Seek Alternate To Pool School Board Approves Deaft OF Catoctin Plans
The Frederick County Board of Education approves preliminary Catoctin High School plans with changes from the School Building Advisory Commission. They consider an alternate bid for a basement area if no swimming pool is built and switch to a flat roof. Redwood trim is removed and exterior brick alternatives are explored. Terrazzo and vinyl alternatives are priced for high traffic areas plus a gas oil interruptible heating option. Health Department specifications will be reviewed for approval.
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Frederick County
Rockville Co Wins School Addition Contract
Glen Construction Company of Rockville was awarded a six room addition contract to Yellow Springs Elementary by the Frederick County School Board for 130 897 dollars. John C Warfield said costs could be cut without harming facilities and urged careful price checks on landscaping ceilings carpeting and plumbing and heating.
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Glen Construction Company
Rockville
Yellow Springs
Frederick County School Board
John C. Warfield
Clothing Thefts Hit Carroll County Stores
About 18 180 dollars worth of clothing was stolen from two Carroll County shops. Mount Airy Pants Company lost 4680 dollars in 1800 trousers seized from a factory. Ben's Men Store saw 15500 dollars of goods including 15 suits 15 coats 75 ties 20 boys suits and sports coats stolen. Loot hauled in a truck from Mount Airy. robberies used a sledge hammer and belts to lower goods from Ben's Store roof.
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Carroll County
Mount Airy Pants Company
Ben’s Men’s
Westminster
Mount Airy
Charles Gehman
Leo Thomas
Thelves
Ben’s
Fire Escapes Sprinkler Considered For Montevue
Frederick County commissioners study installing fire escapes and a sprinkler system at Montevue Home for indigent seniors on Rosemont Avenue extended near Fort Detrick. A. Irvin Renn said costs of several sprinkler types are being investigated and no decision yet. The state fire marshal recommended improvements after a Jan 25 inspection. The Montevue site has faced criticism from the Chamber of Commerce and a grand jury finding on upper floor exits.
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Frederick County
Montevue
A. Irvin Renn
Frederick County Grand Jury
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
Renn
Rosemont Avenue
Fort Detrick
William H Bartgis seeks fourth term on Frederick Alderman Board
Alderman William H Bartgis announced his reelection bid for the Frederick City Board of Aldermen as a Democratic nominee. He first won in 1954 and now seeks a fourth consecutive term after prior service as board president. Bartgis runs Bartgis and Zimmerman Firestone Distributors with deep local ties.
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William H. Bartgis
Frederick
Lions Club
Catoctin Club
Frederick County Fish and Game Protective Association
Little League Organization
Columbia Lodge
Af&am
Enoch Council
R&sm
Jacques DeMolay
Knights Templar
Frederick Lodge of Perfection
Tall Cedars of
Lebanon
Ali Ghan
Mystic Shrine
Enoch Royal Arch
Springlike Warmth Arrives Early With 60s Forecast
Frederick County residents welcome unseasonable warmth as temperatures rise into the 60s today and are expected to stay through Saturday. A chance of rain looms Friday. Yesterday’s high reached 54 with a 33 low and an overnight 38.
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Frederick County
Mercury
Rosencrantz Named Federal Aid Coordinator for Frederick County
Randolph B. Rosencrantz, clerk of the county commissioners, is appointed as coordinator of federal aid programs for Frederick County. The unsalaried post covers all projects except the Board of Education and centers on informing the commissioners about federal aid, assisting program development, and routing approvals through the courthouse office.
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Randolph B. Rosencrantz
Frederick County
Rosencrantz
Board of Education
Sanitary District Request for Walkersville District
The Frederick Metropolitan District and Sanitary Commission urge county commissioners to create a Walkersville sanitary district. A resolution forwarded last Nov 30 and a State Health Department discharge permit support the move. They note ongoing talks with commissioners and a protest from Frederick City Mayor Magaha, attached permit, and Walkersville tax base data.
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Frederick
Walkersville
State Health Department
Kline
Sanitary Commission
Paul Magaha
Frederick City
Milk Price Hike Reaches Local Dairies
Frederick retailers report a one cent per quart increase in Ideal Farms Dairy milk with stores and home delivery prices rising. Sealtest Dairy plans a similar rise next Monday while four Washington area dairies announced a general price hike affecting farmers, labor, distributors and sellers.
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Frederick
Ideal Farms
Sealtest Dairy
Washington
Sealtest
Embassy
Alexandria
Thompson's
Marines In Heavy Fighting Near Hue and Phu Bai
U S Marines clash with Viet Cong in a canal facing peninsula about 55 miles southeast of the border as air and ground forces press their operation. Monday tally cited 40 enemy deaths and many weapons captured while U S forces report light Marine casualties.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
South China Sea
Hue
da Nang
Phu Bai
U.S
Air Force
Bien Hoa
Guam
Phuoc Tuy
U.S. Air Force
Navy
North
Viet Nam
17Th Parallel Demilitarized Zone
Vinh
Humphrey Faces Grilling Over Vietnam Policy Vote
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey faces Senate questioning on Asia policy after Congress approved a 4.8 billion Viet Nam war funding measure. The Senate rejected Morse’s bid to revoke the 1964 Tonkin Gulf resolution, while Fulbright and others pressed amendments. The House passed military aid 392-4. The bill advances toward the President's desk.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Asia
Congress
Senate
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Johnson
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Humphrey
Morse
House
Philip Burton
George E . Brown Jr
California
William F. Ryanes
eSwichis
John Conyers Jr
Igen
Fulbright
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Eugene J. McCy
D-Minz
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Everett M. Dirksen
Gruening
Arkansas
Southeast Asia
China
Tonkin Gulf
Viet Nam
Richard B Russell
D-Ga
Court Denies Reargument in Church Tax Case
ANNAPOLIS AP The Maryland Court of Appeals denied a request for rearguments in a suit challenging property tax exemptions for church owned land and buildings. The court notified attorney Leonard J. Kerpelman that it was turning down his motion with no stated reason.
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Annapolis
Maryland Court of Appeals
Leonard J. Kerpelman
Johnson seeks new Transportation Department and funds
President Johnson asked Congress to create a cabinet department of transportation and to provide 700 million dollars over six years for a highway safety program and 200 million for a supersonic transport plane. He argued for a coordinated system to connect travel modes and endorsed federal standards if voluntary safeguards fail.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Department of Transportation
12Th Cabinet
America
Additional Stop Signs Placed At West College Terrace Intersection
City police erect two more stop signs at the West College Terrace and West Second Street intersection to curb accidents and speeding. Major Charles V. Main notes five crashes this year and urges drivers to follow right-of-way rules at the four way stop. A uniformed officer will supervise traffic for a period to ease unfamiliarity.
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West College Terrace
West Second Street
Charles V. Main
Main
Peters Farm Sold For 325000 In Frederick
The 24 acre Elizabeth Peters farm at Frederick’s eastern edge was sold for 325000. Howard Paige bought the property in a real estate transaction handled by attorneys Richard E Zimmerman and Byron W Thompson per courthouse sources. The deed conveys the 2 16 acre tract off East Street in fee simple with exceptions including six acres conveyed to Granville M Smith and Donald Roger Smith in 1915 and 2000 square feet to the City of Frederick in 1950.
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Elizabeth Lewis Peters
Frederick
Howard Paige
Richard E. Zimmerman
Byron W. Thompson
East Street
Elizabeth Peters
R. Rush Lewis
Granville M Smit
Donald Roger Smith
Peter’s
R Rush Lewis
Margaret D. Lewis
Stock Market Slips Further in Heavy New York Trading
In New York the stock market retreated further in heavy early trading as traders reacted to mixed economic cues and ongoing market volatility. Major indices showed declines amid broad selling across sectors and concerns over inflation and rates.
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New York
Congressmen Press New District Maps In Maryland Hearing
All eight Maryland congressmen urged the legislature at Annapolis to redraw congressional districts this year. Atty Gen Thomas B Finan warned an at large election would flood ballots, while Rep Charles Mathias said the legislature can handle both tasks if it acts promptly.
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Annapolis
Mary Island
House Judiciary Committee
Baltimore City
Thomas B Finan
U.S. District Court For
Maryland
Finan
Charles Mathias
R-Md
Mathias
Communists Expelled From Ghana
Accra Ghana AP reports a forced exodus of foreign Communist advisers from Ghana under way planes unloading Russians and expecting removal of Red Chinese advisers to Kwame Nkrumah's government. At least eleven Soviet advisers were killed in the revolution last Thursday. Two Ghana Airways jets carried 130 Soviet citizens and families, with others already leaving in recent days after Miru mah overthrow.
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Accra
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana Airways
Mirumah
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