Soils limit subdividing in Frederick County says SCS director
County Soil Conservation Service director Paul Edwards told the planning commission that intensive subdivision on septic tanks is unsustainable in Frederick County. He cited productive limestone soils prone to groundwater pollution and warned large users must source surface water. He noted shale areas pose overflow risks, urging water and sewer plans to accompany development.
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Frederick County
County Soil Conservation Service
Paul Edwards
County Planning Commission
Libertytown
SCS
Woodsboro
Dickerson
Point of Rocks
Potomac River
Middletown
Potomac
Catoctin Mountains
Brunswick
Edwards
State Soil Conservation Service
Main's Shopping Center Closes After Forty Years in Bartonsville
Mr and Mrs Harry Main close Main's Shopping Center in Bartonsville ending a four decade run serving Frederick County. Neighbors recall the store as the community hub with personal service and low key daily meat prep. The Mains bought the site in 1947 and expanded from an orchard shed to a full service shop with gas and auto work.
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Harry Main
Bartonsville
Mrs. Main
Mains
Carl Bartgis
Main’s
Frederick County
Bartgis
Harry
Baker
Bartonsville Road
December Chrysler shutdowns loom over bleak Christmas for workers
Federal Reserve data show industrial production falling for the fourth time in five months led by a six tenths of one percent drop. Detroit sources say Chrysler will close five of six car plants in December, idling nearly 30,000 workers and risking broader layoffs.
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Associated Press
Chrysler Corp
Federal Reserve Board
Detroit
Chrysler
United Mine Workers
PE fuel adjustment rates probed at PSC hearing
At a Maryland Public Service Commission hearing, Potomac Edison customers are shown paying more for fuel adjustment than Eastalco, with the utility acknowledging past inaccuracy. The testimony notes September charges of 0.610 cents per kWh vs 0.543 cents needed and a forthcoming November rate of 0.474 cents. Eastalco faces higher per BTU rates, while most PE customers pay 0.265 cents per kWh.
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PSC
Richard
Lashley
Allegheny Power Service Corps Fuel Department
Eastalco
LawyER ruled unfair in local case and coal strike extended
The page notes a local case where a lawyer was ruled unfair and reports an extended coal strike. It also mentions Ford entering the presidential race and a CIA official appearing at a cover up trial. Weather shows mostly sunny to cool with highs in the low 50s.
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CIA
Words of wisdom on drivers speeding through traffic
Anonymous quip remarks that many drivers seem tardy for an accident, likening haste behind the wheel to inevitable harm.
Maryland church related colleges receive state aid in five schools
A three judge panel ruled to release 2 million dollars in state aid for the 1973 to 1975 fiscal years to five church related colleges in Maryland. Loyola College will receive 662,859 dollars, Mount St Marys 442,000, Western Maryland College 417,000, College of Notre Dame 261,500 and former St Joseph College 115,500.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Supreme Court
American Civil Liberties Union
Monte Shelper
Maryland Council For Higher Education
Loyola College of Baltimore
Mount St Mary's
Emmitsburg
Western Maryland College
Westminster
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
St Joseph College
Search continues for missing geologist in Catoctin Mountain area
More than 25 volunteers two fire companies the state police helicopter and Civil Air Patrol members resumed an intensive search for 65 year old J B Hadlay of Chevy Chase a senior US Geological Survey employee whose vehicle was found abandoned on Spruce Run Road near Rt 153 Hadlay had been collecting rock samples in the area for some time.
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Civil Air Patrol
Catoctin Mountain
Wolfsville
Frederick City
Spruce Run Road
Rt. 153
J.B. Hadlay
Chevy Chase
U.S. Geological Survey
Hadley
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Richard Grossnickle
Independents Fire Company
Witter
Patrick Street
Jan Kuczma
Wolfe, Matan and Shehan
Maurice Foley
Main’s Shopping
Sycamore Flats
Frederick
U.S. 40
UMW
Fed
Ford
Inside the News
Poe
Eoe
Ollie
Ollie Linson
West Sixth Street
Ollie Gruffs
Neil Sandler
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