Jefferson District Sanitary District approved in Frederick County
The Frederick County Sanitary Commission approved plans for a Jefferson District sanitary district after a feasibility study by Eugene Y. Hsi. The project costs about 332000 with 164 upfront sewer-house connections and annual charges of 128 for a typical 100 front foot lot. The county would cover 179000, with final details due in six months and hearings possible if 10 or more homeowners object.
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Frederick County Sanitary
Jefferson Property
Eugene Y. Hsi
Hsi, Brenner and
Beneft
Cook
Jefferson
Sanitary Commission
Frederick County
New Market
Walkersville
City of
Frederick
Glade Creek
Monocacy River
Top Executives Quit Housing Authority Posts
Frederick City Housing Authority announces the resignations of J Frank Main Sr executive director Virginia B Luhn assistant executive director and Alice Sayers tenant selection supervisor effective month end. William Lee says search for replacements underway locally with PA regional office possible for temporary staffing. The authority operates John Hanson Taney Lincoln and Carver Apartments and seeks funds for 200 new units pending Workable Program certification.
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Frederick City
Housing Authority
Luhn
Sayers
Frederick
John Hanson
Taney
Lincoln
Carver
Lee
Main
Marines Hold Off North Vietnamese Attack Near Saigon
In a four hour stand near the 7th Parallel two Marine platoons repelled waves of North Vietnamese troops while supporting withdrawal of their battalion. About 500 enemy dead or wounded were reported as Marines suffered heavy casualties. Air and artillery strikes, plus napalm, drove off the attackers. The fight marked the fiercest action of Operation Hastings as Marines and South Vietnamese forces moved into the mountains 400 miles northeast of Saigon in pursuit of a pressed division.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Sai’ Fon
Police Probe SpeckIn Death Of Boy In Montgomery County
Police investigate whether Richard Speck, linked to Chicago eight nurses slayings, killed nine year old Stephen Johnson in a wooded area near Kenwood on May 8 1965. Capt A D Harris says it will take days for results. Reports cite hospital treatment in Hancock Michigan and a composite suspect sketch circulating locally.
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Montgomery County
Richard Speck
Chicago
Speck
Stephen Johnson
Kenwood
A. D. Harris
Montgomery
Associated Press
Hancock
Mich
St. Joseph Hospital
North Vietnamese envoy says captured pilots to face war crime trials
Paris based dispatch reports from Peking quote North Vietnamese ambassador Tran Du Vinh saying U.S. pilots captured over Vietnam will be tried as war criminals. He states Hanoi did not regard them as POWs under the Geneva Convention and did not indicate trial dates. The fate of the pilots would be left to the Vietnamese people.
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Parisap
Peking
U.S
Tran du Vinh
North Viet Nam
Improvements Sought For Taney Home Shrine
Local groups discussed restoring the Roger Brooke Taney house on Bentz Street as a home not a museum. The plan includes garden fencing, repairing walls, painting, brick sealing, and daily access, with an estimated 5000 cost and appeals to the Maryland Historical Trust for funding. The Jaycees oversee caretaking and tours, and the shrine houses a Francis Scott Key room linked to the Star Spangled Banner.
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Taney
Maryland Historical Trust
Roger Brooke Taney
Bentz Street
National Monument
Edward 5. Delaplaine
Harry L. Deck
Frederick Jaycees
Old Legion Hall
Harp Gilbert
Taney House
Harry Decker
Elizabeth William
Frederick
Baltimore
Edward §. Delaplaine
Jaycees
Justice
Francis Scott Key
Key
Anne Key
Calvert County
North County corn crop hit hard by drought
Frederick County and western Maryland face extreme drought as June reports show poor corn yields around Thurmont and Emmitsburg while Middletown Valley areas have better moisture and growth. State climatologist W. J. Moyer notes low rainfall near Emmitsburg and a 43 Palmer index reading for Frederick.
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North County
Maryland
Frederick County
Weather Bureau
Harold Free
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Middletown Valley
Free
Allen B. Bryant
W. J. Moyer
Baltimore
Friendship Airport
Pennsylvania Line
Delaware
Moyer
District of Columbia
Appalachian Mountain
Garrett
Washington
Cancer Patient Shows No Evidence of Cancer After Transplants
Centreville man Larry Rink, 21, after five experiments exchanging tumors with others at Roswell Park Memorial Institute, has no detectable cancer. Doctors caution a cure is not yet proven, noting five to ten years are needed to declare remission. Rink aims for a new leg, work, and supporting his wife and baby.
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Centreville
Mich
Larry Rink
Ray Houghton
Rink
Larry
Houghton
Roswell Park Memorial Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
Roswell Park
Jeannie
Robert Allen
Tucson Ariz
Allen
Thomas E. Welker
Conrad, Mont
Harry T. Griffith
Flourtown
Stock Market Opens Lower Amid Uneven Trading
New York dispatch notes an irregularly lower start as the stock market opened with moderate trading. The AP reports momentum mixed and declines paired with small gains on several key issues.
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New York
Fuel Shortage Forces Revision In Gemini 10 Flight
Cape Kennedy, Fla AP Space scientists trimmed Gemini 10 priorities to save major goals after a fuel shortage. Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins docked with an Agena, achieved a 476 mile altitude and a historic two-vehicle linkup, then faced plan changes as fuel limited further dockings and potential rendezvous with a second Agena.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
John W. Young
Michael Collins
Agena
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Young
Collins
Glynn Lunney
Earth
Navy
Air Force
May Collins
Stateside Army Sets For Combat
Washington AP reports all U S Army divisions in the continental United States have been relieved from a temporary training mission and are returning toward full combat readiness. As of now less than 30 percent of trainees remain, with completion expected by October and centers handling the remaining load.
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Washington
United States
Army
Strategic Reserve
Continental
Pentagon
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
County to Install Sprinkler System at Montevue Home
Frederick County plans a sprinkler and fire escape upgrade at the Montevue Home for the Aged. Bids for the fire control system are to be opened July 26, with costs uncertain, originally estimated at 40,000 dollars but likely higher. A new water main may be needed to supply adequate pressure.
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Montevue
Board of County Commissioners
Lawrence A. Dorsey
Dorsey
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
Frederick County Grand Jury
Stem
Randolph B. Rosencrantz
Clerko
Frederick
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Philadelphia
North Viets
SpeckIn
Bulletin
Prato
J. Rolfe Cassiemaner
Mrs. Elizabeth Williams
Hampstead
del Good
Joe E Byron
Taney Home
News-Post
Black Kittens
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