Middletown Shop Center Land Rezoned
Middletown Valley Center Inc wins 2-1 county vote to rezone 17 acres near Middletown for a shopping center north of U S 40A and west of Hollow Road. Early American style center to include band shell gas station supermarket drug store hardware and smaller shops. Planning commission required one major store and two smaller businesses within two years.
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U. S. 40A
Hollow Road
The
Middletown Valley Center, Inc
Charles E. Collins
Board of County Commissioners
Middletown
Wallace E. Hutton
County Planning and Zoning Commission
Russell Z. Horman
Richard Moran
City Awards Contract For Wisner St Bridge
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen awarded a $64 945 contract to Dewey Jordan Inc for a bridge over Carroll Creek at Wisner Street after a second bid. Aldermen denied closing an alley parallel to Pennsylvania and Hamilton Avenues amid protests by 11 property owners. Three housing and building code ordinances were passed plus a water billing date ordinance. The city refused three commercial refuse collectors access to the dump. it will be full in two years. Harry Rosenfeld’s storm water duct project was accepted. Four police applicants were approved to join the department, bringing strength to 40, with eight weeks training starting March 16. Bills totaling $11 115 16 were approved. Maj Main gave the invocation.
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Carroll Creek
Wisner Street
Dewey Jordan Inc
Pennsylvania
Hamilton Avenues
Federal Housing Authority
Robert J. Rothenhoefer
Wiliam H. Bartgis
Harry A. Rosenfeld
College Estates
Charles V. Main
Police
James Tregoning
Francis Cashour
Warren Ridgeley
Ernest Moxley
Major Main
Temperature May Hit 60s Today
Temperatures in the 60s are forecast today as March begins acting more like a lamb for the next several days. Frederick reached 56 degrees on Thursday, the warmest since February 2 when it hit 59. Overnight low was 41 with mostly sunny skies and highs near 60. Saturday looks cloudy and cooler with highs 45 to 55.
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Frederick
Stock Market Inches Up In Early Moderate Trade
New York stock indexes edged higher in early trading as markets resumed a tentative recovery. The session showed modest gains amid moderately active turnover.
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New York
Frederick Post Office Improvements Delay Hopes Rising
Senator Brewster said a status report on Frederick Post Office modernization would be issued within a week. He discussed the project with Claude Desautels and planned a meeting with Postmaster General O’Brien, while Sen. Tydings planned to raise the issue by phone.
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Daniel B. Brewster
Dmd
Frederick
Brewster
Post Office Department
Joseph D. Tydings
D-Md
Lawrence O’brien
Frederick Post Office
O’brien
Sen. Tydings
Tydings
Desautels
House Rejects Gun Control Bill in Maryland Vote
A Maryland House committee, by an overwhelming voice vote, rejected a bill expanding Bland's gun control law to rifles and shotguns. The measure, sponsored by Del. Leonard Blondes, would have imposed a seven day waiting period, an application, and state police investigation for purchases, similar to existing pistol rules. Opponents argued the bill unfairly penalizes licensed hunters and could hamper self defense. Proponents claimed the steps would deter violence, while critics cited questionable statistics and the impact on 71,000 licensed hunters and sportsmen.
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Annapolis
House
Bland
del. Leonard
Prince Georges
House Judiciary Committee
Thursad
Joseph Hoffan
Sevea Tant
Wolfman
New Jersey
James G. Bennett
Federal Prisons System
Bennett
Robert Esher
Maryland State Rifle and Pistol Association
Robert G. Kirkley
Ivan H. Sims
Izaak Walton League of America
Arthur E. Cook
Rockville
Maryland
Cook
Orlando
Fla
Bombs Kill 83 S Vietnam Civilians Near Laos Border
U S Command says 83 South Vietnamese civilians died and about 200 were wounded in a village near the Laotian border. An allied airstrike near Lang Vei may have been accidental, with planes possibly American, Vietnamese, or enemy. Refugees and refugees’ shelters affected.
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Saigon
U.S
1St Corps
Lang Vei
Khe Son
Laos
Fires Take Lives Of Two Men In Frederick County
Two area men died in separate fires on Thursday. John William David Main, 166, of Edgewood Church Road near Frederick, died when kerosene exploded while he lit a stove in his one room cottage. Firefighters arrived shortly before 4:30 p.m. He lived alone and recently moved into the cottage. He is survived by two sisters. In Finksburg, James B. Edmondson IV, 25, died when the trailer home he shared in Reservoir Trailer Park burned. Fire crews found him at 2 a.m. He left a wife Sarah E and three daughters, Pamela, Shirley and Karen, plus a son.
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John William David Main
Edgewood Church Road
Frederick
Main
Independent Hose Co
Frederick County
Blanch Lortz
Emma Nunely
Washington, D.C
James B. Edmondson TI
Finksburg
Carroll County
Edmondson
Reservoir
Gamber and
Reese
Famondson
Sarah E
Pamela
Shirley
Karen
James R. Edmondson, IV
Smelser Proposes County Building Engineer for Schools
Annapolis state senator Charles H. Smelser outlines a bill to let Frederick County hire a building engineer or architect to supervise all public construction including schools. The proposal amends a 1955 law, expands professional advice, and aims to curb rising school construction costs without adding county engineer duties. The measure would authorize but not require the county to appoint a supervisor for all public works aside from roads and bridges.
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Annapolis
Charles H. Smelser
Frederick County
Smelser
Polnties
Smielser
House of Delegates
County Roads Board
State Arts Council Backed Locally With Reservations
The Frederick County Arts Council voiced support for a Governor's Council on the Arts but urged local control. Mort Siegel noted the group approved the concept while others questioned the state panel's structure and funding. Thornton criticized the plan as too Baltimore-centric and sought greater county autonomy and clearer financial terms.
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State Arts Council
Frederick County
State Council
Maryland Senate Finance Committee
Governor's Council For the Arts
Bert Thorton
Robert Marchand
Governor’s Council
Frederick
Baltimore
Scions to Vote on Capital Punishment Marriage Ban
Annapolis AP reporting that Maryland lawmakers moved toward floor votes on repealing the interracial marriage ban and abolishing capital punishment. The interracial marriage repeal has Senate approval and near House enactment, while the death penalty bill faces amendments retaining penalties for killings of officers. Lawmakers see a real chance to move toward abolition or near-total repeal this year.
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Annapolis
Maryland
General Assembly
Senate
House
Judicial Proceedings Committee
Collins Fires New Charge At Valley School Dates Debate
Frederick County leaders clash over Valley elementary plans. Charles E. Collins accuses the school board of dragging their feet after a fund request was rejected. Burkittsville PTA members say they have not seen the plans and urge public presentation in March 2008.
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C. Millard Eiler
Frederick County Commissioners
Valley
Charles E. Collins
Burkittsville
PTA
Collins
Police Probe Shooting Of 2 Boys In Rockford Park
Two 14 year old cousins Wayne Mullendere and Ronald Johnson were found shot to death in a Rockford area park pavilion after being forced to kneel against a wall. Police received an anonymous tip from a woman guiding deputies to the bodies. The youths, seventh graders at Wilson Junior High, carried no money and left home planning to visit a friend. They died from small caliber gunshot wounds to the stomach and back of the head.
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Rockford
Point Blank Range
Winnebago County
Wayne Mullendere
Rockford Memorial Hospital
Ronald Johnson
Herb Brown
Wilson Junior High School
Brown
Suc
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Middletown Shop Center
Wisner St. Bridge
Maj. Main
Eileen Burke Statt
Valley School
Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
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Burkittsvile
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