Thompson Holds ABC Support for City Alderman Bid
Members of Arise Black Citizens ABC back Dr W E Gladstone Thompson for alderman today while opposing Claude R Delauter citing past attendance at committees and a lack of time for duties. ABC launched petition to place Thompson on the ballot and denounced the Republican nominee as unsuitable.
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Arise Black Citizens
ABC
W. E. Gladstone Thompson
Claude R. Delauter
Delauter
North Frederick School
Dr. Thompson
William B. Barnes
Barnes
Nixon Bares Plans To Fight Inflation
President Nixon mails personal appeals to 2,200 business and labor leaders urging wage price restraint after a nationwide radio address. He backs a return to price stability and urges labor to base wage demands on that prospect. Burns to helm the Federal Reserve Board, with a 14 year tenure, as tight money policies expected to continue and cause slowing pains.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Federal Reserve Board
William McChesney Martin
Martin
Burns
Ita
Frederick approves city park curfew and bids actions
Frederick officials approved a curfew for both city owned parks inside and outside limits setting 11 pm to 5 am in daylight saving months and 10 pm the rest of the year. The meeting also reviewed MonoCat Interceptor sewer bid process and rejected all bids for new police winter uniforms, planning a new bid call with specs.
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Frederick
Ralph Gantley
Truck Wreck Injures Cow Near Berryville Virginia
A tractor trailer carrying 27 head of Black Angus cattle tipped on Route 340 after swerving to avoid a halted vehicle about three miles north of Berryville. A cow was injured, the truck sustained heavy damage estimated at $8,000, and the remaining cattle were moved to a Maryland slaughterhouse.
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Berryville
G. N. Jenkins
Robert Douglas Hemp II
Jeferson
Hemp
Maryland
Jenkins
Free Immunization Drive Aims at Frederick County Students
A public health effort targets German measles vaccination for Frederick County elementary pupils in grades 1 through 3 during the last week of October. The plan, part of a statewide push across 23 Maryland counties, seeks to vaccinate about 4,945 county children and to reach the state goal of immunizing all children through grade three this year. Letters will inform parents and request consent, with initial vaccinations set in the county and broader campaigns rolling into Garrett and Allegany counties before expanding to Calvert Charles St. Marys and parts of Baltimore City in coming months.
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Margaret Iiindman Seaff Weiter
Frederick County
County Health Department
State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Maryland
Charles Spicknal
Shicknall
Laird Urges U S Halt of Biological Warfare Production
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird secretly urged the United States to stop producing biological warfare agents in a two page memo to the National Security Council. The move supplements an interagency report on chemical and biological warfare and follows Nixon plans to discuss gas and germ warfare policy at an early November meeting.
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New York
Melvin R. Laird
National Security Council
United States
New York Times
Washiton
the Times
Laird
Interagency
Nixon
Council
Army Resumes Testing Chemical Warfare Agents at Two Posts
The Army will resume open air testing of chemical warfare agents at Edgewood Arsenal Maryland and defensive gas training at Fort McClellan Alabama after a three month halt. Secretary Stanley Resor authorized the move following a civilian safety review that tempered congressional criticism and reaffirmed safety procedures.
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Washington
Army
Stanley R. Resor
Edgewood Arsenal
Ft. McClellan
Ala
Resor
Sion
Congress
Edgewood
McClellan
Unfair Low Income Rent Charge Denied By City Housing
Frederick housing officials clash over rent levels in city projects. Chairman William Lee defends current caps at 110 dollars for a five bedroom unit while Mrs. Jessie Johnson and others argue rents push poor families, especially Negro tenants, toward substandard housing. Lee notes annual earnings reviews and outlines rents from 80 to 110 dollars by unit size. He highlights ongoing and planned low income housing expansion, including elderly and lower middle income options, to ease the housing squeeze.
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City Housing
Denis O' Bien
Aff
Frederick Fair Housing Council
Frederick Housing Authority
William Lee
Jessie Johnson
Frederick
Lee
Roes
George Dredden
Frederick Inter
Rac
Ial
Johnson
Lem
Motters Avenue
Key Section Of I-70 Opens To Baltimore
A new 3.8 mile section of I-70N opened Friday with a ribbon cutting at the 1-70N and U.S. 29 intersection. The segment runs from U.S. 29 north of Ellicott City to U.S. 40 west of Mariottsville Road, including 6.2 miles of ramps. The extension relieves traffic on U.S. 40 and includes an interchange with Mariottsville Road plus repairs to Mariottsville Road between I-70N and U.S. 40.
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Howward County
Ellicott City
Mariettaville Road
U.S. 40
Arthur , Price Jr
Mariottsville Road
U.S, 40
Unionville Feels Subfreezing Freeze After Cold Night
The Frederick County town of Unionville logged a subfreezing low of 2 percent with a light frost on the ground marking the coldest night since last April. Freder ick’s overnight low was 40 with yesterday’s high 57 as gusty winds cooled the air. Scattered frost appeared in low county areas for a second time this week, described as a light frost. The forecast calls for clear skies today and tomorrow with a chance of showers Saturday night.
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Frederick County
Unionville
Frederick
No Special Session Seen If Court Backs Bonds Decision
Governor Mandel may avoid a special session if the Court of Appeals upholds a circuit ruling that Maryland can issue short term bonds. Judge Evans limited to 18.76 million in bonds, invalidating 21.24 million more. If buyers bid at or below 5 percent, the 18 million could fund ongoing projects until the 1970 General Assembly convenes.
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Annapols
Marvin Mandel
Court of Appeals
Matthew S. Evans
Anne Arundel County
Priday
Board of Public Works
Court of Appeala
High Court
Fire Log Report Summary for 24 Hours
Fire calls reported in the 24 hour period ending 19 p.m. across multiple locations. Incidents include rekindled bonfire on Highland Street at 10:58 a.m. and brush fires on North Seton Avenue Emmitsburg at 11:39 a.m. Dorcas Road at 2:21 p.m. and a corn field fire on US 15 North at 5:15 p.m. Responding units include Emmitsburg, Wondsboro, and Thurmont with ambulance call noting emergency status.
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Highland Street
Area Man Is Acquitted Of Marijuana Possession
A Sandy Hook man, Harry Steven Ridcourt Jr., 47, was acquitted Thursday in Washington County Circuit Court of illegal marijuana possession. Judge D K McLaughlin ruled the case compromised by an illegal search and seizure after a Sept. 9 raid yielded 26 pounds of marijuana. Defense contended the trailer was searched without a warrant or owner permission. Ridcourt argued federal and Baltimore City police conducted the seizure without proper authorization and that the later obtained warrant was illegitimate.
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Sandy Hook
Washington County
D. K. McLaughlin
Harry Steven Ridcourt Jr
Paul Ottinger
Rideoutt
Federal
Baltimore City
Ilegally
Frederick police chief to speak at North Frederick PTA on child safety
Chief Major Main of Frederick City Police will address nearly 500 North Frederick Parent-Teacher Association members on child safety. President Walter Frey notes the budget session begins at 7 30 pm in the auditorium with a call for full turnout to discuss the year’s program and safety efforts. A display of two demonstration machines will illustrate proposed equipment for school safety plus a social hour with refreshments after the program.
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Mai. Charlies Wy, Main
Frederick City
North Frederick
Parent-Teacher Association
Walter E. Frey
Manor Main
Main
Frederick
Trey
Amor
PYA
Rafcesh Menta
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