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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1978
Page
4
Multiple notices recall Sheckels family members and local police service. James Buckner and Dorothea Warrenfeltz obituary notices honor long community service including church, military, and public posts. Other memorials note Snyder, Soper, Hart among residents, with funeral details, call times, and interment plans in Maryland area.
Funeral services were held for Michael Easton Reed of Mount Airy at Forest Oak Cemetery in Gaithersburg with Rev. F. L. Freiheit presiding and arrangements by Olin L. Molesworth. Also noted are services for Roland Wesley Black of Linwood at Union Ridge Funeral Home with bearers named and interment at Pipe Creek Cemetery near New Windsor. Eugene Brast Virts of Frederick area died suddenly at home with services at Dailey & Soo Funeral Home followed by burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Helen T. Yurciw of Frederick, died July 23 in Washington DC, with rites at Smith Fadeley Keeney & Basford. IBM guards listed as pallbearers and Veterans Garden of Honor burial. Austin U. Young Jr. of Frederick died July 24. services at Smith Fadeley Keeney & Basford with military honors by East Coast Telecommunications Center Fort Detrick Burial Detail. Interments and bearers named. multiple names and locations appear in obituary notices.
Fire calls reported through the last two hours end at 10 a.m. include an automobile fire near Mullinix Park at 3 52 p.m. an alarm at 1 37 a.m. and responses by Urbana Carroll Manor United Ambulance at 306 Main St Myersville 2 43 p.m. house fire at Catoctin Hollow Rd in Myersville Middletown and Thurmont building fires at Emmitsburg VFW and Blue Mountain Inn Crab House with multiple agencies responding.
Jeanne Bussard faces a hearing August 23 over a CETA contract. Officials say the workshop presiding on the contract July 15 concerns possible violations of program rules. The case centers on the workshop’s compliance with CETA funding requirements and contract governance.
Washington AP reports an 81.2 billion tax cut bill moves to the House floor amid disputes over capital gains tax relief. The Ways and Means Committee approved the measure 45-12 after late compromises. The plan would cut taxes for individuals and households, with a major late provision to exempt the first 100,000 profit from home sales from capital gains tax, and a reform aimed at limiting total avoidance through sheltered income. Rep. James R. Jones led the compromise backed by bipartisan support, though President Carter criticized gains exemptions for the wealthy.
Inflation in the first half of 1978 is likely to push the annual rate above 7 percent, with food prices higher than earlier predictions. The Agriculture Department has raised its 1978 food price forecast from 4-6 percent to 8-10 percent, reflecting bad growing conditions and smaller cattle herds. Unemployment has fallen faster than expected, offering some relief to the administration.
The FCC board votes toward final separation from the Board of Education with a second vacancy yet to be filled. Rumors name R Holmes Baker as Gov Blair Lees pick, though Dr Reinberger has not received official appointment notification. Lee informed him during a Frederick visit two weeks ago. Haney plans a minority student meeting in the FCC board room inviting over 30 community members to discuss why minorities are not drawn to FCC and how to improve financial aid and scholarships. The meeting aims to foster dialogue and outline FCC actions. Other personnel actions include retaining E T Jones to aid affirmative action, naming Patricia Standifer temporary fiduciary, appointing Dr Helen T Chiang to the English department, and granting Sosone Crandall a year’s research leave.
Miss Leslie Knuppie, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Knipple of Frederick, observed her 11th birthday on Friday July 28. The 47th Hahn family reunion will be held Sunday Aug 6 at Mt. Tabor Park Rocky Ridge with a picnic lunch and a program at 2 p.m.
Local notices advertise savings on heating via insulation, grain fed beef for sale by Norman Shriver Jr in Emmitsburg Maryland, hours, plus listings for septic tank cleaning, blacktop paving and painting services with free estimates and contact numbers. The brief items preserve business names locations and phone numbers for local customers.
Thurmont area markets list pick your own beans berries corn and greens plus riding mowers tractors and farm equipment. Charities, auctions, housekeeping notes, and hospitality events from communities around Frederick Maryland appear with farm stands, halal markets, and social notices.
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