Commissioners Paint Rosy Financial Picture
Frederick County officials delivered a upbeat State of the County address noting a stronger tax base with assessable property up 14.5 percent and income tax revenues up 17 percent the county plans new roads for the first time since 1957 and has retired most bonded debt. They warned growth poses challenges and urged coordinated planning to protect rural heritage while expanding town facilities.
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Frederick
Frederica
John Aetn
Derr
Frederick County
Maryland
Donald L. Lewis
Lawrence Ay
Dorsey
Lewis
News-Post
Frederck County
Anon
Haktimore
James McSherry
Ince
City Board Agenda Sets For Tonight in Hock Creek Estates
Residents plan to appeal to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen at 7:30 p.m. to defer a public hearing on rezoning Krantz property along S Lame from R3 to B3 until the new administration takes office January 10 1974. The meeting covers zoning liquor gases and other city items and includes plans for sewer work and flood plain mapping along Rock Creek.
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Hock Creek Estates
Board of Aldermen
Krantz
Michael E. Pue d Jr
Sulnestoe
US West
Pue
Planning Commission
Rock Creek
Waverly Drive
Bowers Bowt
A and Fear
Eck Creek
Franklin Stillrich
Winchester Street
Stillrich
Enn Leen
East Pom Venture
East Patrick Street
Philips Sepentee Naterete
Maj
Charkes
Winters Stay Mild with Low Snow for Second Year
In the 1800s report the region endures a second winter with snowfall far below normal. Morning lows in Unonvue hovered around 31 degrees with ice on windshields in Middletown. Frederick saw 41 degree temps, while Wednesday reached a high of 55 degrees.
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Unonvue
Middletown
Frederick
Howmet and Amax plan second potline at Buckeystown plant
Howmet Corporation and American Metal Climax Inc. confirm a new agreement to build a second 86,700 ton per year aluminum reduction potline at the Buckeystown plant. The three months ended Sept 38 1973 show sales totaling $87,586,000, up 17 percent from 1972. Easalco Share Inc tendered $2.3 million of convertible debentures at 963.09. By Oct 5 1973 tenders reached $4,313,706 with all offered debentures purchased, yielding pretax income of $1,490,000.
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Howmet Corporation
Nyse- Psce
Conn
Buckeystown
Howmet
American Metal Climax Inc
Amax Ahuminian
Easalco Share, Inc
Hewmet
Geberteres
MCEA Seeks County Worker Bargaining Rights
Maryland Classified Employer Association presses for a statewide labor law to cover all public employees under a merit system. Larry D. Kump says the effort will include Frederick County and Baltimore City groups and aims to set uniform guidelines on sick leave insurance classification and wages.
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Maryland Classified Employer Association
Larry D. Kump
MCEA
Western
Maryland
Kump
Baltimore City
Frederick County
Frederick
Board of County Commissioners
Tye
Sheriff's Department
Sheriff's Deputies
Wall Street Treads Water As Dow Edges Higher
New York stock market opened with mixed action as the Dow Jones average rose to 964.25 at 10 30 a m while declines softened in active trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
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New York
Wall Street
New York Sock Exchange
Major Tank Battle In Sinai Continues
Cairo dispatches report the largest tank engagement of the war still rages in the Sinai. Israel claims heavy losses and Arab oil nations pledge deeper cuts as high level talks in Washington and Moscow seek a settlement.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Sinai Desert
Washington
Alexei N. Kosygin
New York Times
Tar
Moscow
Middle East
Haim Herzog
Kuwait
Israel
United Nations
Sinai
State Radio
Taeir
Mount Airy Fails to Gain County Planning Aid
Mount Airy spans Frederick and Carroll counties and receives little planning help from either. Associate planner Alan Musselman calls for options including redrawing the county line, granting Baltimore City like powers, or forming a separate county. He cites multi county bureaucracy in health, water, and codes as hindering growth and urges state and local leaders to act.
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Alan Musselman
Mount Airy
Frederick
Carroll
Musselman
Lewis C. Dixon
Carrol
City Rejects Bid To Buy B&O Station
Frederick city rejects funding to buy the B and O Railroad station for a community center. The plan sought federal revenue sharing funds now designated for capital improvements.
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City Rejects
B&o
Frederick
Frederick County
Governor's Commission On Children and Youth
Joyce McKane
Commission
Friends For Neighborhood Progress
Julius M. Shera
Larry Lipman
Fire Log Update from County
Fire calls reported during the past hour period ending at 1 am in the county show activity across the area with no specific incidents detailed.
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Saf
City Board
Eastakco
Beirut
Nese Banque de L'Industrie Et Ou Travail
Lebanise Socialist Revolutionary Movement
Lebanon
Arabia
Gaaieu Veenal
Algeria
South Yemen
Wr Pric’ Aan
Thease Otyen Ca Itty
Benut
Tabeiere Haaleem
Christiaan Hollander
Bahir Takieddin
Mohammed Yazid
Tewfik Safadi
Amir Farroukh
Linganore Road
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
John A. Derr
Thomas H. Ridgley
Desert
Bette
Mt. Airy
U.S Department of the Interior
Winchester Hall
Earl Smith
Ricky Lehman
Rod Rodgers
Thildren
Victor Cullen
Frances Gilbert
Tina Prinsky
Emily Carnochan
Southmarket
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