New Records Predicted As Finals Begin
The finals tonight at 6 30 p m follow Lacey O Neals 13 1 equaling the American record in the 100 hurdles during the qualifying round at Gov Thomas Johnson High School The 27 year old Washington DC schoolteacher and her rivals believe the record will fall today with Miss Johnson noting the pressure of competition and the chance to run under 13 0 The finals also feature Patty Johnson and Mamie Rollins with Barbara Ferrell showing strong multi event form alongside Ester Stroy who failed to qualify for the finals due to a hamstring injury and a crowd of thousands anticipated at the Frederick city venue with admission 3 and parking 50 cents
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Lacey O’Neal
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
Frederick City
Motter Ave
Neidig Ave
Washington, D.C
Mamie Rallins
Tennessee State University
Patty Johnson
Angels Track Club
California
Miss Johnson
Karen Dalzer
East Germany
Lacey
Brooks Johnson
Miss O’Neal
Rollins
Johnson
Ester Stroy
Miss Stroy
City Uses Radar To Net Ten Arrests In Frederick
Frederick City Police used radar late Friday night into early Saturday to arrest ten drivers for exceeding the 25 mph limit on West Patrick and West South Streets. Ten defendants face trial August 24. several suspects posted bonds ranging from 26 to 32 dollars. In a separate case, 62 year old Henry Lee Gray was jailed for loitering near South Market and Center Streets, trial set for July 11.
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Frederick City
West Patrick
West South Streets
West Patrick Street
West South Street
Pfc
Donald Travis
James Bohrer
Jerry Lee Draper
Smithsburg
Harold George Hub
Jefferson
Charles Roland Vanderhuff
James Howard Ridge
Waynesboro
Henry Lee Gray
South Market
Center Streets
Gray
Track Official Dies At Trials In Maryland
Earl Reigle a 68 year old former walking official and past president of the Maryland Officials Association collapsed at the 1972 U S Women's Olympic Trials in Frederick. He suffered an apparent heart attack as officials departed the opening ceremonies and was attended by a local physician and Frederick ambulance crews.
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Maryland
Earl Reigle
U. S
Frederick
Riegle
Maryland Officials Association
Assessment Linked With Slum Housing
In a memo to the mayor and aldermen, former Downtown Development Plan coordinator David Bork argues tax assessments fuel slum creation by taxing improved properties while lowering values on deteriorating ones. He warns the system encourages land speculation, neglect, and eventual deepening poverty, and calls for tax relief for repairs or a zoning-based scheme used in Brisbane to curb slums.
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board of aldermen
David Bork
Bork
Brisbane
Australia
Farmers face flood year with milk slump and feed shortage
Agnes Toll shows fall flood damage hits agriculture in Frederick County. Dairy producers report 20 to 25 percent drop in milk output after a June 22 flood. Equipment losses and power outages in Monocacy basin disrupt milking and storage, while feed for cattle may need imports up to half the usual supply. County extension agents warn of up to 20 percent reduced corn planting, risking higher feed imports this fall.
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Blair L. Penn
Capitol Milk Producers Cooperative, Inc
Penn
Capitol
Richard B. Rudy, Inc
Maryland
Pennsylvania
County Cooperative Extension Service
Kenneth E. Shiffler
Shifflet
Baptists Plan $0.25 Million Center on South Mountain
Maryland Baptists will build the CRC Center Skycroft atop South Mountain in Frederick County on a 295 acre tract near Washington Monument State Park. The project received State Mission Board approval by a 32 to 7 vote to purchase the site between Frederick and Hagerstown with access near I-70. The plan originated from the CRC Committee and was referred to the Finance Budget Committee for financial review before final action.
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Maryland Baptist Convention
South Mountain
Frederick County
Lutherville
George Silver
State Mission Board
CRC
Washington Monument State Park
Maryland
Skycroft
the
Baptist Convention State Mission Board
Frederick
Hagerstown
Middletown
Myersville
Beansboro
Washington County
Jerry Batson
Indictments Highlight Drug Offenses and Thefts Across County
Grand Jury handed down 41 indictments including 11 drug related cases with defendants Wesley Reed Farr Dorothy Jean Malone Jerry Wayne Lawson Anne Renee Jounen and Frances Denise Russell. Also charged were Michael Ashton Everhart Teresa Diana Myers David Isaac Goldman Robin Mae Hill Richard Daryl Lawson and David Lewis Ortmyer for assorted drug paraphernalia heroin LSD and related crimes. Additional counts include assault with intent to murder child abuse arson malicious burning and 15 theft indictments covering breaking and entering larceny and receiving stolen goods with listed defendants Walter Cromwell Thomas Davis David Miller Joseph Ford James Ford James Sheldon Ford James Robert Mercer Willard Harrison Marie Johnson Joe Petty Robert Davis and James Rinehart.
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Wesley Reed Farr
Dorothy Jean Malone
Frederick
Jerry Wayne Lawson
Anne’ Renee Jounen
Frances Denise Russell
RFD 1
Michael Ashton Everhart
Wilson Place
Teresa Diana Myers
RFD 2
Thurmont
David George Decker
Charles Delbert Biser Jn
Cascade
Walter John Cromwell
Sjamsville
Thomas Eugene Davis
David Willard Miller
Mitchell Avenue
Hagerstown
Joseph Franklin Ford Jr
Pennsylvania Avenue
James Shelton Ford Jr
Taney Apartments
James Robert Mercer
West Patrick Street
Willard Junior Harrison
Muncaster Mill Road
Gaithersburg
Marie Ruth Johnson
Joe Lewis Petty
South Market Street
Robert Franklin
vis
RFD
James Edgar Rinehart
Fred
Woman Sues City Doctors Over Tubal Operation
A Silver Spring woman, Mary E. Saunders, sues Dr. Harry W. Gray and Dr. G. R. Brinkley of Parkview Medical Center for 2.459 million dollars. She alleges negligent and fraudulent results after an Aug 20 1969 tubal operation led to pregnancy and internal bleeding. The suit, filed by Patrick Thom Moran, cites 10 counts including malpractice, trespass, breach of warranty, loss of consortium, and anguish. a jury trial is requested in Frederick Circuit Court.
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Silver Spring
Harry W. Gray
G. R. Brinkley
Parkview Medical Center
Mary E. Saunders
James
Gray
Patrick Thomas Moran
Frederick
Fire Log Report of fire calls and ambulance activity
Fire log covers 24 hours ending 10 am with calls on CITY EAST PATRICK STREET at 11 55 pm and WEST PATRICK STREET at 1 23 am for smoke in Tivoli Theater and a general alarm. County New Addition 1 56 pm fire Brunswick respond. Ambulance calls total Emergency 3 Routine 9. Jail population shows 39 males and no females or juveniles.
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EAST PATRICK STREET
Citizens
Uniteds
WEST PATRICK STREET
Tivoli Theater
COUNTY
NEW ADDITION
Brunswick
Frederick County Approves Fedders M-2 Zoning Near Walkersville
Frederick County Commissioners approve the Fedders Corporation rezoning for its compressor plant near Walkersville with all non conservation areas to industrial use. Planning staff urged excluding the 10 acre historic flood plain from industrial zoning, but the request moved to the commissioners for final action.
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Frederick County
Fedders Corporation
Walkersville
Lawrence A. Dorsey
planning commission
Fedders
Army Corps of Engineers
Lawrence Johnson ree
George Speer
Weekend Weather Improves With Sun Shine Likely
A cautious forecast suggests improving weekend weather with variable clouds and a chance of brief thunderstorm activity today. Highs 74 to 79. Tonight’s low 48 to 54. Saturday may reach 75 to 80 with a 42 percent rain risk. Winds under 10 mph. Yesterday’s high 77, low 56. No precipitation recorded.
Beach Ban Lifted At Some Maryland Beaches
Maryland health officials say most beaches in Anne Arundel Baltimore and Calvert counties reopened for swimming after bacteria fell to acceptable levels. Flood debris and submerged hazards from Tropical Storm Agnes still threaten swimmers and boaters in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
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BALTIMORE
Maryland
state health department
Chesapeake Bay
Anne Arundel
Calvert counties
office of Health and Mental Hygiene
Delay Motion For Bremer Heard Monday
A Maryland judge set a Monday hearing on a defense motion to postpone Arthur J. Bremer's state trial in Prince Georges County Circuit Court. Federal judge Edward S. Northrop postponed Bremer's federal trial start, denying dismissal of the indictment. Lipitz urged more time for psychiatric evidence for an insanity defense. Bremer faced charges over the Wallace shooting and related offenses.
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BALTIMORE
Maryland
Arthur J. Bremer
Bremer
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Benjamin Lipslitz
Prince Georges County
Upper Marlboro
Milwaukee
U.S. District Court
Edward S. Northrop
Wallace
Secret Service
Nicholas Zarvos
Northrop
Mandel Denies V P Possibility
Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel denied talks about being considered as a running mate for Democratic frontrunner George McGovern. The Baltimore Sun cited reports from Miami Beach about his National Governors Conference role, while Mandel stated he had not talked to anyone about a vice presidential nomination.
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BALTIMORE
Maryland
Marvin Mandel
George S. McGovern
D-S.D
Baltimore Evening Sun
Miami Beach
Mandel
The Sun
Trank
DeFilippo
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McGovern
George Medates
Agnes’ Toll
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