Meat price ceiling sparks national meat boycott plan
Livestock leaders claim Nixon meat price controls unfair and ineffective for consumers. Farm groups warn production will drop and prices may rise. processors fear disruption and plant shutdowns. Housewives prepare to join week long boycott as officials split on policy. Oregon and Ohio officials express mixed support while Armour signals possible plant closures. Nationwide boycott set to begin Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Nixon
Ycott
American Farm Bureau Federation
William J. Kuhfuss
Des Moines
Oren Lee Staley
National Farmers Organization
Kalamazoo
Mich
Michigan Nfc
Iowa Farm
Phoenix
Ariz
Union Bridge Welcomes Former POW Eddie Drabie Home
Eddie Drabie returned Friday to a hero's welcome in Union Bridge. A color guard of four Vietnam veterans and a car parade escorted him from Valley Forge Military Hospital to his Lightner Street home. Residents cheered as he thanked the crowd, memories surfacing of years past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Bridge
Eddie Drabb
Sgt
Drabie
Eddie Drabie
VFW
Sgt. Drabie
Valley Forge Military Hospital
Pennsylvania
Drabic
Eddie
Lehigh Portland Cement
Lightner Street
Sheriff to disclose finances Monday in Frederick County
Frederick County Sheriff Richard Baumgartner announced that he will publicly disclose his financial holdings on Monday. He urged other officials to do the same, noting the move aims to reassure taxpayers amid concerns over conflicts of interest in public policy decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Richard
Baumgartner
Charles G. Spicknall
State Department of Health and Mental Hypene
Metropolitan Sanitary Commission
James H. Grove
Ballenger Creek
IRS Agents To Aid In Enforcement
Washington AP says enforcement of the meat price ceiling starts Monday as President Nixon urges prices to fall not rise. 250 IRS agents join 2,500 staff to police ceilings while retailers post new prices by April 9 and housewives act as enforcers for suspected violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IRS
Washington
Nixon
California
White House
San Clemente
Cost of Living Council
Reve
Nue Service
Final phase of Operation Homecoming brings 48 POWs home
The operation shifts into its final phase as hospital jets carry 48 liberated American POWs from Clark Air Base to U.S. bases. A last group of six prisoners is expected to fly to the United States by Sunday. Capt. Robert T. White, 32, of Newport News, Virginia, is to be handed over Sunday and flown to the Philippines. The returning soldiers will touch down at Travis and Scott Air Force Bases with additional legs to Andrews and Sheppard AFBs. Since 1962 about 15 million of the 2.5 million Americans who served in Vietnam passed through military terminals en route to Indochina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Vietnam
Laos
United States
Saigon
Philippines
Robert T. White
Newport News
Army
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Scott Afb
Inl
Kelly Afb
Tex
Indochina
Vo-Tech Hearing Set Here in Frederick County
Frederick County will host a public hearing of the State Board of Education on The Maryland State Plan For Vocational-Technical Education. The hearing is set for April 25 at 2 p.m. in the Francis Scott Key Hotel, announced by Acting State Superintendent Quentin L. Earhart. A draft copy of the plan for fiscal 1974 has been distributed to media, superintendents, and board personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
State Board of Education
Maryland
Francis Scott Key
Quentin L. Earhart
Acquittal in Paxton Child Abuse Case
Circuit Court Judge Samuel W Barrick acquitted Thomas Wayne Paxton in the child abuse case. The defense argued no testimony tied Paxton to the August 18 21 injuries on Dawn White while she was in the couple’s Jefferson home. Witnesses from four families testified the marks appeared while under the child’s guardian care, not proving Paxton inflicted them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Samuel W. Barrick
Thomas Wayne Paxton
Franklin
Byron Seeks Price Probe Citing Food Cost Pressures
Rep. Goodloe Byron co sponsors legislation to form a House Select Committee on the Cost and Availability of Food to probe factors driving high food prices and issue recommendations for relief. The plan aims to examine all matters affecting American shoppers and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Goodloe
Byron
House
South Side Patrick Street favored for Frederick courthouse complex
Frederick officials prefer the south side of West Patrick Street for a downtown courthouse office complex. Land records show the $2 million asking price at $8 per square foot is inflated about 500 percent, with total assessed land and improvements at $236,505 and estimated real market value around $294,175.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Frederick County
Annapolis
West Patrick Street
April Fool's Day Rain Expected This Weekend
Forecaster predicts a cloudy weekend with two rainy days and mild highs in the 60s. Tonight brings an 80 percent chance of rain with temps in the 40s, while Sunday remains largely the same with about a 60 percent rain chance and mid 60s. Previous 24 hours saw a low of 42 and a high of 4, with Frederick County recording 0.43 inches of rain from Thursday night to Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Dickerson Man Accused Of Threatening Officer
Alfred Thomas Helms a 25 year old Dickerson man is jailed in Frederick County on assault with intent to kill a police officer after allegedly threatening Cpl. Gerald Koogle at City Police Headquarters around 2 45 a m Saturday following his arrest on two other charges. Helms was apprehended minutes later on North Market Street and a search found no weapon. He had earlier faced disorderly conduct and negligent driving charges. In a separate incident a Thurmont woman was hospitalized after a two car crash on West Seventh Street. Areta Alkire 55 suffered minor injuries. Brenda Dixon of Brunswick was involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickerson
Frederick County
Alfred Thomas Helms
Rt. 1
Gerald Koogle
Helms
Koogle
North Market Street
Thurmont
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Areta D. Alkire
Rt. 2
West Seventh Street
Brenda D. Dixon
Brunswick
Alkire
Also Mentioned on This Page
Johnson
Oregon
Tom McCall
Armour Co
Martha Raver
Snoopy
Dr. Spicknall
Donald L. Lewis
Lawrence A. Dorsey
John A. Derr
Sherff
Sherff Baumgartner
Council
John P. Dunlop
Federal Reserve
Arthur F. Burns
Congress
Kaw
Patrick Street
Hanson House
Old Court House
West Patrick
South Court Streets
County Commission
John Hanson
Patrick
Winchester Hall
S. Court St. West
American Oil Co
Alice L. Kiriakou
Clara K. Chapline
Donald H. Hiltner
Allen FR. Routsahn Et al
Julien P. Delphey
City Park
Baker Park
Kenneth D. Green
By Aldant
Weinberg
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!