Flooding Forces Mass Evacuation at Point of Rocks
The Potomac River flood crest forced wide evacuations last night in Point of Rocks with 250 to 300 residents moved to higher ground. Fire, police, and Army Reserve units aided as water rose to two stories in downtown areas and towns like Walkersville Woodsboro faced isolation. No injuries or drownings were reported.
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Point of Rocks
Cumberland
Frederick
Point of Rocks Estates
Brunswick Fire Company
Brunswick Ambulance Company
Carroll Manor Fire Company
Jefferson Fire Company
Frederick County
Washington County
Jefferson County
W. Va
Loudoun County
Dargan
Brunswick
Walnut Street
S. Maple Avenue
Knoxville
Sandy Hook
Harpers Ferry
Friendship Fire Company
Brunswick Heights
Army Reserve
Brunswick First Baptist Church
Coach's
Berlin Tavern
Eagles Club
Potomac
Walkersville
Woodsboro
Ceresville
Biggs Ford
Israel Creek
Woodsboro Fire Company
Brunswick bridge
Potomac River
P Z Commission Will Again Help New Market
Frederick County Commissioners and Planning and Zoning staff agreed to restore advisory planning services to the town of New Market after withdrawing last week over irregularities in the town planning. Mayor Franklin Shaw had requested investigation of New Market.
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Frederick County
county Planning and Zoning Commission
New Market
Franklin Shaw
itme
Shaw
Lawrence Johnson
New Market planning and zoning commission
St. Johnson
Kathleen Snowden
espe
cially
historic district commission
Johnson
historic commission
New Market historic district commission
planning and zoning commission
board of zoning appeals
Market Holds Firm Amid Global Monetary Shifts
Stock averages stayed steady in New York as unsettled monetary developments abroad cloud market direction. The Ron Jones average rose 0.75 to 951.46 while advances and declines remained nearly even on the NYSE.
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NEW YORK
Ron Jones
New York Stock Exchange
Residents Urged to Boil Water Amid Sewage Problems
With sewage problems plaguing the area, Frederick City officials urge residents to boil drinking water for at least 20 minutes if unsure about purity. If water is from flooded pumps or shows cloudiness or bad taste or odour, boil and treat the system with household bleach, then flush the plumbing after 12 hours.
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Frederick City
George K. Smith
The
county health department
Navy Amphib Pressed Into Service Here
State Police have pressed into immediate service from Fort Meade a large Mark IV Navy amphibious vehicle to search flood waters in Frederick County. The craft with 48 inch balloon tires will operate under emergency headquarters, with Lt Harold Basore as commander. Cumberland Barracks in charge, Lt Robert Snyder, and 12 troopers assist, while civilian crew from Fort Meade mans the vehicle.
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Fort Meade
Frederick County
Lewis ave
Lewis
Del
Harold Basore
Cumberland
William Turnbull
L& Knyder
Frederick Barracks
Turnbull
John Sapp
Godfrey Cerney
Terry Becheler
Bailey Maull
Flooding prompts I-70S closures and widespread outages
State police warn that I-70S near the Monocacy River may close as the river rises toward flood levels and power and telephone services fail across Frederick County. Evacuations were made in Sagner, with shelters limited by high water, while Thurmont and Emmitsburg faced isolation from a repeater failure.
Agnes Toll Reaches 47 and Flood Warnings Escalate
Tropical Storm Agnes and a new inland storm drenched central Pennsylvania and southwestern New York as the Ohio River at Pittsburgh topped flood stage. The death toll reached 47 with many missing and major evacuations underway in western Pennsylvania and New York. The Point in downtown Pittsburgh reported water at 25.9 feet, with flood level at 25 feet and forecasts predicting river rises up to ten more feet as rain moved in from Ohio.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Agnes
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Pittsburgh
New York State
National Weather Service
Monongahela
Allegheny rivers
Allegheny
William Long
weather service
Litton Bionetics Wins NCI Ft Detrick Contract
The National Cancer Institute awards Litton Bionetics Inc. a prime contract to renovate manage and operate the NCI facility at Fort Detrick Maryland. The $6.85 million first year program aims to study cancer causing viruses and chemicals and to develop treatments while expanding staff to about 600 by 1976 and an operating budget of $20 million.
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National Institute of Health, National Cancer Institute
NCI
Fort Detrick
Litton Bionetics Inc
Bethesda
Litton Industries Inc
Institute of Health
National Cancer Institute
Ft. Detrick
Frank J. Rauscher Jr
NIH National Cancer Institutes
James C. Nantz
Frederick
biological warfare laboratories
Ft Detrick
City Sewage Plant Flooded and Evacuated After Flood
Frederick officials report the city's sewage treatment plant flooded with primary tanks submerged and the plant evacuated. Sewage continues through pipelines toward the river bed while the Public Works Department on Hamilton Avenue is flooded and equipment towed out. Essential systems remain functional and city hall houses the department offices as crews prepare repair work once waters recede. The Monocacy River and local pumping stations are also flooded with access limited.
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Michael Pue
Frederick
Pue
Hamilton Avenue
essen
city hall
Poe
Monocacy
Linganore
Pua
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Pt. Of Rocks
NANCY MORRS
Rt. 15
Virginia
Nancy Morris
Mobit
State Rt
J. Rolfe Castleman
P&Z Commission
Navy
Monocacy River
Sagner
Frederick Armory
Montgomery County
Chesapeake and Potomac telephone company
Potomac Edison power company
C&P
Carl Weakly
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
Md. 15
PDX
Maryland
Montgomery Ward
Frederick Towne Mall
Wards
Bill Fout
Hansonville
Carroll Co
Hyattstown
Buckeystown
U.S. 15
Bennetts Creek
Frederick Carroll County
Myersville
Ball
Harrisville
Harrisville School
Covell
Lime Plant
Dixon
Geisgert
Timmons
Mill Bottom
Mt. Ephraim
Glison Mill
Links Bridge
Buffalo
Good Intent
Park Mills
Lily Ponds
Old Frederick
Ballenger Creek
Ft. Detrick NCI
Robert E. Stevenson
Bionetics
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