Frederick County Council Favored Human Relations Panel
Frederick County Commissioners, Frederick Mayor E. Paul Magaha, and Col. Oliver J. Cejka backed forming a Human Relations Council to ease local racial tensions. Aimed at offering a forum for community problems and public information to gain broad acceptance, members and composition were to be decided next week.
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Frederick County
Frederick
E. Paul Magaha
Oliver J. Cejka
Fort Detrick
Human Relations Commission
Brunswick Man Suffers Broken Leg In WV Crash
A Brunswick man sustained a broken leg and facial lacerations in a one mile east of Charles Town on U S 340. Norma Lee Cornelius 23 a passenger was admitted to Charles Town Hospital with a broken left leg and chin lacerations. Wesley Eugene Larch 19 Knoxville was charged with reckless driving after his 1964 car overturned and caused $2500 damage.
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Brunswick
Charles Town
Norma Lee Cornelius
Charles Town Hospital
U.S
West Virginia
Wesley Eugene Larch
RFD
Knoxville
Larch
Poice
Vandals Damage Church and City Structures in Frederick
Vandals rampaged through Frederick last night smashing windows ripping down signs and stealing a newspaper vending rack and potted plants. The car window damage occurred on Middle Alley near the News Post building while the rack stolen from North Court Street held about $1 in change.
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Frederick
Middle Alley
News-Post
North Court Street
Frederick County
West South Street
State Police
Baughman
All Saints Episcopal Church
West Church
Hallmark Card Shop
North Market Street
Ruth Gregory
West Church Street
Carroll Parkway
North Bentz Street
Betsy Ellicott
George May
City to Hear Annexation for 507 Acres Tonight
Frederick officials plan public hearings on annexing 507 acres including the King farm block and a 182 acre Trout farm portion. Investors led by Joel Kline will join the King farm annexation with conditions. The hearings also address charter amendments to move city elections to November in non election years.
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Frederick
King Farm
Montgomery County
Joel Kline
Trout Farm
Brosius Homes Corp
Carrollton
J. William Brosius
State Roads’ Commission
E. Paul Magaha
Rockfish Nominated as State Fish by Maryland House
The Maryland House passed a bill Tuesday to designate the rockfish also known as the striped bass as the official state fish. If approved by the Senate and Governor Tawes, the rockfish would join the Chesapeake Bay retriever, Baltimore Oriole, Wye Oak, black eyed Susan and jousting as state symbols.
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Senate
Tawes
Chesapeake
Stock Market Holds Steady in Moderate Early Trading
New York shares opened near the center of the board as trading stayed moderate and fairly active. The market showed little early movement with traders cautious amid mixed indicators and several key stock movements noted by analysts.
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New York
U S Planes Raid Reds in Laos and Viet Nam
U S jet fighters from Da Nang bombed Communist targets in Laos dropping over 20 tons of explosives in a secret mission. Six F105s led the raid with F100 escorts, while two American soldiers died in Vietnam raising the toll to 430 unofficially.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
U.S
Laos
Air Force
South
Viet Nam
Mekong River
Navy
Vinh Long
Saigon
U.S. Army
Opposition Grows Over Frederick County Subdivision Rules
Heavy opposition at the Frederick County hearing targets the proposed two and four lot subdivision limits as planning commission work risks being scrapped after three and a half years. Stakeholders including the Walkersville Planning Commission and Bar Association press for eight to six to eight lot minimums, while critics warn the rules squeeze small landowners and threaten voting rights.
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Frederick County
Planning Commission
Herbert Snyder
Walkersville Planning Commission
Federal Land Bank
H. Reese Shoemaker Jr
Frederick County Bar Association
Bar Association
Shoemaker
David Weinberg
Frederick County Real Estate Board
Real Estate Board
Edward Meadows
Frederick County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Bernard Remsburg
Pomona Grange
Allowance Hiked For Licenser
A House of Delegates action raises the Freder ick County liquor license commissioner's expense allowance from 2100 to at least 3000 dollars. The increase funds rent salaries travel and supplies as new duties follow a liberalized liquor bill. Separately a Senate bill imposes a two year moratorium on cloud seeding and hail prevention devices amid farming pressure.
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Frederick County
House of Delegates
C. Clifton Wirts
Goodloe E. Byron
House
State Senate
Washington County
George E. Snyder
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Bids Secret as YMCA Delays New Building Contract
Frederick YMCA executive secretary says construction will likely start by April 1 but no contract yet awarded. Bid amounts range 636,989 to 670,000 with eight alternates. board delays disclosure of bids citing non public information. Construction firms bidding include Frederick Construction Co and Furman Builders among others. Charles V. Lanner chairs the board with vice presidents Dwight Collmus J Harold Hooper and M Robert Ritchie.
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The
Frederick Ymca
YMCA
Oliver J. Cejka
Merrill E. Groelle
Frederick Construction Company
Furman Builders
Washington
L. J. Keller
Frederick
Thurmont Construction Compan
Henry A. Knott Inc
Baltimore
Charles §. V. Lanner
Dwight Collmus
J. Harold Hooper
M. Robert Ritchie
UN to extend Cyprus peacekeeping force to June
The UN Security Council meets to extend the 6,100‑strong peacekeeping force on Cyprus for three more months until June 26. Fresh violence and threats from Athens Ankara and Greek Cypriots in Nicosia underscore the fragile peace.
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United Nations, N.Y
Security Council
U.N
Cyprus
U Thant
Council
Mediterranean
Republic
Athens
Ankara
Nicosia
Thant
Surprise Snow Closes Local Schools
A sudden storm dumped up to two inches in Frederick County forcing the cancellation of all county schools at 2 p.m. The snow emergency was activated by state police at 1:30 p.m. forecasters had not predicted the weather with rain expected later this evening.
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Frederick County
Arkansas
New England
Frederick Area Expected to Triple Population by 2000
The Frederick metropolitan area, including Frederick City and districts Lewistown Tuscarora Braddock Mount Pleasant Walkersville Ballenger, is projected to grow from 33,841 in 1960 to 117,300 by 2000. Growth is gradual with three major milestones: 1970 43,950. 1980 60,550. 1990 86,450, per Frederick County Planning Commission and Potomac Edison Company planners.
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Frederick City
Frederick
Planning Commission
Lewistown
Tuscarora
Braddock
Mount Pleasant
Walkersville
Ballenger
Potomac Edison Company
Braddock Heights
Woodsboro
Glade Village
Montgomery March Aims After Courthouse Riot by Deputies
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr led a planned peaceful march on the Montgomery courthouse after deputies on horseback clubbed demonstrators, injuring eight people in a Tuesday melee. Police blamed a orders mixup as Sheriff Mac Sim Butler led the posse.
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Montgomery
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Cluber
King
Pennsylvania
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Dallas
Selma
Hayneville
Board of Registrars
Lowndes County
Dist
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Alabama Senate
Johnson
FBI
State Capitol
Wallace
Capitol
Mac Sim Butler
Slaying Suspect Surrenders in Subway Death
Christopher Lynch a 17 year old 6 foot 4 inch 210 pound youth known as The Big Giant surrendered with his older brother at a Harlem police station. He is charged in the subway slaying of a white youth. 15 state homicide alert active. Witnesses say the assault occurred on a subway train Friday night with at least ten riders.
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NEW York
Christopher Lynch
Harlem
Brooklyn
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W. G. Walsh
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U. S
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Harry Black
Ralph Kehne
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