Career Education Needed By Frederick Business Leaders
Dr. James Conner of the U S Chamber of Commerce addressed nearly 100 representatives from business and education during Frederick's Business Education Day. He urged career education blending general and vocational programs to equip the 65 percent not headed for college with essential work skills, noting most dissatisfied students are from minority groups.
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James Conner
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Conner
Frederick
Betty's
Maryland House Approves Parochial School Aid Measure
In Annapolis the Maryland House tentatively passed Mandel’s plan to aid private and parochial schools with about 12.1 million in indirect state grants to parents. The vote was 68 to 53, with no amendments. The bill now faces a final vote after Senate passage, and opponents plan further amendments to limit tuition effects and ensure nondiscrimination, while supporters insist it aids families facing rising tuition.
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Annapolis
Maryland House
Marvin Mandel
House of Delegates
Mandel
Senate
House
Thomas Hunter Lowe
D-Talbot
Unce General Assembly
HRC seeks ban on biased ads in Frederick County
The Human Relations Council voted to press mass media to refuse racially discriminatory housing and help wanted ads. Only two of twelve newspapers and radio stations responded, with WMIH and WFMD agreeing to comply. The council criticized Delaplaine for the paper continuing discriminatory ads and will push remaining outlets to follow the 1968 Fair Housing Act.
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the Human Relations Council
Frederick County
HRC
WMIHI
WFMD
NBC
Morgan Anderson
George B. Delaplaine Jr
Frederick
Delaplaine
Anderson
City Officials To Discuss Water Pollution
City officials plan a Thursday evening meeting with representatives from two state departments to review recommendations on polluting industrial waste in the Monocacy River. A warning last fall noted the plant could not clean enough during the canning season, with organic loads rising each year.
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Monocacy
State Health Department
Department of Water
Fire Hydrant Tests Tonight in City Areas
Mayor Magaha announced the annual hydrant testing and flushing starts tonight around 8 p.m. Hydrants in the Junior Fire Co. area will be tested first, followed by United Fire Co. and Indian Hose Co. zones under the city water department. Water may appear cloudy near testing.
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E. Paul Magaha
Junior Fire Co
United Fire Co
Indian Hose Co
Fire log roundup reports multiple local blazes
Fire log for the 24 hour period ending at 10 am notes a false alarm at CITY TJ HIGH SCHOOL at 9 10 p m and several fires including a trash fire at COUNTY BRUNSWICK RAILROAD YARD at 2 21 p m a building fire at LANDER ROAD at 2 42 p m a barn fire at GREENFIELD ROAD at 4 05 p m field fires on EAST LANE OF RT 40 at 4 58 p m and ROUTE 40 at 5 04 p m brush fire at TODD STEEL POINT OF ROCKS at 5 30 p m with multiple departments responding to each incident. emergency and routine calls listed and jail population noted.
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TJ High School
Uniteds
County Brunswick
Brunswick
Lander Road
Jefferson and
Carroll Manor
Greenfield Road
Independents
Upper Montgomery County
Jefferson
RT. 40
New Market
Todd Steel
Point OF Rocks
Upper Montgomery
Brunswick and Braddock
Stock Market Edges Higher in Cautious Trading
New York stocks opened with modest gains as investors kept a cautious stance amid mixed early results. The market showed hesitant advances across several major issues, signaling a wait-and-see mood for the session.
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New York
Public protests mount against Calley verdict
The Associated Press reports rising public and official protests after the murder conviction of Army Lt. William L. Calley Jr. Calls for clemency and appeals to set aside the verdict poured in from citizens, lawmakers, and veterans across the nation, with many arguing Calley was unfairly singled out.
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Associated Press
Army
William L. Calley Jr
Calley
My Lai
Herb Haas
Cincinnati
Raymond Hufft
Hufft
New Orleans
Deadline Near For New Auto Stickers
The deadline to display 1971 72 auto validation stickers approaches midnight tonight for Class A and D plates. Trucks face a later date of April 30. If a sticker is defective return it to the department for adjustment. each set bears a serial number matching the registration card.
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Department of Motor Vehicles
Warming Trend Continues Across Town This Week
Spring warmth persists with mid 50s highs and subfreezing lows. Easter finery shoppers may notice young bunnies in pet store windows likely to be given as pets for the holiday. Winds under 10 mph ease, precipitation near zero, and Thursday promises mid 60s temperatures after a brief snowflurry earlier in the week.
Calley Impassioned Plea Before My Lai Verdict
Lt. William L. Calley Jr. asked the court martial to spare future soldiers from losing honor after he was found guilty of murdering at My Lai. He argued that lives in Southeast Asia and elsewhere would be harmed by his punishment, insisting he never intended to kill. He faced six officers who would decide life or death.
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Nuernberg
Gram
Calley
Alabama
Mississippi Senate
Rules Committee
Korea
Cushing
Okla
Stanley Gernter
Richard Whalen
Benning
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Pry
Southeast Asia
United States
North Vietnam
Mrs Carter Directs City Cancer Drive
Mrs Doris G Carter has accepted the Frederick City chairmanship for the April Cancer Crusade and organized her volunteer team. A veteran crusader, she previously headed the division and has eight years of health work experience with the county health department.
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Doris G. Carter
Frederick City
Saigon Raiders Raid Base in Laos Across Border Action
U S helicopters landed elite South Vietnamese commandos in southern Laos to strike a North Vietnamese base near the border. North Vietnamese forces counterattacked Duc Duc district, burning much of the town and causing civilian casualties while U S advisers reported minor American injuries. The Laos raid involved the Black Panther Strike Force and the 1st Reconnaissance Company with Huey transports and Cobra gunships, aiming for a quick hit and run two to three day operation.
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Saigon
U.S
Laos
Duc Duc
da Nang
Nguyen van Thieu
Don Ha
Lam Son
Vietnam
Hac Bao
Black Panther
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
Ivasion
Local Girls Send Message In Bottle To South Africa
Patty Mills and Pamela Ann Brachey sent a letter in a bottle 27 months ago from the Monocacy River near Frederick. Found at Pohick Bay Regional Park in Fairfax, the bottle sparked a reunion with former teacher Wade Zirkle and local students as it was re launched toward Capetown. The letter's contents remain undisclosed and no reply has arrived after a year, but the students remain hopeful.
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Patty Mills
Pamela Brachey
Potomac River
Capetown
South Africa
Wade Zirkle
South Frederick
George Smith
Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority
Pohick Bay
Mason Neck
Pamela Ann Brachey
Monocacy River
Frederick
Fairfax
Potomas River
Chesapeake Bay
Patty
Pamela
Mason’s Neck
Proxmire questions STOL funding and NASA role
Senator William Proxmire questions a proposed 100 million STOL program with an initial 1.5 million grant, urging full justification of government involvement while NASA officials say the effort aims to prove the technological concept and not to develop commercial prototypes.
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Washington
William Proxmire
George M Low
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Senate Aeronautics Committee
Low
NASA
D-Wis
Senate
Proxmirer
Congress
House Committee
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Speaker
Quita Hague
East Frederick
News-Post
Ft. Benning
Hawthorne, NY
Honor
Mrs. Carter
Virginia Park
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