Space Program Lagging Year After Moon Walk
One year after Armstrong and Aldrin’s moon walk the space program shows signs of strain. Nixon calls it the greatest week in world history, yet public interest faded as Apollo 12 and 13 faced routine reception and crises. Shepard’s Apollo 14 faces two month postponements while budget concerns loom.
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Washington
Neil Armstrong
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Armstrong
Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin
Nixon
Aldrin
Michael Collins
Quckly
Alan B. Shepard
America
Space Agency
Weekend county accidents injure three people
Three people were hurt in Sunday accidents across the county. Robert Lee Thomas, 36, was trapped by a trailer that slipped from his jacks but blocked by concrete blocks, treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital. George Edward Baker was injured riding a motorcycle, treated at the hospital. Garry Hiltner, 29, was charged after a two car crash on Old Frederick Road. Ralph Gates was the other driver. Authorities also investigated punches to a bicycle tire reported by Mrs. Albert Stamcheck.
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Robert Lee Thomas
Rt. 144
Baker
Tpr
Gary Beard
Garry Leonard Hiltner
RFD 1
Adamstown
Old Frederick Road
Hiltner
Ralph Michael Gates
RFD 5
Tfe
Paul Crutchley
Fire log notes multiple blazes and responses
Fire calls reported for a 48 hour period ending 10 am. Incidents include a Saturday 4:43 pm house fire on East Patrick Street with Inde pendents United and Citizens responding, a 4:50 pm Saturday road fire on Hayward Road investigated by Independents, a 3:58 am Monday trash fire on East Patrick Street 300 block with Independents, and a 10:32 am Saturday barn fire at Miller Farm with Jefferson Carroll Manor Braddock Heights Brunswick Beallsville Middletown and Citizens fire companies. Ambulance calls total emergency 15 routine 10.
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Citizens
Hayward Road
County Lander Road
Miller Farm
Jefferson
Carroll Manor
Braddock Heights
Brunswick
Beallsville
Middletown
Storms Move Into Frederick Area With Showers
Overcast skies this morning give way to showers and thunderstorms this afternoon in Frederick. Temperatures near 90 with high humidity. Late storms may bring gusty winds, then showers tonight with lows around 60s. Tuesday expects more thundershowers and mid 80s. Wednesday turns fair and cooler. Weekend warmed, Sunday 58 with 64 overnight.
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Wednnesday
721 Passengers Rescued Fire Sinks Canary Island Cruise Ship
The Fulvia, a 1949 Amsterdam built vessel later renamed, burned from engine room blast and sank 100 miles north of the Canary Islands after a Sunday SOS. 721 passengers and crew were rescued by Ancerville and Tamaran. 3+ injuries reported. Capt Fasting and four officers stayed aboard to fight the fire before evacuation.
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C.B. Fasting
Tamaran
America Line
Fulvia
Casablanca
Morocco
Fasting
Ancerville
Ins
Santa Cruz
Genoa
Canaries
Cannes
Mondale pledges migrant plight expose in two day inquiry
Senator Walter Mondale announces a two day migrant inquiry to expose who bears responsibility for alleged sub human conditions among farm workers. He cites NBCs Migrant NBC White Paper and Harvest of Shame as showing systemic degradation and vows accountability from government and business interests. He plans to question NBC executives and Coca Cola officials over pressure to tone down reports.
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Washington
Sas
Raymond Wheeler
Charlotte
N.C
Texas
Florida
Mondale
NBC
Edward R. Murcow
Mondale Sai
Coca Cola Company
Coca-Cola
Barn Fire On Miller Farm Destroys Barn And Contents
A barn fire at the Miller farm near Lander Road and US 340 caused almost total destruction with damages estimated between 40 000 and 50 000. Bernard Dixon 24 and Earl Clevenger 19 were in the hay loft as an elevator powered by an electric motor ignited hay. Jefferson Volunteer Fire Company and multiple area units responded. No injuries or livestock loss reported and Benj amin Lee Bird of McLean Virginia owns the farm.
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Lander Road
Earl Edward Dixon
Bernard Dixon
Earl Clevenger
Yount Dixon
Carroll Manor
Adamstown
Braddock Heights
Brunswick Rescue
Middletown
Dixon
Benjamin Lee Bird
McLean
Frederick
Pru
North Vietnamese Rockets Hit Saigon and Phnom Penh
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong marked the Geneva anniversary with attacks across Cambodia and along the DMZ. A rocket hit the Independence Palace area in Saigon. one American was killed and nine wounded. A B52 raid followed as fighting raged near Svay Rieng Kompong Traboek Tuk Meas and other spots around Phnom Penh.
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Indochina
Cambodia
Vietnam
Svay Rieng
Kompong Traboek
Tuk Meas
Phnom Penh
French Indochina
Laos
Strang
Iri Kom
Kompong Chhang
Saang
Nguyen van Theu
White House Panel Seeks Cities To End Downtown Blight
Washington AP panel urges new city development to ease crowded metros. The report predicts 70 percent of Americans in one tenth of land by century’s end, with three belts housing half the population. It calls de emphasizing college, taxing polluters, and growing small towns or new cities.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
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Chicago-Pittsburgh
San Francisco
San Diego
Panel On
National Goals
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Met
Nixon Maps Policy In Camp David Trip
President Nixon spent the weekend at Camp David preparing for a week of work aimed at possible new maneuvers to end the Vietnam War. He met with four staff members and planned talks with the National Security Council, diplomatic officials, and Paris talks negotiator David Bruce and ambassador Ellsworth Bunker.
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Washington
Nixon
Camp David
White House
National Security Council
David K E. Bruce
Paris
Ellsworth Bunker
U.S
Saigon
Young Demos To Question Candidates
The Frederick County Young Democrats sponsor a candidates night at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Erni's Italian Restaurant on Rosemont Avenue. Democratic candidates for the State Central Committee State Senate and House of Delegates will answer questions. A second night will be held in August to question remaining offices. Public attendance urged. Questions focus on central committee responsibilities party reforms and county party leadership.
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Frederick County
Democrats
Erni
Rosemont Avenue
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State Senate
House of Delegates
Central Committee
Democratic Party
New York Man Arrested Here On Two Charges
A New York man was arrested Sunday in Frederick on a forgery charge and turned over to the FBI for possible prosecution after a computer check lifted the car in which he was traveling as stolen. Thomas E. Fritz, 22, was arrested on the forgery warrant about two hours after he arrived in Frederick by Cpl. Robert Brown.
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New York
Frederick
FBI
Nebraska
Thomas E. Fritz
Robert Brown
Stock Market Advances Slightly in Moderate Trade
New York AP reports the Dow Jones 30 industrials rose 0.89 points to 735.97 as trading remained moderately active at 10:30 a.m. The brief market update notes a small uptick in prices amid steady activity.
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