TJ School Cleared After Bomb Hoax And Vandalism
A bomb threat forced TJ Thomas Johnson High School to evacuate 2,500 students for about 20 minutes in 42 degree weather. Police found no bomb, but a cherry bomb exploded in a restroom. Three juveniles were charged and turned over to juvenile authorities as the investigation continued.
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Governor Thomas Johnson High
Charles V. Main
Frederick City
TJ High School
Main
Karl Manwiller
Manwiller
Po= Hee
Malin
Major Main
Christmas Decorations in Frederick Shine on Main Streets
A heavy snow flurry hit Frederick as city workers began decorating for the season. Over $7,500 in green and silver plastic lighting covers Patrick and Market Streets, with a large Christmas tree at the Seventh Street Fountain and greens on Cul Jer Lake boathouse. City crews, aided by various departments, work began Tuesday and will continue through New Year’s, with Mayor John A. Derr to switch on the lights on November 1.
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Frederick
Patrick Street
Carroll Street
Bentz Street
Market Street
South Street
Fifth Street
Seventh Street
Cul+ Jer Lake
Market
Patrick Streets
City Light Department
John A. Derr
Feelty
U S Ponders Farm Surplus
Washington reports the United States faces a food surplus challenge as developing nations grow able to feed their people. The Agriculture Department cites wheat carryover stocks next July at 600 to 650 million bushels, up from 537 million this year, and warns export targets to 759 million may be hard to reach.
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Washington
United States
Agriculture Department
Agency For International Development— Aid
Myersville Zoning Change Hearing Set for Nov 26
The Frederick County Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing at 1 a.m. on Tuesday November 26 to consider a map amendment moving 15 acres near Myersville from B-2 residential to B-2 commercial. The Humble Oil Company proposal follows October town meetings where the change was approved. The hearing offers the public a chance to express views in Winchester Hall Frederick.
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Board of County Commissioners
Myersville
Humble Oil Company
Middletown - Myersville Road
Winchester Hall
Southey Nottingham
St Now
Frederick
Hirman Winchester
Nixon Plans Delay on Nuclear Treaty in Czechoslovakia Comment
Nixon intends to reassess the international situation before deciding when to seek Senate ratification of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. A source says he has no timetable and will wait for normalization in Czechoslovakia, with action likely after Congress reconvenes.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Richard M. Nixon
Czechoslovakia
United States
Nixon
Florida
Bahamas
Senate
Congresa
Tan. A. Nica
Da Nang Hit Harder by Rocket Attacks
Communist gunners increased rocket and mortar strikes Tuesday night on Da Nang, targeting two American infantry units, five district towns, and one provincial capital. Casualties were light overall, though a main assault near Sai Gon involved 150 enemy soldiers and a three hour ground fight. American and Saigon forces reported 12 enemy bodies found and 14 weapons captured, with one American killed and 12 wounded. other losses included nine South Vietnamese and ten Americans. Several shells struck a Navy hospital area but caused no damage.
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da Nang
Mostar
South Vietnam
Smith Vietnam
Sai«ikon
Camo
FAA Seeks Airport Improvements for Frederick Facility
The Frederick Municipal Airport is among 17 Maryland airports targeted by the FAA for upgrades over five years. Plans include a 1,000 foot runway extension to 5,400 feet, extra ramp space, and a parallel tax strip, with total costs over 1600000 across Maryland facilities. The project is tentatively slated for fiscal 1969 pending bids from the city.
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Frederick
Federal Aviation Administration
Darrell Legg
FAA
Legg
FAAS
Washington
Maryland
Vire Calla Reports 24 Hour Period Ending 10 AM
City records show Ki r é. 3 Le res Ki r é. 3 Le res Vire calla noted in the 24hour period ending at 10 am. The report lists City 62-4400 and NOV rec with COMNEY 6b 2-bbb as references.
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Vire Calla
Comney
Army holds comment on Fort Detrick peaceable research proposal
Dr. Theodore Rosebury urged converting Fort Detrick into an international microbiological research center. An Army spokesman in Washington said no official proposal had been received and emphasized the need for details before comment. Rosebury, a former Fort Detrick staffer, warned against biological warfare and discussed wartime ethics and defense research conducted there.
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Fort Detrick
Theodore Nosebury
Post
Hood College
Town Hall
College
Mid- Atlantic
Army
Hosebury
Pentagon
Rosenbury
Rosebury
Ft.gi
State Leaders Consider Revised Tax Collections Plan
Maryland House Speaker Marsvin Mandel proposed moving to monthly tax withholdings instead of quarterly to gain an estimated 40 million dollars this year. The idea, discussed amid Agnew resignation and a looming deficit, aims to cover shortfalls and leave some for a new budget. Senators and candidates urged health care, higher education, and executive reforms as the state weighs a onetime windfall against ongoing fiscal straits.
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Maryland
House
Mars Vin Mandel
Mandel
Neighborhood Improvement Association
Spiro T. Agnew
Lewis L. Goldstein
Matte
Harry R. Hughes
Francia X
Gatelagher
Gallagher
del. Thomas Clunter Lowe
General Assembly
Agnew
Lowe
Atty
Francia B. Burch
Honald
Lowia
Burch Withdraws From Maryland Governor Race
Baltimore AP reports Attorney General Francis D. Burch withdraws from the unexpired Maryland governor term bid. He cites a conviction that the interim governor will come from the General Assembly and asks supporters not to nominate him when the Assembly elects a successor.
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Atty
Francis DB. Warch
Maryland Key
Spira
JT. Ames
General Assembly
Povernor
Turch and Son
Hurch
Tenat
Aten
Pete Aemal
Intense Heat Halts Rescue At Mannington Mine
Explosions in a slope shaft coal mine near Mannington West Virginia trigger a fire trapping up to 70 miners. Eight men reached the surface and were rescued or accounted for while 75 unaccounted in a coast-to-coast search. Rescue teams work at Farmington Portal as smoke hampers entry. The Mountaineer Coal Company No 9 mine produces millions of tons annually with a 98 inch seam.
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W.va
Marion
Robert Tennant
Mod
Tennant
Mohan's Run
Charleston
Col
W. L. Pike
West Virginia
Puliee
Inihe
Mountaineer Coal Company
Pennsylvania State Line
Fairmont
Llewelyn
Farmington Portal
Mer
West Virginia Department of Mines
Explosion Rips Plane Carrying 70
A Continental Airlines 707 bound for Denver carried seven crewmen and 63 passengers including Senator Clifford Stansen when an explosion and fire struck as the jet descended from 13 000 feet to a foam coated runway. Federal agents detained passenger Lawrence Havelock, 47, of Lake George, Cato. See full report for details.
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Colo
Continental Airlines
Clifford Stansen
Lawrence Havelock
Lake George
Cato
Helga Wood
Tiansen
Althotch
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