High Rents Leave Frederick Downtown Stores Vacant
Frederick area retailers face vacant storefronts as owners ask high rents. Richard D. Hammond of the Frederick Chamber of Commerce cites owners in the first blocks of North Market Street and nearby avenues. He notes some properties awaitnew plans or await sale while downtown shows signs of improvement versus years past.
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Frederick
Richard D. Hammond
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
Hammond
Chamber of Commerce
North Market Street
Hammonds
Potomac Edison
West Patrick
Rosenour’s
Pic
Klansmen Turn Tell-All as Congress Probes Civil Rights Slayings
In Washington, Ku Klux Klan members testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee, with Joseph G. Du Bois resigning and Roy Woodle presenting dramatic accusations. Alabama prosecutors announce plans to try two more Klansmen for the killing of Viola Liuzzo after a verdict acquitted Collie Wilkins.
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House UN
Washington
Edwin E. Willis
D-La
Congress
North Carolina
United Klans of America
Woodie
Woodle
Lexington
N.C
Knights of the Kus Klux Klan
Alabama
Richmond Flowers
Detroit
Flowers
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Wilkins
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Fairfield
Early Christmas Decor Spreads Through Frederick Stores
Frederick residents split on seeing holiday displays before Thanksgiving. Sears employees report calm shopping and early decorations this year, while Gilbert’s manager notes customer complaints about too-early decor. Mayor Magaha says displays respond to public demand. An overall mixed mood ends with a bemused shopper muttering Bah Humbug.
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Marie Howell
William W. Leatherman
Sears
Wallace
Leatherman
E. Paul Magaha
Frederick
Storm and Shipley
North Market Street
Magaha
Lillian M. Myers
Gilbert's
Clyde W. Beard
Woousboro
Norman M. Stonesifer
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Fabulous 89th Congress writes historic record
Washington AP reports the 89th Congress under Johnson with large Democratic majorities enacted major laws. Key moves include a $6.5 billion Social Security health program for seniors, a $1.1 billion education bill, and a voting rights measure suspending literacy tests with federal registrars in the Deep South.
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Washington
Johnson
South
Congress
Deep South
Viet Cong Presses Plei Me Camp Attack Amid Air Strikes
In South Vietnam, Viet Cong forces pressed the Plei Me special forces camp amid heavy U.S. air strikes. Observers reported a heavy Viet Cong toll, while sporadic fighting continued and a large government unit came under attack about 20 miles northeast. No U.S. combat units were committed, though advisers suffered light casualties.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Plei Me
Toeday
U.S
Gemini 6 pilots prep for space rendezvous and docking
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP The Gemini 6 crew Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford complete simulators and physical training as they prepare for a two day mission to rendezvous with the Agena target rocket. Over 10 000 support personnel and 18 ships back the launch. Weather poses only a possible issue for Monday.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Agena
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Space Agency
Atlas
Schirra
Stafford
Air Force
Ikeya-Seki
City tax collection at 80 percent for real estate and furniture
City treasurer Louis Eichleberger reports about 80 percent of taxes on real estate and furniture collected by October totaling roughly $787. The year spans July 1 1965 to June 30 1986 and notes real estate and furniture levy increases with year end totals uncertain. Last year at this point 79 percent had been collected with $685,799.04 of $871, etc.
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Louis Eichleberger
Frederick
Eichleberger
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Mt Airy
Montgomery
Aundy
Senate
House
Plei Me Base
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