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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1969
Page
3
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Governor Mandel and Senator Tydings urge Vice President Agnew and Congress to grant a reprieve for the Thurmont Job Corps camp, arguing its contributions to youth and the local economy. Camp director Hill warns 117 corpsmen face departure as cost figures for 1968 and 1969 are cited and protests grow.
Mayor John A. Derr suggests moving the Independent Hose Company and the Citizens' Truck Company to western sections to ease downtown congestion. He also backs merging the ambulance services of United Fire and Junior Fire into a single downtown unit in the Citizens' Truck Company building on South Court Street. The plan aims to improve rapid access for county runs and downtown emergencies as Frederick grows urban.
A State Roads Commission plan to add at least two more lanes on Route 70 S from Germantown to Frederick is urged to ease dire traffic conditions. The piece notes speeds dropping to 20 mph amid growth from IBM, Fairchild Hiller, the Atomic Energy Commission, and COMSAT, warning of stagnation without timely action.
The piece cites Justice Hugo L. Black on education: schools exist to educate children, not to shield disruptors. It warns that campus violence and calls for unfettered freedom harm higher learning, reflecting on Latin American educational decline since 1918 and the risk to professional standards.
John N Brewer Jr objects to an April Frederick Post editorial praising Potomac Edison. He cites two electricity bills showing 1 408 kwh cost 32 14 net versus 1 486 kwh at 12 85 net, arguing rates are over 2 6 times higher. He includes his Frederick address and signature.
The White House faces a lack of a single dominant policy co-ordinator. Ehrlichman lacks deep policy fluency to unify major domestic policy and signal for the President. Moynihan’s Urban Affairs Council shows promise but is not the sole coordinating device. The President contemplates internal reshuffles or an outside hire to fill the gap.
Fifty years ago the county faced escape notices as two prisoners fled the county jail and had yet to be found. Officials offered a reward for their capture while the Board of Aldermen approved purchasing a four cylinder fire engine with chemical booster rated at 750 gallons per minute. Real estate transfers and mortgage filings in Frederick County surged after the armistice, breaking records at the courthouse clerk’s office.
Forest Warden Herman Lanis reports a forest fire burned over three acres at Pine Knob started by three campfires left unattended. An intense frost, down to 27 degrees, affected orchards but caused no major damage. Frederich city and county officials note unemployment decline due to resumed construction. Frederich Municipal Airport dedication tomorrow with heavy traffic control and police presence expected for over 15,000 attendees.
Maryland legislators call the recent General Assembly session productive though taxes dominate debate. They defend a one cent sales tax hike aimed at funding police, state retirements, and salaries, while critics warn of belt tightening and growing government costs. Senators Smelser and Byron clash on spending, implied consent laws, and home rule, amid worries of a taxpayer revolt as capital budgets rise.
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