Frederick High Students Named Outstanding by Optimists
Two Frederick High School youths earned 250 scholarships as Frederick County Outstanding Boy and Girl of the Year at the Braddock Heights Optimist Club banquet. Carol Roelke and Charles Cornish, both honor roll students, received praise for academics and activities, with Rosenfeld delivering a poem and remarks on choosing optimism over pessimism.
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Charles Cornish
Carol Roelke
Harry Rosenfeld
Frederick High School
Frederick County
Optimist Club
Braddock Heights
Baltimore
Amos Brown
Optimists
America
Frederick
National Honor Society
National Thespian Society
Carol
Rosenfeld
George Barthel
Postmaster Vacancy To Be Filled Soon
Frederick may soon have a postmaster as the office has been without one since April 1968. John E. Young, officer in charge for over a year, is a leading candidate. The national push to remove political influence from postal appointments hinges on merit based selection and new legislation.
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Frederick
John E. Young
Richard Nixon
Winton M. Blount
James A. Grove
John Engle
Young
Blount
Fire Log Summaries From City and County Incidents
Fire calls reported in 24 hours ending 10 a m include smoke investigation at 7 06 p m near 918 Seminole Road with Jun iors and United responding. Automobile fire at 6 29 p m on Indian Springs Road with Independents responding. Ambulance calls recorded as Emergency 2 Routine 0.
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City
Seminole Road
United
Indian Springs
Thurmont Crime Ring Broken Arrests Made in Lootings
Ten arrests were made in Thurmont area as police charged two adults and eight juveniles in a major crime ring that broke into 14 locations last week and early November. Victims reported more than 2000 dollars in stolen property including stereo units radios whiskey food records and sports gear from eight summer homes one school and three businesses.
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George Dorsey
Thurmont
Herman Shook
John Reburn
Carl Harbaugh
Robert Leo Delphy
Richard Leo. Bentz
RFD 1
Rocky Ridge
RFD 2
Lantz
Seymour Mentzer
Eyler’s Valley
Edgar Zepp
Eyler’s Valley Road
Charles Lee
Western Auto
Detour
Carroll County
HUD official highlights housing discrimination remedies
RANDY DODSON reports that HUD official Robert Myers says federal law protects fair housing, allows class action complaints against Realtors or landlords, and has awarded up to $5,000 in damages in some cases. He notes HUD investigative authority and records access nationwide, addressing stereotypes about black home purchases during a Frederick County public session.
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Randy Dodson
Frederick
Robert Myers
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Myers
Equal Opportunity Division
HUD
Philadelphia
United
Bia
Frederick County
Thousands Jam Notre Dame For De Gaulle Rites
France bid farewell to Charles de Gaulle with a Mass at Notre Dame attended by world leaders and thousands of Parisians. The service followed his wish for simplicity, with a burial later in Colombey les Deux Eglises and a national tolling of church bells.
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Paris
France
Charles de Gaulle
Notre Dame
de Gaulle
Church of Our Lady
Adolf Hitler
Colombey Les Deux Eglises
Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Colombey
Seine
Europe
United States
Dynamite Explosion Kills Nine In Tulsa County
A dynamite blast at Pan American Petroleum Corp. Bird Creek testing site near Tulsa killed at least nine seismograph crew members and damaged a drilling truck and van. Authorities traced the explosion to sparks from a crane hitting a high voltage line. one victim identified was David K. Ellis, 26, of Tulsa. The crew conducted an underground fracture experiment as flames and shock waves spread over a wide area. Investigators blocked the area as they questioned the blast source and safety surrounding the explosives storage sheds nearby.
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Tulsa
Ota
Cap
Sheriff’s
David K. Ellis
Pan American Petroleum Corp
Pan American
Bird Creek
Tulsa County
Darkiess
Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office
Power Company
Colleges Get Work and Study Funds for Maryland Students
Frederick County colleges receive 13 000 in federal work study grants for the current fiscal year. St Joseph College of Emmitsburg gets 9 250 and Frederick Community College 3 750, part of 1 067 million statewide allocation announced by Sen Charles Mathias. The program covers up to 80 percent of a student’s salary in approved jobs, aiding more than 3 300 Maryland students.
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Frederick County
Federal Office of Education
St. Joseph College of Emmitsburg
Frederick Community College
Maryland
Charles Met
Mathias
R Md
Allegany Community College
Anne Arundel CC
Baltimore Institute
Bowie State
Capitol Institute of Technology
Catonsville CC
Cecil CC
Charles County CC
Chesapeake College
CC of Baltimore
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
Coppin State
Essex CC
Frost
Five-Year Record Set For No U S War Dead
Saigon reports a rare period with no American fatalities in two consecutive days as U S forces reduce battlefield deaths to a five year low. The weekly casualty tally shows 31 U S KIA, 45 noncombat deaths, 104 wounded, and continued disengagement efforts amid low enemy activity in South Vietnam. South Vietnamese losses include 216 killed and 460 wounded, with 1,584 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong dead noted for the week.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Mekong
Washington Man Killed On U S 15
Jerome M Saks a 69 year old Washington D C man died in a two car crash on U S 15 at Roddy Road north of Thurmont at 1251 p m Wednesday Police said Saks pulled his 1968 sedan from a parked position on the northbound shoulder into the path of a northbound tractor trailer driven by Basil Seymour Alexander 28 of Logans Station Pa The driver said Saks was not wearing a seat belt and his car was demolished after the tractor pushed it about 233 feet into the southbound shoulder
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Washington D.C
Jerome M. Saks
U. S. 15
Roddy Road
Thurmont
Saks
Basil Seymour Alexander
Logans Station
Seymour
Tpr
Dennis L. Hoffman
Safeway Adopts Dual Unit Pricing To Aid Budget Shoppers
Safeway stores in the Washington area began posting dual pricing on all items to show price per unit alongside total price. The system helps shoppers compare economy across varying package sizes, listing item name, price, and price per unit to simplify quick decisions, though it cannot account for quality or concentrate differences.
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Safeway
Washington
Waldo Ricketts
West Seventh Street
Ricketts
Showers Continue with Mild Temperatures This Week
Scattered showers are expected to continue today and tonight as temperatures rise into the low 60s. Wednesday will reach 62 with intermittent rain totaling about .20 inch over the past two days bringing October rainfall to .47 inch. Overnight lows will dip to mid 50s with more light rain, drying by tomorrow morning. Friday cements mid 60s under partly cloudy skies and Saturday looks fair, while monthly precipitation stands at 2.26 inches versus a 3.21 inch November normal.
Market Mixed As Chase Rate Cut Sways Early Trading
In New York early trading the stock market showed mixed results as Chase Manhattan Bank cut its prime rate dominating market sentiment. The Dow Jones industrial average stood at 779.16, down 0.34 points as trading remained slow.
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New York
Chase Manhattan Bank
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