County Heads Allocate $900,000 More For Gov Johnson School
Frederick County commissioners approved $900,000 from state loan funds to complete Governor Thomas Johnson High School, bringing total project cost to $6.92 million. The board also seeks $5,100 for Yellow Springs School planning and awaits the School Building Commission’s advisory recommendation on a Bat item. A separate dispute centers on site choices for a Thurmont area high school with Emmitsburg residents suing to challenge the move.
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Frederick County
Board of Education
Thomas Johnson
A. Irvin Renn
Board of County Commissioners
Yellow Springs
Ausherman
Boyd Smith
Parent-Teacher Association
Ross V. Smith
Richard R. Kline
Renn
Russell Z. Herman
Catoctin High School
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
Frederick County Board of Education
Frederick
Students Begin Six Week Project Opportunity in Frederick County
A six week program named Project Opportunity starts Thursday in Frederick County to help about 180 first to third graders catch up. Classes run at Thurmont Brunswick Urbana New Market East Frederick South Frederick and Elm Street elementary centers with field trips designed to build language and reading through experiential learning. The Office of Economic Opportunity approved the program June 30 and a federal grant of 33480 funds local activities.
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Cen
Ters
Thurmont
Brunswick
Urbana
New Market
East Frederick
South Frederick
Elm Street
Office of Economic Opportunity
C. Edward Hamilton
Home Repair Racketeers Reported in Western Maryland
State Police at Frederick urge vigilance against a 19 member confidence ring of home repairers moving from Baltimore into Western Maryland. The group targets elderly homeowners with bogus defect claims and pushes costly, repeated repairs. Contact local police or the Chamber of Commerce if approached.
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Connecticut
Baltimore
Maryland
Area Chamber of Commerce
Retirement Plan For Thurmont Town Employees
The Thurmont town council will discuss a proposed retirement plan for its 27 employees as the main topic at tonight's regular meeting. Town clerk Guy Frushour noted Thurmont currently has no retirement plan and additional items include street repairs and construction of new buildings.
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Thurmont
Guy Frushour
VFW to Build $70,000 Modern Olympic Pool
A $70,000 ultra modern Olympic pool project near Frederick is set to begin soon. The pool, 822 by 75 feet with a 4,670 square foot main basin, includes a diving well and a 600 square foot separate pool for children. Membership capped at 350, with 200 of 350 needed to award the contract. Charter members receive early status. The project officer is Ed Joy.
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Frederick
VEFW
Ed Joy
Swim Club
Ralph Currens
John Curtis
Ed Andochick
William Locke Jr
Jack Molesworth
Margaret Fryer
Jack Howard
Ed Thomas
Presidential Disability Bill Passed
Washington AP report: Senate approves the proposed 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to clarify presidential disability and succession, with final House passage earlier. states must ratify by 1967, joining 38 of 50 states. Noted dissent by Gore Lausche McCarthy Mondale and Tower. President Johnson’s signature not required.
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Washington
Congress
John Dickinson
Delaware
Senate
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Eugene J. McCarthy
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
John G. Tower
Rtex
House
Johnson
Gore
Mother Chokes While Cheering Little League Home Run
Dolores Stanford, 37, of San Pedro, California, choked to death after swallowing chewing gum in the stands while cheering her son Chris, 12, who had just hit a home run in a Little League game. Police reported witnesses described her sudden collapse and death following the cheer.
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San Pedro
Calif
Dolores Stanford
Chris
New Market Sewer System Work Begins
Construction starts on a $189,948 sewer system for New Market, the first sanitary district in Frederick County, with Conewago of Hanover building it. The project, funded partly by state and federal aid and a Frederick County bond issue, includes a treatment plant, pumping station, and collector and interceptor lines. Charges include a $150 connection fee, $50 yearly sewer service, and a front foot assessment yet to be set.
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Frederick County
Conewago Construction
Hanover
Frederick
US 40
MD 144
Fourth Alley
Faith and Credit
Francus Cook
The
Sanitary Commission
Ford Calls for Bombing North Viet Nam Missile Bases
House Republican Leader Gerald R Ford says the United States should bomb Russian built missile sites in North Viet Nam. He told Mutual Broadcasting System the bases threaten American forces and can be hit without damaging nonmilitary targets. Decision would be up to President Johnson.
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House
Gerald R Ford
Michigan
United States
North Viet Nam
Ford
Mutual Broadcasting System
Viet Nam
North
Johnson
Stock Market Slips in Quiet New York Trading
In early trading, the stock market weakened, continuing Tuesday's decline that halted a four-session rise, as traders awaited further guidance.
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New York
Maryland Marine Dies In Viet Nam
Maryland native Pie Gordon J Dietz Jr, 19, a Marine with the 1st Maine Division in Viet Nam, died ten days after arrival from a rare disease contracted after a mosquito bite. His family lives in Pasadena, Maryland, and Dietz had previously studied at Severna Park High School before being stationed in Okinawa.
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Maine
Viet Nam
Pie Gordon J Dietz Jr
Gordon J Dietz
Pasadena
Marine Corps
Dietz
Pentagon
Washington
Okinawa
Severna Park High School
Bomb rocks downtown Chicago near Friden Inc building
A black powder bomb exploded at 3 45 am in a refuse container outside the Masonite Building at 29 N Wacker Drive. The blast shattered windows across Wacker Drive, sent debris to the Kemper Insurance Building, and caused over 200000 in damage. No injuries were reported. motive remains unclear.
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N. Wacker Drive
Kemper Insurance
Civic Opera House
Civic Theater
Wacker Drive
Friden Inc
Masonite
John J’ Angus
Friden
U. S. Force To Reach 60,000 Men
Some 3,400 Marines landed at two points in central Viet Nam with 4,600 more to come, boosting American strength to nearly 60 000. Dak To was reported overrun by Viet Cong, while air strikes expanded in the D Zone near Saigon. Weekly American casualties topped 80 with 18 killed and 62 wounded. Viet Cong losses were about 976 killed. About 2,000 Marines landed near Da Nang as air bases and operations intensified.
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South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
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Highlands
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D Zone
South China Sea
da Nang
Insurance Department Probe Opens
An Annapolis legislative inquiry opens amid complaints that some auto insurers deny coverage on the basis of race. Interracial Problems officials and insurance executives attend as the council begins a top to bottom study of the department. Deputy Commissioner O Brien to present. leadership gap lingers as Tawes seeks successor. Legislature also shelves reapportionment plans for a later session.
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Martland
Legislative Council
Judiol Committee
State Insurance Department
Insurance Department
Lewis O Brien
Department
Fo Dogglass Sears
Gov Tawes
Maryland
Supreme Court
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