Mayor Receives Petition For Fire House Referendum
A petition for a referendum on relocating the Independent Hose Co. to the Howard Stup property was submitted to Mayor Ronald N. Young. Attorney Robert Osburn says it bears 647 voter affidavits, meets amended city charter rules, and could delay or derail the project at least until the next election.
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Baughman’s Lane
Ronald N. Young
Howard Stup
Young
News-Post
Robert D. Osburn Jr
Frederick
Osburn
Board of Election Supervisors
Independent Hose Co
Board of Aldermen
City Board of Election Supervisors
PSC hearing on Linganore Corp construction costs and deposits
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company testified at a Public Service Commission hearing that Lake Linganore should be labeled a full risk development as underground cables are not justified by current growth. Officials cited $135,600 in costs to serve Lake Linganore and only $3,000 in revenues, arguing a 100 percent down payment could be required to cover future construction costs while completion remains slow.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Public Service Commission
Lake Linganore
Eaglehead
PSC
Ronald Hawkins
E. F. Stevens
C&p
Stevens
Potomac Edison
Linganore Corporation
Byron proposes catastrophic insurance plan for poor families
Congressman Goodloe E. Byron at a Lions Club luncheon promoted a catastrophic insurance program offering free medical care for poor families during prolonged illness. He criticized a full national health plan due to lack of funds and noted Congress and events like Ford's VP confirmation and Rockefeller's nomination as proof of a productive period amid Watergate turmoil.
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Goodloe E. Byron
6Th
Byron
Lions Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Alfred P. Shockley
Congress
Gerald R. Ford
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Democrats adopt policy on officials politicking
The Frederick County Democratic State Central Committee voted four to one to adopt a policy against officials in regulatory roles engaging in political activity with those they regulate. The policy follows liquor license board concerns about Carty and Myers urging political postings in stores and taverns.
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Frederick County
Democratic State Central Committee
Ellis Carty
Louis Myers
News-Post
Carty
Odette Reeder
Austin Powell
Minwes
James Murphy
Wilbur Ford
Unemployment rises to six percent in October
The Labor Department reports the jobless rate climbed from 5.8 to 6 percent, the highest in three years, with 5.5 million people unemployed. Black workers see higher rates while white unemployment remains around 5.4 percent. earnings inch up while hours decline.
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Washington
Republican National Administration
Labor Department
Ford to Visit Nixon as Condition Improves in California
Former President Richard Nixon shows signs of improvement and will receive a visit today from President Ford at Long Beach Memorial Hospital. Doctors say internal bleeding has stopped but he remains on the critical list for 24 to 72 hours with transfusions ordered to replace blood loss from last Tuesday’s phlebitis surgery.
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Long Beach
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
Ford
Pat Nixon
Nixon
Los Angeles
Long Beach Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Ron Nelsen
Weather and nostalgia mix in a clipped city page note
A weather brief reports sunny east and increasing clouds in the west with very warm conditions, highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s, and night lows in the 50s. Saturday brings variable clouds with highs in the low to mid 70s. A quoted Ruskin line on appearance and a Nixon-era reference appear in a fragmentary page item.
Social Security foul up halts checks for blind aged disabled
Lawyer for Legal Aid Bureau calls the halt to SSI payments a court order violation. HEW and Social Security officials acknowledge errors affecting hundreds to a thousand beneficiaries in the aged blind and disabled categories, with checks promised to some today and a full review planned.
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C. Christopher Brown
Legal Aid Bureau
Brown
Caspar W. Weinberger
U.S. District Court
Alexander Harvey II
Social Security
Social Security Office
Baltimore
Legal Aid Office
Two jailed in milk fund scandal case
Two former leaders of the Associated Milk Producers, Harold S. Nelson and David L. Parr, were sentenced to three years in prison with four months to serve and fined $10,000 each for illegal corporate campaign donations. The sentences aim to deter future offenses and were handed by US District Judge George L. Hart Jr. Nelson and Parr, toppled from power in 1972 amid internal co op struggles, pleaded guilty to donations to Hubert Humphrey and Wilbur Mills, with Nelson admitting a $10,000 bribe claim related to John B. Connally.
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Washington
Diary
George L. Hart Jr
Hart
Harold S. Nelson
David L. Parr
Montgomery
Ala
Nelson
San Antonio
Tex
Associated Milk Producers, Inc
Parr
Little Rock
Ark
E Co-Op
Watergate
John Sale
Sale
Hubert Humphrey
Dminn
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Treasury
John B. Connally
Virts Clagett Face Off In 3 B House Race
In subdistrict 3 B, veteran legislator Virts seeks an eighth term while challenger Galen Clagett pursues his first elected post. The contest also includes Republican contenders Julien Delphey and Roger Moser Sr. and hinges on door to door campaigning versus telephoning and public meetings. Virts notes strong seniority and media coverage, while Clagett highlights local voter density in Frederick City and balancing job duties with campaigning.
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Galen Clagett
House of Delegates
3-B
Annapolis
Clifton Virts
Julien Delphey
Roger Moser Sr
Clagett
Wirts
Virts
Frederik
Frederick County
Fredenck City
Singanore High School
Wae Stella
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Federal Reserve
Ralph Brown
Hormne Road
Jefferson
James Kittel
Susan Nicol
Watergate Attorneys
John Ruskin
Pete
James Brown
Frank Dell’Aqua
HEW
Harvey
Aldan T. Weinberg
Clifton Wirts
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