Ex-Detrick Workers Occupy Priority in Hiring Plan
Fort Detrick veterans may gain hiring priority as a cancer research center contract proceeds. Bidder reps say local former employees are best suited for the project, with proposals due March 22 and award slated for June 15. Flow Laboratories and Northrup Services, along with Bionetics, note existing Detrick ties and ongoing outreach to fill key roles. Dr. James Peters of the NCI urges contractors to hire familiar staff, stressing a moral preference for former workers.
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Fort Detrick
cancer research center
National Cancer Institute
Detrick
Michael Wall
Flow Laboratories
Rockville
Wall
Northrup Services Inc
Antieham
Calif
Clement Barrow
Bionetics Research Laboratories Inc
Bethesda
Barrow
Bionetics
James Peters
NCI
Peters
Microbiological Associates Inc
Riley “D
Yousewright
Frederick County Heart Association launches 50000 drive
The Frederick County Heart Association kicked off its 1972 campaign with a luncheon at the Francis Scott Key Hotel and set a $50 000 goal as a county wide effort to fight heart disease. The drive emphasizes local use of funds for research and service while highlighting a potential new research grant for a physician in Emmitsburg.
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Frederick County Heart Association
Francis Scott Key
Manuel T. Padilla
Frederick County
Maryland
Seymour B. Stern
FCHA
American Heart Associations
Stern
Padilla
Robert S. Hughes MD
Heart Fund
Heart Association
Emmitsburg
Freezing Rain Expected Tonight Across County
The region faces freezing rain tonight as cold conditions persist. Rain is forecast to begin late today and continue through most of Friday with highs in the upper 30s and tonight’s lows around the upper 20s. Wednesday was sunny with a high near 37 degrees.
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mercury
Local Banks Extend Hours In Frederick City
Fredericktown Bank & Trust Co announces new extended hours starting Wednesday. Several area banks plan similar changes with staggered openings and Friday evenings. other banks adopt wait-and-see stance as a August expansion and new branch in Frederick Towne Mall prompts consideration.
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Frederick City
Frederick
Fredericktown
Farmers and Mechanics
Frederick County National Bank
Maryland National Bank
Frederick County
Brunswick
Myersville
Baltimore Federal Savings & Loan Assn
Frederick Towne
N. Market St
Farmers and Mechanics Nat
Task Force Seeks Answers To Black Youths Problems
A White and Black community meeting at the Black People's Center on South Market Street midweek planned a youth task force. County Mental Health consultant Dave Bark led the effort with Larry Hall and others to form subcommittees addressing specific problems.
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Weinberg
E. Paul Magaha
Terry Palm
Black People’s Center
South Market Street
Dave Bark
Dave
the
County Mental Health Service
Larry
Miss Garner Dies at 99 After Long Public Service
Miss Florence Ella Garner longtime Frederick City and county public service worker died Wednesday at Fairney-Reedy Home Boonsboro She would have turned 100 on April 9 Born near Union Bridge she trained as a nurse and began service in Frederick in 1912 1913 replacing the city Public Health Nurse (Continued On Page 45)
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Florence Ella Garner
Frederick
Fairney - Reedy
Boonsboro
Union Bridge
Jasper C
Hannah Salvine Von Garner
Garner
Union Protestant Infirmary
Union Mem
Jet Hijacker Shot Dead By FBI Agent
A stocky hijacker who seized an Albany to New York City flight for 200000 dollars was killed by an FBI agent after the jet landed at Westchester County Airport. The man, Heinrich von George, 45, was shot as he pulled a pistol near a getaway car. the “bomb” proved to be two water canteens, and the stewardess was unhurt.
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POUGHKEEPSIE
N.Y
FBI
Westchester County
hiacker
New York City
Mohawk Airlines
John Maone
Malone
Peekskill
Heinrich von George
Dutchess County
Albany
New York
White Plains
Pough
Thurmont Man Sent To Prison For Probation Revocation
Thurmont resident John Lester Misner Jr., 20, had his four year robbery sentence, issued July 26, ordered to begin November 24, after probation was revoked by Circuit Court Judge Robert E. Clapp Jr. Officials cited Misner's defiance of probation terms and failure to seek help for drinking problems.
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Thurmont
Robert E. Clapp Jr
John Lester Misner Jr
RFD 1
Misner
Robert Rothenhoefer
Clapp
Frederick City
Fire Log Reports Multiple Calls With Listings
Fire log shows calls in a 24 hour period ending 10 a.m. City Stewart Manor Apartments Motter Ave 12 47 p m truck fire Juniors responded County Edgemont Road off Rte 40 A 3 29 p m house fire Independence Braddock Heights responded Ambulance calls Emergency seven Routine three Jall population males twenty females zero juveniles one
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STEWART MANOR
MOTTER AVE
EDGEMONT ROAD
Braddock Heights
Nixon Seeks Big Drop in Unemployment in 1972
President Nixon outlined an expansive fiscal plan to cut unemployment from 6.1 percent to about 5 percent in 1972 while maintaining wage price controls until price stability is achieved. The Economic Report projected 1972 GNP up by $100 billion, with noninflation growth around 6 percent and inflation near 3.25 percent, amid a shift to peacetime job creation and selective decontrol of some inflation-prone sectors.
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WASHINGTON
Nixon
Congress
Capitol Hill
Council of Economic Advisers
Thurmont youth needs meet draws 200 attendees
More than 200 teens and adults gathered at the American Legion Hall in Thurmont to discuss community youth recreation. Organizers formed age-group committees while exploring projects from a municipal pool and teen center to trails and a cinema. cost and funding were pressured by officials and a pending grant.
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Thurmont
ANN BURNSIDE
American Legion Hall
George Halteman
James Black
Herman Shook
Thurmont area
William Barry
Thurmont Middle School
Edward Kerns
Catoctin High School
Kerns
Catoctic High School
George Kuhn
Roy Comer
Market Turns Up As Dow Rises Amid Thin NYSE Advances
New York AP reports a stock market uptick after six declines. The Dow Jones Industrial Average at 10:30 a.m. gained 88 points to 891.03 while NYSE advancers edged back declines.
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NEW YORK
New York Stock Exchange
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Betty Easton
Fredericktown Bank & Trust Company
North Market Street
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ional Bank
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Rosemont Ave
Rosemont
Market and
Patrick
Terry
John Laughlin
Gus
Frances Gilbert
John Manley
department of Juvenile Services
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Betty Floyd
Palm
Gerald
Julius Shern
Ron Nell
Tave
Miss Garner
Miss Florence
Ella Garner
keepsie
Hudson River
Carl Kieth
William O’Hara
Rieth
VISTA
Herb Stein
Ezra Solomon
Singanore High School
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