No Decision On Catoctin School Project
Frederick County commissioners did not vote on funds for Catoctin High School. A Wednesday afternoon meeting with school officials followed a lengthy Q&A session with about 20 attendees. Mayor Baker urged quick approval while others questioned costs and bond money, with opening date set for September 1968.
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Catoctin High School
Emmitsburg
Guy E. Baker
Frederick County
Russell Z. Herman
Wallace E. Hutton
Collins
Hutton
Baker
Catoctin
Thurmont
Frederick Construction Company
School Board
Election Board Seats Open in Frederick County
The Republican and Democratic State Central Committees seek applicants for a three member Frederick County Board of Elections Supervisors. The board to take office June 1 will have two Republicans and one Democrat. appointments rest with Gov. Agnew and Senate approval.
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Frederick County
County Board of Elections
Spiro A. Agnew
Agnew
State Senate
G. Horton Peace
Donald C. Whitworth
Frederick
Naomi Remsberg
Middletown
Peace
Whitworth
Jane Democratic
Remsberg
Edward P. Thomas Jr
Republican State Central Committee
Joseph J. Coady
Democratic State Central Committee
Austin C. Powell
Baltimore Man Sentenced to One Year for Downtown Chase
Melvin A. Keller, 21, was sentenced to one year in the Maryland House of Correction after pleading guilty to five motor vehicle charges from a Sunday chase in Frederick. Charges include driving the wrong way on a one way street and reckless driving. Concurrent jail terms were ordered with the house of correction sentences.
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Baltimore
Maryland House of Correction
Frederick
Melvin A. Keller
Robert L. Spickler
Keller
West Patrick Street
House of Correction
Stanley Y. Bennet
Harvey J. Blackston
Kineart’s Alley
Blackston
London Jewelry Heist Totals Seven Hundred Thousand
London police report a weekend break in at a city jewelry store with $700,000 in gold and gems stolen. The theft was discovered this morning when an employee could not open the front door. Detectives say burglars bypassed an alarm by severing wires and then emptied safes. Theodore Williams of Brody Williams & Son confirms the store was cleaned out.
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London
Robery
Theodore Williams
Brody Williams & Son
Treasury May Hold Up SS Disability Checks
Secretary Henry H. Fowler urged Congress to raise the national debt ceiling to 337 billion dollars to avoid withholding Social Security and disability benefits, veterans pensions, and retirement pay by March 1 if a limit isn’t enacted. He testified before the Ways and Means Committee that past raises followed by cautious votes must not delay essential payments.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Congress
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Fowler
Ways and Means
Charles L. Schultze
Treas
Johnson urges federal power to curb air pollution
President Johnson asks Congress for legislation to let the federal government regulate air pollution with industry emission levels and interstate regional programs. He proposes federal grants for vehicle inspection, research on fuel additives, and a national water commission, outlining funding needs for 1968.
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Washington
Johnson
America
Congress
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
National Water Commission
Road Work Threatens Myrtle the Fertile Turtle
In Schriever Louisiana turtle breeder Arl Bergeron warns that spring heavy construction near Bayou Terrebonne and Atchefalaya Swamp could disrupt the 55 000 red eared slider pond’s mating and reduce 300 000 annual baby turtles for the pet market. Tulane expert Dr Fred Cagle confirms turtles are highly sensitive to low vibrations.
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Bayou Terrebonne
Atchefalaya
Tulane University
New Orleans
Bergeron
Fred
Cagle
Slider
Mr. Terrific
Myrtle
Beverly Police Change Hat Color To Blue
Beverly Mass police switch patrol hats from white to blue after officers say white hats make them easy targets for burglars. Police Chief Edward Aucone notes he prefers white hats but agrees to the change based on officers’ concerns about safety and effectiveness.
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Beverly
Mass
API
Edward Aucone
Apollo Victims Flown From Cape For Burials
Cape Kennedy mourned as Apollo 1 astronauts Virgil Grissom Edward White II and Roger Chaffee were flown in coffins toward Arlington and West Point while a board of inquiry reviewed the deadly cockpit fire. NASA observers doubted the spacecraft will fly again. The market opened higher in New York trading.
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Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
Sam
Board of National Aeronautics and Spac Administration
Cape Kennedy
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
Grissom
Chaffee
Arlington National Cemetery
U.S
White
Highland Falls
N.Y
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Webster
Tex
Manned Spacecraft Center
Board of
NASA
Baker Guilty Plans Appeals
Baker is found guilty on seven counts including tax evasion conspiracy and campaign fund theft. He plans to appeal to the U S Supreme Court, remains free on bail, with sentencing in about two weeks and potential penalties up to 48 years in prison and 47 000 in fines.
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Washington
Bobby Baker
Supreme Court
Senate Democrats
Capitol Hill
Baker
Senate
U.S
Appeals
Edward Bennett Williams
Justice Department
California Savings and Loan
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate Rules Committee
U.S. District Court
Oliver Gasch
B52s Stage Raid Close To Saigon
U S B52 bombers carried out the closest raid to Saigon in the Vietnam War, striking a Viet Cong base camp 16 miles west-southwest of the city as 3,200 American infantrymen arrived in the Mekong Delta. Reports also recount that paratroopers killed 117 men of the 1654 regiment in two Jan. 21 clashes.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Mekong
1654
North Vietnam
Thai Nguyen
Hanoi
Ca River
Mao Forces Claim Rebels Surrounded In Sinkiang
Tokyo reports cite Mao loyalists in Peking Wall posters claiming complete encirclement of rebel units in Sinkiang as clashes persist in the vast western region near the Soviet border. Warnings from Gen Wang En-mao and suspensions of truce talks frame ongoing conflict and calls for disarmament and prisoner releases.
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Tokyo
Red China
Mao Tsetung
Sinkiang
Far West
Peking
Soviet Union
Chou En-lai
Mao
Liu Shao-chi
China
Central Daily News
Taipei
Wang En-mao
Wall
Kyodo
Shinhotze
Liu
Ion
Aug. 1 Field Army
Papera
New Blanket Of Snow Hits Chicago In Midwest Storm
Snow paralyzed communities from Chicago to Detroit as up to four inches fell in Chicago. A Midwest storm blanketed Indiana and Illinois and moved into Michigan and Ohio while West Coast winds reached 100 mph. At least 56 dead in Illinois from a 23 inch snowfall, Chicago roads blocked, O Hare reopened, looting arrests totaled 237, and blood donors dwindled as schools closed.
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Chicago
West Coast
Associated Press
Detroit
Midwest
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Idaho
Montana
Son
Wis
O'Hare International Airport
West Side
Ing
Gary
Ind
Indiana Toll Road
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Edward H. White II
Washington, D.C
Ury
Sen. A. S
Mike) Monroney
Monroney
Oklahoma
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Apollo
Cape
Fla
Stock Market
New York
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