Hood College studies $7 million campus complex
Hood College plans a $7 million campus complex combining student and public housing with offices and a student center. A New York firm proposed a multi story mail area with 100 student and 100 public apartments, to be located between Coblentz Hall and Seventh Street. The site remains tentative with alternate grazing land under consideration and a January board decision expected. Construction could begin as early as July 1975 if approved.
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Coblentz Hall
Seventh Street
Stone
Hood
Hood College plans mixed use student housing expansion
Hood College proposes a red brick apartment complex to add housing for about 400 students and provide space for a student center a medical clinic and a small mall. The plan targets flexibility to convert units for public rental or student use amid rising enrollment and funding from philanthropy and loans.
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Stone
Wholesale price surge fuels inflation fears in October
Washington AP reports October wholesale prices rose 2.3 percent, driving a 22.6 percent year over year gain the largest since 1947. Food and 1975 automobile prices led the advance, with motor vehicles up 6.4 percent and farm products rising 2.6 percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ford Administration
Middleman blamed for rising grocery bills in 1974
Government figures show middlemen captured about 84 percent of the first nine months 1974 food price gains, while farmers’ share fell. USDA data flag a shift from farm price pressure in 1973 to middleman margins in 1974, with the average market basket at $1,734 annually and farmers earning 41 cents per consumer dollar in Q3.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Federal Reserve Board
Rogers C. B. Morton
Ford
USDA
Consumer and Industry
Complementary School Finds New Home In North Market Street
Frederick County's Complementary School has moved into a storefront on North Market Street after earlier plans to occupy the old YMCA basement and a church room. Coordinators Chuck Tressler and Joel Smith describe a growing program aiding students expelled or sidelined from traditional schooling, with a recent outdoor Discovery program in the Catoctin Mountains to build confidence and resilience.
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North Market Street
Lke
Sonya
Neil Sandler
Frederick County
YMCA
Church Street
Chuck Tressler
Joel Smith
Smith
Scotty
Karl Manwiller
Tressler
Catoctin Mountains
Tressler and Smith
Woman pleads guilty to manslaughter in fatal stabbing
Phyllis M. Weedon of Carrollton Drive admitted in Circuit Court to manslaughter for stabbing her husband Lewis W. Weedon to death on August 17. Judge Robert L. Clapp Jr. ordered a presentencing investigation and allowed freedom on a 7500 dollar bond pending report. Weedon claimed self defense after prior abuse and threats with a baseball bat during an argument in the driveway. Deputy State's Attorney Lawrence A. Dorsey Jr. prosecuted. Public Defender William H. Leckemby defended. She faces up to 10 years in prison on manslaughter conviction.
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Phyllis M. Weedon
Carrollton Drive
Lewis W. Weedon
Robert £. Clapp Jr
Weedon
Lawrence A. Dorsey Jr
William H Leckemby
Jewish groups demand removal of top U S military chief
Jewish groups call for the ouster of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff over policy and leadership concerns. The report notes heightened tensions amid international incidents and security debates.
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AU Spa
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Market rally follows tentative coal contract settlement
The stock market rose on the tentative coal industry contract deal as the Dow Jones industrial average climbed 6.34 to 665.52 at 10:30 a.m. Gainers outweighed losers by 5 to 2 on the NYSE. In Maryland, the lottery drawing yielded six digit 626248, five digit 28396, four digit 4258, and three digit 215.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Glen Burnie
Maryland
Gasoline tax talk revived in Ford administration mood shift
Washington officials reopen talk of a gasoline tax hike to provide revenue, cut consumption, and fund public service jobs. A 10 cent per gallon increase could raise about $9 billion to support tax refunds for the poor and offset other programs, with White House approval and congressional receptivity uncertain.
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Washington
Ford
Rogers C.B. Morton
Morton
White House
Treasury
William E. Simon
Tentative coal contract eyed after wage and benefit gains
The United Mine Workers reach a three year tentative pact with the coal industry offering 9 percent raises first year and 3 percent in each subsequent year plus cost of living adjustments and a sick leave promise. Pension rises to 250 monthly by contract end. Rank and file ratification to occur over about 10 days with opening of mines possible by November 25.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
UMW
Arnold Miller
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