Education Budget Slashed In County Board Vote
Frederick County Board of Education rejected the superintendent Gut avis proposal and set a final next year budget of 15 059 470. They cut administrative and instructional costs including two admin positions and several staff reductions. The plan now goes to county commissioners for a May 5 public hearing.
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Prederick County
John L. Carnochan
Carnochan
Thomas Johnson Heh
Middle States Association
Fort Detrick Accidents and Disease Charge Denied
Army spokesman rejects claims of disease outbreaks linked to Fort Detrick. He cites 3 300 accidents between 1954 and 1962 with only one pneumonic plague case in 1959 and asserts no infections spread to the local community due to strict safety and sanitation measures.
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Fort Detrick
Army
Richard McCarthy
N. Y
Sen
Fayrene McCarthy
Three Youths and FBI Agent Caught Stealing Red Horse
An FBI agent and three Middletown High School seniors planned to take a red horse statue from Red Horse Steak House with permission from host Mrs. Joan Conrad and the school. Police intervened, the group abandoned theft plans, and the horse ended up on the roof of Middletown High School.
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Kathy Williams
Larry Watter
Ron Lichtinger
Middletown High School
Amos
FBI
PBS
Frederick Axion
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ronald R. Lichtinger Sr
Red Horse
U.S. 40
Larry Walter
Ronald Lichlinger Jr
Neck of the Woods
Joan L. Conrad
Cherry Will Farms
Set. Rh. C
Snyder
Tfe
R. L. McAfvey
State Police
Cpl
Thomas Stockman
Ralph Potts
Conrad
Middletown Valley
Columbia Protests Seize Buildings In Campus Sit-in
Protesters led by Students for a Democratic Society seized two Columbia University buildings, clashed with a professor, and posted Che Guevara banners as part of black admissions demands. The event follows last year’s police action and mirrors a Stanford seizure earlier the same day.
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Associated Press
Students For A Democratic Society
Columbia University
New York City
Columbia
Mathematics
Fayerweather Halls
Ernesto Che’? Guevara
Society
SDS
Stanford University
Bethel Road Bicyclist Injured in Midland County Crash
An eight year old bicyclist on Bethel Road was struck by a southbound car driven by Rudy Twentey of Rocky Springs Road. The rider was in fair condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Investigating Trooper Conklin said the bike swerved into the vehicle’s path and the car lost control into a field. The same police report notes a break in at the Braddock Drive-In Theater with a cigarette machine and office ransacked.
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Bethel Road
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Richard Brookfield
John W. Brookfield
Mountaindale
United Pire Company
St. C. Conklin
Bethel Rom
Rudy Ross Twentey
RFD
Rocky Springs Road
Twentey
Tpr
Conklin
Strikig
Hraddock Drive-In
Frederick
Fire Log Tire Calls Reported During 24 Hour Period
Fragmentary fire log notes report tire calls during a 24 hour period. Entries reference locations in the county with unclear times and limited details. Police and fire responders logged several incidents including vehicle and miscellaneous alarm activations.
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I Asm
April Weather: Showers Below Normal Rainfall Reported
The April rainfall averaged 2.73 inches, below the 3.69 inch normal. Temperatures ranged from a low of 20 to a high of 83 degrees with several days near 60s to 70s as mild spring weather continues.
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Ayiy Pan Ho
Ain
Apoll
Alers
Stock Market Advances Amid Turbulent Trading
New York stocks extend gains after a volatile session as the Dow Jones average pushes higher. Traders note broad participation with steady volume and renewed investor optimism despite uneven intraday moves.
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New York
Can
Earl Tolar
Alloa A.m
Ted Fogang
Battle Deaths Drop To Four Month Low In Vietnam War
Last week’s American battlefield deaths fell to the lowest level in nearly four months as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese casualties rose. Officials cited reduced Viet Cong offensives, while heavy enemy losses continued in seven clashes along the Cambodian border and DMZ vicinity.
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Vietnam
3Rd Corps
Saigon
Cally
Saitou
Dmz
Us Come Trand
Uni
Cambodia
Laos
South Vietnam
U.S
da Nang
Hue
Hed
Arto
1St Air Cavalry Division
Saron
Israelis Die In Fight Along Canal
Five Israelis died and one was wounded during heavy fighting along the Suez Canal near Port Said. The Israeli army said three soldiers and two civilian employees were wounded and later died, with a 19 year old private killed by a sniper as others tried to reach him. Cairo said no Egyptian casualties. Prime Minister Golda Meir warned Israel may face a prolonged state of emergency.
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Associated Press
Suez Canal
Port Taufiq
Cairo
Israel
Golda Meir
Hearing Waived for Three Mount Airy Whiskey Suspects
Preliminary hearings for Kirvey Procwr 39 Edmondson Jr 27 and Robert Scott 27 were waived in Magistrate Murray Four Court. They are charged with manufacture transportation and possession of illicit liquor after a raid on a whiskey still on Woodville Road south of US 40. A 50 gallon still was smashed and 131 gallons of whiskey seized. Federal and state agents called it one of the largest still raids in four years.
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Kirvey M. Procwr
EN Edmondson Jr
Robert RB
Scott
Murray
Woodville Road
US. 40
Ste
GOP Speaker Raps Inflation At Frederick County Dinner
Vermont Rep Robert Stafford told about 300 Republicans at the Peter Pan Inn Urbana that inflation is a major national problem. He praised Mathias and Beall, urged a balanced budget and anti inflation steps, and said Nixon administration aims to push back in Vietnam.
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Robert T. Stafford
Vermont
Stafford
Peter Pan Inn
Urbana
Frederick County
Charles
McC.) Mathias
J. Glenn Beall, Jr
Congress
Mathias
Senate
Democratic Congress
Republicans Cau &Tenpublican Congress
Richard Nixon
Niven
United States
Vietnam
Hubert Stafford
Glenn Beall Jr
Final decision awaited time running out for Catoctin Job Corps Center
A scrambled notice reports the Catoctin Job Corps Center near Thurmont faces closure within hours. Officials cite a pending final decision, with state and federal figures commenting on efforts to save the camp and plans to transfer 20 corpsmen to other centers.
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Catoctin
Job Corps Center
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