Taxi Fare Hike Sets New City Rates Tonight
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen are set to approve a 15 cent taxi fare increase for in city trips raising zone crossing to 25 cents and outer city rate to 50 cents per mile. The ordinance lasts one year with possible review. Parking bans at new bus stops and a 8.65 acre rezoning near Elmwood Farm also on agenda.
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Carroll Manor Group Fights People Pollution
The Carroll Manor Civic Association formed to oppose growth in the Adamstown area and press for low density development. It aims to influence the Frederick County master plan and oppose extending the industrial area, preferring preserved agriculture and no sewers for the next decade. The group plans to present positions to planners on July 11.
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PUD
Adamstown East
Frederick County
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Doubs
Lime Kiln
Buckeystown
Monocacy
Potomac River
Eastaleo
Architect and officials discuss possible tiered parking garage
Washington architect Paul D. Spreiregen met with city engineers aldermen bankers planners and downtown leaders to outline a study of a potential tiered parking garage behind City Hall in Frederick. The group reviewed site dimensions and discussed applying approaches from a recent Annapolis project while stressing cooperation for the Frederick study.
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Washington
Paul D. Spreiregen
City Hall
Spreiregen
Annapolis
Michael Pue
Glenmore Rice
Albert Cohen
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Farmers and Mechanics Bank
Richard Menconeri
Downtown Association
Carlton Molesworth
Donald Linton
Linton
Spieieregen
Spieiegen
Frederick
Walkersville Firemen Seek Buyers for Their Building
The Walkersville Volunteer Fire Company advertises its three story building for sale to fund a newer facility on carnival grounds. President Paul Barker says the current structure is adequate but outdated for modern firefighting. Plans are in discussion and bids are invited until p.m. July 31, with sale ads running in Hagerstown Washington and Frederick.
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Walkersville
Hagerstown
Washington
Frederick
Fire Log Report for Carroll Manor Area
Fire calls logged over 24 hours ending at 4 a.m. include an auto fire at Carroll Manor at 10 17 p m Responding unit AMBULANCE calls and routine entries Emergency and discipline codes noted Jail population lists 29 males 0 females and 1 juvenile in custody.
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Carroll Manor
Downtown school board mulls new administration building
Frederick County board of education faces a decision on placing a proposed downtown administration building and a vocational education center. President G Hunter Bowers Jr said no public commitment yet while noting budget plans and land purchase talks with county commissioners. County Superintendent Dr John L Carnachan urged a downtown site, seeing value in consolidation, as the board defers until a definite determination is made.
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Richard R. Kline
Downtown Action Committee
Frederick County board of education
G. Hunter Bowers Jr
Bowers
state board of education
Kline
citizen's advisory committee
Frederick
Bike Tour Stops in County on U S 340 Route
A group of 35 cyclists on a July 3 to July 9 tour from Harrisonburg Virginia to Lansdale Pennsylvania stopped overnight at Jefferson Community Hall. The Mennonite Board of Missions group named Out spohin included staff and riders from high school to college with a $47.75 fee covering meals lodging and gear. Riders traveled in fived to six per interval with orange flags and aprons for safety and were praised for their orderly stay and etiquette by Jefferson officials.
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Jefferson
Frederick
Harrisonburg
Lansdale
Ontario
Canada
Jefferson Community
Smith
Wizard
Democrats Seek Supreme Court Session Over Delegate Rules
Democrats urge Chief Justice Burger to convene a special Supreme Court session to resolve a battle over California and Illinois convention delegates. McGovern backers claim the appeals court restored 271 California delegates for him, while Daley forces seek federal intervention to seat 55 Illinois delegates ousted by the Credentials Committee.
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WASHINGTON
Warren Burger
Supreme Court
George McGovern
Chicago
Richard J. Dales
U.S
Burger
McGovern
California
Daley
Court of Appeals
Hubert H. Humphrey
high court
Democratic National Committee
Joseph A. Califano
Miami Beach
U.S. District Court
Illinois
Ilinois
All 16 PEP Jobs Filled
Frederick County Commissioners announce all 16 Public Employment Program positions filled as State Employment Security swamped with applicants. No openings remain. federal grant of 7000 dollars added new openings this week. Secretary James Bryan says some applications will be held over.
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Frederick County
Commissioners’ office
James Bryan
Hearing Set Tonight On Route For I-70N
A public hearing is scheduled at Last Frederick Elementary School at 7 p.m. to discuss I-70N routing between Tijamsville Road and Frederick. Two main plans, Plan A and Plan B, would place the interstate north of U.S. 40 or along U.S. 40 with differing interchanges and costs.
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Frederick
Tijamsville Road
state Roads Commission
U.S. 40
Patrick Street
amsville Road
Tramsville Road
SRC
Roland Thompson
Thompson
Ohio Valley
Soviets Demand U S Leave Base In Cuba
Moscow demands unconditional withdrawal of the American Guantanamo naval base and pledges continued aid to Castro’s Cuba after his 11 day visit. The joint communique condemns the U S blockade and calls for Cuba’s socialist development and defense.
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Soviet Union
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Guantanamo Bay
Fidel Castro
Kremlin
Castro
Cuba
Guantanamo naval base
Monocacy Battlefield Tour Sows National Park Hopes
US Representative Goodloe Byron met with Civil War historians and Interior Department officials for a Monocacy Battlefield tour to discuss designating the site as a National Historical Park. A master plan by the National Park Service is pending, delaying any formal action. The tour aimed to align with the July 9 Monocacy Battle anniversary.
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Monocacy Battlefield
National Historical Park
U.S
Goodloe E. Byron
Richard Stan
Goodloe FE
Byron
Department of the Interior
Richard Stanton
National Parks
Edward Bearss
tional Park Service
Arnold Schofield
Round Table
Edward S. Delaplaine
Robert H. Atkinson
National Park Service
Atkinson
Gravel Seeks Democratic Vice Presidential Nomination
Senator Mike Gravel announced in Washington that he will seek the Democratic vice-presidential nomination at the Miami Beach convention. He argued for an open contest for the VP slot to avoid rubber-stamping the presidential choice and said he would push for meaningful dialogue, advocate for all people, and challenge rigid bureaucracy if selected.
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WASHINGTON
APF
Mike Gravel
Miami Beach
Gravel
VPIT
Vandals Smash 142 Windows At City School
Vandals broke 142 windows at South Frederick Elementary School on Monday and Tuesday night causing about $800 in damage. Principal Edward Leakins said neighbors heard glass breaking both nights but the culprits remain unseen. He suspects older boys based on the rocks inside the buildings. Police have been notified and officials urge immediate reporting of suspicious activity to reduce future losses.
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South Frederick
Edward Leakins
Leakins
Meade Felton
Market gains lift Dow and breadth widens
New York stocks moved higher in today’s session after a modest rise on Wednesday. The Dow Jones average at 10:30 a.m. stood up 13.57 to 947.02 while advancers led decliners by about 3 to 1, signaling broad market strength.
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