Post Office Work Delay Being Probed
Senator Brewster says he will meet with Postmaster General O Brien to learn why modernization funds of 610000 approved in May 1965 for the Frederick Post Office have not begun. Senator Tydings to attend. Postmaster James A Grove cites ongoing department control and cramped quarters.
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Daniel B. Brewster
Dmd
Lawrence O’brien
Frederick
Brewster
Post Office Department
Joseph D. Tydings
M. Albert Figinski
O'Brien
Tydings
Senate Post Office Committee
Post
James A. Grove
Tyding
Crowd Packs Mountaindale Beer License Hearing
About 50 Mountaindale residents attended a two hour public hearing before the Liquor License Commissioner on an off sale beer license for Luther and Elizabeth Gladhill at their Mountaindale Road grocery. Opponents led by Gordon Palmer and Charles Stull voiced concerns while 26 favored the permit. Commissioner Louis Myers said a decision would be announced by March 13 after reviewing the record. Benjamin Rosenstock and Edwin Nikirk headed the hearing for the liquor board and applicants respectively.
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Mountaindale
Court House
Luther
Elizabeth Gladhill
Mountaindale Road
Powell Road
Gordon F. Palmer
Charles C. T. Stull
Arthur
Joshua Rice
Stull
Palmer
Janet Marsh
Venience
Louis V. Myers Jr
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Liquor License Commission
Edwin F. Nikirk
Gladhills
Fire Levels Two Houses At Sandy Hook
A faulty oil burner in a wooden apartment house caused a major blaze at Sandy Hook on Wednesday afternoon. High winds and a water shortage hampered efforts as four fire companies battled the fire for nearly three hours, destroying two houses and damaging a third. Four families were left homeless, with no injuries reported. The fire followed by heavy flames spread to an unoccupied neighbor house, which was leveled. Fire crews shuttled water. total damage estimated at 15000 dollars. Sandy Hook lies along the Potomac near U S 240.
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Sandy Hook
Mary Ault
Melvin Ault
Nancy Myers
Myrtle Reymond
Brunswick
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Charles Town
Potomac River
U. S. 240
MSU Students Stage Kiss In on campus protest
About 600 Michigan State University students staged a dormitory kiss in to protest what they called stricter rules on public displays of affection. Demonstrators carried signs such as make love not war and lips of MSU unite, while preaffection concern triggered by a warning to a couple. The hour long event proceeded without dormitory faculty interference.
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East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State University
MSU
The
Michigan State News
Shaw Cleared by FBI in JFK Probe Says Clark
Atty Gen designate Ramsey Clark said the FBI already investigated and cleared Clay L Shaw of any Kennedy assassination link. Clark spoke as Senate Judiciary Committee approved his nomination. Shaw, 54, banker and former International Trade Mart director, was arrested in New Orleans on conspiracy to commit murder charges in Jim Garrison's probe.
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Washington
Ramsey Clark
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Clay L. Shaw
New Orleans
John F. Kennedy
Clark
Senate Judiciary Committee
Shaw
International Trade Mart
Kennedy
Jim Garrison
Justice Department
Garrison
FBI
Dallas
Powell Loses House Seat as House Bars Him
The House voted 248 to 176 to exclude Adam Clayton Powell from his Harlem seat, then 307 to 116 to approve the resolution as amended. Powell’s salary and Rayburn Office are forfeited, with a special election likely and Powell threatening federal court action.
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Washington
House
Adam Clayton Powell
Select Committee
Bimini
Powell
Lkelihood
Rayburn
Local Soldier Killed In Cong Mortar Attack
A 24 year old Frederick soldier killed Feb 27 near Da Nang Vietnam during a Viet Cong mortar attack. Spec 4 Wilson Lee Cook son of Mr and Mrs C Wilson Cook Northside Drive Wyngale died in the Da Nang air base area. He had been in Vietnam since March 1966 and was due to return home in ten days. He was a 1960 Frederick High School graduate and member of Sigma Nu Hi Y. He is survived by his parents and one sister. Other local servicemen killed in Vietnam include Ronald M. Kenny James Moore Jr Robert E. Smith Daniel S. Brittain and Richard W. Meehan.
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Frederick
DaNang
Vietnam
Wilson Lee Cook
C. Wilson Cook
Northside Drive
Wyngale
U.S. Air Base
da Nang
Cook
Fort Monmouth
N.J
Frederick High School
Sigma Nu Hi-Y
Frederick Community College
University of Maryland
Janet Denney
Wilmington
Del
G. W. Harrison
Cumberland
Ronald M. Kenny
Charles B. Kenny
Mt Airy
James Moore Jr
James Moore
Four Frederick area men drafted into armed services
Four men from Frederick area were inducted into the armed services on Wednesday per local draft boards 45 and 46. The inducted are Ronald L. Stiel lman of RFD 2 Keymar, Robert L. Wise of RFD 2 Myersville, James W. Lines of Middletown, and Clarence O. Tipton Jr. of Union Bridge.
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Frederick Area
Armed Services
Ronald L. Stiellman
RFD
Keymar
Robert L. Wise
RFD 2
Myersville
James W. Lines
Middletown
Clarence O. Tipton Jr
Union Bridge
County Audit Shows Surplus Of 1 5 Million
Frederick County's 1966 audit shows a nearly 1.5 million surplus. Auditor Nelson R. Bohn presented the report to county commissioners noting two minor exceptions. Unappropriated surplus totals 528,240 after budgeting adjustments and is split among general county operations education and the community college.
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Frederick County
Nelson R. Bohn
Bohn
General County
Board of Education
Community College
County General Fund
Fts
Reads
Roads Board
Collins Rivers Critics of Catectin Proposal
County Commissioner Charles E. Collins answered attacks from Thurmont Mayor Weddie and Emmitsburg Mayor Baker Jr. over plans to relocate Catoctin. He denied reduced plans, noting 42 teaching stations and 900 square feet per station. Capacity would be 1,050 students at 25 per station, 1,260 at 30, meeting needs through 1980.
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Lee Baylin
Charles E. Collins
Northern County
C. Ray Wedne
Thurmont
Guy A. Baker Jr
Emmitsburg
Collins
Catoctin
Weddie
Baker
Weddle
Mary Condon Hodgson
Judge Moylan Retires After 24 Years On Baltimore Bench
Judge Charles E. Moylan of Ijamsville retires one week before his 70th birthday after 24 years as juvenile court judge on the Baltimore Supreme Bench. A colleague calls him ideal and fair, with deep interest in children, and notes his long local sports ties and service to the Maryland School for the Deaf.
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Charles E. Moylan
Ijamsville
Baltimore
Maryland School For the Deaf
Thurmont to get committing magistrate post
Frederick County Commissioners create Thurmont committing magistrate position after Robert K. Remsburg requested the post effective May 1. Salary set at 900 dollars per year, matching Brunswick post. Governor appoints, on Republican State Central Committee advice, with county officials citing equal treatment. Committing magistrates may issue warrants, set bail, and commit to jail but cannot hear testimony or decide guilt.
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Frederick County
Thurmont
Robert K. Remsburg
Trail
Brunswick
Republican State Central Committee
Wallace E Hutton
Lt Col Nelson H Jones Leaves Detrick To Study For Episcopal Ministry
Lt Col Nelson H Jones deputy commander at Fort Detrick for the past year retired to study for the priesthood. He will complete a military science degree at the University of Omaha then enter a three year program at the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria. His wife Ellen plans to stay in Frederick with the children. Jones began service as an enlisted aerial gunner in the Navy during World War II.
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Fort Detrick
Nelson H. Jones
Jones
University of Omaha
Nebraska
Virginia Theological Seminary
Alexandria
Ellen
South
Detrick
U.S. Army Chemical Corps Engineering Command
Army School
U.S Army
Norfolk
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Tampa
Fla
Navi Aviation
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Castleman
JFK
Central Lockup
Wiken L. Cook
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