Democrats Seek 18 Year Old Vote
Miami Beach Florida AP reports a new Democratic coalition with George McGovern and Thomas Eagleton shaping a nationwide campaign. Emphasis targets industrial East and Midwest and Pacific coast with heavy voter registration to add 18 million by November. Union splits and regional doubts loom as McGovern eyes broad turnout and cross party appeal.
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MIAMI BEACH
Fla
Democratic party
George McGovern
Thomas F. Eagleton
Pacific coast
McGovern
Democratic National Committee
I W. Abel
United Steelworkers
AFL-CIO
Connally Attacks McGovern From Western White House Lawn
Former Treasury Secretary John Connally, aligned with Nixon, publicly lashed at Senator George McGovern during a White House appearance. He criticized McGovern’s 90 day promise to withdraw troops and prisoners, saying a president cannot force such a withdrawal. Connally spoke after briefing Nixon on a 35 day world trip and denied interest in succeeding Agnew on the ticket.
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SAN CLEMENTE
Calif
Treasury
John B. Connally
Nixon
White House
George McGovern
Connally
McGovern
Southeast Asia
United States
Paris
Spiro T. Agnew
Baltimore Agent Honors Surrender Of Air Hijackers
FBI agent Lou Smith recalls the dramatic Lake Jackson operation that freed 113 passengers aboard a National Airlines jet. He helped negotiate with the two hijackers from outside the Boeing 727, praising the stewardesses and noting shared language may have aided talks. The two men, Michael Green and Luseged Tesla, faced air piracy charges.
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BALTIMORE
Lou Smith
FBI
bureau
Smith
National Airlines
Philadelphia
Lake Jackson
Tex
Miami
New York
Houston
Texas
Thomas Jordan
Construction Starts On Dam That Creates Lake Linganore
Construction crews at Lake Linganore began moving rock fill into Linganore Creek to choke the stream and divert water through a four foot pipe. The dam will form the state’s largest private recreational lake with about 135 miles of shoreline once flooded. J William Brosius of Linganore Corp said weather allowed progress after a wet spring delaying work on seven dams on the property.
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Linganore
Eaglehead
Linganore Creek
Frederick County
Linganore great dam
Maryland
J. William Brosius
Linganore Corporation
Nixon Seeks Swift Action on Flood Disaster Aid
President Nixon urged rapid federal assistance for flood victims in a White House briefing attended by County Commissioner Derr and Frederick Mayor Magaha. Agnew outlined a $1.7 billion recovery package across six agencies, with about $4.5 billion in loans available, while local leaders pressed for immediacy in reimbursements and aid deployment.
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WASHINGTON, D.C
John A. Derr
Frederick City
E. Paul Magaha
White House
Spiro T. Agnew
Frank Carlucci
U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Agnew
Maryland
Nixon
Small Business Administration
Federal Highway Administration
Appalachian Regional Commission
the
Economic Development Administration
Army Corps of Engineers
Farmers Home Administration
Derr
High Speed Chase Ends In Arrest
A Frederick county man was arrested after a high speed chase through the city reaching 60 to 70 mph. Michael Thomas McLeod, RFC 8, Navy, faces eight counts including speeding, running red lights, and eluding police. He must appear August 23 for two charges with $125 collateral. Baltimore resident William Daniel Carrol, 28, was also arrested on larceny charges.
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Frederick
Michael Thomas McLeod
RFC 8
the
Navy
Pfc
Donald Travis
Klinehart
U.S. 15
Motter Ave
McLeod
Baltimore
William Daniel Carrol
Lohara Named Director of Howmet Planning
Charanjit S. Lohara is named director of planning and operations analysis for Howmet Corpora tion's Aluminum Group in Greenwich Connecticut. He will lead long range and capital planning and coordinate computer applications and management information systems. He previously led management services at Eastalco Aluminum Company near Buckeystown from 1969.
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Charanjit S. Lohara
Aluminum
Howmet Corporation
Greenwich
Conn
Jean-Pierre Altorffer
Lohara
aluminum group
Eastalco Aluminum Company
Buckeystown
Opossumtown PUD Plan Approved for 122 Acre Site
The Frederick County planning commission rezoned a 10 acre tract east of Opossumtown Pike and approved Urban Systems Incorporated to pursue a planned unit development totaling 1,266 dwellings on a 122 acre property by 1977. The panel also rejected Grayson Toms 2 acre conservation lot subdivision near Reno Monument. Sewage capacity was unresolved, delaying final building permits.
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Frederick County Planning and Zoning Commission
Opossumtown Pike
Urban Systems Incorporated
Westinghouse
Grayson Toms
Reno Monument
Middletown
Toms
Urban Systems
PUD
commission
George Speer
Metropolitan Sanitary Commission
Frank Cook
Frederick City
Cook
Planning commission
Daniel Wight
Metropolitan Commission
Larry Johnson
COE Bridge Bids Set for Monday After Flood Damages
Frederick County bridges damaged in June floods will have construction bids announced Monday by the Army Corps of Engineers flood relief head Capt. Norman L Jackson. Three local firms are bidding to rebuild the six bridges. The National Guard may assist by pulling out fallen bridges, except Lily Pons Bridge, which is too embedded for their cranes.
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Frederick County
Norman L Jackson
Army Corps of Engineers
Harold Lawson
William S. Fout
Jackson
National Guard
Lily Pons
Lily Pons Creek
Bombers Hit North Vietnamese in Quang Tri Area
U S B52 bombers struck two sides of Quang Tri City in massive raids across South Vietnam. The operation, described by U S Command, totaled over 2 500 tons of explosives with nearly 300 enemy dead found in bunkers and graves nearby.
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SAIGON
Quang Tri City
U.S
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
Thua Thien
South
Vietnanm
ese
Payne and Stevenson to discuss Frederick Center on TV
Dr William W Payne the NCI Frederick Cancer Research Center scientific coordinator and Dr Robert E Stevenson center general manager will appear on WRC TV channel 4 this Sunday on Dimension Washington from 12 to 13 30 pm. The program will be rebroadcast on WRC AM radio at 10 30 pm Sunday.
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William W. Payne
National Cancer Institute
Frederick Cancer Research Center
Fort Detrick
Robert E. Stevenson
WRC-TV
Dimension Washington
WRC-AM
FBI Identifies Body Found In Quarry Pond
FBI fingerprint experts identify the decomposed body of 23 year old James Patrick Riley found in a quarry pond with a shotgun wound and cinder blocks tied to his ankles. Riley, a Arlington Virginia resident and member of a local motorcycle gang possibly the Pagan, died about a week earlier. Police report no clues but note gang-related activity spanning weeks from Florida to the area.
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Montgomery Bureau
DICKERSON
Federal Bureau of Investigation
James Patrick Riley
District of Columbia
S, 24th St
Arlington
Riley
Florida
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LeGore
Amos L. Brown
Carlucci
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Howmet Planning
Charan Lohara
Opossumtown
Speer
COE
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