Brush Fire Sweeps Across Calif Fires Burn 500 Acres In Granada Hills
Firefighters halted forward progress on a Los Angeles County brush fire that scorched about 1 500 acres and still burned out of control. It swept into two San Fernando Valley housing tracts, destroying or badly burning 11 homes and forcing 500 residents to evacuate as 750 firefighters battled the flames aided by 150 police responding to looting reports. The blaze, driven by Santa Ana winds up to 50 mph, could be seen 20 miles away and caused heavy traffic on freeways as smoke drifted toward downtown Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Granada
Hills
Los Angeles County
San Fernando Val
Santa Ana
Santa Susan Mountains
Mayoralty Pledged by Frederick Candidate Magaha
Democratic candidate E Paul Magaha states he will devote full time to Frederick City mayoral duties if elected and will avoid any outside business. He cites a $3.25 million budget and a 30,000 population as requiring a full-time manager and warns against conflicts of interest from real estate and insurance work.
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E. Paul Magaha
Frederick
News-Post
Magaha
Storm and Shipley
Tam
Frederick City
Fire Log: Calls in 24 hours ending 10 am
Fire log records incidents in Point of Rocks and nearby areas with alarms at 6:21 pm on Carpenter Road and a chimney fire at Riley Residence at 7:28 pm. A truck fire north of Thurmont occurred around 4:40 am. Ambulance units Independents, Hraddock Heights, Junior's, and In dependenta attended.
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Point OF Rocks
Carpenter Road
Hraddock Heights
Junior's
Riley
Independenta
Thurmont
Thurmont Res
Local Judges Question Time Clock Punch for Maryland Courts
Maryland judges largely comply with new time sheets issued to 70 circuit jurists after a Court of Appeals ruling on workload study. Some Baltimore and Anne Arundel judges protest punching a time clock, while others support the effort as essential to balancing workloads across the state.
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Robert E. Clapp Jr
Samuel Barrick
Maryland
Clapp
Court of Appeals
Barrick
Baltimore County Circuit Court
Anne: Arundel County
Matthew 5
Evans
Edward O
Westminster Juriat
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Weant
Baltimore City
Baltimore
Supreme Bench
Halloween Parade Set As Four Juveniles Face Delinquency
Four youths aged 13 and 14 were charged with delinquency for stealing candy from two younger children during Halloween trick or treat night in the city and county. Despite a busy night, reports of vandalism were few though pumpkins and eye throwing were noted. Extra police and county deputies patrolled, with quiet results, as the Halloween parade from Seventh Street fountain prepared to start at 7 30 p m.
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South Market
Clarke Place
Frederick County
Stock Market Dip in Moderately Active New York Trading
New York AP reports a modest decline in early trading as declines outpace advances among individual stocks on the New York Stock Exchange. The day starts with a cautious mood as investors weigh market prospects and corporate news.
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NEW York
Guerrillas Attack Lebanon Airport Amid Regional Tensions
Arab guerrillas attacked Lebanon's Elayat military airport with rockets and mortars from Syria, as fighting raged near Rashaya and Asha. Egypt signaled peace talks progress, with Cairo mediating and Palestinian leader Arafat in Damascus.
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Associated Press
Lebanon
Elayat
Syria
Rashaya
Asha
Alha
Cairo
Egypt
Yassir Arafat
Klayat
Tripoli
Sidon
Beirut
Hassan Sabry el Khaly
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Middle East
el Khaly
U S War Toll Tops 100 First Time In Five Weeks
Saigon AP reported that U S forces in Vietnam suffered 102 killed in combat last week, the highest weekly toll in five weeks, with 39,149 Americans and 564,607 enemy casualties since Jan 1, 1961. Enemy deaths rose to 2,907. Saigon said battlefield dead numbered 297. The same report notes the release of Buddhist monk Thich Thien Minh amid amnesty for 310 political prisoners on National Day.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Ernment
Thich Thien Minh
South Vietnam
Thien Minh
Nguyen van Thieu
Bokesch Awarded 33rd Degree by Maryland Freemasons
Elmer R. Bokesch of Frederick was elected to the 33rd degree of the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite in Washington, D.C. He joins a small Maryland group and is among notable masons including Walter Schirra. Bokesch resides at 18 Kilne Boulevard with his wife Jean. their son Charles studies medicine at Emory.
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Elmer R. Bokesch
Frederick
Maryland
Supreme Council of
Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
USA
Washington, D.C
Bokesch
A. LeRoy McCardell
Harry O. Schroeder
Grover J
Kilne Bochevard
Jean
Charles
Emory University Medical School
Atlanta
Optimist Clubs Seek Boy and Girl of the Year
Five area high schools will participate in the eighth annual International Youth Appreciation Week in Frederick. The Frederick Evening, Frederick Breakfast, and Braddock Heights Optimist Clubs sponsor the event from November 10 to 15. Winners will be the Boy and Girl of the Year chosen from each club and will advance to the Maryland state contest in Baltimore. The program includes student visits to city and county offices and local businesses, highlighting youth involvement. More than 150 Optimist members are expected to assist in the effort, with entries open to all high school students under 20 as of November 15.
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St. John's
Frederick
Thomas Johnson
Middeltown
School For the Deaf
Frederick Breakfast
Braddock Heights
Baltimore
Homer Brooks
Richard Miller
International Organization
Nervous House Leaders Sidestep Vote On Draft
Washington reports House leaders abruptly canceled a vote on Nixon’s draft lottery plan delaying broad draft reform. Rep. Bolling criticizes a move to confine action to the lottery bill while Riv ers promises full draft revision consideration next year. Bolling’s stance is that reform belongs to Congress, not the President.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Richard Boll Ing
D+Mo
Eany
Bolling
L. Mendel Rivers
Ds.c
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Nixn
St. Bolling’s
Haven
American Wins Nobel Prize In Physics
The 1969 Nobel Prize in physics goes to Prof. Murray Gelb Mann of Caltech for classifications of elementary particles and their interactions. The prize carries a record cash award of $72,200, as the United States secures two of the three science prizes this year.
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Stockholm
Royal Swedish Academy of Science
Murray Gelb Mann
California Institute of Technology
Derk H. Q. Barton
Imperial College of Science and Technology
London
Odd Haasel
University of Oslo
United States
Supreme Court orders immediate school integration nationwide
The Supreme Court ruled that the all deliberate speed doctrine cannot shield segregated public schools. It ordered Mississippi and other districts to immediately operate unitary, race-free systems, with appeals handled after desegregation plans take effect. The unsigned opinion signaled a pivotal shift away from Nixon-era delays.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Sorthern
Onderea
Mississippi
Schon
Warren F. Burger
Nixon
Cess
Hime L. Black
U.S. Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Sys
Wich
Dex
Grove Wins SRC Contracts in Maryland
The M. J. Grove Lime Co. of Lime Kiln won two State Roads Commission contracts in Frederick and Carroll counties. The firm will receive 943,170 for grading drainage and paving relocated Route 27 between Old Maryland Route 144 in Dorseytown, Carroll County, with blacktop paving. A $99,440 bridge on Route 7 at Hunting Creek will be built by a Frederick County contractor.
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Baltimore
M. J. Grove Lime Co
State Roads Commission
Frederick
Carroll Counties
John J. McMullen
Grove Lime Co
Maryland
Dorseytown
Carroll County
Frederick County
Hunting Creek
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Joseph L. Carter
Dulany Foster
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Emile Rustany
Bustany
Feyotian
Israel
Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization, Hd
Damascus
Elmer R, Bokesch
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Fia
High Court
Masissippi
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