Ford visits Elkins for Forest Festival parade
President Ford travels by helicopter to Elkins West Virginia to ride in the bubble top limousine as honorary grand marshal for the Mountain State Forest Festival parade amid heightened security. Officials expect up to 200000 spectators in a town of about 10000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Ford
West Virginia
Elkins
W. Va
Mountain State Forest
White House
Newark
N.J
Air Force One
Republican National Committee
Ron Nelsen
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
motorecades
Madrid
Rome
Nelsen
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Richard M. Nixon
West, Virginia
Sheila Weidenfeld
Knoxville
Tenn
Autumn weekend festival and county events forecast
Autumn weather sets the scene for Frederick Landmarks Save The House festival at Schifferstadt with soups hot cider and music on the lawn. Temperatures will reach the upper 60s, skies are sunny tonight cool, Sunday similar, minimal rain. Local football games drive weekend wear, plus orchards farmers market gas engine show in Wolfsville, and Catoctin Colorfest upcoming with church dinners in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Schifferstadt
Linda Barrick
Lynn Pasley
Rosemont Avenue
West Second Street
Rollie Atkinson
Frederick Landmarks
The
Landmarks group
Catoctin
Singanore
Taneytown
McCurdy Field
York Lions
Frederick’s
fairgrounds
Wolfsville
Raritan
Md. 153
Frederick County
Opposition to shelter near Montevue Lane nursing home
Mrs. Patricia Throne, chair of the Commission on Aging, opposes placing the Slumane Society animal shelter beside the Montevue Lane nursing home. She warns it signals society’s view of the elderly and chronically ill and could block the nursing home’s mountain view while threatening planned health facilities nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
nursing home
Patricia Throne
Commission on Aging
Montevue Lane
Montevue
Mrs. Throne
Slumane Society
Congress weighs nutrition bill veto over school meals
Ford vetoes a 2.75 billion child nutrition bill that would make 20 cent lunches and a breakfast program permanent, affecting 1.8 million low income children. Congressional leaders predict an override and quick action to restore funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Ford
Carl D. Perkins
House Education and Labor Committee
George McGovern
D.D
Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and human Needs
Agriculture Department
Maryland Declared Major Disaster After Floods
President Ford declared Maryland a major disaster area for last week's floods. Frederick County damages may top 1.2 million with roads and two bridges destroyed. State civil defense officials project statewide damages above 24 million across Anne Arundel Baltimore Carroll Cecil Frederick Harford Howard Montgomery Prince Georges and Washington counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald R. Ford
Maryland
Small Business Administration
Farmer’s Home Administration
Frederick County
George J. Stup
Anne Arundel
Baltimore
Carroll
Cecil
Frederick
Harford
Howard, Montgomery, Prince Georges
Washington Counties
Frederick adds mercury vapor lights to curb southwest burglary surge
Frederick Police Department uses a $42 109 grant from the Governors Commission to install 400 watt mercury vapor lights in the southwest area joining existing 250 watt and 370 watt lights. Three Yamaha patrol motorcycles bolster foot patrols and civic education programs reach city schools to deter burglaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Governor's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice
commission
Richard J. Ashton
Capt. Ashton
Ashton
Madison Street
DeGrange Street
South Market Street
West Patrick Street
Zimmerman memorial comment over flood claims on proposed firehouse site
Rock Creek attorney Richard E. Zimmerman disputes statements by two officials that his home flooded while the new Independents firehouse site stayed dry. He says 12 to 18 inches entered his basement through a toilet sewer line and plans to send the toilet as a memorial to a friend on the Board of Aldermen. He denies fire department pumping services were used and criticizes the site selection for the firehouse on Baughman s Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Zimmerman
Rock Creek Drive
Zimmerman
Baughman’s Lane
Aldermen
James E. McClellan
Ronald N. Young
Independent Hose Company
Independents
Sinai pact moves toward final congressional action
A House committee backed sending 200 civilian monitors to the Sinai to oversee the accord with Egypt and Israel, with withdrawal in case of hostilities. Senate panels planned swift action after Kissinger hearings as secret agreements were disclosed to satisfy committee demands for openness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
House
Sinai
Congress
Senate
Henry A. Kissinger
Carl Albert
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kissinger
U.S
Egypt
Israel
House committee
Emperor King Visit Signals U S Movements
Reported movements linked to an Emperor King visit in the United States. Weather appendix notes warming trend with sunny skies and mild highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s. Night temperatures near 30 with not very cold conditions. Lincoln quote closes the item.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Secret Service
domestc
Appalachian
Nessen
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Detroit
Defense and Disaster Preparedness Agency
Pleasant View Road
Myersville-Harmony Road
Capt
Osburn
Malik
Horine
Charles Conley
Stup
Dr. Conley
Page AG
Sens
Frank Church
Idaho
Charles Percy
R- J
Church
rael
Syria
Inside The News
King
United States
CTA “executiv
action” group
Abraham Lincoln
Comics Aid
Ald TV
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!