Pollution Not Serious In Frederick County
Frederick residents breathe air described by county health officer Dr. Charles G. Spicknall as not a major problem at present. He notes the lack of measuring instruments skews the full picture and plans to install air pollution samplers within a month, possibly atop Winchester Hall, to produce a fuller report on smoke and radioactivity.
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Frederick
Charles G. Spicknall
Spiesnall
Winchester Hall
Frederick County
Reich
Ford Road
Three Heart Transplant Patients Are Doing Well
The Associated Press notes three heart transplant patients show progress within about 24 hours. In London 45 year old Frederick West at National Heart Hospital is "fit" and in satisfactory condition after a seven hour operation. In Houston Everett Claire Thomas 47 received a heart from a 15 year old bride. physicians cautious yet hopeful. In Stanford Joseph Rizo r 40, received a heart from an older athletic man. condition listed as fair with watchful waiting. London donor named Patrick Ryan 26 died from brain damage after a scaffold fall. Thomas in Houston was treated by Dr Denton A. Cooley. transplant lasted 35 minutes. Cooley warns not to be overly optimistic due to his patient’s prior illness.
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Associated Press
United States
London
National Heart Hospital
Frederick West
Houston
Tex
Everett Claire Thomas
Stanford
Calif
Joseph Rizor
Patrick Ryan
Donald Ross
Christiaan Barnard
Thomas
Phoenix
Ariz
Denton A. Cooley
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
Cooley
Delinquent Youth Cases Tripled Here Last Year
Frederick County juvenile delinquency jumped nearly threefold in the past year with 342 cases reported, compared with 107 in 1966, according to a state study. Burglary led offenses with 2 058 statewide. 135 juvenile arsons were fewer than other crimes.
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Frederick County
Garrett
Victor Cullen Training School
Juvenile Service
Maryland
Split Flower Pots To Get City Trial
Frederick city plans a spring flower pot project to address visibility and parking issues. Pots along Market and Patrick Streets will be cut in half, with the sidewalk halves lowered to about ten feet for better viewing, and the removed halves reassigned to poles on Market and Patrick Streets, extending along the Archdiocese of Washington area.
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Frederick
Market
Patrick
Market Street
Patrick Street
Arenbsay Uiong
Archdiocese of Washington
Red Cross Bloodmobile to Visit Frederick on Monday
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be in Frederick on Monday at the Church of the Brethren Soca Room located at West Second Street and Fairview Avenue. Donor registration opens at 2 p.m. and closes at 7 p.m. Evening hours are set for donors who work or cannot arrive during the day.
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Red Cross
Frederick
Soca
Church of the Brethren
West Second St
Fairview Ave
U S Troops Battle 2000 Reds Near Dong Ha
U S forces press through marshes near the northeast frontier to blunt North Vietnamese advances. A Marine pilot was killed after a clash 50 miles northeast of Dong Ha as U S losses rose to 252 warplanes in Vietnam.
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Saigon
Wu.s
Dong Ha
U.S
South Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Hue
U.S. Army
196Th Light Infantry Brigade
North Vietnam
Panhandle
U S and North Vietnam Near Start of Paris Talks
Washington and Hanoi prepared for hard bargaining as talks in Paris aim to curb Communist military activity in Southeast Asia to clear a path toward halting U S bombing of the North. The talks open May 10 after a Paris settlement ending five weeks of sparring via Vientiane.
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Washington
U.S
Paris
North Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Hanoi
Vientiane
Laos
United States
Johnson
Fire Log Summary from Carroll County
Fire calls reported in a 24 hour period ending 10 am city entries include New Midway aid after a 4:57 pm call, false alarm at Brunswick boat landing 8:59 pm, and a 4:15 am barn fire on Tri Cod Farm with electric wiring. Brunswick and Jefferson Station responders noted.
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Carroll County
New Midway
Brunswick
Boat Landing
Tri-Cod
Brunswick and Jeferson Station
Agnew Declares Legal Holiday for Election Day
Maryland Governor Spiro T. Agnew proclaims May 14 a legal holiday to allow voters in Frederick County and across the state to participate in a referendum on the proposed new Constitution. Government offices banks and schools will close or offer voting time as required by law.
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Frederick County
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Constitution
Winchester Hall
City Hall
Board of Education
Agnew
House GOP Leaders Say LBJ Willed Tax Increase
Washington AP report says President Johnson blamed some lawmakers for blocking tax legislation by demanding deep spending cuts. Rep John R Byrnes and House leaders condemn the remarks as killing chances for a tax bill while GOP chairmen press for large spending cuts. Johnson cites peace talks in Paris as top priority, urges a tax bill without delays or blackmail.
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House
GOP
LBJ
Washington
Johnson
Congress
John R Byrnes
Ways and Means Committee
Gerald R. Ford
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
Bow
House Appropriations Committee
North Vietnam
Paris
Electra Explodes In Storm Over Dawson Texas
A Braniff International Electra Flight 352 exploded and crashed near Dawson Texas. Eighty four people died and no one survived. A special FBI team identified bodies as the National Guard controlled traffic and crowds. The plane departed Houston at 4 11 am and vanished from radar at 4 51 pm after encountering severe thunderstorm turbulence.
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Dawson, Tex
Braniff International
Lonnie Wells
Texas
Dawson
FBI
National Guard
Braniff
Houston
Jo Carol Brand
Taylor, N.D
Suzanne Renz
South Orange
N.J
Dallas
J.R. Phillips
John W. Foster
D. W. Crossland
Fort Worth
Great Southwest International Airport
Dawson Dean Montgomery
Corsicavia
Baltimore Area Echoes Rising Living Costs and Shrinking Dollar
A Department of Labor survey shows the 1947-49 dollar is worth 67.9 cents locally, with living costs up 3.2 percent since last year. In March Maryland savings and loan data show loans at $29.8 million, savings at $54.5 million, and net savings down from a year earlier. The report covers Baltimore, Carroll, Howard, and Frederick counties, noting CPI up 1.1 percent in Q1 1968 and a 138.7 index from 1957-59 base.
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U.S. Department of Labor
Maryland Savings and Loan Associations
Department of Labor
Baltimore
Labor Department
Carroll County
Howard County
Frederick County
Washington Area
Montgomery County
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Janet Cope Henry
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Phole
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Henry
Randle Elliott
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Northeastern Frontier
U. S
Reds
Electra
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