Middletown Shop Center Plans Aired
Middletown Valley Center Inc proposes an 82 000 square foot shopping center on 17 acres east of Middletown Valley Community Center north of U S 40A and west of Hollow Road. Plans include a supermarket drug store hardware store and several smaller shops with parking for about 810. The project requires rezoning and at least one major store plus two small ones within two years. Roads widening to 48 feet would be funded by the developer.
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Middletown
Frederick County Commissioners
Middletown Valley Community Center
Hollow Road
Richard Moran
Middletown Valley Center Inc
Middletown Valley
Robert Wirgan
County Planning and Zoning Commission
State Roads Commission
David H. Halley
SRC
Middletown Valley Center Group
Heart Fund Goal Set At 23500 In Frederick County 1967
Frederick County Heart Association directors set a 23500 goal for the 1967 Heart Fund Drive. A A Radcliffe chaired the finance committee with Harry H. Reid and J R Ramsburg Jr as campaign chairman. The kickoff meeting is slated for February 1 at 1 36 pm at the Heart Association offices.
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Frederick County Heart Association
Heart
Frederick County
A A. Radcliffe
Harry H. Reid
J. R. Ramsburg, Jr
Radcliffe
Heart Association
East Patrick Street
Garland P. Feaga
Heart Fund
Smelser bids policy shift to widen roads in Frederick County
State Senator Charles H Smelser seeks a revised policy for secondary road improvements by widening shoulders blacktopping and straightening curves rather than building new highways The plan would affect routes 153 75 77 550 and 80 in Frederick County with aim to save cost reduce property needs faster improvements and lower maintenance The senator argues Marylanders use secondary roads more than primary roads and one mile of a new highway could fund 12 to 15 miles of existing road at about 150000 per mile
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Charles H .Smelser
Frederick Carroll
State Roads Commission
Frederick County
Smelser
Senate
SRC
U.S
Wolfsville
Libertytown
Union Bridge
Graceham
Carroll County
Creagerstown
Montgomery County
Lemiser
Two New Aides Appointed To CAC Staff
The Community Action Committee hires two aides at 3000 dollars annually. Mary Jane Onley of John Hanson Apartments and Shirley Ambush of Damascus began work at Winchester Hall, joining existing aides Jacqueline Bowins and Woodrow Free. They interview in low income areas, refer to agencies, recruit volunteers, help enroll Head Start children, and assist with office tasks.
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Community Action Committee
Shirley Tannenbaum
CAC
Mary Jane Onley
John Hanson
Shirley Ambush
Damascus
Winchester Hall
Jacqueline Bowins
Woodrow Free
Tannenbaum
Welfare Department
Hagerstown Man Named Agnew Aide
Dr. Gilbert Ware, former assistant director of the Federal Program Division at the US Civil Rights Commission, will be Maryland’s first Black governor staff member. A native of Elkton Virginia, Ware grew up in Hagerstown Maryland and was Morgan State valedictorian and ROTC commander. He will join six program coordinators under Gov. Agnew, focusing on health welfare and human relations with a salary of 17 000 to 21 600.
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Annapolis
Civil Rights Commission
Gilbert Ware
Maryland
Ware
Agnew Ware
Curlett Commission
Elkton
Hagerstown
Morgan State College
Reserve Officer Training Corps
Alpha Phi Alpha
Teen-Ager Hurt In Fall From Tower
Frederick teenager Robert C. Heller Jr. 19 of Pearl Street was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital after falling from a television antenna tower onto a roof at 235 Dall Ave. He was injured about 10 30 a m while descending from about 15 feet above the roof. Medical workers used ropes to lower him from the roof after securing him to a stretcher.
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Robert C. Heller Jr
Dill Avenue
Heller
Frederick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Pearl Street
Wayside Radio and TV
Dall Ave
United Ambulance and Rescue Squad
Johnson seeks expanded benefits for Vietnam veterans
Washington AP President Johnson asked Congress to raise educational and other benefits for Vietnam veterans to parity with World War II and Korea veterans. He cited gaps in the law that left current veterans and their families ineligible for benefits other wars veterans receive. He urged closing these loopholes.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Vietnam
Korea
Stock Market Advances As Trading Picks Up In New York
The New York stock market continued to advance with early gains as trading remained active and investors showed increased activity across major indexes.
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New York
Officials Deny Funds For Catoctin School
Frederick County commissioners denied a request for 28 million to construct Catoctin High School on a 2-1 vote after brief discussion. Commissioner Hutton opposed, citing concerns over consequences and a need for talks with the school board architect and builders before any action.
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Catoctin School
C. Millard Eiler, JR
Frederick County Commissioners Today
Catoctin High School
Wallace E Hutton
Com
Hutton
Collins
Threetan
School
Board of Education
Horman
Herman
Airman Dies In Space Cabin Fire
In San Antonio a space cabin simulator fire killed one airman and left another critically burned during an experiment at Brooks Air Force Base. The chamber ran on pure oxygen, injuring personnel tending 12 rabbits used in a blood study.
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San Antonio
Tex
School of Aerospace Medicine
Cape Kennedy
Brooks Air Force Base
Ground war toll rises as Viet Cong losses counted
South Korean infantry report 71 Viet Cong killed on South Vietnam central coast while U S Marines tally 35 enemy dead on the northern coast. Fog limits air strikes. U S 7th Fleet destroyer Keppler shells a convoy off Dong Hoi sinking or damaging multiple barges as part of Operation Traffic Cop. campaign seeks to intercept supply vessels bound for Communist forces.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Keppler
Dong Hoi
7Th Fleet
Johnson Leads Final Tribute To Astronauts
President Johnson and Vice President Humphrey led graveside honors for the three astronauts killed in the spacecraft fire. Grissom was first buried at Arlington with Betty Grissom and the couple’s sons present. White was laid to rest at West Point at 11 am, Chaffee at Arlington at 1 pm. A graveside sermon praised Grissom’s life of service as guns fired and three F-101s flew in formation above Cape Kennedy as investigators continue their inquiry.
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Washington
Johnson
Hubert H Humphrey
Arlington National Cemetery
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Betty
Scott
Mark
Edward H White II
Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
Grissom
Arlington
Roy van Tassel
Church of Christ
Mitchell
Ind
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Trucker Charged After Wreck While Gazing at Scene
A Frederick truck driver Kenneth L. Perkins 30 was charged with reckless driving after he struck a parked car while looking at an earlier crash on Md 26 near the Md 355 intersection in Harmony Grove. The incident damaged Perkins 1966 concrete mixing truck and Larry J Bohn s 1963 coupe with about 300 in damage. The prior collision involved Jules E Shapiro 44 of Thurmont driving from Md 355 across Md 26 striking John W Baugher Sr 32 of Woodsboro s car and injuring four people treated and released from Frederick Memorial Hospital. Shapiro faced charges for failure to stop and other offenses.
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Frederick
Kenneth L. Perkins
West South Street
MD 26
Harmony Grove
Perkins
Larry J Bohn
RFD 2
Thurmont
Bohn
Lawrence E. Ireland
Acci
Jules E Shapiro
MD 355
John W &Baugher Sr
Woodsboro
Shapiro
Shirley F Sherman
New Windsor
Sherman
Daniel
James C Few
Taneytown
Baugher
Frederick Memorial
Campaign 4 000 Short Of Goat Paul J Green Elected President
The Frederick County United Appeal elected officers for the next year at its annual meeting at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Paul J Green was named president, with Francis W Bush Sr., James L Rimler, Miss Mayetta Hershberger, and John C Houston as vice presidents. Clater W. Smith Jr. was chosen secretary and Guy W Nusz treasurer. George B Delaplaine Jr. made a near dollar contribution on behalf of the News-Post, bringing total contributions to within 4,000 of the 169,226 goal. earlier expectations had receipts within 5,000. Newly elected directors at large include Francis W Bush Sr, George B Delaplaine Jr, Guy W Nusz, Calvin E Saylor.
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Frederick County United Appeal
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Paul J Green
Francis W Bush Sr
James L Rimler
Mayetta Hershberger
John C. Houston
Clater W. Smith Jr
Guy W. Nusz
George B. Delaplaine Jr
News-Post
Francis W. Bush
George B Delaplaine Jr
Guy W Nusz
Calvin E. Saylor
U.S. Develops New Nuclear Missiles
Washington reports the Atomic Energy Commission says the United States has developed advanced nuclear tipped missiles with greater ability to penetrate anti missile defenses. The disclosure ties to debates over an anti missile defense system and notes potential 1968 budget contingency funding and ongoing upgrades to existing ICBMs.
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Washington
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Robert S McNamara
Soviet Union
Moscow
Johnson
Congress
AEC
Nevada
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Agnew
LBJ
Charles E Collins
Russell Z Horman
Trucker
Wreck
Paul J. Green
Nelson Brooks
George B Delaplaime Jr
News- Post
Dwight Collius
The
United Appeal
Francia W. Bush Jr
Wapa Peel
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