School Crowding Reaching Crisis
East Frederick Elementary faces a crowding crisis next school year due to Board inaction, says PTA president Dick Meyer. Superintendent Dr John Carnachan cites a December 1971 start for new facilities pending approval, with occupancy possible next September. Enrollment is expected to rise from 493 to over 700 as 200 new students from Maryland Avenue housing arrive.
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Phil Niklaus
East Frederick
Board of Education
PTA
Dick Meyer
John Carnachan
Carnachan
Superintendent of Schools
Meyer
Fast Frederick
West Frederick
Manuel Padilla
Changes Ordered In School Lunch Program
New federal and state rules switch to income based free lunches in Frederick County. Eligibility uses Income Poverty Guidelines with added factors like illness or temporary disability. Applications needed per child, reviewed by a school committee. appeals allowed. Tickets will hide payer status and can be purchased daily weekly or monthly starting Jan 1, 1971.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Maryland
Frederick County
Ruth Hauver
East Church Street
Frederick
Carnochan
Hope Still Seen For Ft Detrick
Fred erick Jaycees push to keep Fort Detrick operating at full strength prompts a reply from Brigadier General George M. Snead Jr. in Washington. Smariga cites Nixon aide’s response to a Jaycees letter urging continuation of the fort’s research facility in all scientific areas. Snead notes the 25 November 1969 policy announcement and that the matter continues.
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Frederick Jaycees
Fort Detrick
Nixon
Jaycee
Robert E. Smariga
News- Post
George M. Snead Jr
Department of the Army
Army
Smariga
United States
Frederick
Maryland
United States of America
Snead
Trade Blasts Hoover Clark In Public Feud
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover and former Attorney General Ramsey Clark exchange sharp personal attacks in public, with Clark charging the FBI prioritizes self credit over effective crime control. Hoover counters calling Clark unpredictable and weak on issues, while praising current boss John Mitchell.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Clark
Hoover
Robert F. Kennedy
Washington Post
Torney General
Bobby
Kennedy
John N. Mitchell
The
Post
America
Maryland governor hot line allegedly wired for eavesdropping
Annapolis reports say a government hot line linking Gov. Mandel and other leaders could be tapped and that wiring appears factory installed 14 years ago. Pentagon and White House could potentially access conversations through the system, while officials deny deliberate eavesdropping.
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Annapolis
Marvin Mandel
National Civil Defense Headquarters
Mandel
Delaware
Russell W. Peterson
Ionireel
Baltimore Sunpapers
Pentagon
Department of Defense
White House
Maryland
East Coast
William T. Cahill
New Jersey
Civil Defense
the Sun
Longer School Year Draws Opposition
Attorneys for the Frederick County Teacher's Association petition the State Board of Education to overrule a local board decision extending the working year for 12 month personnel from 242 to 246 days. The dispute followed an arbitration that favored FCTA after the Board of Education rejected it.
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Randy Dodson
Frederick County Teacher’s Association
State Board of Education
FCTA
Samuel Jaffe
American Arbitration Association
Board of Education
Soviet Moon Craft Lunokhod 1 Begins Experiments
Luna 17 landed on the moon and discharged Lunokhod 1 a self propelled lunar module that is moving on an eight wheel chassis about 65 feet from the mother ship Tass said. The unit is Earth controlled with all systems functioning and carries a trench reflector for laser location.
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Moscow
Tass
Bochum Observatory
West Germany
Heinz Kaminski
Moon
Earth
Cold snap grips Frederick County as frost bites area
Morning frost covers Frederick County fields and cars as the temperature sinks to 26 degrees the coldest since last March. Unionville reports 21 degrees with heavy frost while other towns like Oakland Frostburg Hancock and Cumberland show 18 to 28 degree readings. The day forecasts a sunny start and highs in the 40s with warming into the mid-50s tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Unionville
Maryland
Oakland
State Roads Commission
Frostburg
Accident
Hancock
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Huge North Vietnamese ammo dump uncovered in Cambodia
South Vietnamese troops pushed into northeast Cambodia and found one of the war’s largest ammunitions stockpiles, 254 tons of 85 mm rounds. Four holes inside Cambodia’s Ratankiri province yielded the cache as U.S. bombers hit supply routes north and south of the border. casualties included three Americans killed and 20 wounded, plus two South Vietnamese wounded at Bien Hoa.
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Saigon
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Ratanakiri
U.S
Bien Hoa
My Lai Soldiers Go On Trial For Mass Killings
Lt. William L. Calley Jr., 27, stands before a six officer jury at Fort Benning facing possible death or life imprisonment for leading the 1968 My Lai massacre. The panel includes five Vietnam veterans. Trial expected to last a month. defense cites orders from commanding officers.
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Ft, Benning
My Lai
William L. Calley Jr
Miami
Fla
Calley
Co. C
Americal Division
20Th Infantry
Clifford H. Ford
Knoxville
Tenn
Vietnam
Walter D. Kinard
Columbus
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Charles C. McIntosh
Donora
Medina to face new Army hearings on My Lai charges
Medina, Capt. Ernest L., 34, of Montrose Colorado, faces a fresh round of Army hearings to determine if he should stand trial by court martial for alleged responsibility in the My Lai killings. The probe resumes after new evidence prompted closure requests by Army prosecutors and Medina’s counsel. He will attend with military lawyers and the Boston firm Bailey. He previously commanded an Americal Division infantry company during the March 1968 My Lai mission and holds the Silver Star for Vietnam service.
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Mcpherson
Ernest L. Medina
My Lai
Army
Medina
Montrose
Colo
Boston
F. Lee Bailey
Vietnam
Americal Division
Community Thanksgiving Service Set
Frederick Churches United sponsors a contemporary workshop style Thanksgiving Eve service at Calvary Methodist Church at 8 p.m. Rev. William Becker of St. John's Church chairs the program, with music by a community youth orchestra and an inter faith chorus. Invitations issued to Frederick County churches. all interested may participate.
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Frederick Churches United
Calvary Methodist Church
William Becker
St. John’s Church
Frederick County
Stock Market Rises Modestly on Tuesday Start
New York shares edged higher in early trading as momentum from Monday's late rebound continued. Investors watched for further cues as the market opened with cautious optimism and modest gains across key exchanges.
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New York
Testimony delayed in My Lai court martial case
Mitchell Fort Hood Texas AP hearing postponed as defense and prosecutors argue over privilege against self incrimination for key witness Paul Meadle a former Army unit member present at My Lai where 30 civilians were said to be shot. Hearing to resume today.
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Ft, Hood
Tex
My Lai
S. Set
David Mitchell
Army
Mitchell
St. Francisville
Ossie Brown
Paul Meadle
Terre Haute
Ind
Meadle
Fire Log Reports Multiple Calls Across County
Fire log shows 24 hour period ending 10 a.m with multiple calls. Stove fire on Old Annapolis Road at 2:20 p.m. Fire units from New Market Mt Airy respond. Lindberg Road house fire at 6:09 a.m. New Market Da Mascus respond. Jefferson at 9:09 a.m. truck fire in building at Schamel's Grocery with responses from Braddock Middletown and Brunswick ambulances. Ambulance calls noted as Emergency-9 Routine-2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Annapolis
New Market
Mt. Airy
Lindberg Road
Damascus
Jefferson
Schamel’s Grocery
Jefferson, Braddock
Middletown
Brunswick
Pakistan Storm Survivors Face Cholera Threat in East Pakistan
DACCA, East Pakistan AP cholera spreads among cyclone survivors as relief reports 55,000 dead with estimates up to 500,000. Hatia island sees cholera cases. ships carry medical supplies while sanitation fails amid 2,388 square miles hit by a Bay of Bengal cyclone leaving rice crops destroyed and bodies buried in mass graves.
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Dacca
East Pakistan
Ganges River
Nonmation
Syed Ahmed
Hatia
Ganges Delta
Avisuzzaman
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Bhola
Bay of Bengal
Atlantic
Caribbean
Pacific
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Hope
Ft. Detrick
Frederick County Board of Education
Reese S. Poffenbarger
Poffenbarger
Sea of Rains
Bochum
Kaminski
Lai
Carl R. Bierbaum
Litchfield
Ronald J. Salem
Soux Falls
Harvey G. Brown
Amarillo
Bierbaum
Kinard
Brown
Pakistan
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