Murder at National Trail Liquors Leaves Owner Dead
William L Thompson 61 of Schley Avenue was shot during a holdup at National Trail Liquors near New Market. He died later at Frederick Memorial Hospital. No suspects or witnesses identified. The crime marked Frederick County’s first robbery related murder in two years.
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William L Thompson
Schley Avenue
National Trail Liquors
New Market
Thompson
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Boyer's Mill Road
Frederick County
Roger J Pedrone
Woodbine
Md. 26
Frederick
Carroll County
Pedrone
Washington County Hospital
City awards contract for street resurfacing
The Board of Aldermen approved a 45400 contract to Flintkote Company for overlaying five city streets with bituminous concrete. Work is expected to start no later than Aug 1 with Flintkote the low bidder over Richard F. Kline. Streets include Montevue Lane West Second South Bentz Carroll Street and a storm drain right of way.
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Board of Aldermen
Flintkote Company
Michael E. Pue Jr
Flintkote
Richard F. Kline
Montevue Lane
Shookstown Road
Rosemont Avenue
West Second
Bentz
Grove Blvd
South Bentz
West Patrick
Carroll
East Patrick
Staley Ave
R&K Tree Service
Kline Boulevard
Carroll Parkway
Patrick
Fairview Avenue
Grant Place
Bolton Street
Rosemont
Upper College Terrace
Fleming Avenue
North
Jefferson streets
Chapel Park
East Fifth
East Sixth
Hospital Park
West Seventh
Park Avenue
Motter Avenue
West Ninth
North Bentz
Jobless Rate Dips to 3.2 Percent in Frederick County
May unemployment in Frederick County fell to 32 percent with 1,230 people jobless. Employment reached 37,485 of a 38,715 civilian labor force while April showed 1,845 unemployed in a 38,335 labor force. Analysts cite average weekly unemployment insurance claims as a key rate factor.
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Frederick County
John Kozarski
Maryland Department of Human Resources, Employment Security Administration
Thomas Neubauer
Wholesale prices rise as steel and gasoline push index
June wholesale prices climbed four tenths of a per cent led by steel and gasoline. Industrial prices rose due to metal and fuel products while farm prices slowed. gasoline up 3.7 percent and beef and veal still lower. The index stood at 183.1, with a broader inflation outlook seen as modest so far this year.
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WASHINGTON
Labor Department
Ford administration
EPA orders state wide car inspection program overhaul
The EPA directs 45 states including Maryland to revamp antipollution plans to meet federal standards. EPA head Russell Train says stricter compliance is needed to keep clean air. Maryland must strengthen hydrocarbon controls statewide and curb emissions in Baltimore Garrett Allegany and Washington counties.
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WASHINGTON
Maryland
Russell Train
Environment Protection Agency
United States
EPA
Baltimore
Garrett
Allegany
Cumberland
federal agency
Wiliam Bontaciner
state air quality bureau
Historic District expansion deferred in city meeting
The city postponed a decision on enlarging the Historic District amid conflicting recommendations. County Planning Director Lawrence W. Johnson urged including only Clarke Place and South Street, contrasting with preservationists seeking doubling the district and a prior panel proposing four streets.
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Frederick
Board of Aldermen
Planning Commission
Historic Distnct Commission
Lawrence W. Johnson
Johnson
Clarke Place
South Street
Bentz Street
Carroll Street
Historic District Commission
Historic panel
Doctors keep vigil as Nixon debate at UN stirs alerts
The report notes doctors monitoring a tense scene around the Nixon debate at the UN amid expectations of a hostage rescue. Carter struggles over choosing a running mate as weather forecasters project mainly sunny, warm conditions with highs in the 60s to 70s and mild nights.
Fears over emissions spark tense Adamstown meeting
State agriculture and air quality officials faced angry residents in Adamstown as tests found no dangerous emissions from Eastalco Alpha Portland Cement Pepco plants. Skeptics argued cattle illness proves otherwise, while officials pledged further monitoring and data disclosure. A New York urban price report followed market updates.
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Adamstown
Eastalco
Alpha Portland Cement
Potomac Electric Power Company
Pepco
Dickerson
Carroll Manor
George Ferrari
Bureau of Air Quality Control
Young D. Hance
John Southard
state Health Department
Southard
Ballenger Creek
Ferrari
Noffsinger
Curtis Zimmerman
Edgar Chitts Jr
Frederick Portrait of Bell Interview by William Delaplaine
In Frederick on April 25 1915 William T Delaplaine a young Frederick News journalist interviewed Alexander Graham Bell. The exchange reveals Bell’s humor and pride as he recalls his birth and early days while the scene captures a famed inventor amid local residents at the City Hotel.
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Frederck
City Hotel
Alexander Graham Bell
William T Delaplaine
Frederck News
William
Hubert E Thlaplaine
Longfellow
Bell
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Donald E Dodd
Raymond E. Dodd
New Merket
William Linwood Thompson Sr
Amos L. Brown
City
M.A. MALIK
East Street
Fourth Street
Patrick Street
Inside The News
Paige Nixon
CARTER
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TY. Entertainment
NEW YORK
Wm. T. Delaplaine
Bexs’ High School
Washington and Lee University
Mapleson
Willam Delaplaine
Diane
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