Youth Charged and Suspect Sought in Barn Fire
A 13 year old was charged by Frederick City police in a barn fire at the Trout farm on Center Street. A 14 year old is being sought in connection with the blaze which destroyed the $5,000 structure and Brosius Corp materials. Firefighters from multiple units battled the 4:49 a.m. blaze. over 100 responders aided in containment. The arrested youth was released to parents and will face the state Juvenile Services. Also reported: $200 of Elm Street Elementary athletic gear stolen. various local arrests and court dates noted.
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Frederick City
Trout Farm
Center Street
Criminal Investigations Division
City Police
Brosius Corporation
Department of Juvenile Services
United, Independent, Citizens
Braddock Heights
Braddock Heights Fire Company
United
Elm Street
Amos L. Brown
Gilbert Rape Trial Begins
Douglas Eugene Gilbert, 21, faces a circuit court rape trial before Judge Samuel W. Barrick. A 72-year-old Mountaindale woman identified him as the man who broke into her home on Nov. 19, 1972, robbed her, assaulted, beat and raped her after a knock at the door. Public defender William R. Leckemby represents the defense. State's Attorney Robert S. Rothenhoefer prosecutes for the state.
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Douglas Eugene Gilbert
Samuel W. Barrick
Gilbert
Mountaindale
William R. Leckemby
Robert S. Rothenhoefer
Stock Exchange Jumps at Open as Dow Rises
The New York Stock Exchange opened with a sharp advance on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by more than six points as gainers outpaced losers three to one and trading stayed fairly active.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Demolition of WFMD Building Aliens Homeowner Complains
A West Seventh Street resident complains demolition of the old WFMD building causes severe air pollution. Demolition began to clear space for new doctors offices, with dust control advised by Paul Beale of Frederick County Air Quality Control. Dr. Robert R. Roberts leads Fountain Medical Center Inc. and did not comment.
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Eric Green
West Seventh Street
WFMD
Fountain Medical Center Inc
Robert R. R. Roberts
Dr. Roberts
Frederick
Paul Beale
Frederick County
Last U S Troops Withdrawn as POWs Are Released
Saigon reports the final 5 236 U S troops depart on three day airlift while 32 POWs are freed in Hanoi and 49 more to be released Wednesday. The MACV base at Tan Son Nhut to be handed to the Embassy Attache as POW repatriation continues.
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Laos
U.S
United States
U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam
MACV
Pentagon East
Tan Son Nhut
Frederick C. Weyand
Nguyen van Thieu
Independence Palace
Thieu
Thailand
Vietnam
Clear Weather Brief Fades as Clouds Return Wednesday
The weatherman forecasts a short break with clearing skies and temperatures near the mid-50s after a grey morning. A high pressure ridge will push the bad weather out, but clouds and a chance of rain return by Wednesday. yesterday's high was 53, low 45, no precipitation in the last 24 hours, rivers and streams are in good shape for early fishermen.
Last 32 POWs Freed From Hanoi to Clark Air Base
The last 32 American prisoners freed by the Viet Cong were flown from Hanoi to Clark Air Base in the Philippines. The group includes 27 military personnel and five civilians, with 49 more Americans and one Canadian to be handed over in Hanoi on Wednesday. Another 67 Americans remain to be released later, bringing total freed to 587 since February 12. Col. Benjamin H. Purcell praised freedom and thanked President Nixon and the American people.
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Saigon
U.S
Freedom Birds
Vietnam
United States
Laos
Tan Son Nhut
Hanoi
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Clark
Pris
Benjamin H. Purcell
Columbus
Nixon
Purcell
Quang Tri Province
Cmdr
Phillip A. Kientzler
Poway
Calif
Paris
North Vietnam
Pathet Lao
Army
Richard C. Anshus
Minneapolis
Miss
Ma Tine
Jose Jesus Anzaldua Jr
Refugio
Tex
Jon R. Cavaini
Merced
Congress
Hearings Planned on Sixes Bridge Dam Reforms
A public hearing on the Sixes Bridge Dam project on the Monocacy River is set for April 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Catoctin High School auditorium Thurmont as part of three Corps of Engineers meetings. Additional hearings are scheduled April 25 at Waynesboro High School and April 26 at the Commerce Department Auditorium in Washington. The sessions accompany a reformulation of the Sixes Bridge Verona dams and lake projects and a near finishing interim Potomac River Basin Water Supply report evaluating long term water supply plans.
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Sixes Bridge
Monocacy River
Catoctin High School
Thurmont
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Waynesboro High School
Army Called Murderers Weatherman At Banquet
Dr. William L. Kinter told 165 members of the TriState Natural Weather Association in Chambersburg that Agnes floods showed the Army failed to warn citizens. He blamed cloud seeding and criticized federal monitoring, claiming it manipulates rainfall for powerful interests. The remarks attacked the Army Corps of Engineers and referenced Atmospherics Inc. and Coors in drought claims.
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U.S. Army
William L. Kinter
TriState Natural Weather Association
Chambersburg, A
Dr. Kinter
Association
Wyoming Valley
Scranton
Kinter
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Army Corps of Engineers
Paul G. Hoke
Atmospherics Inc
Colorado
Hoke
Adolph Coors Brewery
Coors
Pennsylvania
Edmund R. Hill
Draft Chief Hershey Retires From Militant Duty
Washington AP report notes Lewis B Hershey retires after 62 years of service. The 79 year old in full dress receives full honors at a Pentagon ceremony with 17 gun salute. He is noted as adviser to President Nixon on manpower mobilization since 1970 and former Selective Service director.
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Washington
Lewis ‘B. Hershey
Elliot L. Richardson
Pentagon
Hershey
Nixon
Officials Hear BOE Budget Today
Frederick County residents will have a final chance to address the proposed board of education budget at a 10 a.m. public hearing in Winchester Hall. The $21,962,931 proposal includes a tax hike, which one commissioner has opposed. A 1 p.m. briefing will cover Frederick Community College’s new budget.
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Frederick County
Board of Education
Winchester Hall
Frederick Community College
Cleric Labels Nixon and Thomas Hypocrites in Sermon
In Frederick, Rev. Loren Gisselbeck of Calvary Methodist Church named George Wallace, President Nixon, and Senator Edward P. Thomas in a sermon arguing some cry for justice while violating morals. Thomas denied wrongdoing and said church anger over the speech stems from political attacks by Gisselbeck, who linked law and order to hypocrisy.
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Frederick
Loren Gisselbeck
Calvary Methodist Church
George Wallace
Nixon
Edward P. Thomas
America
Thomas
Annapolis
General Assembly
Gisselbeck
McGovern
Maryland
Luke
Nixom
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Rt. 2
Myersville
Andrew Thomas Simms
Rt. 1
Adamstown
South Market Street
Paul Francis Curry
East Seventh Street
Douglas Leroy Dixon
North Market Street
West South Street
David John Onley
East Fifth Street
District Cour
Renee Lisa Shifflett
Prospect Boulevard
Maple Avenue
International Commission of Control and Supervision
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Cers
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International Commission of Control and Supervisio
Sixes Bridge Dam
Agnes
Mitchell Wendell
Hill
Dr. Hill
California
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San Francisco
Wendell
Adams County
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Senator Thomas
Reverend Gisselbeck
News-Post
Wallace
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