Fireman slain as 49 injured in Wes Conshohocken gas blast
Explosions leveled nearly two dozen homes in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, injuring 49 and killing one volunteer firefighter. Windy 40 mph gusts fanned flames as 250 volunteers from 18 companies battled the blaze for over an hour, cutting power to the 2,300 residents. Gas officials investigated sealing gas main breaks while police coordinated response.
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Wes
Schuylkill River
John Collins
West
Robert Ganley
Bridgeport Fire Department
Area
Light Snow Forecast as Subfreezing Temperatures Persist
Light snow accumulating an inch or more is expected across Frederick County after an icy night with lows of 10 degrees in Frederick and 7 at Unionville. Winds ease but stay 10 to 15 mph from the west as highs fail to reach 25. Tonight repeats with lows near 10 and NW winds 15 to 25 mph. Snow chances stay dim Friday. Culler Lake opened for skating. ice measured seven inches with thin spots near the northwest spring. Ski conditions remain good to excellent at Seven Springs, Charnita, Roundtop, Camelback, Elk Mountain, and Braddock Heights rope tow operation today with a T-bar planned for tomorrow.
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Frederick County
Frederick
Unionville
Charnita
Roundtop
Camelback
Elk Mountain
Braddock Heights Strudel Run
Fire Log Report of Calls and Incidents
Fire calls reported in 24 hours ending 10 a.m. include a false alarm at SITV AEROJET GENERAL CORPORATION BUILDING at 7:19 p.m. and smoke investigations at INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 464 AND LANDER ROAD. Reports also note a chimney fire on MID DLETOWN-MYERSVILLE ROAD at 7:36 p.m. and an ambulance call count of Emergency-3 Routine-6. Jail population listed as Men 40 and Women 3.
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SITV
Aerojet General Corporation
Uniteds
Racnandad
Larkin
Lander Road
Jefferson and
Carroll Manor
Waters
Middletown
Myersville
Stock Market Opens Mixed in Early New York Trading
In New York today the stock market opened mixed and indecisive. By 10:30 a.m. the Dow Jones industrial average stood at 860.08, down 0.75 from the start, as advances on the New York Stock Exchange were outpaced by declines by 20 issues among about 1,045 traded.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Maryland School for the Deaf to Break Ground on New Campus Building
Ground will be broken Friday for a 1.6 million dollar classroom and auditorium at the Maryland School for the Deaf. Blake Company is contractor. the auditorium seats 245. classrooms will use movable partitions enabling multiple teaching patterns. Groundwork also planned for a Howard County MSD branch serving preschool to primary students.
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Maryland School For the Deaf
Blake Company
David Denton
Denton
Howard County
Columbia
Baltimore
MSD
Frederick
Nixon moves Pine Bluff Arsenal to chemical research center
Fort Detrick loses bid for a national chemical research site as Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas, is chosen to become the National Center for Toxicological Research. About 600 Detrick staff face a forced reduction by June. 50 to Edgewood and 250 to Dugway were planned but later cancelled. Federal funding ends in June 1973. Destruction of germ warfare agents at Pine Bluff will take at least a year.
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Fort Detrick
Army
Nixon
Pine Bluff, Ark. Arsenal
National Chemical Research Center
Pine Bluff Arsenal
National Center For Toxicological Research
Frederick
Chemical Research Center
Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare
Department of Agriculture
Edgewood
Dugway
Utah
Pine Bluff
Detrick
Food and Drug Administration
White House
Air Force to pull out combat units from Vietnam by 1972
Sources say all U S Air Force combat units will be withdrawn from South Vietnam by the end of 1972 leaving advisers and technicians. The United States is conducting heavy bombing in Laos and Cambodia to force North Vietnam to make concessions and clear the way for withdrawal. Up to 500 U S warplanes from the Air Force Navy and Marine Corps are bombing North Vietnamese troops and supply routes in Laos and Cambodia.
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U.S
Vietnam
United
States
Indochina
Thailand
7Th Fleet
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Laos
Cambodia
Apollo 14 Crew Begins Final Trip Adjustments
Cape Kennedy Fla AP the launch team makes final adjustments to the Apollo 14 command ship Kitty Hawk and lunar module Antares ahead of liftoff. Astronauts Shepard Mitchell and Roosa prepare for a three hour moon surface stay to study Fra Mauro highlands and collect samples.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Antares
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Lunar
Stuart A. Roosa
Shepard
Mitchell
Moon
Fra Maua
Spare To Take Over School Bus 81 Retired From Service
Bus 81, a 1961 model plagued by mechanical issues since school began, is retired after owner John Gaither voluntarily ended his contract. Verna Bowie will select a safe spare bus, with Gaither likely to join as county driver. The district will inspect the chosen bus thoroughly before reuse.
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Board of Education
Gilbert Newby
John Gaither
Mewby
Gaither
Bowie
Newby
Frederick County Officials Push Five Local Legislation Measures
Frederick County commissioners told the Maryland state delegation in Annapolis last night of five proposed laws. They seek independent status as a single county planning region to avoid future placement with Baltimore or Washington regions, bonding authority for the county, tag along purchasing to access state contracts, authority to dispose of old school property to municipalities via negotiated appraisals, and related measures to support school construction and broader county needs.
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Frederick County
Annapolis
Frederick
Washington
Baltimore
Council of Governments
Planning and Zoning Commission
Vladimir A. Wahbe
Commissioners
Board of Education
Maryland
Michel Named FCNB Director
At the Frederick County National Bank annual stockholders meeting attorney Glenn C. Michel was elected to the Board of Directors, expanding the board from nine to ten members. The notice is continued on page 4-5.
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Frederick County National Bank of
Frederick
Glenn C. Michel
Michel
County reassesses 10 000 properties in 1970 for tax shifts
Margaret Hindman reports that about 10 000 properties in 11 county districts were reassessed in 1970 to align with current values. Norris notes the county currently averages 52 percent of market value while the target is 60 percent, with hearings available for appeals and a tax appeals court as final recourse.
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Margaret Hindman
Lumen Norris
Frederick
Emmitsburg
Urbana
New Market
Liberty
Lewistown
Brunswick
Linganore
Woodsville
Johnsville
Norris
Frederick City
Buckeystown
Knoxville
Jefferson
Burkittsville
Ballenger
Braddock
Walkersville
County Tax Appeals Court
Maryland Tax Court
Nual
C C Carty Dead At 69 In St Petersburg
Clarence Clarendon Carty born September 22 1901 in Washington DC died Tuesday in St Petersburg after eight years residence there. Son of Harry Edwin and Mary Elizabeth Carty he moved to Frederick as an infant and attended Frederick Boys High School the UK Naval Academy and the University.
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Clarence Clarendon Carty
East Patrick Street
41St Ave
St. Petersburg
Fla
Washington, D.C
Harry Edwin
Mary Elizabeth Cramer Carty
Frederick
Frederick Boys High School
Naval Academy
Uni
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West Conshohocken
Philadelphia
Culler Lake
Baker Park
Seven Springs
Ft. Detrick
FCNB
C.C. Carty
Clarence C. Carty
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