Merchants Urge City Action On Downtown Development
At a Frederick town meeting merchants urged rapid implementation of the Downtown Frederick Development Plan. Carl ton Molesworth of the Downtown Frederick Association praised the discussion. Merchants cited parking shortages and confusing light signals as harming business and tax revenue. The plan includes a plaza by City Hall and a new Board of Education facility housing 150 workers with modern tech and a vocational wing. A two tier parking concept and traffic signal improvements were also discussed.
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Frederick
Carlton Molesworth
Downtown
Molesworth
E. Paul Magaha
David Bork
City Hall
Col
Gilbert A. Newby
Board of Education
board
South Market Street
Herbert Rollins
Frederick Association
Frederick City
Main Says City Needs 50 More Policemen
Police Chief Maj Charles V. Main stated at the city hall meeting that Frederick lacks enough officers for proper patrols. He called for at least 50 more cops, noting the current force totals 53. A local substation near All Saints Street is planned with two full time officers and about 10 Police Youth Cadets, opening June 15 and funded by the Federal Safe Streets Act. Cadets will lack arrest powers and firearms.
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Charles V. Main
Frederick
Main
All Saints Street
Pentagon
Washington
Air Force
Daniel James
defense
Defense Department
Robert C. Seamans Jr
Jack Pickrell
Air Force message center
Frederick County Firemen Nominate New Officers for 1972 73
The Frederick County Volunteer Firemen's Association nominated officers and trustees for 1972 73 at the bi monthly meeting in Myersville. Vernon M Cassell Jr was named president and other officers include Kenneth Crum first vice president Carroll Smith second vice president Robert Willhide secretary Donald Stitely assistant secretary William Moore treasurer. Trustees named Everett Gaver Robert Windsor Jr Charles Mumma Charles Wirts Merril Remsberg and Kenneth Morgan. Edwin Preston spoke about firemen’smanship and urged support for State Convention. The roll call counted 19 of 20 member companies. treasury stood at 227.31 with prevention material ordered for Christmas use next year.
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Frederick County Volunteer Fireman's Association
Myersville
Melvin Schwearing
Vernon M. Cassell Jr
Braddock Heights
Kenneth E. Crum
Libertytown
Carroll L. Smith
Thurmont
Donald E. Stitely
William M. Moore
United Steam Engine FC
Everett W. Gaver
Middletown
RobertS. Windsor Jr
New Market
Charles W. Mumma
Rocky Ridge
Charles R. Wirts
Brunswick
VFD
Merril D. Remsberg
Jefferson
Kenneth L. Morgan
Woodsboro
Edwin Preston
Maryland State Fireman’s Association
Preston
Arbutus Fire Company
Baltimore County
Baltimore County Association
U.S. Navy
Ocean City
W.M. Brown
Myersville Lutheran Church
William Moore
treasury
Hood College Graduation Set with 123 Seniors
Hood College will hold its 79th annual commencement Saturday at 9 30 a m in the Hudson Outdoor Theatre. Some 123 seniors will be graduated. Two students will receive the Harry A Rosenfeld prizes for top academic records. The class gift funds lights for tennis courts and an endowment of 3750 dollars. A pre graduation dinner distributed 26 prizes among outstanding students.
Fire log items from Thurmont and surrounding areas reflect multiple calls
Fire logs show a 24 hour period ending 10 am with false alarms at County Brices Store RT 806 and auto fires at TASTEE FREEZ Middletown others include a house fire at Hines residence Rocky Ridge and Fraleys Market building fire with crews from Thurmont Emmitsburg Lewistown New Midway and Cascade responding. Ambulance calls list emergency and routine responses with jail population counts.
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COUNTY BRICES
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Graceham
BOLLINGER RD
Hines
Rocky Ridge
New Midway
Cascade
TASTEE FREEZ
Middletown
Fraley’s market
Lewistown
Vote canvass continues in primary election results
The Board of Election Supervisors continued their official count of ballots cast in the Tuesday primary. Absentee ballots and machine votes are not expected to change the results. In the crowded Democratic delegate race, six Democrats and two Republicans lead by large margins. Dr. Bill Rodgers of Frederick won a Democratic Convention seat with 12,469 votes, fourth highest in the district.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Bill Rodgers
Frederick
Police Seize Drugs Suspects In Dawn County Raid
State Police conducted a dawn raid netting several arrests and a small seizure of narcotics and marijuana. Raiders targeted local bars and predetermined storage sites, with no further details available as officers continued rounding up suspects by noon. Det Sgt. Thomas Bosley and Sgt. Carl Harbaugh led the operation.
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Ceresville
Thomas Bosley
Carl Harbaugh
Pentagon Damaged By Bomb Blast in Restroom Shock
A bomb exploded in a Pentagon restroom early today, blowing out walls and causing flooding from broken pipes. An antiwar group claimed responsibility. few workers were nearby and no injuries were reported. FBI and police searched the complex. no second device found.
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WASHINGTON
Pentagon
Daniel James
James
fivesided
FBI
Frederick Free Kindergarten Closes After 70 Years of Service
The Frederick Free Kindergarten on South Market Street held its last class today due to financial troubles ending a 70 year run. Founded in 1898 by Mrs. Bertha Trail and others, the board includes hereditary members and longtime families. In 1967 health rules cut capacity from 60 to 30 amid air space and fire concerns, though the garden remains adjacent for outdoor play.
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Frederick
South Market Street
Bertha Trail
John Newman
Howard Kelly Sr
Georgianna Gittinger
Thomas Chapline
George M. Gittinger
Ernest Helfenstein Jr
A.A. Pearce Sr
Martin Bowers Sr
Margaret Eisenhauer
Grayson Bowers Sr
Richard Nal
Board of Health
Greenbrier Beach Opens Next Saturday
Greenbrier State Park opens its beach for the 1972 season on Saturday May 27 with park hours 10 a.m. to dusk and beach hours 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The 650 car capacity remains in effect and no parking on road shoulders is allowed for safety and facility protection. No reservations are accepted due to the capacity limit.
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Greenbrier State Park
Greenbrier
Nixon Prepares For Moscow Trip
Washington AP reports administration sources expect a strategic arms control accord to be announced during President Nixon's eight day visit to the Soviet Union. Nixon meets Congress leaders and Spiro Agnew before leaving for Moscow with Kissinger, after a secret Camp David session with Soviet ambassador Dobrynin. Stops include Iran and Poland en route back.
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WASHINGTON
Nixon
Moscow
United States
Spiro T. Agnew
Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
Camp David
Dobrynin
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Kissinger
Ziegler
Salzburg
Austria
Iran
Poland
U.S
Helsinki
Wettest Spring Delays Planting for Frederick County Farmers
Frederick County farmers face ongoing heavy rains with 2.5 inches this month and 17.69 inches this year. Plowing and planting are delayed as fields stay too wet for equipment, seeds, and sprays. Some corn and oats remain unplanted, frost risk looms next fall for late planted crops, while pastures and water tables benefit and soil runoff muddies streams.
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Frederick County
Allen Bryant
Bryant
Monocacy
Bomb threat found not to be real on QE2 crossing
The Queen Elizabeth 2 carrying 2350 aboard faced a bomb warning demanding 350000 dollars. British bomb disposal teams found no bombs aboard as Cunard and authorities treated the threat seriously. the liner continued toward Cherbourg and Southampton amid ongoing caution.
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LONDON
Atlantic
Europe
mid-Atlantic
New York
Cunard Lines
Richard Patton
Patton
Britain
Cherbourg
Southampton
Cunard
Fifth Avenue
QE2
Market rally boosts Dow Jones to 956.65
New York stock prices rose sharply extending Thursday’s gains. By 10 30 a m the Dow Jones industrial average stood at 956 65 up 5 42 points amid a broad market rally led by leading shares and higher industrials.
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NEW YORK
Nixon Visits Gov Wallace at Holy Cross Hospital
President Nixon visited Alabama Governor George C Wallace at Holy Cross Hospital in Washington. Wallace, wounded in a Laurel Maryland rally, shows alert spirits and ongoing physical therapy as doctors report a good night.
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WASHINGTON
CAP
Nixon
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Holy Cross Hospital
Russia
Wallace
Laurel
Silver Spring
Walter Reed Hospital
Camp David
Maryland
Walter Reed
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Firemen’s Association
NANCY MORRIS
Hood
Frederated Charities Free Kindergarten
Barbara
Federated Charities
Frederick Community College
Francis Scott Key Hotel
G. H. Bowers
FCC
board of trustees
FCC Student Government Association
Janie Ballaghajan
Bill Grady
Greenbrier Beach
MARTHA RAVER
Gov. Wallace
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