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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1978
Page
1
The County Commission voted to seek a 400000 federal grant to upgrade sanitary facilities in homes and connect them to a proposed sewage treatment plant. Officials note potential competition with the city of Frederick for the same funds under separate Block Grant programs.
Senator Edward P. Thomas announced at Watsons Restaurant that he will seek a third term in the Maryland Senate as he filed candidacy with the state Board of Election Supervisors in Annapolis. He plans a vigorous campaign with no Democratic opposition yet and expects to spend no more than $3,000, matching his 1974 total. early voter response has been very gratifying.
County Commissioner Edgar C. Virts Jr. announced his bid for re election becoming the first incumbent on the Board of County Commissioners to seek a second term. He criticized the board as polarized and accused the chairman and two votes of making appointments and favors. He praised his own service and said he hopes he made the county better while lamenting the Monday meetings as the best show in town and the board’s spending of taxpayers money.
Frederick hosted early planning 1804 expedition details as historians note Lewis and Clark left St Louis in May but were organized in Frederick ten months earlier. Frederick County native John Collins is named as hunter and cook. Jefferson appointed Lewis as aide, with Meares aiding organization in Frederick.
Nanette Carter won Miss Maryland in the Frederick pageant, also earning highest talent score. First runner up was Barbara Lee Baets, second runner up Susan Marie Hawkins. Baets received 200 scholarship and Hawkins 150.
President Carter and opponents of the proposed sale of U S warplanes to Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt may near a compromise. Senate backers of Israel welcomed a possible offer while Kissinger testimony loomed before Foreign Relations Committee.
Rain continues through Tuesday in the tri county area aiding farmers coping with dry spells. Frederick County reports crops two weeks behind normal as intermittent showers drop up to a half inch in parts like Emmitsburg measuring .51 inch total. Temperatures ranged from 38 to 65 across Friday to Sunday.
Inside The News reports Berkowitz pleads guilty as Mexican Americans react in Houston. Vanity taunts memory of Joseph Conrad amid intrigue and rumor.
The Frederick County Republican State Central Committee endorsed Mrs Frances Ashbury for renomination to the county Board of Education citing her past excellent record. Ashbury, a Democrat, sought Democratic party support but did not receive it. Also named by the GOP for the upcoming Board vacancies are Robert E Smariga, Cleopatra Campbell, and R Holmes Baker.
About 1 75 people joined Frederick County's annual Walk A Thon for birth defects Sunday in Seper Walk 78. The event raised an estimated 2560 in pledges per mile and a local average of 15 to 25 miles per walker, potentially generating 40 000 to 50 000 if full money was pledged. Proceeds fund birth defects prevention programs including medical service education and research. festivities began with a 7 a.m. doughnut breakfast served by the Salvation Army Auxiliary, and milk donations from Capitol Milk Producers Cooperative. Jota Frasers announced the Maze of Dimes campaign chairman and the event opened with a brief ceremony.
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