July 4 Was Real Scorcher
Sweltering heat and humidity failed to deter thousands as Independence Day crowds filled parks pools and events across the county. Traffic was heavy but incidents were minimal with the Barbara Fritchie Motorcycle Classic and Walkersville Carnival drawing large crowds and six state parks closing later due to heat.
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Mercury
Walkersville
Frederick
Fairview Avenue
Seventh Street
US 15
Frederick County Fairgrounds
Barbara Fritchie
MD. 19
Hunting Creek Lake
Cunningham Falls
Thurmont
Gambrill State Park
Greenbrier State Park
Gunpowder State Park
Baltimore
Sandy Point
Schifferstadt Open House Next Week
The historic Schifferstadt house, built about 1736 and Frederick County’s oldest residence, will be open for tours from July 8 to July 13, 10 a.m. to noon. Guided visits cost $1, with proceeds aiding the restoration fund and museum project run by the Frederick County Landmarks Foundation and the Chamber of Commerce.
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Schifferstam
Frederick County Landmarks Foundation
Birch Hotz
Schifferstadt
The
Landmarks Foundation
Mary Ayler
Frederick's
Frederick County
Frederick County School Board Accepts 24 Million Budget
The Frederick County Board of Education approved a 1974 75 budget of 24 289 265 as endorsed by the County Commissioners. With one member absent due to a pending appointment Gov Mandel set for July 1 the board addressed complaints about principal transfers at Liberty Elementary and TJ High teacher concerns. Construction updates covered Middletown Middle and North Frederick Elementary projects, a name change for Monocacy School to Walkersville, six construction change orders, and bids on new items.
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Frederick County
Olive Andrews
Libertystown
Liberty Elementary School
Gilbert A. Newby
Middletown Middle School
North Frederick
Monocacy School
Walkersville
Deborah Stroup
Andrews
Libertstown
Arnett Wilfong
Carroll Manor
School Board Appointment Still Secret
Governor Mandel's Appointments Office says the education post has not been sent down yet. Frederick County Board of Education confirms no word on the appointment, though state law requires a July 1 appointment. The new appointee will replace G Hunter Bowers Jr whose term expired July 1.
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Frederick County
Appentee
G Hunter Bowers Jr
Slater Announces Candidacy for Frederick County Democratic Committee
Thomas G Slater announced his bid for the Democratic State Central Committee of Frederick County praising the current committee for adopting a new constitution opening meetings to all Democrats and reorganization work led by Fred Bower Austin Powell and John Crum while pledging continued party reform and open meetings for citizen input.
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Thomas G. Slater
Democratic State Central Committee
Frederick County
Slater
Fred Bower
Austin Powell
John Crum
Blood Clot Threatened Nixon's Life In Mideast
Nixon's doctor said a permanent blood clot in his left leg was fixed and unlikely to travel to his heart or lungs. The president insisted on continuing Middle East travel, while officials noted the danger but reported the threat now past. Nixon traveled via Moscow to a July Fourth weekend in Florida and interacted with Rebozo and Haig aboard a boat on Biscayne Bay.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
Middle” East
Walter R. Tkach
Tkach
Middle East
Salzburg
Austria
Mideast
White House
Moscow
New York Daily News
Frederick County PE Line Testimony Concludes
The second and final day of testimony on a proposed 230 kilovolt power line by Potomac Edison ends with landowners asking PE to explore alternative routes. The 13 mile line would stretch from Carroll County near Union Bridge to a planned Mt. Airy substation, with half a mile in Carroll and the rest in Frederick. Landowners urge rerouting or undergrounding. PE presents route justification, stressing aesthetics and remote location.
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Frederick County
Potomac Edison Company
Carroll County
Union Bridge
Mt. Airy
Charles
Ault
West Penn Power Co
Allegheny Power System
Daniel Mater
Maryland to pilot lead poisoning check in Frederick County
Frederick County will join a state program to screen children ages one to five for lead poisoning using a finger-stick test. State labs in Baltimore will process blood specimens and return results to county health offices, with a $29,000 federal grant funding the one year pilot.
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Frederick County
Maryland
Balimore
State Central Health Laboratories
Baltimore
Inge Renner
Renner
Prosecution To Finish Today In Ellsberg Case
The White House asked to quash a Kissinger subpoena as the Ehrlichman case nears closing. Ehrlichman may testify in his defense about the 1971 break in at Dr. Fielding in Beverly Hills while other defendants also prepare to testify.
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Ellsberg
Washington
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Plumbers
Kissinger
John D. Ehrlichman
Daniel Eltsberg
Ehrlichman
Lewis J. Fielding
Beverly Hills
Calif
U.S
Gerhard Riesell
Rial
Kot
Elisberg
Pentagon
Gesell
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nixon
Moscow
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Haig
CIA
Fielding
G. Gordon Liddy
Congressional Committee
Osburn Runs for Republican State Central Committee
Robert D. Osburn Jr., local attorney with Weinberg Michel and Stein, announces candidacy for the Republican state central committee. He says the group should recruit qualified candidates, build a strong Frederick County GOP, and raise funds to support nominees. Osburn is a Frederick native.
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Republican State Central Committee
Robert D. Osburn Jr
Weinberg
Michel and Stein
Frederick County
Frederick
Osborn
Lake Searched For Murder Clues
City police crime lab units conducted a dredging operation at Culler Lake Thursday morning in search of clues including a murder weapon in connection with the murder of 74 year old Mrs Anna Margaret Myers of Frederick City. Maj Charles V Main says nothing new has emerged in the five day search for the killer. Investigators report several tipsters have used two special extensions 62 3197 and fi2 1424 for information.
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City Police
Culler Lake
Frederick City
Charles V. Main
City
Anna Margaret Myers
Arthur V. Myers
Upper College Terrace
Paul W Mussburg
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Real Scorcher
Aldan T. Weinberg
Stall
Neil Sandler
John E. Tritt
Frederick L. Smith
Frances W. Ashbury
Mary Condon Hodgson
A. Doty Remsberg
Thomas Slater
Democrat Committee
Alenemee
Soviet Union
Bistcayne Bay
C.G. “Bebe” Rebozo
InCheck
Cedric H. Smith
Robert Osburn
Republican Committee
Robert D. Osborn
Lake
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