Parking authority urged to revive Frederick downtown
Allen R Routzahn a Frederick merchant urges city leaders to form a parking authority to prevent stagnation of downtown. He notes mayor's support but no action on a study group and calls for extended evening hours to attract shoppers while praising local shops and centers as attractive nearby competition.
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Frederick
T ET
Allen R. Routzahn
Routzahn
Baltimore
Washgton
Pye
Burch Named Insurance Commissioner
Gov Tawes names Francis Burch to lead the Maryland Insurance Department with a goal to restore public trust. Burch will take office July 15, elevate salary to 15000, and receive a full time assistant AG. He fills the remaining 12 years of F Douglas Sears’s term amid legislative scrutiny.
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Baltimore
Tawes
Francis B. Burch
Burch
Baltimore City
Insurance Committee
House of Delegates
F. Douglass Sears
Bar Association Committee
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals
Bar Association
County Seeks Federal Funds for Anti Poverty War
The Commun ity Action Committee submitted an application in Washington for federal funds to hire a county poverty war administrator with an annual $10 500 salary. John A Zufall and Mrs Edward Storm announced plans for two aides a secretary and office space. A July 13 meeting in the Department of Employment Security Office will hear a director report as applications continue to arrive.
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Washington
Commune Action Committee
Mello Cotton
Office of Economic Opportunity
John A. Zufall
Edward Storm
Zufall
Department of Employment Security
West Church Street
Charles N. Bebee
Park Mills Road Work Bids Sought
The county advertises bids for surfacing Park Mills Road from Md 80 to Flint Hill Church. The federal aid project calls for bituminous concrete 3 inches deep over 1.7 miles. Bids open Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Winchester Hall. two or three bids expected.
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Park Mills Road
MD. 80
Flint Hill Church
Winchester Hall
Southey T. Nottingham
Nottingham
Park Mills
Bennett’s Creek
Myersville Water Cutoff For Filtration Plant Hookup
Residents of Myersville will have no town water for several hours Friday morning as lines are joined to a new filtration plant. Mayor Gilbert Stroup says the 7:30 am cut off is precautionary while connections are made as the town nears completion of a $16500 water system including filtration plant transmission lines holding pond intake main pumping station and meters.
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Myersville
Gilbert Stroup
Vocational Equipment Awards Made for Brunswick High
The Frederick County Board of Education awarded contracts totaling over 27000 for electronics and automotive shop equipment at Brunswick High School. Five bids totaling 10219.19 went to five firms for automotive gear and 1974.20 to Electronic Aids Inc for electronics. National aid will cover half, with Cord Equipment Baltimore taking 6908.89, I A Able Frederick 2454.14, Frederick Automotive Supply 503.26, E B Shipley Frederick 298.90, and Callan and Cramer Frederick 54.
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Frederick County
Electronic Aids Inc. of
Baltimore
Frederick Firms
Cord Equipment Company of
I. A. Able Company
Frederick
Frederick Automotive Supply Company Inc
E. B. Shipley Inc
Callan and Cramer
Property Board Reviews Rt 34.0 Case
The Frederick County Property Review Board weighs the value of about 2 percent acres taken from Mr and Mrs F Ray Wisner for road improvements. The land was taken by the State Roads Commission to construct a new Mount Zion Road section linking old U S 340 to relocated U S 340. The Wisners seek 4800 dollars, more than twice the 2230 dollar estimate by the roads agency. Local attorney Thomas S Glass represents the State Roads Commission. the Wisners have no attorney and are aided by local realtor Emmett R Bowlus. The advisory board of E Austin James chairman, Austin P Renn and G Eugene may decide the land value, with a decision due Friday morning.
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Frederick County Property Review Board
F. Ray Wisner
State Roads Commission
Mount Zion Road
Richard Schindel
Thomas S. Glass
Frederick
Emmett R. Bowlus
E. Austin James
aAustin P. Renn
G. Eugene Austin P. Renn
G. Agene
Medicare Final Vote Due Today
Washington AP Senators moved toward final action on the Social Security health care bill after disposing of 14 amendments. Senator Long said finish this bill tonight unless opponents delay. Republican amendments by Prouty and Curtis threatened severities including recommittal to create private insurance options and cost-sharing for the elderly. The plan would cover 19 million Americans 65 plus a voluntary supplemental plan with a $3 monthly premium and about $6.8 billion yearly cost funded mainly by higher Social Security taxes.
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Washington
Senate
Russell B. Long
D-La
Johnson
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Finance Committee
Curtis
Long
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D. Conn
Ribicoff
45 Member Senate Endorses Maryland Reapportionment Plan
A compromise plan by Eastern Shore delegate Del Thomas H Lowe to create a 45 member Maryland Senate was approved 17 to 0 by the Legislative Council. It keeps most small counties’ seats while increasing metropolitan voting influence, aiming to satisfy the Supreme Court one man one vote standard. The plan, favored over a broader Eastern Shore pairing, would be reviewed at the next council meeting with a court test likely after a governor’s Oct special session.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Supreme Court
Senate
Del
Thomas Hunter Lowe
D-Talbot
House
Judiciary Committee
Legislative Council
Tawes
Council
State Senate
Baltimore City
Lowe
Eastern Shore
Eastview Family Wins Citizenship For Three Adopted Kids
An Eastview couple celebrates three adopted children becoming United States citizens on the Fourth of July. Major and Mrs. Ralph E. Thomas of RFD 7 traveled to Rockville courthouse to receive naturalization papers and flags as the ceremony marked the end of years of legal steps begun in Frankfurt while the Thomases were stationed abroad. The children Ana marie Dorma Loyce and Don, all under seven, were previously adopted in Germany and later registered as aliens before their naturalization. The twins Dorma Loyce and Anamarie, both six, attend North Market Elementary in separate classes. The Thomases describe Don as having brown eyes like his father. The story continues on Page 5.
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Major
Ralph E. Thomas
RFD 7
Frederick
Rockville
United States
North Market Elementary School
Ana
Reedy Leaves LBJ White House Press Post
Washington AP George E. Reedy Johnsons press secretary says he has a painful foot disease and will step down for months. Doctors warn of possible operations. Bill Moyers will handle duties in his absence. Reedy questions return to the job, Moyers will act in his place for now.
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Washington (Ap
George E. Reedy
Johnson
White House
Reedy
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
Fire Evacuates 2000 Near Amcel Propulsion Plant
A large fire at the Amcel Propulsion Laboratory near Swannanoa Valley, North Carolina, prompted a two mile evacuation of about 2,000 residents as 3000 pounds of high explosives were at risk. The blaze began late Wednesday night, fire officials said it likely started from a spark in a processing building but burned out without explosions or injuries.
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Swansanqa
N.C
North Carolina
Amcel Propulsion Laboratory
Swannanoa
Asheville
Fred Cooper
Amecel
Cooper
Paratroopers in D Zone Clash Report Heavy Viet Cong Losses
U S paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade clashed with Viet Cong in D Zone near Saigon. Officials say more than 100 Viet Cong killed and at least 25 confirmed dead in a major engagement with no reported American casualties. A separate ambush northwest of Saigon on a government battalion reportedly wiped out most of the unit, about 300 men, with four U S advisers missing. The fighting followed a relief mission at Tri Tam and a prelude to a larger search and destroy sweep with Australian and Vietnamese forces continuing the operation.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Xom Dua
Binh Duong
Tri Tam
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Six Kidnap Victims Released Unharmed in Woodland
Six hostages three adults and three children were released unharmed near Woodland California after two gunmen killed Oregon Deputy Sheriff Carlton E. Smith and fled with the group toward California. Federal agents questioned freed hostages but gave few details as a large manhunt continued in Sacramento.
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Woodland
Calif
Wernes
Oregon
Calfornia
Sacramento
Federal Bureau of Investigation
David Corbin
Clinton
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Allen Routzahn
LBJ
el Paso
Tex
New York
Marirowell
Germany
Anamarie, Don
Dorma Leyce
Eastview
U. S
Reedy Out
N. C
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