Thurmont Power Off Sunday For System Upgrade
Thurmont residents will lose power from 5 a.m. to 12 noon Sunday while two new electrical substations are energized to raise output from 4000 volts to 12 470 volts. The town plans a 100000 dollar conversion funded by Thurmont Municipal Light Co with no rate change, serving Catoc tin High School and growing demand. Residents will be notified by letter and radio as sections return to service.
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Thurmont
Potomac Edison
East Main Street
Thurmont Municipal Light Co
Thurtmont
Commissioners of
Roy C. Clabaugh
Public Service Commission
Garage Fire Case Closed
City detectives closed the July 3 fire at the old Chick Hatchery Garage on West South Street. No arrests. four children aged 4 to 6 years were questioned, deemed too young to know right from wrong, and placed with parents.
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Chick Hatchery
West South Street
Fire Calls From City District Log
Fire log notes calls in 24 hours ending 10 am. Incidents include smoke in a storm drain at West Frederick Junior High School at 11:20 am with Independent Hose. smoke in a tunnel at 527 Mary Street. and a reported automotorist incident on Roundhill Road with Braddock Heights responders.
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West Frederick Junior High School
Independent Hose
Mary Street
United
Model Planes Competition At Frederick Airport
The Frederick Municipal Airport hosts a two day model plane meet by the District of Columbia Radio Control Model Club. About 45 contestants from the East Coast and Middle West compete in pylon races fidelity to scale and flying ability with soaring contests reaching 900 feet. Walter A. Good, a noted physicist and Smithsonian collector, is among the club’s notable members.
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Frederick
District of Columbia Radio Control Model Club
East Coast
Middle West
Federation Aeronautic International
DCRC
Walter A. Good
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
Coast Guard halts air search for Warfield plane
The Coast Guard called off the air search for missing Cessna pilot Robert L. Warfield Jr. near West Palm Beach after five days. Twelve planes scoured Southern Florida waters and the Gulf Stream, with Warfield last heard requesting lower altitude to dodge storms. Warfield, ex Frederick resident, moved to West Palm Beach in 1959 to run a brokerage office.
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Miami
Fla
Robert L. Warfield Jr
Palm Beach
Coast Guard
Charleston
S.C
Gulf Stream
Warfield
West End
Grand Bahama
John Hansen
Midland
Tex
Hama Island
West Palm Beach
FAA
Robert L. Warfield
Urbana
John C. Warfield
Bronx Gunman Surrenders in North Carolina
Bobby L. Rogers, identified by police as the Bronx gunman who killed three men, surrendered meekly to a Graham deputy sheriff and waived extradition. The 3 year old Army veteran was jailed in Alamance County, with New York officials expected to take custody for transport back early next week.
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Burlington
N.C
Bobby L. Rogers
Bronx
Alamance County
Graham
New York
North Carolina
Blood Program Short Of Quota
Frederick County Red Cross Blood Program ends 1967 68 fiscal year with a deficit of 377 pints. Yearly quota set at 3550 pints to be collected across 24 bloodmobile visits. Total collection 3234 pints includes 71 directed donations not credited to county quota. A directed donation goes to an independent hospital patient not eligible in the Red Cross program.
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Frederick County
Red Cross
B52s Strike In Mekong Delta Kill 105 Enemies
Allied ground forces in Chau Doe Province report 105 enemy soldiers killed by heavy B52 raids on infiltration routes near Saigon. The U S Air Force says strikes aimed to blunt a major offensive with potential attacks before Friday’s Geneva anniversary.
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Saigon
Mekong Delta
U.S
America
I Air Force
Chau Doe
Seven Mountain
Vietnam
Wille
Clark M. Clifford
Welfare Dept Battles Gov Agnew Over Incentive Plan
Maryland welfare officials clash with Gov. Agnew over abandoning the work incentive for welfare families. The plan would let employed welfare mothers keep the first 30 dollars of earnings and a third of the rest. Local departments will study potential employment gains by Aug. 5 to gauge if reinstatement could offset costs.
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State Department of Social Services
Agnew
Frederick County
Polluted Waters Prompt Health Warnings In Frederick County
The article recalls days at old swimming holes now polluted by plant effluent from Monocacy and Linganore facilities. Water quality often fails federal standards, making Monocacy River unsafe for swimming while Fort Detrick discharges are less harmful downstream. Health officials urge using properly treated pools or safe rivers.
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Stat
Frederick County
Frederick
Carroll Creek
North Market Street
Linganore
Gas House Pike
U.S. 4
Fort Detrick
Metropolitan District and Sanitary Commission
Tomac
Charles Spicknall
Department of Water Resources
Post Office to Close 347 Small Branches Amid Service Cuts
The Post Office Department ordered 347 small branches closed and cut Saturday service nationwide due to manpower cuts from the new tax bill. Maryland offices affected include Fair Haven in Anne Arundel County and Dorchester County towns Crocheron and Salem. Saturday and Sunday window service will be limited to two hours. Plans to end Saturday residential deliveries on city routes are due by Sept. 1.
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Washington (Ap
Post Office Department
Fair Haven
Anne Arundel County
Crocheron
Salem
Dorchester County
Maryland
Congress
John J. Williams
R-Del
Emmitsburg Men Charged With Barn Arson
Two Emmitsburg men,.Chatlvs Jr Guailis Jr 23 and Ronald Lee Cool 21, were charged with arson for a Sunday barn fire on Irishtown Road. Bail set at 2500 each. the blaze caused about 2509 in building damage and 2000 in hay and straw loss. The barn owner was Alfred Myers of Westminster and hay owner Alvin A Kline of Emmitsburg. Fire Marshall Tan Barnes led the investigation with assist from Jim Trout.
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Emmitsburg
Irishtown Road
Chatlvs Jr. Guailis Jr
Main Street
Ronald Lee Cool
Alfred No Myers
Westminster
Alvie A. Kline
Fmmitsburg
Frederick County
Tan Barnes
Jimmitsburg
Polen
James Ff Trout
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Automorist
Fint
Roundhill Road
Braddock Heights
John Tschirgi
Joe
Falls Church
Charles Warfield
Frederick Municipal
AP Wiee-hota Rocky
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Baltimore
Spiro T. Agnew
Charles Mathias
U.S. Senate
Owens Creek
Toms Creek
Creamery Road
Monocacy River
Poney Dy
Charley Worfied
Tess
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