Board To Buy Site For New Valley School In Frederick County
Frederick County School Board in special session voted to purchase a 27 acre tract of the Brown Estate southwest of Jefferson on U S 340 for the new Valley Elementary School at 700 dollars per acre. The site, backed by Superintendent Carnochan, is near U S 340 Horine Road and Md 383 dead end, amid PTA disputes between Jefferson and Burkittsville. The board authorized purchase and authorized Carnoch an to coordinate with Jefferson town authorities and the Frederick Metropolitan Sanitary Commission for a town sewage disposal system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
John L. Carnochan
Brown
Jefferson
U.S. 340
Maryland
Carnachan
Ross V. Smith
Thurmont
Valley
Burkittsville
Ptas
Raritan Clubs
Broad Run
Mary Condon Hodgson
Frederick
Lavenia Hood
Brunswick
Valley School Board
C. Gordon Smith
Samsville
Jefferson Town
Frederick Metropolitan Sanitary Commission
Texas Girl Leads In Carling Golf Meet
Kathy Whitworth holds a one stroke lead after opening round of the Lady Carling Golf Tournament at Turf Valley Country Club in Ellicott City Maryland. Whitworth, 25, tied for par with a 70 on the 6460 yard course and praised her round as the craziest way to shoot par. Carol Mann of Towson and Australia’s Margie Masters tied for second with 71s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellicott City
Kathy Whitworth
Turf Valley Country Club
Miss Whitworth
San Antonio
Tex
Carol Mann
Towson
Australia
Births Slow At Frederick Memorial Hospital This Year
Frederick Memorial Hospital recorded 1 335 births this fiscal year, 95 fewer than the prior year, with 683 boys and 652 girls. Dr Harry Gray cites possible rising birth control acceptance and social factors, while county health officer Dr Forbes Burgess notes a nationwide trend and postwar baby boom effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Frederick Memorial Hospital
the Hospital
Harry Gray
Gerald Sauter
Forbes H. Burgess
Burgess
Potomac Group Aligns With Johnson Push for Water Plan
Dr Spencer M Smith Jr chairman of the Citizens Conference on the Potomac River Basin says the group follows President Johnson's call for reexamining scientific advances before Army Engineers' dam proposals. The Winchester meeting will present a resolution favoring distillation and treatment plants to clean Potomac water and avoid large dams like Seneca. The conference includes 250 conservationists farm groups labor unions milk cooperatives and wildlife groups with Frederick County leaders among participants. Dr Walter Foster Frederick heads the local delegation and Anthony Wayne Smith National Parks Association president will present the resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer M. Smith Jr
Citizens’ Conference
Potomac River Basin
Johnson
Army Engineers
Potomac River
Smith
George Washington Hotel
Winchester
Potomac
Seneca
U.S
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Secretary of the Interior
Interior Department
Iten
Army Corps of Engineers
Farm Organization
Labor UN
Ion
Frederick County
Walter Foster
Frederick
Monocacy Canoe Association
Citizens Conference
Anthony Wayne Smith
National Parks Association
Group Claims Signatures To Force Maryland Redistricting Referendum
Baltimore AP report says the Citizens Committee for Congressional Representation has collected far more than the 23 080 signatures needed to trigger a referendum on Maryland's 1965 congressional redistricting bill. Officials question if a referendum is permissible under a three judge court mandate and seek Attorney General guidance while the plan would reduce Baltimore City from three to two of eight districts.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Paul E. Welsh
Citizens Committee For Congressional Representation
Supreme Court
Ereery
Lloyd L. Simpkins
Atty
Thomas B. Finan
Baltimore City
Investigators Seek Cause Of Big Jet Crash In California
Air Force investigators focus on cause of the four engine C135 crash at Loma Ridge near El Toro California. The plane carrying 84 aboard including 72 Marines bound for Okinawa exploded in fog after takeoff from March air base vicinity en route to Honolulu. Crews from McGuire AFB recovered bodies amid fog and debris.
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EL Toro
Calif
Air Force
Loma Ridge
Miliary
Air Treai
Service Pine
Boeing
McGuire Air Force Base
N.J
Honolulu
Camp Pendleton
3Rd Marine
Okinawa
Viet Nam
John Andre
Andre
Ius
Cover Of Book May Be Law Violation
Washington AP The Secret Service is reviewing the jacket of J Edward Day’s memoir My Appointed Round 929 Days as Postmaster General for potential federal law violations The cover uses 11 color postage stamp reproductions which may breach the law carrying penalties of up to 15 years in prison and a $5000 fine The unnamed Secret Service official said further action may be required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S. Secret Service
J. Edward Day
Secret Service
U.S
State To Start I-70 Next Year
Frederick County plans for Interstate 70 construction move forward with work expected to start by next spring. SRC head John B Funk indicated the Frederick to Hagerstown segment could be completed by end of 1967. The Washington County meeting focused on plans and problems in the overall project and included local officials and utility representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
State Roads Commission
Southey T. Nottingham
John B. Funk
SRC
Frederick
Hagerstown
Washington County
Nottingham
Beaver Creek
Charles E. Collins
Potomac Edison Company
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Potomac Edison reports higher electricity sales in 1965
Potomac Edison Inc president C D Lyon told the PE board in Frederick that kilowatt hour sales rose 11 percent through May 1965 compared with the same period in 1964. Commercial, residential, and industrial customers all increased usage, with residential gains at 16 percent and commercial at 19 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Lyon
Potomac Edison Co
Lyon
Frederick
Potomac Edison
Fireman Overcome By Smoke At City Fire
A United Fire Company firefighter was overcome by smoke fighting a blaze at 20-22 South Court Street and taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital. Thomas Wiles of East Patrick Street was released after treatment for smoke inhalation. John Corpolongo of West College Terrace helped an elderly woman from the burning house. The fire, blamed on faulty wiring and a short circuit, started in the attic of the three story building with most damage on the second floor where Mrs. Mary E. Wilson and Catherine Holliday lived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fire Company
Frederick Memorial Hospital
South Court Street
Thomas Wiles
East Patrick Street
John Corpolongo
West College Terrace
Mary E. Wilson
Catherine Holliday
South, Court Street
Maryland PTA Ends Summer Conference Sets Nine Point Legislative Plan
The Maryland PTA Congress approves a nine point program to be proposed at the November convention in Baltimore. Priorities include a six point plan for higher education with community colleges in every county, skill schools, library standards, expanded driver education, and welfare support for dependents. The agenda also calls for private and public day care, Head Start expansion, and reappraisal of vocational programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Managers
Maryland Pta Congress
PTA
Parent- Teachers Association
Baltimore
Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers
Hood College
Icldes
University of Maryland
Maryland
American Library Association
State Department of Education
Hope Fades For GIs Held As Prisoners
In Saigon Viet Cong forces overran a district town and a battalion command post in separate attacks. Military spokesmen reported 44 Vietnamese infantrymen killed and 40 wounded at the Duc Hoa command post near Saigon, with Viet Cong dead at 3. The Tou Marong town near Kontum was overrun, radio contact with 200 defenders was lost, and fighter-bombers could not reach due to low clouds. Five U.S. Marines were presumed drowned when their M48 tank sank in a stream. one body recovered. An explosion at Bien Hoa Air Base killed one American and two Australians and wounded 10 Australians, believed accidental from a grenade. The clashes followed terrorist bombings the prior day.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Dong Xoai
Duc Hoa
Tou Marong
Kontum
Central Highlands
U.S
Bien Hoa
Stull Sentenced to Life for Montgomery County Slaying
Charles Stanley Stull of Silver Spring receives life imprisonment for the killing of 67 year old Montgomery County storekeeper Donald Snyder, an antique dealer and grocer at Quince Orchard Maryland Route 28. Judge Kathryn J. Lawlor Shook denounces capital punishment and urges reform while noting Stull’s life sentence. The defendant remained emotionless as the judge voiced remarks about a possible future utility within prison.
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Montgomery County
Charles Stanley Stull
Silver Spring
Dickerson
Stull
Donald Snyder
Quince Orchard
Maryland
Kathryn J. Lawlor Shook
Montgomery Circuit Court
Shook
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Texas
Potomac Group
LBJ
Korea
Dong Xuai
Maxwell D. Taylor
Taylor
U.S. Naval Hospital
Rockville
J Rolfe Castleman
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