Frederick housing shortage voices urgent plan to draw workers
City housing planner Mark Horak warns Frederick faces imbalances from a severe lack of new single family homes. He notes single family starts are 20 percent of the county's 78 percent and urges a master plan with slum clearance and urban renewal, possibly via developer subsidies. Without housing, skilled workers and new industry may bypass Frederick.
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Mark Horak
Frederick
Horak
Frederick City
Ocean dumping far exceeds famous spills as pollution threat
The article argues routine disposal of oil wastes at sea by flushing tanker holds causes far more damage than major spills. It cites tarry oil along the Florida Keys from an unidentified tanker, estimating 85,000 to 120,000 gallons dumped, and notes existing laws against such practices.
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Santa Barbara Channel
Torrey Canyon
England
Florida Keys
Oil Pollution and The Need for Easier Tanker Disposal
The article argues that tracing individual oil slicks to ships is nearly impossible in busy lanes. It says laws against dumping are hard to enforce and urges making in port disposal cheaper and more profitable for tankers to curb waste. It notes foreign oil prices and contrasts drilling opposition with coastal pollution. It recalls the Lincoln Highway opening September 10, 1913, crossing 13 states from New York to San Francisco.
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New York
San Francisco
United States Army Engineers
Repair work on Emmitsburg roads to finish soon
Edges of the Emmitsburg state road and Buckeystown Pike are to be repaired by State Roads Commission crews under District Engineer W F Childs, with completion expected late this week or early next. The notes also cover school progress under Prof G Lloyd Palmer, a farmer exhibit at the Frederick County Agricultural Society fair, a 1955 Thurmont plan to pursue a Catoctin Park area swimming pool, Harmony’s 9 to 4 win over Yellow Springs in the Heart of Maryland playoffs, and winners of a Farm Bureau talent event at Walkersville fire hall.
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Emmitsburg State Road
Buckeystown Pike
State Roads Commission
W. F. Childs
Frederick County Agricultural Society
C.C. Warehime
Bureau of Animal Husbandry
United States Department of Agriculture
Thurmont
Catoctin Park
Catoctin
Associated Women of the
Farm Bureau
Walkersville
Edward Ferrell
Knoxville
Letters on taxes and hotel buyout in Frederick
Readers weigh in on Francis Scott Key Hotel tax bills water rents and the Hotel sale to Homewood Retirement Centers. They question rules for delinquent properties, praise church acquisition, and urge officials to protect youth safety and historic heritage.
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Todd
Francis Scott Key
Frederick
Court House
Potomac Edison
Homewood Retirement Centers
Hood College
Visitation
Annapolis
Hagerstown
Gettysburg
Homewood Board of Directors
Mills Expelled From Masonry Over Alcoholic Conduct
Washington columnist recalls Rep. Wilbur Mills D Ark being expelled from the Masons after a secret trial. The Grand Master cited intemperate behavior and ethics violations, not alcoholism alone. Mills argued about definitions, submitted medical records, and faced a permanent ouster amid disputes over the ring and alleged mock marriage to Fanne Foxe.
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Washington
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Fanne Fox
Fanne Foxe
Mills
Millls
Masons
Ham Nash
Overstreet
Iion
Malls
Histtorney
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Edgewood
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Heart of
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Richard W. Keefer
Bollinger
Robert Herr
Mt. Airy, Md
Richard Leichert
America
Andrew Taylor
West 10Th St
Parkway
College Avenue
Carrol Parkway
Robert E. Kennedy
College Ave
Odessa
U.S
Robert Edwin Fisher
Carroll
Church Institution
Barbara Yinger
East
Moser Rd
OLD Penney Building
J.C. Penney
Samuel S. Rosenstock
West Second St. Frederick
Jack Anderson
Communications Commission
Mike Viner
FCC
Richard Wiley
MGM Records
Viner
Ken Dowe
McLendon
Dowe
Buddy Jeco
Los Angeles
SX Penses
George Wilson
Philadelphia
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KHJ
MGM
Withles Whitten
Chicago
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