Pay Hikes Authorized For County Jail Staff
Frederick County Commissioners authorized Sheriff Baumgartner to raise jail salaries and hire two new staff, boosting deputies to nine and adding an assistant cook. Starting deputy pay rose to 5,034 with other increases, effective April 26. The moves aim to maintain two jailors per shift and improve operations. a new deputy starts tonight and a rescinding trustee kitchen work policy was set.
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Frederick County
Richard O. Baumgartner
Baumgartner
FOP Plans Memorial Service
The Fraternal Order of Police representing Maryland State Police Frederick City Police and municipal police will hold a memorial service this Saturday May 15 at 10 a.m. at Mt. Olivet Cemetery for four officers Sgt Harry Phillips Set Denver Shook Capt Carl Dillingham and Sgt Joseph White. The Rev Ralph M Sharpe will give the address with remarks by Lt Walter H Wahl and Major Charles V Main. A police honor and color guard will attend and wreaths placed on each grave. This Peace Officer Memorial Day marks the national observance of Peace Officer Week. the 1963 proclamation by President Kennedy inspired the local memorials begun by the Frederick branch two years ago.
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Fraternal Order of Police
Maryland
Frederick City
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Brunswick
Francis Scott Kegin
Mt. Olivet
Harry Phillips
Set
Denver Shook
Carl Dillingham
Joseph White
Ralph M. Sharpe
Walter H. Wahl
Frederick
Charles V. Main
Francis Scott Key
John F. Kennedy
FOP
Jail Escapees Still Missing In Frederick County
Law officers search for Warren Bowers 19 of South Market Street after he escaped Frederick County Jail by removing mortar around his cell window with a spoon. Another escapee Chester Leroy Stone 26 of RFD 4 fled on March 19.
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Frederick County
Warren Bowers
South Market Street
Bowers
Chester Leroy Stone
RFD 4
State Dental Meeting Begins Here Sunday
Frederick County dentists host the 46th semi annual Maryland State Dental Association meeting from Sunday through Tuesday at the Red Horse. The board meets at 10 a.m. Sunday. president Dr Conrad Inman Jr. will preside. A welcome address by Dr T J Allen will open the sessions. A panel on the Maryland Dental Plan with Maryland Blue Shield is directed by Dr William J Coleman after lunch. Evening events include a Red Horse dinner and a night at Charles Town races. Tuesday features a golf tournament at the V F W Country Club and tennis at Baker Park. tours for wives include Harpers Ferry and lunch at the Frederick Historical Society Home. Dental hygienists meet Sunday at 9 a.m. at the Red Horse and dental assistants meet at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Local organizers include Dr J R Crouse, Dr Allen, Dr F S Hammond, and Dr R M Marrone.
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Frederick County
Maryland State Dental Association
Board of Governors
Red Horse
A. G. McGreevy
Frederick County Dental Society
T. J. Allen
Frederick
Conrad Inman Jr
Maryland
Maryland Blue Shield Inc
William J. Coleman
Charles Town
V.F.W. Country Club
Baker Park
Harpers Ferry
J. R. Crouse
Allen
F. 5. Hammond
R. M. Marrone
Fire Log Summary From Day's Calls
Fire and emergency calls reported across multiple locations including Mt Airy Braddock Heights Liberty Walkersville and Glade Village with lines for field fires automobile fires tractor fires mountain fires and a faulty furnace. Fire units from Mt Airy New Market Braddock Heights Independence and Braddock responded along with ambulance counts and jail population figures.
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Barthlow Kemptown Road
Mt Airy
New Market
Braddock Heights
Sonny Warren Egg Farm
Liberty
Walkersville
Gambrill
County HRC expands black representation with five appointments
Frederick County Commissioners named five black appointees to the 15 member Human Relations Council increasing black membership to eight. Appointees include Kenyon Parker Delores De Laughter John Gaither David Hill and Donald Lyles joining two returning members George Dredden and Robert Smith. Terms vary from one to three years with all appointments effective immediately.
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Margaret Hindman
Frederick County Human Relations Council
HRC
Morgan Anderson
Anderson
A. Atlee Radcliffe
Kenyon R. Parker
Madison St
West Frederick Junior High School
James McSherry
Delores DeLaughter
Fifth St
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
John Gaither
W. South St
David Vincent Hill
RFD
Frederick
NIH
Donald Kenneth Lyles
Catoctin Ave
George Dredden
Robert G. Smith
John Stann
Stann
Jury Awards $99 609 24 in Hospital Negligence Case
Montgomery Bureau reports Circuit Court jury orders Frederick Memorial Hospital and Dr. Robert J. Thomas to pay $99,609.24 for the death of Bruns wick man Faust Corso, leaving a detailed per-person and funeral expense breakdown for Mrs. Corso and four minors. The award includes Mrs. Corso 59 958 96 and four children with sums ranging from about 2 740 to 17 085, plus 854 31 for funeral costs, after a two day trial and five hours of deliberation.
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Rockville - A
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Robert J. Thomas
Brunswick
Faust Corso
B&o
C. T. Byron Kao Testi
Frederick Post
Kao
Corso
George White
Earthquake Wrecks Burdur Towns in Southern Turkey
A powerful earthquake devastated Burdur and nearby villages in southern Turkey. At least 58 people were killed and hundreds injured as 70 percent of Burdur’s buildings were destroyed. Emergency crews, mobile hospitals, and relief supplies were dispatched while troops searched for victims.
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Ankara
Turkey
Burdur
Esref Ayhan
Ayhan
Instanbul
Kandilli
Los Angeles
Sellahattin
Baburoglu
Interior
Showers Expected Today Through Thursday in Frederick
Skies were overcast and threatening this morning as thunderstorms moved in. Showers were forecast to hit the Frederick area today and continue through Thursday with a 90 percent chance of precipitation. Highs were expected in the mid 70s, with overnight lows in the 50s and a northwesterly wind shift after the rain ends. Tuesday's high reached 76 and the low last night was 37. A brief shower before 8 a.m. left only a trace of rain.
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Frederick
Mercury
Youth Charged After High Speed Chase
Frederick youth Robert Leon Jacobs, 18, of East Fifth Street, faces four motor vehicle counts after a chase that began at the city square and ended near Yellow Springs. He is charged with operating while license revoked, exceeding 50 mph, fleeing to elude, and reckless driving. collaterals set at 1025 dollars for a June 3 hearing in Trial Magistrate's Court. The pursuit reached speeds over 100 mph along Market Street, North Market, Military Road and Yellow Springs Pike before stopping.
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Frederick
City Square
Yellow Springs
Robert Leon Jacobs
East Fifth Street
Jacobs
Robert Brown
Market Street
Square Corner
Brown
North Market
Seventh Street
Military Road
Yellow Springs Pike
Bethel Road
Congress Asked To Delay Boost In Minimum Wage
Washington AP Nixon administration urges Congress to phase in proposed minimum wage hikes more slowly delaying the second step to 1974. Hodgson argues a $2.00 wage in 1973 would raise unemployment and inflation. proposes $1.60 for students under 20 and under 18 workers, and exemptions for youths and some workers to curb job losses.
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Congress
Washington
Nixon
James D. Hodgson
House Labor Subcommittee
Hodgson
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Two Charged In Hit Runs In Frederick Maryland
State Police charged Theodore Mathews Myers of Water Street with two hit and run counts after collisions on Old Annapolis Road including a strike on a cement lion near Rodney Tomas drive. Earl Maynard Collins of Phohus Avenue faced a separate hit and run charge for striking Lawrence Walker's parked car on East All Saints Street. A hearing is set for June 16 in Trial Magistrate's Court.
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Frederick
Old Annapolis Road
Theodore Mathews Myers
Water Street
Peggy Sue Portner
Walkersville
Rodney W. Tomas
Myers
MD. 26
Miss Porter
Tomas
Earl Maynard Collins
Phobus Avenue
Lawrence Walker
East All Saints Street
Walker
Collins
Special Displays and Exhibits Set For Bell History Days
Frederick's Bell and History Days weekend features crafts and demonstrations across venues. Rose Hill Manor hosts the Weavers Guild of Washington DC and Austin Steinhaus will hand decorate furniture. Beekeeping, blacksmith, and German history exhibits join carillon concerts in Baker Park with guides and a Church Street bus stop for visitors.
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Frederick
Rose Hill Manor
Weavers and Spinners Guild
Washington, D. C
Austin Steinhaus
William F. Moran Jr
Steiner House
Patrick Street
Richard D. Hammond
Maryland School For the Deaf
Board Room
City Hall
H. David Hagan
Baker Park
Church Street
Hagan
George T. Schroeder Jr
Byron Speech To Kick Off Catoctin Festival
Rep Goodloe E Byron will deliver the welcoming address at the Catoctin Mountain Park festival kickoff. The spring event runs through the weekend with 8 30 p.m. ceremonies at Camp Peniel Auditorium. The festival, staged each spring and autumn, aims to acquaint urban residents with Catoctin heritage culture nature and recreation. Organized by the National Park Service with cooperation from the Catectin Mountains Tourist Council and the Catectin Mountain Park.
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Goodloe E. Byron
Catoctin Mountain Park
Camp Peniel
Catoctin Mountain
National Park Service
Catectin Mountains
Catectin Mountain Park
Armed Forces Day Activities at Ft Detrick Grid
Fort Detrick hosts Armed Forces Day with Navy Drill Team Bainbridge at 2:30 p.m. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps from Ft Meade performs at 3 p.m. Colonel Mitman Jr. speaks and Golden Knights parachute team goes at 3:45 p.m. Indian dance troupe performs with live snakes. Retreat by Marine unit closes. If rain, events move to May 13.
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Ft. Detrick
U.S. Navy
Bainbridge
Marine Drum and Bugle Corps
Ft. George G. Meade
Floyd B. Mitman Jr
The
Golden Knights
U.S. Army
Ft. Braggr
N.C
Armed Forces
Market Dip Nudges Dow Below 1000
New York stocks showed no clear trend as the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped at midmorning. The 30-stock index stood at 963.13 at 10:30 a.m., down 6.12 points as advances barely outweighed declines.
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Stock Market
New York
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Wendy Newhouse
Carrollton Drive
Han
J. Rolfe Castleman
Ruth V. Johnson
Montgomery Bureau
Gediz
Aegean
Black Sea
Trinity Chapel
Evangelical and Reformed United Church of Christ
Robert Emge
Evangelical Lutheran Church
William Spriggs
Army Life
Cedric H. Smith
Byron
Catoctin
Detrick
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