West Patrick Street Plaza Project To Cost Five Million
Construction of a five million dollar plaza on West Patrick street is planned in Frederick. The phased three building project will stretch over ten years from Court street to Delphey's and include a park area and parking lot. The Francis Scott Key Plaza will begin within months with occupancy expected in fourteen months. General contractor Robert W. Russell with Ed Jacobsen Jr and Baker Kefauver are pursuing property purchases, with four parcels remaining. The project marks Frederick’s largest ever development and aligns with a name approval from the Francis Scott Key Board of Directors.
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Maurice Rowe
West Patrick Street
Frederick
Court Street
Delphey’s
Francis Scott Key Board of Directors
Robert W. Russell
Ed Jacobsen Jr
Bethesda
Hillcrest Orchards
U.S. 40
Baker - Kefauver
Blue and Grey
Russell
Black Horse Tavern
Sarah Rau Lee
Marian Rau Heater
George
Rivalry Cited in Attempt on Maryland Senator
In Baltimore a rival political race is named as the motive for an attempted assassination of Sen Verda Welcome the only Black member of the Maryland Senate. James McCall confessed to conspiracy and attempted murder and testified that Curtis King and Del Ernest D Young planned the job with a $5000 payoff.
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Baltimore
Sen
Verda Welcome
Maryland
Senate
Sen. Welcome
Annapolis
James McCall’s
Del
Ernest D. Young
Young
General Assembly
Charles Moylan Jr
Curtis King
McCall
Moylan
Mrs. Welcome
Officials Baffled By Man's Death
The 51 year old Theodore R. Dixon was found dead at his West All Saints street home, with the autopsy not establishing a cause of death. Police chief Charles V. Main said there is no evidence of foul play. The body was discovered around 1 15 p m Monday afternoon.
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Theodore R. Dixon
B.O. Thomas Sr
Dixon
West All Saints Street
Charles V. Main
Peace Corps Duo Find Groundwork Brews Friendships in Peru Slums
Chester Wiggins and Barbara Wiggins returned from a 20 month Peace Corps mission in Arequipa Peru where volunteers lived in barriadas and built water tanks cess pools homes and a school. They say digging holes and building infrastructure earned more friendship than aid.
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San Bruno
Calif
Peace Corps
Chester Wiggins
Barbara
Arequipa
Barrada
Wiggins
Peru
Bartada
Senate Hopes for Health Care Plan Move
Washington AP Administration forces push a revised King-Anderson health care proposal as the Senate tests the House bill. Senator Gore sponsors the change with Hubert Humphrey and Mike Mansfield aides involved in late Monday strategy sessions after talks with President Johnson in Texas.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Hubert H. Humphrey
Johnson
Texas
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
King-Anderson
Wuld
Kennedy Seeks Senate Nod as Michigan Caucus Tests White Backlash
In New York, Atty Gen Robert Kennedy is poised to win the Democratic nomination for Senate against Keating. In Michigan, Reps John Lesinski and John Dingell clash in a white backlash influenced primary tied to reapportionment and Civil Rights Act votes. Spitzen Republicans pursue Hart and Romney in statewide contests as markets show a mixed early session.
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Washington
New York
Robert F. Kennedy
Michigan
Kennedy
Kenneth B. Keating
Samuel Stratton
Ith
Detroit
John Lesinski
Dearborn
John Dingell
Lesinski
Dingell
Philip A. Hart
George Romney
George Higgins
Neil F. Staebler
Virginia
Massachusetts
State Committee
Keating
Johnson
Frederick to Get Dial Switching Center at East Patrick
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company directors approve a 2.5 million project to build a local and long distance dial switching center at 33 and 35 East Patrick in Frederick. The plan includes future fourth-floor expansion and continuous service during construction, with additional facilities to interconnect Frederick with nearby towns.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Frederick
East Patrick Street
Frederick County
Carl V. Weakley
Maryland
Weakley
Damascus
Hagerstown
Silver Spring
Thurmont
Westminster
Mt. Airy
Dial Service
Johnson Signs Nationwide Food Stamp Plan
President Johnson signed the nationwide food stamp plan into law after a White House ceremony with congressional leaders. The program allows qualifying families to buy ten dollars of stamps for six, expanding access beyond surplus items and costing an estimated 25 million dollars the first year and rising in subsequent years.
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Washington
Texas
Johnson
White House
Congress
Senate
House
Executive
John F. Kennedy
Byron Named To School For Deaf Board
Frederick County Delegate Goodloe E. Byron has joined the Maryland School for the Deaf Board of Visitors. Swearing in occurred at the Circuit Court Clerk’s office after his governor’s appointment last week. Byron, a Democratic figure, led Frederick campaigns for Kennedy in 1960 and has held multiple local leader roles.
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Frederick County
Goodloe E. Byron
Maryland School For the Deaf
Circuit Court
Byron
J. Millard Tawes
Board of Visitors
George McManus
Kennedy
Young Democratic Clubs
Young Democratic Club of
Frederick
Fire Levels House At Burkittsville
A fire of undetermined origin destroyed a seven room two story log house in Burkittsville around 12 30 a m The brick shingle covered dwelling valued about 2000 was owned by John Albert Hemp The Middle town Brunswick and Braddock Heights volunteer fire companies fought the blaze opposite the school in the eastern part of town
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Burkittsville
John Albert Hemp
Middletown
Brunswick
Braddock Heights
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LBJ
West Patrick St. Plaza
Robert Russell
Frank J Keefer
Bath
RFK
Ned
Alfred R. Bolz
Bolz
William A. Ross
Patrick Street
Dial Equipment
Telephone Company
Firm
Taylor and Fisher
School For Deaf Board
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