Frederick Blue Law Debate Over Sunday Store Openings
Montgomery County faces heated debate as Giant Food Stores opened Sunday in defiance of Maryland Blue Law. The 1968 1969 act allows only small businesses to operate. drug stores service stations bakeries and delicatessens are exempt. Public opinion splits with nine of fifteen oppose opening while six seek rest and fairness. Montgomery County officials vow to prosecute two Super Giant Inc. outlets if violations are found. A city planning consultant warns such openings erode time for leisure.
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Montgomery County
Giant Food
Maryland
Frederick County
Andrew Sooner
John V. Bowers
A. S. Brashears
Safeway
Frederick
Haines
Aspen Hill
David Bork
Dorsey Pushes Downtown County Complex Plan
Frederick County Commissioner Lawrence A. Dorsey Sr urged a downtown site for a county complex and tiered parking to serve 400 to 500 cars. He spoke at City Hall backing the plan, calling for formal city commitment ahead of a June 15 town meeting.
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Lawrence A. Dorsey
Frederick
Tam
Dorsey
board of
county commissioners
O'Leary
City Hall
Annapolis
Jaycee
Robert E. Smariga
Bork
Kline
Lou Dorsey
Carlton Molesworth
Downtown
Bombing Escalation Across North Vietnam and Dong Hoi
U S bombers pound stockpiles on both sides of Dong Hoi and near Saigon in a three day North Vietnam campaign. Other waves strike Hanoi Haiphong area while I Corps reports gunner shelling at Da Nang and American casualties rise.
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SAIGON
Dong Hoi
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Haiphong
demilitarized zone
South Vietnam
U.S. command
Radio
Vinh Linh
DMZ
big Da Nang
1st Air Cavalry Division
Fire Log Briefes From City Streets
Fire calls reported in the 24 hours ending 10 am. include a truck fire on Patrick Street at 2 28 pm with Independents responding and wires on fire at Dulaney Avenue on West Second Street at 12 20 am with Independents and Uniteds aiding. Ambulance calls show Emergency 5 and Routine 0. Jail population lists 25 males and no females or juveniles.
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PATRICK STREET
WEST SECOND STREET
Dulaney Ave
Independents
Uniteds
West Second Street Alley to Become Mini Park This Summer
The Linton Shafer and Company public accountants will convert a tiny blind alley on West Second Street into a mini park with benches trees and brickwork as the first step in the downtown plan. County planner Lawrence Johnson drew the plan and recommended plantings. two trees will be placed on the sidewalk. Local business leaders see the project as a low cost effort to boost property values and counteract riverfront shopping center growth in the area.
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West Second Street
Linton, Shafer and Company public
O'Leary
Lawrence Johnson
Johnson
Donald Linton
Linton
elty
U. S. 40 West
May Build U S 340 Ramp To 15 North
State Senator Edward P. Thomas says the state will pursue a new direct ramp from Jefferson Street to northbound U S 15 this year. Guardrails are being installed along U S 15 north of the 340 interchange after residents reported dangerous yard encroachments from embankment crashes. Preliminary plans show a quarter million dollar project to complete the cloverleaf ramp, with private firms to construct guardrails as soon as possible.
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U. S. 15
Jefferson Street
U.S. 340
Edward P. Thomas
State Highway Administration
Sen
Thomas
U.S. 15
Wyngate Drive
Thomas Mohler
Mohler
Sen. Thomas
Myersville Man Killed In Wreck Near Hagerstown
Two men died and two others were injured in a two car crash on U.S. 40 two miles east of Hagerstown early Saturday. David W. Showe 25 of Hagerstown and Ezra D. Flook 74 of Myersville were killed. Peggy S. Flook 14 of Myersville and Harry J. Oyler 23 of Hagerstown were injured.
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Myersville
Hagerstown
U.S. 40
David William Showe
Main Avenue
Ezra Daniel Flook
Rt. 2
Peggy Sue Flook
Harry J. Oyler
Miss Flook
Washington County Hospital
Oyler
Flook
Showe
Nixon Leaves Thurmont Retreat Amid Unexplained Hurry
President Nixon cut short a three day stay at Camp David in Maryland and flew back to the White House leaving Pat Nixon behind. White House aide Gerald Warren denied any crisis or witnesses, saying the decision was abrupt and not explained, while Nixon pressed on with a range of domestic issues.
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WASHINGTON
Nixon
Maryland
White fouse
Pat
Camp David
Catoctin Mountain
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gerald L. Warren
White House
Florida
Moscow
Associated Press
United Press International
Thurmont
Warren
Richard F. Kline Sr. Dies of Heart Attack Aboard Yacht
Frederick contractor Richard Franklin Kline Sr., 63, died Friday evening aboard his yacht at the Annapolis Yacht Club. Death attributed to a heart attack. Survived by wife Nellie Mullinix Kline and two sons Richard Jr. and Thomas, plus two brothers, two grandchildren, and a church member. services set at Calvary United Methodist Church with interment Mount Olivet Cemetery.
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Frederick
Richard Franklin Kline Sr
Annapolis Yacht Club
R.F. Kline, Inc
Frederick paying contractor company
Kline
Nellie Mullinix Kline
Richard F. Kline Jr
Lewistown
Thomas D. Kline
Deer Spring Road
Joseph M. K
Katrina Brice Kline
Centennial Memorial United Methodist Church
Smith, Fadeley
Keeney
Basford
Etchison’s
East Church St
Calvary United Methodist Church
David C. Dawson
Children sue in half million Rufus Hipkins estate case
The heirs of Rufus Burkett Hipkins sue Mildren V Paxson in Frederick County Circuit Court claiming the estate worth over 500000 was misused. They allege Paxson converted 250000 cash and 100000 in property and fraudulently portrayed a marriage to Hipkins to gain 200000 in property. A jury trial is requested. Also noted are two other civil suits: Machis vs Orsine for 22000 damages and a 47000 traffic collision claim by the Lindsey family against Klipp and Bealls Express.
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Rufus Burkett_ Hipkins
Mildren V. Paxson
Hipkins
Mildren Paxson
Point of Rocks
Rufus Hipkins
Frederick County
Bethesda
Arthur J. Campbell
R. Louis Hipkins
RFD 2
Frederick
Mary Jane Ferrell
RED 1
Tuscarora
White Oak
Montgomery County
Ray Scott
Jacqueline W. Lindsey
Annapolis
Robin Lindsey
William Richard Klipp
East Second Street
Beall’s Express Inc
Baltimore
Klipp
Beall’s
U.S. 15
Md. 355
Lindsey
Ray Lindsey
Private multi story office building eyed for downtown Frederick
Plans for a five to seven story private office building in downtown Frederick move from concept to initial discussion. M Robert Ritchie Jr of Ritchie Associates notes a parcel owned by Daniel Weinberg may host the project if county complex location is approved. Local officials deem the project a potential downtown boost.
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Frederick
M. Robert Ritchie Jr
Ritchie Associates
Daniel Weinberg
Braddock Heights
Ritchie
Weinberg
Richard Kline
Wein
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Bernard Cole
Carmacks Grocery Store
Richard R. Kline
James Crist
John Carnes
South Carroll Street
College Estates
News- Post
N. Viet
mountaintop lodge
H.R. Haldeman
Richard F. Kline Sr
Rufus Burkett Hipkins
Donald A. Machis
Silver Spring
Alfred John Orsine
Ellicott City
Orsine
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