Parks Budget Tops $190,000
The Frederick County Parks and Recreation Commission requests a fiscal 1972 budget of 190,008 including 79,858 in general expenditures and 111,150 in capital costs. It seeks 55,210 for trial magistrates court operations pending the new district court. Funding requests from other county departments were also presented, with BOR matching funds proposed for several park projects and a plan to reinstate a department director.
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Frederick County Parks and Recreation Commission
Frederick County
John Derr
Board of Elections
Liquor License Commissioners
Alcoholic Beverages Inspector
Soil Conservation Districts
Parks and Recreation Capital
Rose Hill Manor
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
BOR
Computer Center Proposal Could Increase Costs for County
County commissioners considered a 1972 Data Processing budget of 49 000 for county needs while school and county data systems may be consolidated. Officials cited extra transition costs including re programming on the Univac and basement remodeling at Winchester Hall. A detailed study paused further money decisions as plans for a joint county Board of Education computer center were weighed.
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Board of Education
William Hess
Univac
Joseph Yeager
Winchester Hall
Yeag Ler
Board of Commissioners
County Board of Education
Yeager
Extension Service
George Wood
Wood Sail
Thwarted Holdup At National Trail Liquor Store
Two stocking-faced men attempted a hold up at the National Trail Liquor Store on US 40 east last night. Store owner W L Thompson fired his shotgun and a .38 revolver during a gun battle damaging the cash register and counter. Police broadcast an APB for two white males about 150 pounds heading east on Md. 144. Thompson uninjured aside from a cut from a broken bottle.
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US 40
W L. Thompson
MD. 144
Thompson
Meir Defends Compromise Peace Offer in Knesset
Israeli Premier Golda Meir defends a conditional withdrawal from the West Bank during a no confidence debate in the Knesset. She rejects demands to keep all 1967 lands, says borders may differ from currently presented cease-fire lines, and notes talks on international guarantees without promising them as a substitute. She also denies drafting maps or fixed borders.
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Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Israel
West Bank
Jordan River
Knesset
Meir
Middle East
Rightisy Gahal Party
Times of London
Sinai Desert
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
New York
Mideast
Mandel's Parochial Aid Bill Passes First Test
Annapolis MD Gov. Mandel's 12.1 million program to ease parish school finances won a tentative Senate approval by 23 to 16, with four absent. The measure would fund tuition scholarships paid to private and parochial schools, ranging from 200 to 75 per student based on family income, with ineligibility above 12,000.
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Mandel
Annapoli
Marvin Mandel
Senate
House
Meyer M. Emanuel
Prince Georges
Steny H. Hoyer
Senate Finance Committee
Julian L. Lapides
Dbalto Lth
Lapides
Clarence M Mitchell M1
Baltimore
Mitchell
Baltimore City
George FE. Snyder
Washington
Presbyterians Plan Farewell for Rev Weaver
The Rev Charles S Weaver assistant pastor at United Presbyterian Church Frederick will be honored at a Farewell Evening Wednesday from 7 30 to 9 30 p m in the social rooms of the church He has accepted a call to be pastor of First Presbyterian Plainsboro N J on the outskirts of Princeton He has served Frederick since August 1967 and has held multiple posts in local and regional church groups He will begin ministry at Plainsboro in April and is married to Dorothy Foster of Linden.
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Charles S. Weaver
United Presbyterian Church of
Frederick
Weaver
First Presbyterian Church
Plainsboro
N. i
Princeton
Harrisonburg
Way
Davidson College
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton Seminary
Om Dorothy Foster
Linden
Presbyterian Church
Kids, Inc
Senior Citizens Fellowship Center
Frederick Kiwanis Club
Ymca Church Basketball League
Fire Log Reports From Monroe Ave And Towns
Fire calls logged over a 24 hour period ending 10 am include a house fire at 213 Monroe Ave with General Alarm and multiple town responses such as Jefferson Braddock Middletown and Brunswick. Electrical fire at Emmitsburg and smoke investigations with Middletown and Jefferson crews. An auto fire occurred near Mills Express Office in Thurmont along with ambulance calls and jail population figures listed.
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City Monroe Ave
Monroe Ave
East Second Street
St. John’s School
Trading Post
Jefferson
Jefferson, Braddock
Middletown
Brunswick
Federal Ave
Emmitsburg
Burkittsville
Mills Express
Thurmont
White Panthers Plot Agnew Kidnap
Senate records reveal the White Panther Party considered kidnapping prominent leaders including Vice President Spiro Agnew to trade for jailed radicals. Michigan State Police Sgt. Clifford Murray testified that plans discussed held officials to secure John Sinclair’s release, with references to Tupamaros style blackmail and potential exchanges involving lawmakers and governors.
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Washington
White Panther Party
Spiro T. Agnew
Senate
Michigan
Clifford Murray
White Panther
Marquette, Mich
John Sinclair Jr
Murray
Internal Security Subcommittee
South America
United States
Spiro Agnew
Lawrence Plamondon
FBI
William Milliken
WWF Posts 100000 Reward For Rescue Of POW
In San Bernardino California on Monday AP reports the Veterans of Foreign Wars posted a 100000 reward for any method to rescue an American prisoner of war in Indochina. National VFW commander HR Rainwater says the group will not be fussy, allowing bribery or combat raids if the POW survives.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Indochina
HR. Rainwater
VFW
Shortage Of Ammunition Forces S Viet Defeat
Saigon reports South Vietnamese forces withdraw from the Sepone area in Laos under heavy pressure after ammunition ran out at Firebase Lalo. About 1,500 of the 1st Infantry Division pulled back to Landing Zone Brown as U.S. bombers supported the retreat. Saigon denied the withdrawal, while North Vietnamese forces pressed near Lolo and losses included helicopter crews.
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Saigon
Sepone
Co Laos
Lalo
U.S
Brown
Lolo
le Trung Hien
Silver-Haired Hitch-Hiker Delivers Poetic Rhythms in Frederick
James B. North, 77, a world hitch-hiker and poet, stayed at Hotel Frederick in the rain and entertained guests with rhymed verses. He spoke of plans to live to 101, his Kenya legends, and a book Apollo XI And Other Poems. North, a former Texas farmer, now travels since 1968 and recently promoted his work in New York before a bicycle accident and hospitalization.
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James B. North
Frederick
North
Yoakum
Texas
Kenya
Carlton Press
Fifth Avenue
New York
Rockland County
N. Y
Philadelphia
New York City
Albert Einstein
Tricia Nixon Engagement Expected at White House Party
Washington AP report notes Tricia Nixon and Edward Finch Cox will announce their engagement during an evening St Patrick Day celebration at the White House. The couple, long known to be dating, plan a June 12 or earlier wedding date with Irish prime minister John Lynch as guest of honor and a champagne toast to the bride.
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Washington
Pat Nixon
White House
Tricia Nixon
Nixon
Tricia
Edward Finch Cox
Cox
Ireland
John Lynch
Mrs. Nixon
Market rises on rate cuts in active New York trading
New York AP reports stock prices climbed Tuesday as another round of bank prime lending rate cuts began. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 5.27 points to 913.47 at 10:30 a.m. amid heavy trading with the NYSE tape running a minute late.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
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Parks and Recreation Department
Parks Commission
Robert Kline
Donald Lewis
Board of Election
Bobby Gunn
Manor
Quang Tri
South Vietnam
Laos
Gunn
Charles Weaver
White Panthers
Agnew
John Sinclair
Sen
Robert Griffin
Rep
Gerald Ford
Black Panther
Huey Newton
Bobby Seale
The
Black Panthers
Sinclair
Plamondon
Central Intelligence Agency
Ann Arbor
Traverse City
Mich
WWF
Rainwater
James B
Ely
Nev
Thelma Catherine Ryan
St. Patrick’s Day
Pat
Bunratty Castle
Limerick
Nixons
Miss Nixon
Harvard Law School
Howard Cox
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