Murder of 76 year old woman shocks Frederick neighborhood
Police describe the assault on Anna Marguerite Diffendal Myers as the most heinous crime in Frederick in years. Her husband, Arthur V. Myers, a retired banker, and neighbors recall her daily walks with her cocker spaniel Buddy. An autopsy is ordered for both Mrs Myers and the dog, and CID detectives lead the investigation with help from state police. Three children survive her, including two daughters and a son in Virginia.
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Anna Marguerite Myers
Frederick
North Upper College Parkway
Myers
A. Austin Pearce Sr
North Upper College Terrace
Major Main
CID
Main
Farmers Getting Less Consumers Paying More
Washington AP reports government figures show farmers receive lower prices while consumers pay about twenty percent more for food. The USDA index fell 6 percent from May 15 to June 15 to 4 percent below a year earlier, even as a May retail food basket rose 19 percent from a year ago. Secretary Earl L. Butz launched a task force to cut markups and boost efficiency along marketing and distributing channels, aiming for retail prices to reflect producer costs.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Butz
Report urges eight months of daylight saving time
The Transportation Department told Congress that daylight saving time cut electricity use by up to one percent last winter. It recommends the nation stay on daylight time for eight months, with standard time only from the last Sunday in October to the last Sunday in February.
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Washington
Sayling
Transportation Department
Congress
Department
Bower Seeks Re-Election To Democrat Committee
Frederick J. Bower files to seek another term on the Democratic state central committee of Frederick County. A native of Emmitsburg now living in Thurman, he has served as committee secretary and led youth and campaign finance efforts. He aims to expand party activities locally and increase voter participation. He is an attorney with Rosenstock Burgee Bower Phillips, deputy state attorney previously, and town attorney for Emmitsburg. He is an Army veteran and active in multiple local organizations.
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Frederick J. Bower
Democratic State Central Committee
Frederick County
Central Committee
Bower
Young Democrats
Democratic Party
Democratic
Emmitsburg
Thurman
Dorothy
Rosenstock, Burgee, Bower & Phillips P.A
Six Wee
House Impeachment Panel Accused of Biased Probe
Washington AP reports Nixon’s full defense against impeachment was presented to the House Judiciary Committee amid partisan pressure. The story notes Democrats reportedly ready to vote for impeachment, a claim denied by Chairman Rodino. Other items include Ehrlichman trial testimony and a probe into White House ties to campaign funding.
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House
Washington
Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
White House
James D. St. Clair
Peter W. Roding Jr
D-N.j
Los Angeles Times
Rodino
Carl Albert
Times
William F. Thomas
Secretary of Defense
James R. Schlesinger
Central Intelligence Agency
Justice Department
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Dorsey and Lewis Seek Reelection to County Posts
County Commissioners Lawrence Dorsey and Donald Lewis filed late Friday for re election to their current offices. The primary deadline is 9 p.m. July 1 with 18 candidates total for five seats and Jom A Derry as the remaining question mark in the race.
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Lawrence Dorsey
Donald Lewis
Jom A. Derry
Sanford G. Blum
Robert E. Gary
Gordon R. Simms
Edgar
319 Parking Tickets Issued In City Wide Crackdown
Frederick City police issued 319 illegal parking tickets Saturday as part of a week long effort to aid street cleaning and garbage collection. The campaign has totaled 1 497 tickets to date with fines and potential jail time for non payment. Two Frederick men were jailed Friday night on robbery and petty larceny charges.
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Frederick
Second Street
Will Iean
Robert §. Robinson
Richar A. Robinson
Rt. 1
Frederick County
Nixon and Brezhnev sign 10 year cooperation pact in Moscow
President Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev sign a 10 year agreement to boost economic industrial and technical cooperation including machinery trade raw materials and consumer goods with provisions on patent rights and technician training. They also discuss missile defense limits and future talks in the Crimea.
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Moscow
Nixon
Leonid I Brezhnev
Soviet Union
United States
Communist Party
Brezhnev
Kremlin
Crimea
Unil
CIA Involvement Cited At Plumbers Trial
Washington ap testimony links the Ellsberg break in to CIA backing and a long covert operation. Witnesses include E Howard Hunt Jr and Dr Lewis Fielding as prosecutors describe four defendants Ehrlichman Liddy Barker and Martinez accused of unlawful search rights violation in Beverly Hills office raid.
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Elisberg
Pentagon
Fielding
FBI
Ellsberg
Hunt
Washington
CIA
Lewis Fielding
Daniel Ellsberg
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Watergate
William H. Merrill
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
Liddy
Martinez
Barker
E. Howard Hunt
Merrill
Beverly Hills
Calif
State Air Pollution Exceeded Guidelines in Maryland
Maryland health department statistics show last year air pollution levels exceeded state and federal clean air limits at five measuring stations. Readings doubled and at times tripled allowable photochemical oxidant levels, linked to auto exhaust and summertime haze, suggesting a setback in automobile pollution control since 1972.
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Baltimore
Maryland
State Health Department
Welfare for strikers and misconduct cases OK'd by court
A three judge federal panel in Baltimore ruled that strikers and those fired for misconduct are eligible for welfare for their children. The decision, if upheld, would affect states denying benefits to strikers. The panel invalidated a HEW regulation and a Maryland case and noted Congress must amend the statute for unemployed fathers to remain eligible.
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Baltimore
ASAP
U.S. Supreme Court
Department of Health, Education and Welfare Regulation
Maryland
Congress
Fed
County Uses Revenue Sharing In Improvements
The county reports 231586 dollars in general federal revenue sharing funded capital projects last year. Taxpayer funds funded Winchester Hall renovation planning 10084 and Montevue design 31650 while the Roads Department received 32921 for bridge inventory and 31867 for equipment. Other allocations included 44814 for Longs Mill bridge planning and 21842 to replace Annandale Bridge and 33902 to order another Bookmobile. the remainder continued on page A4.
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Thomas M. Fox
Fox
Congress
Winchester Hall
Montevue
County Roads Department
Longs Mill
Creagerstown
Annandale
Emmitsburg
Burall Seeks Delegate Seat in Frederick County District 4A
Jesse I. Burall, Morrovia dairy farmer and Pomona Grange master, seeks the Democratic nomination for the single House of Delegates seat in District 4A. He is an active Farm Bureau and Grange member, part of the county's largest legislative groups. Continued on Page A-5.
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Jesse I. Bural
Morrovia
House of Delegates
Frederick County
Jim” Burall
Pomona Grange
Farm Bureau
The
Grange
Bural
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Democrat Committee
the Times
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Senate Watergate Committee
Common Cause
Gerald R Ford
Supreme Court
Dorsey
Lewis
Uss
Soviets
Leonid Brezhnev
Harrison L. Winter
4Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Joseph H. Young
Frank A. Kaufman
U.S. District Court
C. Christopher Brown
State Welfare Department
Jesse I. Burall
Dist
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