Budget requests presented by county treasurer and prints chief
County Treasurer Mrs. Charlotte Yarrell asked commissioners for 43491 for her 1974 budget. Increase mainly from a five percent raise and summer help to prepare tax bills. Wade Hursey, director of Printing and Central Supply, sought 23383 for next year with salaries totaling 13582 and operating expenses up about 1000 as the office absorbs two more county agencies the public library and Rock Creek Diagnostic Center for handicapped children.
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Charlotte Yarrell
Bowers Building Demolition Seen In Six Months
The Bowers Lumber Company building on East Patrick Street, owned by the USPS, may be demolished in about six months. The Army Corps of Engineers is drafting demolition specs and the project will proceed after postal service approval and safety reviews. Charles W. Mack received two letters confirming the timeline and coordination with USPS, the Corps, and congressional officials.
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Bowers Lumber Company
East Patrick Street
United States Postal Service
Charles W. Mack
Charles McC. Mathias
Mathias
J.A. Matukonis
Postal Service
Matukonis
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Mock
Postal
Corps of Engineers
Congressional
Man Jailed For Shoplifting On Phobus Avenue
A Phobus Avenue man was jailed shortly before midnight Monday evening on shoplifting charges. Irving Mathew Thomas was arrested by Frederick City police at 158 West All Saints Street and was jailed on two counts of shoplifting as charged under two warrants. No date has been set for his trial.
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Phobus
William Clayborn Crawford Jr
Baltimore
West South Street
Wilbur Lamar Morgan
Monroe Street
Charles Guy Sheppard Jr
Logan Street
Travis Center
West Fourth Street
James Ira Klipp
Rt. 7
Frederick
Military Road
West Patrick Street
Catherine Rebecca Bussard
Magnolia Avenue
Market Downturn Keeps Pressure On Investors Across NYSE
Stock prices continued sliding amid doubts about rising interest rates. The Dow Jones industrial average stood at 947.70 at 10:30 a.m., down 4.36, as declines outpaced advances on the New York Stock Exchange by nearly two to one.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Sheriff Doubts Jail Faces Widespread Drug Issue
Frederick County Sheriff Richard Baumgartner dismissed claims of a broad drug problem inside the Frederick County Jail despite two incidents this year. He cited Everhart’s jail marijuana admission and a separate inmate caught with marijuana as not indicative of widespread drug use, with follow up on Rippean’s case noted by officials.
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Frederick County
Richard O. Baumgartner
Michael Ashton Everhart
Frederick
Circuit Court
Robert E. Clapp Jr
Everhart
Trustees
Division of Parole and Probation
Robert James Rippean
Mount Pleasant
Rippeon
Baumgartner
Rippeen
Mall Doing Well Parkins Tell Sertoma
Frederick Towne Mall General Manager Bill Parkins updates Frederick Sertoma Club on the mall’s early performance after almost six months of operation. He notes optimism for reaching its potential in three years and cites a two year expectation period. The 74-store regional center targets a wide regional market across multiple counties and states. Shopco plans a twin mall strategy with Hagerstown and Cumberland proposals in Western Maryland.
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Frederick Towne Mall
Bill Parkins
Frederick Sertoma Club
Betty’s
Parkins
Shopco
Frederick
Wards
Penneys
Everlys
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Shopee
Maryland
Welcome Spring Bright Skies Open Spring Day
Frederick County welcomes spring as a sunlit day arrives at 1 13 p m with highs in the mid 40s and a recent 68 degree high. Clouds linger and nights dip to the 30s while the weekend outlook calls for warmer 40s to 60s and seasonal lows. Rivers run high and muddy from recent showers hampering dip netting activity.
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Frederick County
Unionville
147 POWs May Be Released Sunday
Saigon Viet Cong spokesman says efforts will release the last 147 American POWs by next Sunday three days before the March 28 cease fire deadline. The subcommission aims to complete releases of both Vietnamese and American prisoners by March 25.
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Saigon
U.S
Phuong Nam
Joint Military Commission
Return of Sgt Drabic Brightens Union Bridge
Sgt Peter Edward Drabic, held by Viet Cong for four and a half years, returned to his Union Bridge family at Valley Forge Military Hospital. Mayor Richard L. Stultz and a crowd welcomed him as he recovered, joining Maj Floyd J. Thompson and three other POWs from Hanoi briefed at McGuire Air Force Base. He was drafted in 1969 and captured five months later while on patrol.
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Union Bridge
Eddie Drabic
Richard L. Stultz
Peter Edward Drabic
Valley Forge Military Hospital
Pennsylvania
Drabic
McGuire Air Force Base
N.J
Stultz
Drabb
Valley Forge
Vietnam
Floyd J. Thompson
Hudson
Mass
Thompson
Hanoi
McGuire
Drabie
Dollar Falls In World Markets As Exchange Rates Move
The U S dollar fell in major world money markets erasing most of Monday gains under the new floating system. In Tokyo it closed at 263 yen, down from 264.90, while Frankfurt opened at 2.816 marks, below prior closes. Paris and London showed early declines as dealers cited supply and demand adjusting the dollar to its correct value.
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London
U.S
Tokyo
Frankfurt
Paris
Brussels
Milan
Madrid
City Flushing Water Lines in Frederick
The City of Frederick will begin flushing its water mains tonight from 8 p.m. to midnight for about two weeks. W J Davis, Superintendent of the City Water Department, says crews will work on north and south sides, emptying fire hydrants to improve the system. Some dirty water may appear, but residents are urged to be patient as the work continues weather permitting during the two week period.
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Frederick
W.J. Davis
City Water Department
Davis
Fire log brief for 24 hour period ends 10 a.m.
Fire calls logged at 2:37 p.m. city chapel alley auto fire with Independents response. 10:20 p.m. fire of undetermined nature at Kelly dormitory county St Joseph College. Emmitsburg and Thurmont assist. Ambulance calls show 9 emergencies and 10 routines. Jail population lists 48 males 3 females with no juveniles.
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City Chapel Alley
ST. Joseph’s College
Kelly
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
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