County Board Accused of Improper Action In School Site Dispute
In Baltimore AP report, Emmitsburg residents accuse the Frederick County Board of Education of arbitrary action over a high school site. Attorney Alleck Resnick cites a shift to a Thurmont edge site to save 7000, claiming grading costs could hit 50000. City officials counter, minutes show efforts to renegotiate, while Supt John Carnachan Jr. estimates total cost near 2.5 million.
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Baltimore
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
State Board of Education
Alleck Resnick
Frederick County
Resnick
Frederick County Planning and Zoning Commission
Frederick County Board of Education
Charles A. Price
Jamison-Wivell
Staub
Commissioners of
Board
Board of Education
Price
Impos
Sible
John Carnachan Jr
Prison Term Suspended In Jewel Theft
A 25 year old man convicted of attempting to steal rings worth 724 dollars from Remsbergs Jewelry Store on West Patrick Street had three years suspended by Judge Robert E. Clapp Jr. Edward Alexander Tyree must pay restitution and return to Virginia under Virginia Parole Board supervision. Tyree broke a window Oct 3 and took several rings, was caught nearby by police. His attorney Alton Y Bennett cited intoxication and claimed he would make restitution for the window.
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Robert E. Clapp Jr
Edward Alexander Tyree
Tyree
Virginia
Virginia Parole Board
Remsberg
West Patrick Street
Alton Y. Bennett
Clapp Tyree
Bennett
Candy Shop Moves to Key Hotel Building in Frederick
The Carroll Candy Shop moves into the Francis Scott Key Hotel building at the former Remsberg's Jewelry Store site on North Market Street. Owner Charles H. Bittinger reports selling a ton of candy since opening last December and plans to add delicatessen supplies baked goods and tea service for customers.
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Carroll Candy Shop
Francis Scott Key
Remsberg
Charles H. Bittinger
Frederick
North Market Street
Bittinger
Frederick County planning and sanitary offices moved to Winchester Hall
The Frederick County Planning Commission and the Frederick Metropolitan District and Sanitary Commission moved into new third floor offices at Winchester Hall. The expanded suite includes a reception area, zoning administrator J. Alfred Cutsail’s office, a drafting room for sewer and water projects, a large conference room, and spaces for county planner Robert Wirgan and Francis Cook of the Sanitary Commission. Welfare Department may occupy former planning space. Roads Department space reduced. New York AP stock market update follows.
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Frederick
J. Alfred Cutsail
Cutsail
Planning Commission
Sanitary Commission
Robert Wirgan
Francis Cook
Cook
Winchester Hall
Catsail
Frederick County Welfare Department
Roads Department
Garland Guyton
Burkittsville
Guyton
The
Pay Hike For Optical Workers At American Optical
American Optical Co announces an eight cent per hour wage increase for all hourly workers starting July 3 at its Frederick plant and at its other facilities in Selfridge Massachusetts Chelsea Brattleboro Putnam Keene and Pittsburgh. Incentive rates will be adjusted to ensure pieceworkers earn a similar amount. The Frederick plant, opened in 1956, makes most plastic eyeglass frames and employs nearly 400.
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American Optical Co
Frederick
American Optical
Victor D. Kniss
Selfridge
Mass
Chelsea
Brattleboro
VI. Putnam
Kniss
American Optical Management
Neighborhood Centers Plan Poised for War on Poverty Funds
Frederick County Community Action Committee moves toward applying for federal war on poverty funds. Temporary chair George D. Wood says data, constitution and officers are nearly ready. focus shifts to children with proposed neighborhood development centers staffed by underprivileged workers for childcare homemaking job guidance and after school help.
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Frederick County
George D. Wood
CAC
Wood
Edward D. Storm
Women's Civic Club
Benjamin Warshowsky
League of Women Voters
Storm
Juniors Raise Funds for Frederick Ambulance Drive
The Junior Fire Company launches a 15000 dollar fundraising drive by mailing 5000 booklets to Frederick residents with ambulance use data and city needs. 2000 more booklets to follow. President Russell H. McCain says additional emergency equipment will improve response and coverage. A 24 member Junior unit trains in Red Cross first aid while awaiting campaign results.
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Junior Fire Company
Frederick
Junor Fire Comany
Russell H. McCain
McCain
United Fire Company
W. M. Ray Spurrier
Spurrier
Fire Company
Red Cross
American Killed In Cong Ambush Near Saigon
An American was killed and another wounded with a third missing after a Viet Cong ambush 60 miles northwest of Saigon as U S warplanes pounded North Vietnam. The firefight involved a South Vietnamese force and two American advisers. South Vietnamese losses were four killed and four wounded.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Ben Soi
Tay Ninh
Baltimore Papers To Resume Publication
Baltimore's two major daily papers the Sun and the News American will resume publication Thursday after a five week absence. Management announced plans Tuesday following printers crossing picket lines of the American Newspaper Guild at the Sun. The Sun had suspended April 19 and the News American April 20 citing contract violations by crossing strikers.
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the Sun
The
News American
Sun
Conifacta
Senate Moves Toward Passage of Voting Rights Bill
Senator Spessard Holland warned passage could trigger violence as the Senate prepared to send the voting rights bill to the House. The body approved an amendment to broaden coverage and set aims for rapid action before nightfall amid a 70 to 30 vote on debate limits.
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Washington
Spessard Holland
D-Fla
Senate
House
Holland
South
Census Bureau
Joseph Tydings
Alaska
North Carolina
Hampton
Ex Freder ick Woman Dies in Hagerstown Hotel
Mrs. Clara W. Wachter, 4 native Fredericktonian and long prominent in Frederick and Hagerstown business and theater circles, died at 4 am at the Hotel Alexander in Hagerstown where she had lived since 1931. Born May 3, 1881, she was the daughter of Samuel and Amelia Weinberg. She married E. E. Wachter in 1908 and they ran the New City Hotel from 1918 to 1921, then moved to Hagerstown.
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Clara W. Wachter
New City
Slagerstown
U S Forces Start Pullout From Dominican Republic
United States begins withdrawing 600 of 21,000 troops from the Dominican Republic as Latin American soldiers join the new Organization of American States peace force. Inter American Force staffing to reach about 1,700 soon, with equal American withdrawals anticipated. Fighting has halted but no political solution in sight amid junta demands and rebel surrender. McGeorge Bundy returns to Washington after intensive talks with little progress on a coalition government. Both sides agree the new government should be anti Communist and not a right wing dictatorship.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
United States
Organization of American States
U.S
McGeorge Bundy
Johnson
Washington
Employers urged to hire high school graduates in Frederick
Frederick Maryland employment officials appeal to local businessmen to provide jobs for 466 high school seniors tested for aptitude. With about 1 050 graduates this year, many lack work experience though employers seek skilled workers. Vocational schools promised but not yet available, officials say, urging on-the-job training for aptitudes in bookkeeping, accounting, stock clerk and clerical work.
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Frederick
Maryland
Department of Employment Security
Mayetta Hershberger
Hershberger
iTo
Frederick County
Secretary Rusk cites possible second Soviet missile site near Hanoi
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said a second Soviet installation in the Hanoi area is possible and may be armed with missile equipment. He noted deeper Soviet involvement in North Viet Nam while acknowledging one site already under preparation. Rusk also reported a substantially reduced Communist threat in the Dominican Republic and anticipated further U.S. pullout from Santo Domingo.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Hanoi
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Rusk
State Department
Dominican Republic
U.S
Santo Domingo
Johnson
Johnson Seeks Ban on Billboards and Junkyards
President Johnson asks Congress to ban outdoor advertising within 1000 feet of highways and to curb junkyards along interstates and primary roads. He ties highway funds to states enforcing billboard and junkyard controls, while permitting existing signs in commercial zones.
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Johnson
Congress
Senate
House
White House
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