Local banks hold firm on mortgage rates as FHA aims lower
A Frederick scan finds four banks offering mortgages at nine to ten percent despite federal moves to cut rates. Frederick County National Bank lists nine percent, Fredericktown Bank and Trust at ten, Maryland National at nine and a quarter, and Farmers and Mechanics at nine and three quarters. Bank officials cite limited deposit money and uneven demand as reasons rates stay high. Keeney predicts a softening to nine percent soon while noting possible smaller down payments and longer terms.
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Frederick
Fredericktown Bank and Trust Company
Frederick County National Bank
Maryland National Bank
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Monroe Keeney
N. Market St
Keeney
Fredericktown
Edward Keefer
Dennis Ahalt
S. Market St
William J. Moore
Moore
Frederick County National
Local officials to learn of barriers to handicapped
The Committee to Eliminate Architectural Barriers plans an Awareness Day on April 14. City leaders and at least one downtown Frederick merchant will ride wheelchairs to inspect sites from 9 to 11:30 a.m. CEAB met at Steiner House with Mrs. Betty McClellan presiding. The VFW agreed to upgrade its U.S. 40 West clubhouse entrance to aid accessibility. A Western Maryland Easter Seal Society movie illustrated the handicapped’s challenges.
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Committee to
CEAB
Frederick
Steiner House
Betty McClellan
the
Women’s Civic Club
McClellan
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
U.S. 40 West
Easter Seal Society
Peggy Shobe
Western
Maryland
W. McNeill Baker
Baltimore
School budget hearing and smoking policy discussion set
The Board of Education holds two public meetings tonight and on April 2. Dr. John L. Carnochan Jr. will present the fiscal year 1976 staff budget at 7:30 p.m. at Parkway Elementary. Citizens may comment before the board redirects the budget for final review. A separate session at Gov. Thomas Johnson High School on April 2 will discuss establishing smoking areas in county high schools. Smoking is currently prohibited.
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Board of Education
John L. Carnochan Jr
Parkway
Board of County Commissioners
Winchester Hall
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
North Vietnamese Attacks Surge as Lon Nol Shakes Up Cambodia
North Vietnamese forces with tanks attacked across South Vietnam threatening to seize a second provincial capital in two months. In Cambodia Lon Nol ousted armed forces chief Gen. Sosthene Fernandez as part of a cabinet shakeup. Heavy shelling limited U.S. airlift at Phnom Penh and some 15 percent of cargo deliveries were lost. Ban Me Thuot remained dangerous with Americans trapped amid renewed NVN assaults.
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SAIGON
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Lon Nol
Long Boret
Sosthene Fernandez
Phnom Penh
Thailand
central highlands
Ban Me Thuot
Old Emmitsburg school eyed as government service center
County commissioners consider converting the vacant Emmitsburg Elementary School into a government service hub. Plans include a health clinic, branch library, senior center, Head Start, Meals on Wheels facility, and possible offices, with estimated operating costs and renovation needs.
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Emmitsburg
Board of Education
James L. Bryan
Bryan
Lawrence A. Dorsey
Donald L. Lewis
Thurmont
Edgar Wirts
Paul L. Crum Jr
Sterling Bollinger
Crum
Bollinger
Farmland and courthouse complex dominate COG meeting notes
Frederick County officials discussed prime farmland preservation options and the county courthouse complex fate at a Council of Governments meeting. Dr. George D. Wood outlined land use economics, while Norman Todd sought water sewer classification changes and a Hazel Lewis heirs case was tabled.
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Frederick County
Council of Governments
COG
George D. Wood
Norman Todd
county
Wood
General Assembly
Maryland Legislative Council
Roy Smith
Smith
New Market
Franklin Shaw
Annapolis
Maryland
US 15
Biggs Ford Road
Hazel Lewis
Waysville Road
Glade Towne
Shaw
county organization of mayors
Stray dog kills 50 chickens in Walkersville farm incident
A Walkersville farmer, Atlee Huffer, reports his shed slaughtered nearly 50 chickens by a stray mongrel on Devilbiss Bridge Road. Loss includes $150 to $200 in meat and $20 to $24 weekly egg production. The dog, without a tag, was killed by Huffer’s wife. County wide dog attacks prompt calls for stricter animal control and harsher penalties for careless owners.
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Walkersville area
Atlee Hufffer
Huffer
Walkersville
Frederick County
Devilbiss Bridge Road
Aid totals and weather wrap in brief news notes
A 1936 to present foreign aid total reaches 270 billion. Rival factions clash in Portugal. An abortion critic refuses tax payment. Democrats push for energy compromise. Weather: highs in the low to mid 40s, partly cloudy tonight near 30, rain possible Wednesday with 40s. A Japanese proverb notes a man learns more from defeat than victory.
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Ronald N. Young
Maryland Municipal League
William E. Graffam
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Middletown
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