.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
White House
Russell
Dean
Senate
Congressional
Mathias backs revenue sharing to ease education crisis
Senator Charles Mathias told Frederick High School students that revenue sharing could ease financial troubles in American education. He cited Carnegie Commission figures showing 66 percent of colleges in trouble and noted costly education rising while science brings new dangers. He praised induction of Key Chapter Honor Society members and called the Class of 71 daunting.
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Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Frederick High School
Francis Scott Key
National Honor Society
Charles McC. Mathias,Jr
Nixon
Mathias
Assembly
Cold Wave Ends Snow Forecast For Weekend
Weeks of bitter cold ease but snow chances rise with rain today turning to snow overnight. Temperatures rise to upper 30s this afternoon then fall to the 20s. Thursday high 42, overnight 33. Snow showers likely Saturday, tapering to above freezing Sunday. Ski areas report varying bases and good to excellent conditions with lifts operating at Charnia Fairfield Seven Springs Roundtop Camelback Elk Mountain Braddock’s Strudel Run.
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Mercury
Charnia
Fairfield
Seven Springs
Roundtop
Camelback
Elk Mountain
Braddock
Stock Market Edges Higher in Heavy Trading
New York prices moved up with the Dow Jones 30 industrials at 701.50 and the broader index near 856.24. Advances outweighed declines on the New York Stock Exchange, signaling a firm tone in midmorning trading.
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New York
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County Firemen
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Maryland
Louis Goldstein
Baltimore
Thomas D’alesandro
Wallace E. Hutton
Julien P. Delphey
Delphey
Annapolis
Hale Boggs
J. Rolfe Castleman
Johns Hopkins University
New York University
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