Off Street Parking Plan Aims To Aid Frederick Merchants
Frederick merchants urged to use 178 spaces in the South Court Street lot and 150 spaces in the East Patrick Street lot as city officials repair lights and increase patrols. David Bork cited a parking fund for expansions and Alderman Rice noted potential purchases north of Second Street but no agreements were made. City officials plan added parking to protect business and curb meter feeding while balancing enforcement.
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Frederick park
Glenmore Rice
South Court Street
Charles V. Main
East Patrick Street
David Bork
Frederick
Rice
Second Street
Main
Land Values Soar in Frederick County Mountains
Land values boom in the mountains near Washington. Prices rose from a few dollars per acre five decades ago to up to $1,500 an acre today. Catoctin and South Mountains attract metropolitan buyers with 10,000 acres of Catoctin Mountain Park bought in 1936 at $17 an acre. Mentzer notes land was degraded and sparsely inhabited. today 20 acres near the park fetches $2,500 per acre. Braddock area sees sales of fifty wooded lots at $5,000 to $6,500 each. Prices vary by location, with some remote plots as high as $1,500 per acre. sales have accelerated recently.
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Frederick County
Catoctin
South Mountains
Mentzer
Richard Bowers
Washington County
Braddock
Foxville
Sabillasville
Bowers
Farm Bureau Plans Spring Meeting
The Frederick County Farm Bureau announces its annual spring meeting on Wednesday March 29 at 7 45 p m at Walkersville Fire Hall. President Richard Gross nickle reveals topics include no fault insurance and the Frederick Development Plan with a 15 minute briefing followed by small group discussions and a Q A period. The organization reports 835 members signed to date in the current campaign with 17 new members listed including Edgar T Stevens Myersville Charles Noffsinger John R Peters and others. The picnic is set for July 26 at Mt Tabor Park Rocky Ridge BRP.
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Frederick County Farm Bureau
Walkersville Fire Hall
Richard Grossnickle
Frederick
Farm Bureau
Edgar T. Stevens
Myersville
Charles Noffsinger
John R Peters
David E. Hawker
Robert W. Fogle
Gary L. Schoonover
Clarence Etchison
Adam B. Strausner Jr
Middletown
Irvin F. Stapf Jr
Mt. Airy
John C. Thomas
Theodore Wyatt
James E. Glass
Union Bridge
Ed Klitch
WMHI
Snow Returns To Western Maryland
Early risers in western and northern Frederick County saw snow flurries as temperatures fell to 34 degrees. Western Maryland reports a three inch snow layer with more snow expected and Garrett County declared a snow emergency.
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Frederick County
Maryland
Garrett County
Bowie
Thomas R. Bladen
Prince George’s General Hospital
Cheverly
Prince Georges County
Bladen
Board of Education
Upper Marlboro
Upper Marlboro complex
National Weather Service
Friendship
Severn River
Weather Service
Baltimore
Off-Track Betting Bill Rejected in First Test
Annapolis Maryland Aides to Governor Mandel hoped for a favorable House Ways and Means Committee report after an 11 to 5 rejection of the Off-Track Betting Bill. The day also saw a close vote on a capital punishment bill and other education and driver eye exam measures.
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ANNAPOLE
Nad
Marvin Mandel
House
Ways and Means Committee
Del. Russell O. Hickman
Worcester
Mandel
house of delegates
senate
Maryland
Frederick County School Board presents 1973 budget request
The Board of Education presents a fiscal 1973 budget of 20.3 million to the Frederick County Commissioners with 12.4 million from county funds. The request is about 3 million higher than the current year, funded largely from county sources. Also presented were budgets for the county Veterinarian and Montevue Home, with Montevue requesting 259,800 and a 7,236 increase to add fixtures and salaried positions and new infirmary beds.
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Board of Education
Frederick County
John Carnachan
Montevue
Stock Market Inches Higher as Dow Tops 936
New York trading followed a late strength with the Dow Jones average at 936.56, up 2.63. Advances led declines 7 to 4 on the New York Stock Exchange as prices continued to rise through mid-morning.
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NEW YORK
New York Stock Exchange
Local TB RD Group Joins With Howard Montgomery
The Frederick County Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association closes to form the Frederick Howard and Montgomery TB and RD Association. The group, funded by Christmas Seals for 24 years, expanded from TB control to all respiratory illnesses including air quality. Dr. John D. White, outgoing president, spoke at the closing.
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Howard
Montgomery
Frederick County Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
Frederick, Howard and Montgomery
TB and RD Association
Frederick County Association
John D. White
Grocery Price Surge Triggers Rise in Living Costs
The February CPI shows a five-tenths of one percent rise in overall living costs, the largest in nine months, driven by a 1.9 percent jump in grocery prices. Wage trends and Phase 2 controls are noted as context, with housing and transportation effects and a 4.9 percent annualized Phase 2 cost rise.
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WASHINGTON
Nixon
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
AFL-CIO
Board Adopts Rose Hill Manor Plan
The Frederick County Parks and Recreation Commission formally adopts the master development plan for Rose Hill Manor restoration, prepared by the late Peter Robert Klein. The plan has earned endorsements from the tourism and historical committee and the master plan and parks committee, with chairmen and Commission Chairman Robert E. Klein to present it to the county commissioners soon.
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Rose Hill Manor
Frederick County Parks and Recreation Commission
Peter Robert Klein
commission
tourism and historical committee
mister plan and parks committee
Robert E. Klein
i t
board of county commissioners
The Chicken Game Endangers Frederick Youths and Pedestrians
Local police and state trooper report twenty five pedestrians under nineteen struck by vehicles in Frederick during the past year. They warn parents to supervise children at school hours and urge pedestrians to follow traffic signals and stay out of mid block crossings.
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Frederick city
Thurmont
Woodsboro
Harald L. Basore
Maryland State Police
Basore
Charles V. Main
Main
Nixon seeks 100 million for elderly nutrition from Congress
President Nixon urged Congress to provide an extra 100 million dollars next year to bolster nutrition and related services for Americans over 65. He also pushed for early passage of welfare reform and hinted at pension recomputations for federal employees, military personnel, and veterans to reflect current pay scales.
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WASHINGTON
Nixon
Congress
AFL-CIO Pay Board revolt looms as election issue
Washington AP reports a sharp clash between the White House and resigning AFL-CIO members of Nixon s Pay Board thrusting wage price controls into politics. Meany Abel and Smith quit the 15 member board charging pro business bias while Meany denies political motive and calls controls fueling inflation.
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AFL-CIO Pay Board
WASHINGTON
White House
AFL-CIO
Nixon
George Meany
Meany
J. W. Abel
United Steelworkers
Floyd Smith
UL-CIO International Association of Machinists
executive council
labor federation
Fire Log Summary From Local Dispatch
Fire calls numbered in a 24 hour period ending 1 04 am include automobile fires at West Sth and Bentz SP with junior responders at 3 17 pm and Rocky Ridge with ambulance dispatch. Emergency calls total seven. routine five. Jail population reports 24 males, one female, no juveniles.
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crry WEST STH
BENTZ SP
ROCKY RINGE
Rocky Ridge
HRC Plans Self Evaluation Meeting in Frederick
The Frederick Human Relations Council schedules a March 28 meeting devoted to evaluating its work and setting goals. In its annual report to the County Commissioners the council cites hopes for the future and the need for a long term view while noting progress and substantial work ahead on minority group issues in Frederick County.
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Frederick
Taney Life Series Continues Friday in Local Papers
The Frederick Post and The News publish the second installment of Edward S. Deliplaine’s profile on Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney. Titled Taney the Churchman, it covers Taney as a member of John’s Catholic Church in Frederick and recalls his early pastor Father John Dubois, later founder of Mt St Mary’s College and bishop of New York.
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Roger Brooke Taney
Edward s. Deliplaine
Marsland Court of Appeals
Taney
Frederick Post
The News
Mr. John’s Catholic Church of
Frederick
John Dubois
city
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Fred Burgee
Charles Lehman
David Spiner
Teamsters
Frank F. Fitzsimmons
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