British Search Northern Ireland For Terrorists
British troops conducted house to house searches across Northern Ireland after a soldier was killed in an ambush and a village dance hall bombing wounded 20 revelers. In Belfast Cromac Square firefight followed by gunfire marked another deadly flare in the sectarian violence.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ust
Cromac Square
Suffolk
Irish Republic
Irish Republican Army
Suffolk Village
Child listed in serious condition after road collision
Six year old John Thomas Tobery of Frederick was in serious condition at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a bike car collision on Old Annapolis Road. Police said injuries included lacerations abrasions and a possible skull fracture. Tobery was struck by a car driven by Barbara Ann Kegley. No charges were filed.
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John Thomas Tobery
RFD 1
Frederick
Old Annapolis Road
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins
Tobery
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Barbara Ann Kegley
Araby Road
Richard Brown
McDonald’s
Wayne Davis
Washington County
Sheriff’s Department
Paul T. Fair
Rocky Ridge
Potomac River
Snyder’s Landing
Fair
Leroy W. Biffle
Two New York Cops Die in Harlem Ambush
Two patrolmen, Waverly Jones and Joseph Piagentini, were gunned down from behind as they left a Harlem apartment building in a Friday night ambush. The incident followed three days of attacks on city officers, with two wounded and two others escaping injury in prior confrontations. Police officials urged stronger arms and defensive measures amid escalating violence.
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New York
Dr. Elliott Resigns As Hood College President
Hood College president Dr. Randle Elliott announced his resignation effective at summer’s end after ten years at Hood. He cited the rapid changes facing small private colleges and will assume the presidency of Bay Path Junior College in Massachusetts. Under his tenure the college expanded its endowment, launched major campaigns, and added programs including France study abroad and India exchange.
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Randle Elliott
Hood College
Elliott
Hood Board of Trustees
Thomas Rose
Charles Forsythe
Earl Bragdon
Catherine
Bay Path Junior College
Longmeadow
Mass
St. Louis
France
University of Strasbourg
Greece
Aegean Institute
FCC Budget Cuts Hit Frederick College Operations, Warn Officials
Frederick Community College president Dr. Lewis Stephens urged county commissioners to reinstate a $120,000 cut from the fiscal 1972 budget, warning that reduced local funds threaten program expansion and staff hires. FCC officials blamed state funding gaps for the higher local burden, while Sheriff Baumgartner sought boosts for jail staffing and deputies. The panel also weighed Human Relations Council cut restorations and implications of a new district court system.
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Frederick Community College
Lewis Stephens
Stephens
FCC
G. Hunter Bowers
Mary C. Hodgson
Bowers
Lawrence Dorsey
Aliso
Richard C. Baumgartner
John Derr
Sheriff's Department
Magistrate Court
Human Relations Council
HRC
Bernie Zerkle
Thirty Americans killed in Viet Nam bunker attack
Saigon reports thirty Americans dead and fifty wounded from three shelling strikes in the northern Vietnam sector. A 100 pound rocket pierced a fortified bunker at Charlie 2 near the DMZ, where soldiers gathered for drinks after dusk. Additional clashes and U S losses followed as North Vietnamese units intensified strikes around Hue and Da Nang.
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Saigox (Ap
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Pie
Steve New
U.S
Ave
Dmz
Brick
101St Airborne Division
Hue
196Th
da Nang
A Shan
Downtown Frederick Growth Plan Faces Parking and Access Hurdles
The sixth in a series outlines downtown Frederick issues and growth potential. It flags poor parking distribution on Market Street, hopes to curb long term spots, and notes regional malls drawing shoppers away. It urges improvements in parking, access, and complementary downtown activities to compete with new centers.
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Marcou, O'Leary and Associates
Frederick
Sears Roebuck
Market Street
Patrick
Third Street
Market
Church
Frederick Towne Mall
Francis Scott Key Mall
Thai Mercenaries Fighting In Laos
Senate Foreign Relations Committee says 4800 U.S.-financed Thai troops operate in Laos to back the Laotian government. A classified staff report, presented in a closed session, details their activities and defense by State Department officials.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Laos
State Department
Congress
U.S
Cambodia
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Central Intelligence Agency
Case
Ho Chi Minh Trail
South Vietnam
James G. Lowenstein
Richard Moose
Cost of Living Rises in April CPI Hits 120.2
The US Dept of Labor reports April price increases at three tenths of one percent lifting the Consumer Price Index to 120.2. The figure indicates $12.02 spent for every $10 of purchases in the 1967 base period with the base year used for comparison.
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US. Dept. of Labor
Frederick County Budget Cuts Face 1.9 Million Reduction
FCTA reports tentative Frederick County budget cuts total 1.9 million from a 19 million request. A 100 dollar base teacher pay cut, health coverage changes, and reductions across the salary scale and travel expenses are noted. The school board seeks 760 thousand reinstatement, including 150 thousand for the salary schedule, with final figures pending.
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Frederick County Board of Education
Frederick County Teachers’ Association
FCTA
Reese Poffenbarger
Representative Council
North Frederick
Poffenbarger
MSTA
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Dr. Elliott
Hood
Goodloe E. Byron
Front Row Center
Breakfast Optimist Club
Capitol Hill
Byron
Ralph Martz
C. Richard Miller
M. T. Padilla
Joseph B. Hise
William Clements
R. G. Sherman
Charles Keller
Amos Johnson
Charles Miller
Baumgartner
Cost of
Dept of Labor
Board of Education
John L. Carnochan
Carnachan
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