Frederick City Parking Netted 63 524 Profit in 1966
Frederick city officials report 1966 parking operations earned 79 184 77 in gross receipts from meters and fines after expenses of 15 659 89 leaving a net profit of 63 524. Meter collections totaled 55 787 77, fines 23 397, with expenditures covering salaries, maintenance and rentals. The city maintains 1 034 metered spaces across four lots and on streets with 179 ten hour spaces Court Street, 77 two hour Winchester Hall, 64 two hour City Hall, 119 two hour East Patrick Street, plus 361 two hour and 211 one hour meters on streets.
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Frederick City
Elgin Hemp
South Court Street
Winchester Hall
East Patrick Street
East Patrick
Court Street
City Hall
East
Freak Storm Drenches Frederick County
A freak rain storm with thunder and lightning drenched Frederick County this morning as a cold front moved through. Dense clouds darkened skies, forcing motorists on 70S to pull over. highs in the 50s were forecast with clouds increasing and possible evening snow flurries in the mountains.
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George May
Frederick County
Frederick
Maryland
Soviets Tighten Border Guard Against Red China
Secretary of Defense McNamara says the Soviet Union is strengthening border defenses with China due to ongoing Sino Soviet tensions. He notes no immediate war but ongoing border friction and a renewed ideological dispute with China, with Albania as the only Communist party aligned solely with Beijing. The posture report accompanies the 72.3 billion defense budget hearings.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Red China
Robert 5. McNamara
China
McNamara
International Communist Movement
Albania
Congress
U.S
County Seeks State Help to Light Rural Areas
Annapolis Freder ick County Commissioners ask the legislative delegation to sponsor a bill allowing the county to fund street lights in small unincorporated towns. The plan would let the county pay for lighting when two thirds of affected property owners agree and bill costs on real estate taxes.
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Annapolis
Frederick
del. C. Clifton Wirts
Charles E. Collins
Wirts
Collins
Buckeystown
Adamtown
Libertytown
Mt. Pleasant
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank Officers Elected
The Farmers and Mechanics National Bank held its annual officers and directors election on January 24. Top officers remain unchanged. main office roster includes Benjamin L. Shuff as president and multiple vice presidents and trust officers.
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Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Benjamin L. Shuff
Guy W. Nusz
Gordon F. Falmer
L. Rawhn Specht
Albert A. Radcliffe
David M. Kemp
N. Wilson Schley
Herbert R. Staley
Edward J. Wetzel
Michael V. Coony
C. Edward Keefer Jr
Richard IL. Martin
Charles R Smith
Gerald H. Smith
Betty M. Soule
H. Leroy Strawsburg Jr
Osborne F. Wachier
Ernest E. Watkins
Robert L. Crum
Henry R. Shoemaker
Ships Collide In Fog Off Chesapeake Bay
NORFOLK VA AP Two ships collided in Chesapeake Bay near Smith Point light about 60 miles north of Norfolk. No injuries reported as crews abandon ship, Beaver State grounded to prevent sinking while Bodoro with seven crew remaining is aground. Coast Guard cutter Point Highland rescued 27 Bodoro crewmen.
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Norfolk, Va
Chesapeake Bay
Smith Point Light
Potomac River
Norfolk
Coast Guard
Beaver State
States Marine Corp
Delaware
New York
Baltimore
Japan
Smith Point
Point Highland
Crisfield
Kincaid Named New Supervisor of Parks
Frederick County Commissioners approved hiring Rhea Kincaid of Thurmont as county supervisor of parks and open space at seven thousand dollars per year. Kincaid, 61, retired from federal service and will serve temporarily to help launch the park program. He was chosen as the best-qualified of five applicants by Charles F. Bowers, parks commission chair.
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Frederick County
Rhea Kincaid
Thurmont
Kincaid
Charles F. Bowers
County Parks Commission
Bowers
Kinccaid
Soil Conservation Service
Parks Commission
Robot to do house chores by 10 years, says Thring
London AP reports Prof. Meredith Wooldridge Thring of Queen Mary College foresees a household robot capable of removing drudgery by laying tables, making beds, ironing, cleaning, washing, frying food not included, folding and recharging itself after tasks. The feature notes Thring's status in Who's Who.
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London
Thring
Thrimg
Meredith Wooldridge
London University
Queen Mary College
Who's Who
Agnew Submits Record Budget To Assembly
Governor Spiro T. Agnew unveiled Maryland’s first budget under his term, proposing a 9839 million one year operating plan balanced with 301 million in surpluses and no new taxes. The proposal calls for tax reform, increased education funding, and a shift toward state fiscal restructuring.
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Agnew
Assembly
Annapolis
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
J. Mullard Tawes
Senate
House of Delegates
University of Maryland
Local Delegation Draws Bills On Budget and Cables
Frederick County lawmakers dropped two bills in the General Assembly session. One measure would move the county budget finalization date from May 1 to June 1, with emergency status requiring a three fifths vote. The other statewide proposal would let counties and cities create underground utility districts funded by property owners.
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Annapolis
Frederick
General Assembly
House of Delegates
C. Clifton Wirts
Frederick County
Goodloe E. Byron
Frederick Carrall
Byron
Stock market rises in early New York trading
The New York stock market opened higher with active trading as investors watched early gains. Gains spread across several major stocks amid cautious optimism about the day’s economic signals.
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New York
Solons May Settle County Insurance Bill
ANNAPOLIS Action by the General Assembly may be needed to settle a dispute between the county commissioners and the Health Department over a 230 dollar portion of a 460 dollar liability insurance premium for public health nurses. Commissioner Charles E. Collins says the Health Department has refused to pay half the premium though salaries and expenses are shared evenly. Del. Clifton Virts, head of the county legislative delegation, plans to bring the request to a delegation meeting next week.
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Annapolis
General Assembly
Frederick County
Health Department
del. C. Clifton Virts
Virts
Wirts
Charles E. Collins
Collins
Poolesville Teen Competes in Miss Universe and DC Pageants
Marie Parkes of Poolesville, 18, is a semifinalist in the Northern Virginia Miss Universe contest and in the DC International Beauty Pageant. She has previously competed as Miss Teenage Maryland in 1965 and was finalist in several other pageants. She trains, diets, skis, and models as she pursues a modeling career, planning to continue competing until after 21.
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Marie Carol Parkes
Poolesville
Northern Virginia
District of Columbia
Fairfax
Miami
Marie
Vencilla Parkes
Shirley
Richard
Maryland
Washington
Cinderella Career College
Philadelphia
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Garrives
J. Rolfe Castleman
Solons
Nelson Brooks
Nelset
Marie Caroli Parkes
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