PSC Approves New Power Line in Frederick County
Maryland Public Service Commission approves a 10.5 mile 230 kV line by Potomac Edison from Monocacy substation north of Frederick to Doubs Ringgold line southwest of Myersville. Line replaces 138 kV, uses steel poles at highways and scenic areas, raising $1.4 million cost. PSC mandates aesthetics, right of way, and compliance with zoning plans. No opposition voiced at hearing. filing by Commissioners Edmondson and Shoemaker Jr.
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Maryland Public Service Commission
Potoma: Edison Co
Monocacy
Frederick
Myersville
Public Service Commission
Frederick County
Planning and Zoning Commission
U.S. 40
I-70
Gambrill State Park
PSC
U.S. 15
MD. 6
Wilson Stringer
Charles E. Edmondson
H. Reese Shoemaker Jr
Baltimore Harbor Tunnel bids rise 55 percent
The State Roads Commission opened bids for the second Baltimore Harbor Tunnel with the lowest quotation 55 percent above the original 32.5 million cost estimate. Bids ranged from 50.2 million to 51.7 million with three firms submitting multiple price variants. Special assistant attorney general Joseph P. Buscher said no clear low bidder due to bid complexities. The project had been estimated at 32.2 million in 1965 when approved by the General Assembly and bond voters.
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Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Baltimore Harbor
Commission
Joseph PD. Buscher
Harbor
Generals Assembly
Riots follow evictions in Peoria housing area
Rioting erupted around three predominantly Negro housing complexes in Peoria Illinois after two women were evicted for delinquent rent. Gunfire and rock throwing also occurred at nearby taverns injuring three white patrons. Police arrested over 20 adults and about a dozen juveniles. Mayor O'Brien imposed a curfew for under 21 and halted liquor sales. Separate incidents in Cairo and New Brunswick involved gunfire and rock throwing with multiple arrests.
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Associated Press
Peoria
E. Michael O’brien
Cairo
New Brunswick
Dorothy Johnson
Sirita Hines
Taft Tomes
Warner Vomes
Carrison
Police Increase Patrols To Curb Rising Thefts
Police stepped up night patrols as thefts rise in the county. Four more incidents are under investigation, including a $255 loss from Mrs. Jean Johnson and a $400 toolbox theft at Harry Wetzel’s residence. Tire thefts, soda cases, and a break in at Lloyd Bell’s home are noted, with residents urged to keep lights on and report suspicious activity.
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Jean Johnson
Broadway
Harry E. Wetzel
Friends Creek Road
M.J. Grove
Basford Road
Tfe
Victor Wolfe
Buckeystown
Lloyd Thomas Bell
Park Mills Road
Bell
Charles V. Main
Main
Scientists Support Big Bang Through X Ray Evidence
Navy researchers report X ray data from an Aerobee launch support the Big Bang theory that the universe formed from a primordial fireball billions of years ago. They say the cold space radiation detected aligns with cosmological models, while infrared results remain tied to our Milky Way.
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Washington Cap
Navy
Earth
Milky Way
White Sands
N.M
Centaurus- A
Space
Herbert Friedman
T. A. Crubb
Edward
U S Bombers Strike Ripcord Area After Abandonment
Saigon AP reports American fighter bombers launched 36 sorties around fire base Ripcord, abandoned by U S troops after weeks of heavy losses. B52 strikes targeted North Vietnamese base camps and depots nearby while Cambodian and Laotian actions continued in surrounding zones.
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Saigon
Ripcord
U. S
Marine
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
A Shau
Nixon Signs Emergency Homes Bill
President Nixon signed an emergency bill authorizing 1.2 billion for three mortgage subsidy programs to spur home building. The measure targets middle income families with loans at 7 percent, with estimates of up to 512,000 new loans and as many as 1.1 million jobs if fully utilized, per Rep Wright Patman.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
House
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Patman
U.S. Savings and Loan League
Nasser Accepts Rogers Bid For Mideast Peace
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser says he accepts the latest U S proposals for Middle East peace negotiations as procedural and not new. He faults Israel for rejection and notes recent Moscow talks and Soviet arms to Egypt while outlining regional tensions and ongoing Gaza Strip violence.
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Associated Press
Gamal Abdel Nasser
U.S
Middle East
William P. Rogers
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Cairo
Nasser
U.N. Security Council
Israel
Rogers
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Itzhak Rabin
United States
Farouk
Palestine
Nixon
Levi Eshkol
Moscow
Egypt
Tfe
Abba Evan
Tel Aviv
Libya
State Department
Bleak World of a Migrant Child Is Jimmy Hobbs
A 13 year old migrant youth named Jimmy Hobbs survives in a crowded one room camp with his family near Frederick. He shares a cramped life, attends a summer school, plays basketball with a rec director, and endures long days of work and travel between Florida and Virginia, hoping for college and a truck driving career. The piece portrays his quiet resilience and the question of whether his life is meant to be this way.
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Monica
Jimmy
Renan
Jimmy Hobbs
East Frederick
Larry
Mama
Papa
Virginia
Belle Glade
Fla
Frederick
Aretha
Renait
Nait
Anthony
Uptown
Tivoli
Anthony Cannon
Israel Criticizes Greek Hijack Pact Over Release
Israel formally urged Greece to ignore a pact with Arab hijackers to free seven terrorists, but Athens said it would uphold the agreement as promised. The chartered flight carried 55 people with the terrorists demanding freedom.
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Athens
Greece
Israel
Tractor fire reported on Motter Station Road
Fire log records a tractor fire at Motter Station Road with emergency units responding. At 9:09 p.m. Rocky Ridge noted Amoul mice calls and routine status for the period ending at 10 a.m. Calls logged via city and county lines with contact numbers 662-6333 and 663-4400.
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Motter
Rocky Ridge
Hot Clear Weekend Weather Forecast for Frederick
The forecast calls for showers and thundershowers today in the Frederick area, then clearing with rising temperatures this weekend. Highs will reach the upper 80s today, with overnight lows in the upper 60s. Saturday should be sunny with a chance of afternoon storms and near 99 degrees. Sunday looks to be warm and fair. A trace of rain, .17 inches, fell yesterday overnight at the Frederick station. Thursday's high was 76 and the low 67.
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Frederick
Stock Market Mixed In Slow Early Trading
New York AP reports mixed stock prices in slow early trading with the Dow Jones industrial average down 2.53 points to 730.15 at 10:30 a.m. The market shows modest moves and subdued activity as investors await further developments.
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New York
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