Carnochan Defends Quality Education and Good Schools
Frederick County Superintendent Dr Johnn Carnochan Jr addressed the pre Labor Day staff orientation at Governor Thomas Johnson High School defending quality school buildings and programs. He urged focus on learning quality over quantity and highlighted ecology concerns as a societal measure, urging schools to instill student awareness of littering.
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Frederick County
Governor Thomas Johnson High School
Johnn. Carnochan Jr
Ing
Towson State College
James L. Fisher
Karl Manwiller
J. Richard Hudson
Virginia E. Lewis
Hood College
Doris Magaha
Frederick County Teachers Association
J. Sherman Mason Jr
Eustalo Aluminum Co
Chris T. Matthews
Board of Education
Harold Neufeld
Fort Detrick
Alfred Thackston Jr
Carnochan
Schools Plan Orientation Periods for Incoming Students
Several elementary schools set orientation days to ease入 children into their new buildings. Carroll Manor Middletown and Urbana schedule Sept 2 at 9 a.m. Others plan Sept 4 at 9 a.m. including East Frederick Elm Street North Frederick Park Way South Frederick Yellow Springs Walkersville and Waverley New Market picks Sept 4 at 9:30 a.m. Parents may arrange pre opening visits by contacting principals.
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Carroll Manor
Middletown
Urbana
East Frederick
Elm Street
North Frederick
Parkway
South Frederick
Yellow Springs
Walkersville
Waverley
Madison Street
New Market
Stock market slipping in moderate New York trading
New York stock prices drifted lower in moderate trading. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 2.19 points to 762.39 at 10 30 a.m.
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New York
MSD Begins New Year With 330 Students
The Maryland School for the Deaf opens its 103rd annual session with 330 students enrolled and about 35 new pupils. Superintendent David M. Denton reports favorable conditions and filled AML teaching vacancies. New faculty include Beale, Brubaker, Coleman, Galloway, Hall, Johnson, Nehis, Toohey Jr., Turley, Barr Jr. and others. Luther B. Prickett returns after participating in a leadership training program in California.
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Maryland School For the Deaf
David M. Denton
AML
Jane C. Beale
Silver Spring
Karen Brubaker
Kutztown
Lynne Coleman
Camp Springs
Gertrude Galloway
Fred
Erick
Aileen Hall
Kensington
Louise Johnson
Frederick
Marilyn Nehis
Ray
Parks Jr
Fred‘erick
Jerome Toohey Jr
Baltimore
Bruce E. Turley
Pay E. Barr Jr
Luther B. Prickett
San Fernando Valley State College
California
Prices Hiked in School Lunch Program
Opening day will bring changes as prices rise from 35 to 40 cents for pupil lunches and from 45 to 50 cents for teachers and staff. Ruth Hauver, Supervisor, cites higher food and labor costs and a board aim to break even while using surplus foods from federal support to keep costs low.
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Ruth Hauver
Board of Education
Weather turns chilly as 53 degree low set in Frederick
Overnight temperatures dipped to 53 degrees with chilly northwest winds. Expect sunny skies today with highs 80 to 85 and near zero precipitation through Wednesday. Tonight will be fair with upper 50s overnight, Wednesday turns sunnier, Thursday partly cloudy and warm. Monday's high reached 89 with no rain.
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Frederick
Senate rejects deadline for troop pullout in Vietnam
The Senate voted 55 to 39 to defeat the Hatfield McGovern amendment seeking a pullout by end of 1971, backing Nixon policies and signaling national discontent with the war. McGovern and Hatfield framed the result as a push for clearer withdrawal, while leaders argued against a fixed deadline.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
George McGovern
Ds.d
Mark C. Hatfield
R Ore
America
Southeast Asia
McGovern
John Sherman Cooper
Hatfield-McGovern
Cooper
Congress
McGovern Hatfield
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Forty POWs Escape From South Viet Prison
AP reports on Phu Quoc Island where forty prisoners escaped after killing a guard and wounding another. Nine were killed and two wounded in the ensuing gun battle. 29 remained at large. The camp houses about 60 percent of Vietnam's 36,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong detainees. Former astronaut Frank Borman visited the island last Saturday amid Nixon diplomacy efforts.
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Saigon
Phu Quoc
Gulf of Siam
Vietnam
Navy
South Vietnam
Frank Borman
Borman
Tokyo
Nixon
189 Break Sign Law In City
City building inspector Charles W. Mock cites 189 offenders of the 1964 zoning ordinance limiting sign projection to 30 inches into street right of way. Offenders must conform by Jan 30, 1971 or face court action in Frederick’s central business district.
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Charles W. Mock
Board of Alderman
Frederick
Central Business District
North Market Street
All Saints
Fourth Streets
Mack
Empty Magistrate's Court Stuns Local Justice Scene
In a rare scene the Magistrate's Court sat empty with every seat vacant for the day. Magistrate Byron W. Thompson remarked it was unprecedented in ten years and called the quiet a refreshing change, while judges clerks and police agreed on the unusual turnout.
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Byron W. Thompson
Two Maryland guber candidates respond to municipal revenue poll
Carroll County Democrat George H Wright and Baltimore Democrat William E Roberts answered the Maryland Municipal League questionnaire on increasing municipal revenues. Wright rejected eight revenue-raising proposals, while Roberts answered yes to all yes no questions. The league sent 18 questions and 1 essay, with 18 percent of over 1,000 questionnaires returned.
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Municipal League
Maryland
Maryland Municipal League Inc
Annapolis
Carroll County
George H. Wright
William E. Roberts
Baltimore
Marvin Mandel
State Senate
House of Delegates
Peter Harkins
League
News-Post
Harkins
George Wright
Maryland Municipal League
Wright
Roberts
POW Film Leaves Flora Waiting for Fate
A 12 minute North Vietnamese POW film aired to gauge if Flora Jr. mother and others recognize missing S.Sgt Carroll E. Flora Jr. The clip showed U S prisoners celebrating Christmas and drew mixed reactions with some viewers claiming glimpses of loved ones while authorities cautioned against definite identifications.
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S.sgt. Flora
U. S
Carroll Fe, Flora Jr
Frederick
Carroll E. Flora Jr
Flora
Commissioners Study Rezoning Along Old Frederick Rd
Frederick County considers three rezoning requests from Frederick Business Properties tied to former Glenn Stull farm. Parcels total 28.5 acres near U.S. 15 and Old Frederick Road seeking A-1 to B-1 B-2 and A-3. Planning officials warn future highway plans may close Old Frederick Road and limit access.
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Old Frederick Rd
Margaret Hindman
Frederick Business Properties
Old Frederick Road
U.S. 15
U. S. 15
Planning and Zoning Commission
Lawrence Johnson
Frederick
Frederick City
Planning Commission
State Roads Commission
Joseph Kidwell
SRC
Kidwell
Stull
Alton Williar
Truck Fire on Hollow Road in Middletown
Fire calls logged for the 24 hour period ending 10 am include a truck fire on Hollow Road Middletown at 11:38 p.m. Emergency responders were dispatched with ambulance calls totaling six emergencies and seven routines.
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Hollow Road
Middletown
Irate dog owner hacks jet after pet's death
Thomas William Brown 38, blamed Eastern Airlines for the death of his Irish wolfhound Lost River, bought a $6.60 axe and hacked 18 slashes into a Boeing 727 at Miami Airport. The plane suffered about $160,000 in damage as Brown shouted he was owed $5,000,000.
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Miami
Thomas William Brown
Eastern Airlines
Lost River
FBI
Dallas
Eastern
Brown
Dade County
Miami International Airport
York
Jim Broadman
Broadman
Laurence Feingold
Feingold
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J. Rolfe Castleman
MSD
S. Viet Prison
Harting
Cleveland
Charles S. Stanley Sr
CWO
Charles S. Stanley Jr
Pentagon
Jet
Pet
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