Opposition Grows Over 170N Route Change Plan
Frederick County leaders weigh SRC 170N route alterations to U S 40 with calls to move the interstate north of Ijamsville Road. A 30 strong Jug Bridge Hill group presses for earlier action to save homes, while planners seek a solution avoiding Monocacy-area displacement and preserving open access to US 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Hindman
Frederick County
State Roads Commission
Frederick
Ijamsville Road
Frederick City
Paul Ganley
Jug Bridge Hill
Ganley
John Derr
SRC
Baltimore
Derr
Vamsville
Brederick
Monocacy
New Market
Pinecliff
Frederick Jaycees to honor Outstanding Man at banquet
Ten nominees for the Outstanding Man award will be honored at a Tuesday night banquet at the Red Horse Steak House. Nominees include Robert E. Broadrup a Frederick dentist active in church and scouting and Harold W. Cox plant manager of Sagner Inc both named for their community and business contributions.
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Frederick Jaycees
The
Jaycees
Red Horse Steak House
Eric Arnold
Robert E. Broadrup
DIS
Linda
Upper College Terrace
Frederick
University of Maryland Dental School
Dentistry Honor Society
Edgar J. Jaques
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Harold W. Cox
Melanie
Taney Avenue
Sagner, Inc
Philippi High School
West Virginia
Fairmont State College
Sagner’s
Former Addicts Tell Of Drug World Life
Former addicts recount a 14 year heroin and barbiturate odyssey in Maryland. Frant Stallhard, 29, and Edmund Nowicki share prison experiences and detail early exposure to marijuana and barbiturates, rising to heavy use, theft, and attempted drugstore robbery. They testify in a four part radio series on narcotics featuring community leaders and educators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frant Stallhard
Maryland Correctional Training Center
Hagerstown
Stallhard
Edmund Nowicki
Mathias Beall Back Morton Backing Morton
The Senate Interior Committee met to consider Rogers C. B. Morton as Secretary of the Interior. Maryland senators Mathias and Beall and Rep Clarence Long spoke for Morton, who is outgoing RNC chairman. Conservation groups were neutral and Morton delivered a keynote at the University of Maryland graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Interior Committee
Rogers C. B. Morton
R-Md
Maryland
Charles Mathias
J. Glenn Beall Jr
Morton
Clarence Long
Republican National Committee
The
Sierra Club
Wilderness Society
University of Maryland
Snow Delays School Openings As Rain Forecasted
A recent snowstorm delayed school openings by an hour and coated roads with ice. Warmer temperatures turn snow to slush. temps will rise into the mid 40s as rain moves in tonight and tomorrow. State crews salted highways. travel remains fair to good. Ski areas report good to excellent conditions with fresh powder on various bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charnita
Blue Knob
Seven Springs
Camelback
Elk
Nixon Maps '72 Vote Drive With Reforms As Key Issue
President Nixon plans a public appeal to drum up support for his six point reform program as Congress weighs broad changes including a $16 billion federal state revenue sharing plan and a revamp of the Cabinet. White House talks with leaders from both parties and a push to take the case to the people are planned as lawmakers warn of intense lobbying from affected interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
America
White House
Senate
Mike
Mansfield
Congress
Robert Dole
GOP
Kansas
Capitol Hill
Clark McGregor
House
McGregor
Spiro T. Agnew
California
Ronald Reagan
Carl Albert
D-Oklaw
More Rain Less Leakage Aids City Water Supply
Frederick saw water use drop by over 111 million gallons from 1969 levels as rainfall rose to 43.30 inches and leaks were repaired. The city of 28,006 averaged 134 gallons per resident daily, with total use at 1,377,095,000 gallons. Major sources were Fishing Creek Reservoir, Singa pore filtration plant, Monocacy, and Yellow Springs.
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Frederick
Louis R. Easterday
Fishing Creek
Singapore
Market Opens In Thin Gains As Trading Heats Up
New York stock market moves into positive territory with heavy volume as the Dow Jones average of 30 industrials edges up to 861.38 by 10:30 a.m. trading starts.
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Stock Market
New York
Plus
Phnom Penh Airport Shelled Again By VC
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops shelled Phnom Penh's airport and attacked positions around the capital. Explosions rocked the city overnight as guards fought a battle at the runway end. Fresh enemy concentrations were spotted northwest of the capital while U.S. cargo planes continued to fly in arms and materiel.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Cap
U.S
Am Rong
Prek Ameak
Preah Prasap
Mekong River
Saang
Bassac
Thnai Totung
Prek Ponoen
Apollo 14 Countdown Begins at Cape Kennedy
Electrical power surged as the Saturn 5 rocket powered up and the six day countdown for Apollo 14 started. Astronauts Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa underwent final physical exams ahead of a Sunday launch from Cape Kennedy destined to a mission of discovery.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Spaceship
Charles Henschel
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Stuart A. Rooga
Uganda Leader Deposed By Army Ousted in Army fighting ousts Obote in Uganda
Army insurgents claim to have deposed President Milton Obote after 12 hours of bloody clashes with a rival faction. Maj Gen Idi Amin leads the rebel group, declaring the army takes over power and warning foreign nations to stay out of Uganda’s internal affairs. Obote was absent at a Commonwealth summit in Singapore.
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Kampala
Uganda
Milton Obote
Radio
Obote
Singapore
Idi Amin
Amin
Thurmont Firemen Hold Annual Banquet
Thurmont firemen reported 81 first call alarms in 1970 with total losses of 12000 across private dwellings at 10625 the largest. Damages included motor vehicles 1000 farm property 100 commercial occupancy 150 community property 50 and multiple dwellings 75. The year saw the addition of a new two bay engine boom leased to Thurmont Community Ambulance Service. The banquet at American Legion Post 168 featured remarks by Mayor James Black and officials from Thurmont and Frederick County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guardian Hose Co
Thurmont
Bammet
Thurmont Community Ambulance Service Inc
American Legion
Robert M. Braden
Damascus
Fire Log Report From 24 Hour Period
Fire calls logged through 10 am at 662-6333 or 663-4400 list false alarms at City Union City Mission Building on South Market Street and Frederick High School building at 2:10 am and 9:15 am respectively, overheated residence fire on Kelly Store Road, chimney fire on Long's Mill Road, with ambulance activity totaling 2 emergencies and 3 routines. jail population shows 36 males and 4 females.
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Union City Mission
South Market Street
Uniteds
Frederick High School
Kelly Store
Thurmont
Long’s Mill Road
Renner
Rocky Ridge
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Monica
Nowicki
Frances Ann Gilbert
Frederick County Board of Education
William Vaughn
Shepherd College
Allan Baumgardner
Washington County
Kevin Hall
Frederick Community College
Robert Smariga
Stailhard
Washington, D.C
Mathias
Beall
Isabella Livingston
Wellesley
Mass
Marsfield
Bek Chan
Kambol
Saigon
Milet
Siom
Prek Pono Are
Thaai Totung
Nom
Igang
Resouth
Vietnam
Mimot
Saig
Thomas K. Mattingly
John L. Swigert
Edward Frederick Mutesa
England
Mutesa
Buganda
Freddie
London
Kenya
Tanzania
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Nsambya
Central Bank of
Jinja
Thurmont Firemen
United Methodist Church
D. Sayler Weybright
Robert L. Wilshide
James T. Black
Vernon C. Myers
Roy C. Clabaugh
Harry O. Miller
Murray C. Miller
John A. Derr
Lawrence A. Dorsey
Donald L. Lewis
Ngee
Ota
Serphe
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