Downtown plan stalled by unseen state official control
Frederick residents packed City Hall to push for concrete action on the downtown development plan. The debate centered on land purchase and the power of State Planning Director Vladimir Wahbe, with local leaders urging the city and county to act now and solve the parking dilemma. A Monday Baltimore meeting with a New York firm will explore low cost parking solutions.
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City Hall
Frederick
Herbert Rollins
Donald L. Lewis
E. Paul Magaha
Alermen
Joseph Blum
Allen’s
Blum
Downtown Association
Carlton Molesworth
Molesworth
Lewis
Vladimir Wahbe
State Planning
Rollins
Wahbe
Jack Friedman
Earl's Shoe Store
David Bork
Bork
Frederick citizens
Frederick County
Ronald Young
Michael Poe
Baltimore
New York
Magaha
Courthouse Site Remains Pending State Decision
Frederick officials debate site for the county courthouse as a state study on office space and a possible joint county state complex stalls action. Commissioners wait for state guidance before securing land or approving funding, with local leaders urging timely commitment.
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Dorsey
Marvin Mandel
Lewis
Mandel
Wahbe
Frederick
Mayor Signs Bond Issue For City Projects
Mayor E. Paul Magaha and City Treasurer Louis E. Eichleberger signed bonds in Baltimore totaling 1.6 million dollars. The issue finances 225000 for street improvements and 1.375 million for city sewers in the western area, issued to Alex Brown and Son Baker and Co Legg and Co. Interest at 4.70 percent, semiannual payments, non callable. Principal and interest due June each year from 1975 to 1994, payable at Fredericktown Bank and Trust Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Paul Magaha
Louis E. Eichelberger
Baltimore
Alex Brown and Son
Baker and Co
Legg and Co
Fredericktown Bank and Trust Co
Fire Log Reports and Related Calls
Fire log records for a 24 hour period ending at 10 a.m show calls at 12 48 p m a house fire at 150 West South Street with Citizens responding and at 1 17 p m smoke in an apartment with Citizens responding from 219 West Patrick Street Ambulance activity includes Emergency seven and Routine three Jail population notes list 26 males 2 females and 0 juveniles none specified for counties Uniteds Independents Citizens recapped in terse entries.
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WEST SOUTH STREET
Uniteds
WEST PATRICK STREET
Six Local Men Drafted from Frederick County
Six men from Frederick County registered with Draft Board 45 were inducted into the Armed Forces on Friday. The inductees include Jerome F. Ridenour Emmitsburg George R. Gue Mt. Airy Alan L. Shafer Middletown Charles W. Whiten Jr. Frederick Jerry W. Randolph Williamsville and David R. Fogle Thurmont. A group of registrants was sent by chartered bus to Fort Holabird for pre induction examinations.
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Frederick County
local Draft Board 45
Armed Forces
Jerome F.Ridenour
Emmitsburg
George R. Gue
Mt. Airy
Alan L.Shafer
Middletown
Charles W. Whiten Jr
Frederick
Jerry W. Randolph
liamsville
David R. Fogle
Thurmont
Fort Holabird
Byron hears Unemployment and Social Security concerns at local office
U S Representative Goodloe Byron met constituents at the Frederick Post Office to hear about unemployment and Social Security issues. Citizens raised cases from disability benefits being cut to requests for 72 plus benefits and job worries for those over forty. Byron noted these topics dominate visits in the Sixth District and planned stops in Westminster Columbia Catonsville and Randallstown.
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U.S
Goodloe Byron
Frederick
Congress
Charles A. Bender
Social Security Office
Bender
Byron
H.L. Zimmerman
Braddock Heights
Zimmerman
citi
zens
Westminster
Columbia
Catonsville
Randallstown
Roy Named Principal of N. Frederick School
Dwight Roy promoted from Urbana Elementary to principal of North Frederick Elementary replacing retiring C Beattie Stauffer who served 43 years including 18 at North Frederick. William L. Thomas moves from Lewistown to Urbana as principal and Jean Stine shifts from Urbana to Valley Elementary as vice principal. Roy’s career spans Frederick County postings since 1946 with degrees from Frostburg State College and Western Maryland College.
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Dwight Roy
Urbana
Board of Education
North Frederick
Roy
C. Beattie Stauffer
William L. Thomas
Lewistown
Jean Stine
Valley Elementary
Adamstorm
Elms Street
Yellow Springs
East Frederick
Walkersville
Frederick County
Bowlesburg
W. Va
Frostburg State College
Western Maryland College
Thomas
Middletown
University of Maryland
Navy
Marine Corps
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Stine
Jefferson Elementary
North Market Street School
Towson State College
George Washington University
U S Pulls Last Ground Troops From Viet Action
U S deactivates its final infantry brigade in South Vietnam ending ground combat role while maintaining a large air navy presence. bombs hit North Vietnam below Hanoi parallel as Podgorny visits. South Vietnamese commandos conduct a helicopter assault near Kontum, seizing Tan Canh before retreating. Air strikes pound targets across North Vietnam.
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SAIGON
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
North
Vietnam
Hanoi
Nikolai Podgorny
Tan Canh
Kontum City
highlands
Kontum
U.S. Command
Air Force
Navy
Marine
North Vietnam
Dong Phong Thuong
Thanh Hoa
demilitarized zone
MIG
Bai Thuong
Khe Phat
Quan Lang
Court Asked To Bar Strike By Pilots
The Air Transport Association seeks a federal injunction to stop a 24 hour pilots’ work stoppage planned for Monday potentially affecting 64 nations and up to a million passengers. Some carriers and pilot groups oppose participation. Swissair suspends Monday operations.
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NEW YORK
The
Air Transport Association
International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations
U.S
Washington
tthe
U.S. District Court
George Hart
airline association
Trans World Airlines
United Air Lines
Braniff International
Tokyo
Japan Airline Pilots Association
London
Britain
Swissair
Seven New Troopers Assigned To Frederick Barracks B
Frederick Maryland state police add seven troopers from the 68th class. The recruits include Gary Berkebile Charles Hammersmith James Harper Charles Hinnant James Kerns Charles Shrum Jr and Larry Smith bringing Barracks B to 49 officers. Transfers and new assignments follow. The seven will begin July 1.
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FREDERICK COUNTY
Robert C. Snyder
Maryland
Woodlawn
Charles Robert Shrum Jr
Hagerstown
Snyder
Charles F. Hammersmith
Cumberland
Charles Harvey Hinnant
Langley Park
James Douglas Harper
James Roland Kerns
Boonsboro
Gary Alan Berkebile
Forest Hill
academy
News-Post
B. Frederick
Larry Nett Smith
H. J. Basore
R. C. Snyder
Frederick
C. R
Trains Collision Kills 35 in French Tunnel Crash
In a tunnel near Vierzy France two speeding passenger trains collided killing 35 and injuring many more. About 500 people were aboard as rescue teams worked through the night seeking survivors and recovering bodies.
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SOISSONS
France
Paris
Red Cross
Vierzy
Laon
BR. Brechet
Solnaons
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Donald Lewis
Lawrence Dorsey
Maryland General Assembly
Goodloe E. Byron
Robert Atchison
H. L. Zimmerman
ron
Amos L. Brown
N. Frederick School
Ola Forsberg
federation
T. S. Bossley
Basore
James E
Jag) Howard
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