Regional Park Proposed On Muddy Branch Road
The National Capital Park and Planning Commission released a preliminary plan for the Potomac-Travilah region covering 53 square miles including Darnestown and Route 118 West to Seneca Darnestown Road. It proposes a large regional park along Muddy Branch Road, a bypass for Route 28 around Darnestown, road relocations, and new schools at Travilah River Roads Elworthy Road and Quince Orchard Road with a master plan for Germantown to follow. Final county approval is expected by mid-summer after hearings and studies.
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Darnestown
National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Muddy Branch Road
Elworthy Road
Seneca - Darnestown Road
Travilah
River Roads
Quince Orchard Road
Park and Planning Commission
Germantown
Commission
County Council
Woman's Republican Club Tours Annapolis with Maryland leaders
The Herbert Hoover Woman's Republican Club toured the Maryland State House in Annapolis and met Senator Gilbert Gude. After luncheon they joined Miss Louise Gore for coffee at her apartment, then attended a session of the Senate and House of Delegates with a large group of members and guests.
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Herbert Hoover Woman's Republican Club
State House
Annapolis
Gilbert Gude
Louise Gore
Maryland House of Delegates
Montgomery County
Senate
House of Delegates
Woman Fears Tobacco Road In Gaithersburg Rezoning
A Gaithersburg woman opposes five-property rezoning along South Frederick Avenue and Peony Drive. The Town Council hearing heard residents oppose changing from single family detached to local commercial, labeling the move as spot zoning and speculative. Attorney for applicants argues area no longer fits residential use and planning favors commercial access to master plan.
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Frederick Avenue
Gaithersburg
Tobacco Road
Claudine Morgan
Civic Center
Planning Commission
Atty
George W. Young Jr
Delbert T. Foster
South Frederick Street
MD. 355
Sub Division Rules Heard On March 17
Frederick County Commissioners set Wednesday March 17 at 9 30 am for final hearing on proposed subdivision regulations. The 11th draft from the Planning Commission includes veto power by the County Board over Planning Commission decisions. It defines subdivisions as two or more lots sold for development.
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Frederick County
Planning Commission
County Board
Frederick County Bar Association
County Plans Hearing On Subdivision Regulations
County Commissioners announce an AP hearing in the Hiram Winchester Room at Winchester Hall to review subdivision regulations. They cite objectives drafted by the Planning Commission as part of the eight-lot mini subdivision proposal favored by the group.
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Hiram Winchester
Winchester Hall
Planning Commission
Pope Paul Opens Week of Lenten Spiritual Retreat
Pope Paul VI began a week long spiritual retreat for Lent. He and Vatican staff attended morning services at the Matilde chapel with Rev. Ambrose Carre, a French Dominican, delivering sermons and guiding prayer throughout the retreat.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican
Matilde Chapel
Apostolic Palace
Ambrose Carre
Dickerson Couple Celebrates 56th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Nathen Hildebrand of Dickerson marked 56 years of marriage. Nellie Selby Hildebrand remains active in Poolesville Methodist Church and Monocacy Homemakers Club. The couple’s daughter, Mrs. Helen Harrison, lives in Silver Spring.
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Nathen Hildebrand
Dickerson
Hildebrand
Nellie Selby
Poolesville
Devious Deer Mixup Baffles Missouri Ranger
Missouri Conservation Agent Bob Carter at a checkpoint confronted two men who claimed to bag deer but produced two goats instead. They argued the goats met the deer rule, revealing a comical mistaken identity incident. Local fire crews aided in a blaze caused by two air compressors, with several volunteer companies assisting. The piece also notes a youth rock band incident in Belmont where a woman forcibly removed a teenage guitarist.
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Servation
Bob Carter
Carter
Market Basket Fire Contained to Basement in Frederick
A general alarm sounded in Frederick for a fire at the Market Basket on South Market Street. Minor damage was confined to the basement with no reports of injuries. The fire origin is under investigation by local authorities.
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Frederick
South Market Street
Thoughtless motorists cost lives and money
A public service column urges safer driving to curb rising auto insurance rates. It notes 1964 deaths on roads exceed vehicle growth and cites higher repair costs and medical bills. The piece explains higher accident counts drive premiums and invites readers to send questions to The Frederick News-Post or local insurance agents.
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Frederick News-Post
Frederick County Association of Insurance Agents
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Woman’s Republican Club
Douglas Lindsey
Robert Merrell
Sarah Tyner
Harold Mullinix Jr
Dale Keesey
Annie Laurie Day
Forrest Snyder
Roger Day
Raymond Greenfield
Jalmar Anderson
Chester Wolfe
Wesley Spangenberg
William Freinmuth
Esther Rice
Margaret Lentz
Ellis Grime
Richard Shook
Leonard Cobb
Nancy Mills
Robert Fulton
Whitesell & Bowen Pharmacy
North Market St
Sudan
J. Austin Younkins
Rep
Nepa
Pope Paul
United Fire Company
Independent Hose Company
Junior Fire Company
Citizens Pay Company
Batesville, Ark
Paul Buchanan
The
Batesville Guard
Missouri
Belmont, Calif
Knight Riders
Harley
Harley’s
HAM
Harley Hill
W. Patrick ST
W. College Terrace
Wallace
Frederick Shopping Center
New York
Rolls-Royce
Ford
Luxury Ltd
Ltd
U.S
Auto Club
Aera
Termaenor
Edgar B. Palmer
N. Carroll St. Thurmont
Baker-Kefauver, Inc
the Complete Insurance Agency
West Church Street
Insurance Agency
General Insurance Real Estate
Market St. MO
Nicodemus
Coblentz
Any Main, Inc
Null, Inc
West Patrick St
Nathan Jacobson
Insurance
Frederick Underwriters, Inc. Insurance
Agency
West Church
Stoffer Sanner
Stock and Mutual Con Ritchie Associates, Inc
South Market St
Apamies
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