Jack Baer Lives 48 Years Of Film Art In Frederick
Steff Writer recounts Jack Baer projectionist at Tivoli Theater who witnessed cinema's shift from silent to talkies from 1922 onward. Baer, 48 years in film, recalls early opera house shows, crank speeds, live organ music, synchronized sound tricks, and basketball in the Opera House backstage as he reflects on a career starting at age 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Baer
Frederick
Gene Hahn Steff
Warner Brothers
Manhattan Opera House
al Jolson
Tivoli Theater
Muriel ‘Hickman
West College Terrace
John R. Baer
Baer
City Opera House
Decker
Opera House
New Tivoli Theater
Oil Firms Raise Gasoline Prices Promising Local Hikes
Two major oil companies announced wholesale gasoline price increases in the Baltimore area, leading to expected one cent per gallon retail boosts at local stations. Sunoco and Mobil cited broader distributor hikes amid rising wholesale costs from Gulf, ARCO, Skelly and others, with stations showing tentative price ranges and forecasts for fuel oil also rising to 17.9 cents.
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Sun Oil Co
Mobil Oil Corp
Baltimore
Economy Oil
Frederick
Mobil Products
Gulf
ARCO
Skelly
American
Phillips
Texaco
Sunoco
Sun Oi Co
Action Center planning talks on war and priorities
The Frederick People's Action Center hosts a Monday 8 p.m. program at 140 Market St on The War National Priorities with speakers from Frederick Welfare Rights Organization, Mount St Mary's College professor Dr Thomas C Reeves, former draft repeal advocate, and Helen G Alexander. A general discussion follows.
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People’s Action Center
Market St
Frederick Welfare Rights Organization
People’s Action Committee
Thomas C. Reeves
Mount St. Mary's College
National Council
Helen G. Alexander
Attomd
Shcne
Fire Log Report Details Calls and Auto Fire Incident
Fire calls logged during the 24 hour period ending at 10 a.m. were reported. An automobile fire on County Route 340 occurred at 7:31 p.m. Jefferson responded to the scene. Contact numbers 662 6333 or 663 4400 available for further information.
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Jefferson
Nine Nabbed In Major Drug Raid Across Cities
Nine people arrested with warrants for six more in Baltimore, Washington, and New York in a five month probe. Agents seized mostly heroin and some cocaine, aided by a court tapped phone line. Network reportedly handled at least $500000 daily in street drugs.
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Baltimore, Md
Maryland
George Beall
U. S
Baltimore
Washington
New York
George Pappas
Nicholas Giordano
Giordano
Michael Forcable
Queens
LaGuardia
Beall
Atlantic Seaboard
Pappas
Washington, D.C
Fortabile and
Baltimore City
Stanley Silverstein
Baltmore
John C. D’ Anna
Jack Baldwin
Glen Burnie
Jerry Sorrentino
Bronx
Julia Uaskins
Mitchell Denies Part In Killings at My Lai
In a Texas courtroom, Sgt. David Mitchell testified through tears that he did not shoot Vietnamese civilians during the 1968 My Lai massacre and that he did not see anyone shot. He described helping gather about 30 civilians and moving them to a ditch before a perimeter was set, then complying with Lt. Calley’s order to return to the village to check.
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FT. Hood
Tex
David Mitchell
Ossie Brown
Mitchell
Swann
Stock Market Open Slips in Quiet Early Trading
New York stocks resumed their slide as the market opened today in light trading. The AP report notes continuing declines across major indexes with investors showing cautious posture amid unsettled market sentiment.
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New York
Scott Raps Nixon Critics On Cambodia Aid Program
Washington AP Senator Hugh Scott warned Nixon Cambodia aid critics that opposing the $155 million package could jeopardize $500 million for Israel. He said some critics pursue politics over policy and argued the bill ties to broader foreign aid, including $65 million for South Vietnam and a larger $1 billion package. Nixon pitched the plan as essential for Vietnamization and regional stability.
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Washington
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Today
Nixon
Cambodia
Israel
South Vietnam
Congress
Gordon Allot
Colorado
Republican Policy Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
White House
South
Laos
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Fulbright
Greece
Turkey
Taiwan
Mathias seeks 15 million to convert Fort Detrick to health research center
Senator Charles Mathias on the Senate floor proposes amending the Labor-HEW appropriations bill to fund 15 million dollars to convert Fort Detrick into a comprehensive health research center. The plan would let the NIH assume operations and support about 700 scientific and support staff, with research on slow virus disease hepatitis fungal diseases latent viruses in animals tissue culture and eye disease research.
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Charles McC. Mathias
Labor - Health, Education and Welfare
Fort Detrick
Senate
Mathias
National Institutes of Health
National Dental Carries
Nixon
United States
HEW
Warmer Weather To Bring Showers
A warming trend moves in with southerly winds after three frosty nights. Today’s forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and highs in the mid 50s, with tonight’s lows above 40. Friday remains mild with possible afternoon showers and a high near 60. Weekend outlook shows clouds and cooler temps with a chance of showers. Previous high was 44, overnight low 81 with a light frost. No precipitation this week at the local weather station.
Witnesses Say Calley Not Part Of My Lai Killings
Frank Beardslee testified he saw 15 to 20 dead Vietnamese women and children at My Lai but did not see Lt. William L. Calley Jr. on March 16 1968 during the hamlet assault. Another photographer confirmed killings. Calley faces trial for 102 deaths, with potential death or life imprisonment.
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Calley
My Lai
FT_ BENNING
Frank Beardslee
William L. Catley Jr
Beardslee
Lathrop
Mich
Army
Los Angeles
Ronald Haeberle
Leutenant
Haeherle
Aubrey Daniel TI
George W. Latimer
Two Civil Suits Filed In Frederick County Court
Frederick County Circuit Court hosts two personal injury suits totaling 130000 dollars. Robert A Neff and Linda Neff of Harpers Ferry West Virginia sue Minnesota firms and a California man over a January 13 1970 drunken driving incident on U S 40 near Frederick. A Nelson Minnesota trucking firm leased to Hawkins Chemical is named as co defendant. In a second case Evelyn Brandenburg and Rudolph Brandenburg of Middletown sue Evelyn Marie Jackson of Carrollton Drive for 30000 dollars claiming a June 6 collision at the U S 40 and U S 40 A crossroads occurred when Jackson failed to stop for a stop sign causing damages and expenses.
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Frederick County
Robert Anderson Neff
Linda
RFD 2
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Edward Birrane
Minnesota
Okland
Michael V. Kildow
Oakland
U.S. 40
Frederick
Kildow
Neff
Vernon Walford Nelson
Tennock
Minn
Central Leasing, Inc
Hawkins Chemical, Inc
Brandenburg
Miss Jackson
Mishap Blamed On Fog In Vietnam Helicopter Crash
A U S Marine CH46 helicopter returning to Da Nang with a crippled patrol crashed in fog in the Que Son mountains, killing all 15 Marines aboard including Lt. Col. William Leftwich of Memphis. The crash followed a loss of radio contact and poor visibility. Leftwich, veteran adviser to South Vietnamese Marines, was praised as a fearless leader. In the broader front, 1,006 South Vietnamese troops began a new drive into eastern Cambodia to counter North Vietnamese offensives.
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Saigon
da Nang
Vietnam
Willam Leftwich
Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee
Que Son Range
U.S
Que Son
Que Son Mountains
Leftwich
William C. Westmoreland
Washington
John Winter
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Six Injured In Wreck On U.S. 40 At New Market
Six persons were injured in a traffic accident at the U S 40 and Md 75 intersection in New Market. Ambulances from Mt Airy and Damascus transported the injured to Frederick Memorial Hospital. The list includes Donnie Wright 35 and her son Michael 10, Charles Kaylor Sr 50 and his wife Martha 41 and son Charles Jr 18, and Virginia Holbrook 56. Mrs Wright was the only one admitted. Investigating officers were unavailable at press time.
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U.S. 40
New Market
Mt. Airy
Damascus
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Donnie Wright
RFD
Monrovia
Michael
Charles Kaylor Sr
Baltimore
Martha
Charles Jr
Virginia Holbrook
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wright
Tic
Paul Sanders
Lewis
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