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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1973
Page
1
A near capacity crowd packed Frederick City Hall as the Mayor and Aldermen debated regulating the watershed's use by motorcycles and similar vehicles. While some urged limits and trails, others pressed for designated routes, with officials noting ongoing studies and the need to protect the watershed for public use.
Local attorney Richard E. Zimmerman said he will file an appeal today in Circuit Court to overturn Thursday night’s decision by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to downzone the south side of West Patrick Street from the drainage swale beside Burger Chef to the U S 15 right of way. He cited that the board failed to show a mistake in the 1964 zoning and argued it was improper for government to initiate a change on its own motion. Zimmerman noted that the case involves Drs Wilmer Kehne of Washington and John Kehne of Hagerstown and their sister Miss Eleanor Kehne of Frederick and that the original 1964 zoning supported strip zoning near arterial highways.
Frederick County Sheriff Richard Baumgartner asks for a 270 322 dollar budget for the sheriff’s department and jail outlining needs including 19 percent deputy raises a 6 500 base salary for deputies mattresses replacements for inmates and a new counselor coordinator to aid rehabilitation. Jail deputy James Hahn notes filthy mattresses and a 5 096 dollar assistant cook salary hindering recruitment as the jail faces near capacity and a stagnant 1966 food budget amid inflation and higher food costs.
Liquor Commissioner A Irvin Renn and Inspector Louis Myers seek a combined 22688 budget for the liquor unit, up about 300 from FY 73. The requests, to County Commissioners Donald Lewis and Lawrence Dorsey, cite cost of living raises for secretary Caroline Bussard and higher mailing fees as the main causes.
State Human Relations Commission officials say the New Market probe was never a formal investigation but a conciliation effort to bring black and white residents together. Jonathan Riddix is engaging local groups to address service disparities and restore calm amid months of tension.
Fire calls reported through 11 a.m. include a Crum residence house fire on 939 County Harney Road at 11:45 p.m. and a Park Mills Road house fire in Hyattstown with mutual responders. Field and auto fires were logged on Dahlgren Road Middletown and Gambrill Park off US 40 Braddock Heights. Additional incidents at 1:20 p.m. involved Uniteds Independents and Citizens. ambulance calls totaled six emergencies and two routines. Jail population listed: 48 males, three juveniles, and three females.
A heist at Dr. Gilcin F. Meadors office on Toll House Avenue netted about 13 000 pills. Medical assistant Louise Duvall reported a basement window break, with 4 000 Dexamobarb pills a diet pill, 2 000 Secabarb pills, 2 000 Pentobarb tablets and 5 000 Butabarb sedatives stolen. Police seek information.
The day saw a high of 65 at 11 p.m. with a 49 degree low at 6 a.m. A trace of rain occurred, then showers and thundershowers were forecast for today and tonight. Showers remain likely Saturday as weekend temperatures stay ten degrees above March normals. Near Frederick 1.70 inches of rain has fallen this month, with March averaging 3.53 inches. The outlook calls for partial clouds Sunday and Monday and a rain chance Tuesday.
The Downtown Action Committee was dissolved by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen at the chairman Richard R. Kline's request. He cited progress on the Marcou O Leary Plan and noted housing recreation and government building questions remain for the city. A new Frederick Improvements Foundation Inc. would coordinate ongoing activities. The board also moved to permit condominium housing by removing in one ownership language and referred several zoning changes to planning.
Frederick County Volunteer Firemen’s Association honored District Forester Herman D. Toms at its bi monthly meeting in Rocky Ridge with a plaque for 34 years of service. Toms will retire after the spring fire season, to be replaced by Harland Apple of Garrett County now in LaVale with family. Apple, a former Army Engineer and Forest Service official, spoke on fire causes and prevention noting 24 percent of fires are incendiary.
An eastbound United Ambulance carrying heart patient Mary E Mynek collided with a car driven by Hattie Mae Carrington at Charing Cross Road and U S 40. The crash left mynek at Johns Hopkins Hospital after head injury. Carrington was listed in guarded condition with charges for failure to yield. Ambulance crew members James Brachey John Howard and Larry West were treated. another ambulance from Smith Fadeley Keeney Basford Funeral Home will replace the unit.
New York markets moved lower as traders eyed international talks in Pens and indications of progress, with the Dow Jones industrial average down 2.95 points to 66.96 at 10:30 am after Thursday’s session.
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