Flood control project eyed to protect downtown Frederick
The city outlines a multi phase flood control plan begun in 1974 to channelize a 120 foot wide stream from West Patrick to Carroll streets. Phase I funds $653,463 for an environmental impact draft. Phase II $2,728,240 covers property acquisition and bridge work. Phase III and IV sum to $1,676,000 and $2,223,000 with Phase IV slated for 1987. Some buildings may be removed though historic ones could be rebuilt elsewhere. The Tivoli Theatre organ survived with minor damage while the center underwent extensive cleanup and repairs aided by volunteers.
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Pauls
Corps of Engineers
Stream Valley Park
West Patrick
Carroll Streets
City Histone District Commission
New County Courthouse
Carroll Street
Wisner Street
East Patrick Street
College Avenue
Courthouse
Bentz and
West Patrick Street
Young
Weinberg Center
Tivoli Theatre
Kline
Rudolph Wurlitzer Co
Fred Stenger
Frederick
Frederick flood memory lingers five years on
In Frederick in 1961, many downtown businesses and homes never fully recovered from the flood. Owners recount losses, with James Office Supply near Court Street destroyed and rebuilt after five hours on a roof. McClellan’s veterinary clinic lost equipment but saved vital records. Delphey’s Sporting Goods recalls rising water to the second floor and rescue boats. Red Cross offices faced ceiling-high waters yet operated with temporary HQ on East Church Street, while donor files and records were lost or damaged.
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Weinberg Center For the Arts
Bob James
James Office Supply
Court Street
James
West Patrick Street
James R. McClellan
McClellan
Jay Delphey
Delphey
Sporting Goods
Red Cross
East Patrick Street
Barbara Burke
East Church Street
Citizens Truck Co
South Court
Holt declines senate bid to seek reelection to House
Maryland congresswoman Marjorie Holt, a longtime Fourth District Republican, announced she will not challenge Sen. Paul Sarbanes next year. She cited personal and family considerations plus work on the House Armed Forces Committee as factors in staying in the House. Holt said she would support the Republican primary winner and hinted preference for alternatives to Laurence Hogan, while noting strong poll numbers and the ability to raise funds for a potential Senate race in the future. The decision comes amid pressure from GOP leaders and questions about party unity for a Sarbanes challenge.
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Annapolis
Marjorie Holt
Maryland
Paul Sarbanes
House of Representatives
Holt
Sarbanes
Senate
House
House of Delegates
Sarbares
National Political Action Committee
Anne Arundel
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Edward P. Thomas
Frederick
Republican Party of
Flood Destroys Sears Building and Nearby Businesses
Clarence Rinehart recalls the flood that overwhelmed the downtown Sears building with waist deep water and mud. He notes lost personal items and furniture while trucks were moved to the street within half an hour as water rose. Miss Odetta Brown describes cars lost and rapid rise of water. Volunteers helped clean the basement housing appliances and catalog sales. Woanda Poultry Market faced 30 inches of water but reopened days later with a large cleanup effort. Warner estimates 5,000 dollars in merchandise lost as the community bands together amid flood risk and recovery.
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Clarence Rinehart
Rinehart
Odetta Brown
Sears
Woanda Poultry Market
East Patrick Street
Sterling Warner
Warner
Eugene Bittle
Jay Delphey
Americans Win Share of Nobel Medicine Award in 1981
The Nobel Prize in medicine went to Americans Roger Sperry and David Hubel plus Torsten Wiesel of Sweden for brain function and visual processing advances. Sperry won half the prize of about 1 million kronor, with Hubel and Wiesel sharing the other half for discoveries on information processing in the visual system and brain hemisphere specialization.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Roger W. Sperry
California Institute of Technology
Harvard
David Hubel
Torsten N. Wiesel
Sperry
Karolinska Institute of Medicine
Hubel
Wiesel
Nobel Committee
Boston
Hartford, Coon
University of Chicago
National Institutes of Health
Cal Tech
David H. Hubel
Windsor
Ont
McGill University
Johns Hopkins University
Harvard Medical School
George Packer Berry
Albert Lasker
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