Housing Development To Mar Battlefield
Burnside Manor seeks 21 building lots on Antietam Battlefield near Sharpsburg. Planning Director W D Jones says the project hinges on two ordinance steps and a legal plot filing. He warns the proposal would be a sacrilege and notes opposition from heritage groups in Arkansas and Michigan.
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Antietam Battlefield
Washington County
W. D. Jones
Burnside Manor
Planning and Zoning Commission
Jones
The
English Westerners’ Society
Arkansas
Michigan Regimental Roundtable
Military Threatens Takeover In Turkey
In Ankara the top Turkish military leaders warned they would seize control again if a new government could not restore order and enact needed reforms. The memorandum, signed by the army navy air force chiefs and the general staff chief, was read on state radio and seen as a demand for Premier Suleyman Demirel and his Justice party government to resign.
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Ankara
Turkey
Todas
Assembly
Senate
Army
Navy
Air Force
Suleyman Demirel
Justice Party
Mandel scholarship plan tied in Annapolis Senate committee
Annapolis AP Gov Mandel faces an eight to eight tie in the Finance Committee on a 12.1 million plan for parochial and private school students. The bill would fund scholarships up to tuition costs, from 200 to 75 dollars yearly, with income caps excluding those over 12,000. Some lawmakers critique motives, while Mandel aides say passage is possible.
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Annapolis
Marvin Mandel
Parochhal
Senate
Ainance Committee
Mandel
City and County Agree to Fund Downtown Study Phase II
Frederick City Major E Paul Magaha and the County Commissioners signed contracts to pay half of the $6,000 cost for the second phase of the Downtown Frederick Study. The Marcus O Lears Associates project will start immediately and aim for completion by June first, with in kind services split 50-50 beyond budgeted amounts.
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Frederick
Paul Magaha
Marcou, O’lears Associates
Washington
Hawker Suit Alleges 1968 US 40 Collision
M Hawker and Kenneth L Hawker of RFD 2 Middle town sue Joseph P Messana of Detroit for injuries from a May 11 1968 crash on US 40 near Bowers Road when Messana allegedly crossed the center line and collided with the Hawker car.
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M. Hawker
Kenneth Lee Hawker
RFD 2
Middletown
Joseph Phillip Messana
Detroit
Mich
Hawker
US. 40
Bowers Road
Messana
Planning board approves real estate sign rules and zoning plan
Planning commissioners unanimously approved a 1971 zoning administration program focusing on updating procedures, maps, and filing systems. They rejected a second recommendation to allow sold stickers on small for sale signs and asked staff to study county junk issues at the request of zoning administrator Alfred Catsail.
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Alfred Catsail
Commission
Catsail
Board, of Appeals
Illiteracy Declined in United States in 1960s
Washington AP reports the Census Bureau found illiteracy dropped by half from 2.6 million to 1.4 million among those 14 and older between 1959 and 1969. Whites and blacks both showed declines, with 1969 rates at 0.7 percent and 3.6 percent respectively.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Bueau
Housing Authority Plans Fire Hose Purchase at Catoctin View
Frederick Housing Authority approved buying three 100 foot sections of fire hose plus nozzles for the Catoctin View Apartments to avoid on site storage and vandalism costs. The units, valued at 550 dollars, will be carried by city fire companies and a sprinkler system will supplement fire safety with occasional tenant drills.
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Frederick Housing Authority
Catoctin View
Housing Authority
Authority
William ©. Lee
Richard G. Harner
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Carver
Lincoln
HID
Lee
HUD
Social Goals
Lon dons first public power station opens in 1882
The first public power station began operation in London on January 12 1882, as recorded by Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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London
Encyclopaedia Britannica
ISS Benefit Hike Ready For Senate Approval
The Democratic plan attaches a $5 billion provision to a House bill to raise the Social Security benefits for about 26 million people. It would boost payments 10 to 56 percent sooner than the White House proposal, while debt limit legislation increases to $490 billion. The $64 minimum would rise 56 percent to $100 monthly, but faces opposition from Rep. Wilbur Mills.
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Washington
Senate
White House
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep
Wilbur D. Mills
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Antietam
Cevdet Luna
Frank H. Harris
Ronald Schreiber
Satff
Julian L. Lapides
D-Balto
Newsra Perbachive
Robert Trepanier
Milwaukee
Trepanier
Carver Apartments
Harner
America
Orme
Plymouth Fury
Rerson Fury
Chryss Motorsysler
Roney Motor CO
North Market Street
Potomac Edison
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Maron
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East Street
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