Judge Calls Street Crime Crackdown and Court Updates
Chief Judge Patrick M Schnauffer urged a halt to assaults and robberies on public streets and asked the September Grand Jury to deliberate fully on such cases. The session named Norman S Remsberg foreman and proposed a new Frederick County courtroom to speed trials. jurors will later tour the county jail and Montevue Home.
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Patrick M. Schnauffer
Schnauffer
Norman S. Remsberg
Jefferson
Remsberg
Frederick County
Montevue
Russell S. Wachter
Kay L. Martin
Lawrence Brightful
George I. Smith
Harry C. Staley
Edith D. Klein
Doris N. Main
Gladys W. Mathews
Murray Etzler
Charles R. Etzler
Susan C. Moorehead
Leah ©. Haines
Bernard F. Cook
Frances Fox
Charlotte M. Eyster
Harry A. Zentz
Ruth E. Steiner
Charles F. Mills
Stanley J. Meadows
Heatrice Mae Shuff
Herbert
Marine Cpl. Terry Ecker Killed in Vietnam Action
Cpl. Terry Lee Ecker age 22, formerly of Frederick, died August 28 near DaNang from multiple wounds after an enemy rocket attack. A Baltimore native, he enlisted in 1963, served at Camp Pendleton, and was with Maintenance Co. 68, Heavy Equipment Engineers. He was due to return to the U.S. August 30 and discharge September 9.
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Frederick
Vietnam
United States
Terry Lee Ecker
Nancy Ecker
Lee Place
DaNang
Cpl
Ecker
California
Baltimore
James K. Ecker
Pasadena
Marines
Baltimore City College
Parris Island
S.C
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Ungraded School Experiment Expands Across County Schools
The ungraded system started at Brunswick Elementary in 1965 spreads to at least three Frederick County elementary schools with more expected. Principal Lee L. Smith and Superintendent Charlotte Smith describe flexible levels replacing six grades, allowing students to progress upon mastery with teacher and principal reviews.
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Frederick County
Brunswick
Lee L. Smith
South Frederick
Myersville
Charlotte Smith
Land
Carroll Manor
Richard Humphrey
Smith
Cliver R. Crouse Jr
Middletown
James Hicks
Sabilasville
Germantown
Baltimore County
Baltimore City
Montgomery County
Baptist College Trustees Vote To Move Ahead
Trustees of the Maryland Baptist College voted to proceed with private liberal arts status after the State Mission Board declined financial backing due to high cost estimates. A day long session in the chapel followed discussions of three alternatives including reevaluation, affiliate support, or severing from the Convention.
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Maryland Baptist College
State Mission Board of the Baptist Convention of Maryland
State Mission Board
Chris
Liberal Arts College
Vate College
Baptist Convention
Pri
Lynda Johnson to wed Marine Captain Charles Robb
Lynda Bird Johnson plans a White House December wedding to Marine Captain Charles Robb after a long courtship. The couple, who met at the White House when Robb served as a military aide, were announced by President and Mrs. Johnson from the LBJ ranch.
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Washington
White House
Lynda Bird Johnson
Charles 8. Robb
Texas
Johnson
Lbj Ranch
Lynda
Johnsons
Uled
Vietnam
Tynda A
Laci
Patrick J. Nugent
Milwaukee
Robo
Point of Rocks development backs two million dollar housing plan
Financing approved for final stage of a 190 home project at Point of Rocks with $2 million in funds from Philadelphia and Camden lenders. Ralph Yarnick says construction will start immediately on a development near US 1 and Point Rocks Road featuring 8,000 units, a shopping center, recreation area, and water and sewer lines. Home prices range from 15,500 to 22,500 with ranchers, split levels, and two story colonials among five floor plans on quarter to half acre lots.
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Point of Rocks
Peoples Bond and Mearteage Companys
Philadelphia Pa
Broxers Moartave Service
Camden
Ralph Yarmek
Frederick County
US 1
Pont
Rocks Road
Yarnicks
He Svent
Yarnick
North Viet Namese Battle Ends in Bloodier Casualties
North Vietnam troops were held to a standstill by U S Marines after a six hour clash near the demilitarized zone. U S casualties reached 34 killed and 185 wounded while enemy losses were at least 140 killed with South Vietnamese forces also reporting heavy fighting. Naval air operations targeted Cam Pha port and a Republic of Vietnam air engagement claimed an enemy jet down.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Hoi An
North Vietnam
Cam Pha
Haiphong
Red China
Russia
Pentagon
Thieu Urges US to Lead Heaviest Fighting in Vietnam
South Vietnam's President-elect Nguyen Van Thieu told NBC that American troops should handle most heavy combat while South Vietnamese forces focus on pacification of rural areas. He also said he would seek peace talks with Hanoi and proposes a pause in bombing if negotiations start. Thieu predicts inauguration around Oct 1 and a postinaugural peace bid within 7 to 10 days.
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New York
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnam
Saigon
Ellsworth Bunker
Bunker
Revolutionary Development
Maryland Con-Con Opens to Replace Outdated State Constitution
Delegates gather in Annapolis to draft a new Maryland constitution with a May 14 referendum and July 1968 enactment target. The convention runs five days a week, salaries total 2000 dollars plus per diem, with anti absenteeism penalties.
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Annapolis
Maryland
House of Delegates
Kennedy Pushes Bills To Regulate Cigarettes
New York Senator Kennedy unveiled three bills at a World Conference on Smoking and Health aimed at curbing cigarette use. Proposals include warning labels, FCC power to curb advertising, and a higher federal tax to discourage smoking.
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NW York
Robert FE. Kennedy
Billy
Senate
Ciparette Campamen
Ain Kennedy
Orto
Faust
Federal Communications Commissiom W
Beulah Hurricane Pounds Caribbean With Fatal Toll
Beulah blasted the Barahona Peninsula and Santo Domingo with winds over 125 mph. The storm left 16 dead and hundreds homeless in the eastern Caribbean as it tracked toward Haiti, threatening Cuba and triggering warnings for southeastern Cuba.
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Miami
Fla
Beulah
Barahona
Dominican Republic
Cuba
Caribbean
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Puerto Rico
Hispaniola
Flora
Joseph Pellissier
National Hurricane Center
Delia
United States
Chloe
Atlantic
Bermuda
Pacific
Lily
California
Mexico
Baja California
Sians
Chargin
Doveamican Republic
St Vincent
Martinique
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Kaha Miao
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Debra Dene Barnes
Atlantic City
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Moran
Kan
Baptist College
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Lynda Bird
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Robb
George Hamilton
Hamilton
Wa&pa
Pt. OF Rocks Development
Wicomico County
H. Vernon Eney
Knonlawyers
Vorners
Rek
EF Cuvier Hammond
Amercan Cancer Society
Hammond
Rake Island
Doria
Virginia
Ohio
Kerlesten
Hackconville
Hevene
York
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Prince
Miles
Atlante Ocean
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