Emmitsburg Court Upholds School Board Site Choice
Circuit Court upholds Frederick County Board of Education and County Commissioners in approving a consolidated Thurmont Emmitsburg high school site. Judges Schnauffer and Shure rule State Board of Education decisions final and that the board acted within statutory powers.
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Emmitsburg
Thurmont - Emmitsburg
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Ralph G. Shure
John L. Carnachan
Burker
Emmitsburg Group
C. Arthur Elder
Thurmont
Samuel W. Barrick
Charles A. Price
Frederick County
Jamison-Wivell
Board of Education
Staub
State Board of Education
Cewt
Frederick County Board of Education
County School Board
Freerick County Board of Education
Schanuffer
Shure
Rest Areas Planned For Interstate 70
The federal government will build eight large rest stops for motorists along Interstate 70 with nine acre parklike areas. Locations include segments between Frederick and Washington, Frederick and Baltimore, and Frederick and Hancock. Parks, toilets, picnic groves, and shelters with tourist information are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Landscape Architecture
Frederick
Washington
Baltimore
Hancock
Charles Anderson
Anderson
City plans Halloween party and discretionary trick or treat
Frederick officials announced a city policy for Halloween with a city sponsored party after the parade on Thursday and trick or treat left to local discretion. Mayor Magaha said the move aims to avoid a ban and restore the custom to a neighborhood affair for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
United Appeal Agency Scouting A Good Program For Boys
The Boy Scouts of America founded in 1910 promote character, citizenship, and fitness. The Francis Scott Key District serves over 1,250 boys in 17 cub packs, 23 scout troops, and 7 explorer posts across Frederick County in multiple towns.
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Cub Scout den
Boy Scout Patrol
Explorer Post
Boy Scouts of America
Francis Scott Key
Frederick County
Braddock Heights
Brunswick
Buckeystown
Emmitsburg
Frederick Harmony Grove
Middletown
Monrovia
New Market
Paint of Rocks
Thurmont
Urbana Woodsboro
Yellow Springs
City Foghorn Bursts In Loud Five Minute Hoot
Frederick city residents heard the foghorn hoot for about five minutes as the 11 am blast failed due to a jammed electric switch. Police say the switch was repaired and the horn silenced until tomorrow. Officials also investigate the West Church Street clock that has been out for several days.
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Frederick City
West Church Street
Johnson signs highway beautification bill in White House
President Johnson signs the highway beautification bill in the White House East Room with Lady Bird Johnson and lawmakers present before his upcoming gall bladder operation. He returns from Bethesda and expects four to six weeks of recuperation with possible Texas ranch stay while continuing to work from his bed.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
House
Lady Bird
Texas
Bill D. Moyers
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Klansman Quits At Hearing In Washington
Joseph G. Dubois of Goldsboro North Carolina testified before the House Un American Activities Committee and resigned from the Ku Klux Klan. He turned over records of his Goldsboro Klavern and said God and country should come before any Klan vows. Earlier Klan leaders refused to turn over materials as hearings continued. The imperial wizard appeared in the hearing wearing a white cowboy hat as newsmen watched.
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Washington
Goldsboro
N.C
Imperial Wizard of the Klan
Two Redistrict Bills Sent To Gov Tawes
The Maryland legislature sent two reapportionment bills to Governor Tawes one creating a 43 member Senate by population and another a 53 member Senate with at least one senator from each county or city district. Both bills redistribute 42 House seats by population while guaranteeing one seat per county or district.
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C. Clifton Wirts
Frederick
Senate
Baltimore City
House of Delegates
Wirts
Alfred L. Scanlan
Citizens Committee
Scanlan
Anne Arundel County
Supreme Court
Maryland
House
Local Delegates Favor Redistricting in Annapolis
All Frederick County members of the House of Delegates present in Annapolis yesterday voted for both reapportionment bills. Delegates C Clifton Wirts Charles E Collins William M Houck E Earl Remsberg Joe E Byron voted for both. Del Joseph B Payne was not present for the session.
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Frederick County
House of Delegates
Annapolis
C. Clifton Wirts
Charles E. Collins
William M. Houck
E. Earl Remsberg
Good
Joe E. Byron
Del
Joseph B. Payne
Maryland General Assembly Approves 75 000 Emergency Bill
The Maryland General Assembly sent Governor Tawes an emergency appropriation bill of 75 000 dollars to cover expenses of an 11 day special session. Members received 25 dollars per day, totaling about 44 000 dollars, with additional costs for clerks and stenographers. The delegation head said 75 000 dollars is not too high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland General Assembly
Gov. Tawes
C. Clifton Wirts
Frederick County
Wirts
Court Asked To Rule On Voting Rights
The federal government urges the Supreme Court to declare key provisions of the voting rights law constitutional. The Justice Department seeks to curb efforts by Alabama Louisiana and Mississippi to obstruct enforcement of the new law.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Marine lieutenant blasts antiwar demonstrators in Viet Nam letters
In a letter to his wife, Lt. Ward S. Johnson, 24, railed against antiwar protests and draft dodgers. He accused demonstrators of denouncing the war, holding teach-ins, and calling Marines animals, while urging better counsel from those opposing the war. The note was to be published in Maline Daily Dispatch.
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Moline
Viet Nam
Viet
Johnson
Stephanie
The
Maline Daily Dispatch
Chu Lai
Four Girls Held For Stealing Cars and Wreck
Four girls aged 12 to 15 were detained in Frederick County jail after allegedly stealing two cars and wrecking one. Police traced the vehicles to Petersville and Brunswick and placed the youths in juvenile detention pending a juvenile court hearing.
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Gils
Frederick County
Petersville
Brunswick
Rocky Springs
Rovers
Charles Welch
Frederick
Charles Crum
Keymar
Thurmont
Donald Tracey
Bernard King
Pfc
Ray Dietz
Ofes
James Schreyer
Basil Coffman
Sneak Thief Steals Cash and TV in Frederick Homes
A burglar ransacked four Frederick residences on Culler and Magnolia Avenues early today. He took more than 90 dollars in cash including 72 cents from lunch money, a small television set, and 83 dollars from a Guss residence. Police say the thief entered via unlocked doors or windows and are checking multiple leads.
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Frederick
Culler
Magnolia Avenues
Louise Doty
Magnolia Ave
Calvin Levy
Maurice Guss
Richard Hankey
Hankey
Charles V. Main
Theurglar
City Police Detective Bureau
Legislature backs U S Viet policy in Maryland
The Maryland House of Delegates adopted a resolution supporting United States policy in Vietnam during a special session before reapportionment. Sponsored by Del. Charles R. Bresler the measure notes broad national expressions of disapproval of the policies.
Court Awards 32500 For Thurmont Land Condemnation
A circuit court awarded $32 500 for 280 acres taken from Hosa McAfee of Thurmont by the Department of Forests and Parks. The state offered $32 500, while witness Wilhelm Bensel valued the land at $120 per acre, with the state offer at $116 per acre deemed fair. Judge Robert E. Clapp presided. a jury trial and property inspection were waived.
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Thurmont
Department of Forests and Parks
Camp David
Cunningham Falls
Hosa McAfee
Charles Watkins Sr
McAfee
Wilhelm Bensel
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Frederick Area
Jackie Sines
Tina Baugher
Nancy
Prato
Frank J. Keefer Sines
Sines
John Sines
Walkersville
Tina
Robert Baugher
Baugher
United Appeal Agency
Frederick County United Appeal
District of Columbia
Banhifs
LBJ
New York
Tawes
U.S
Ries
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