40 Per Cent Turnout Foreseen In Frederick Primary
Frederick County eyes a crowded ballot with 44 Democrats and 36 Republicans, 80 candidates for county state and federal offices. Officials expect about 40 percent turnout, the same as off year elections, with voting from 7 am to 7 pm using 80 voting machines. A run off for county commissioner drives local interest amid limited campaigning and no Socialist party role in Maryland.
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Erick County
Frederick County
Donald C. Whitworth
Board of Supervisors of Elections
Whitworth
Frederick City
Maryland
Short Session Expected For Grand Jury Here
Grand jury of 22 members was impanelled today by Judge Robert F E Clapp Jr of the Frederick County Circuit Court. A short session is expected. Foreman is Charles S V Lanner. Jurors named for the 1966 September term include Clara Gibson Ralph Thomas Jr Lorena Belt Anna Fox Robert Fitez Murray Day Sylvester Wiles Earle Geisbert Evelyn Nash Betty Kent Amatha Benchoff Zelma Powell Olive Swann Richard Grove William Renner William Magill Edgar Poffinberger Mehri Rowell Dorothy Shaff Fred White Earl Cage Lillian Dinterman.
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Prand
Robert FE. Clapp Jr
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Clapp
Charles S. V. Lanner
Frederick
Clara T. Gibson
Ralph C. Thomas Jr
Lorena 5. Belt
Anna B. Fox
Robert G. Fitez
Murray O. Day
Sylvester R. Wiles
Earle F. Geisbert
Evelyn B. Nash
Betty A. Kent
Amatha Benchoff
Zelma
Johnson push on inflation reaches House committee
President Johnson asks Congress to suspend 7 percent investment tax credits for 16 months and halt rapid depreciation write-offs for new buildings. Treasury Secretary Fowler, Commerce Secretary Connor, and Budget Director Schultze testify as hearings open. Fowler warns the move will curb credit demand, though impact timing remains uncertain. Business leaders and Chase Manhattan Bank officers back parts of the plan as lawmakers begin hearings following Johnson's message.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Secretary of Commerce
John T. Connor
Charles L. Schultze
Fowler
Chase Manhattan Bank
United States
Ways and Means
Wilbur D. Mulls
D-Ark
Congress
Oklahoma Brunette Is Miss America
Jane Ann Jayroe of Laverne Oklahoma was crowned Miss America 1967 in Atlantic City. She prepares for a Philadelphia television interview and a week in New York starting her 200000 mile Miss America tour. Her homecoming excitement includes cheers horns and sirens as she begins her duties and appearances. Rick Schuerman an OCU student comments on her modesty and success.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Oklahoma
Jane Ann Jayroe
Laverne
New York
Rick Schuerman
OCU
St. Louis
Refugees flee into West Berlin in bulldozer rush
In West Berlin a bulldozer carrying five young refugees crashes through barbed wire and ditches after crossing the border. Two pregnant women, a 4 year old, and two men sought safety as East German guards opened fire. All were hospitalized with minor head wounds.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Gemini 11 Catches Up With Agena
Gemini 11 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr and Richard F. Gordon Jr. completed the first orbit rendezvous with the Agena target satellite at about 185 miles up over the Pacific. They docked successfully and reported “We are docked.” The mission began after Titan 2 rocket lift off from Cape Kennedy, with initial tracking showing Agena in a near 185 mile orbit amid minor technical delays and a hatch issue in Gemini 11.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Charles Conrad Jr
Pacific Ocean
Point Arguello
Calif
Conrad
Navy
Cmdr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
United States
Space Agency
South Vietnam election seen as rebuff to Reds
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky hailed an 80 percent turnout in the national elections as a step toward ending Communist influence. Maj. Gen. Nguyen Duc Thang announced a 117 member assembly to draft a new constitution, meeting Sept. 26. The group includes 22 teachers, 20 military, 18 civil servants, 17 provincial councillors, 15 professionals, eight farmers, three judges, plus 18 female candidates with only one woman elected.
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Military Council
Nguyen Duc Thang
Thang
Nguyen van Tew
Local High Schools Report Acceptable Student Dress
Frederick High School principal Warren C Smith praised the students as having very acceptable dress. A local principals poll found only one incident of dress nonconformity. At Governor Thomas Johnson High School two boys were spoken to about long hair and were not made into an issue.
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Cress
Warren C. Smith
Frederick High School
Thomas Johnson High School
Karl 5. Manwiller
Area colleges begin fall terms with record enrollments
Frederick County’s three senior colleges start the fall term with a combined 3,300 students. Hood College leads with 750 including 231 freshmen and 14 transfers. Mt. St. Mary’s at Emmitsburg opens Sunday with 859. St. Joseph’s College in Emmitsburg enrolls about 680 on Thursday. Hood plans growth to 1,500 by 1976. Freshman Week begins as Big Sisters assist newcomers.
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Frederick County
Mt. St. Mary’s
Emmitsburg
Hood College
Frederick
St. Joseph’s College
Lucille G. Norman
Hood
Totem Arts Center
Mary
Frear Keeler
Coffman Chapel
Margaret C. Disert
Wilson College
Chambersburg
Mt. St. Mary's College
Potomac and Monocacy Rivers Reach Record Lows
Frederick County faces extreme drought with the Potomac at a historic low around 389 million gallons per day and Monocacy flow near a memory low. The metro area uses about 317 MGD from the Potomac, while Frederick city and Fort Detrick pull roughly five and three MGD respectively. Mayor Derr notes selling water beyond city limits and even gave a truckload free to a dry well farmer. Rural towns like Myersville and Emmitsburg report conservation efforts and half-full reservoirs as colleges near opening.
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Frederick County
Monocacy
Potomac
Washington, D. C
Montgomery
Prince Georges County
Frederick
Fort Detrick
Frederick City
John A. Derr
Public Works
Hamilton Avenue
Grove
Derr
Myersville
Grayson Doub
Glen Michael
Little Catoctin Creek
Emmitsburg
G. A. Baker Jr
Mt. Saint Mary's
St. Joseph's
Brunswick
Jess D. Crndartf
Market rises across sectors led by glamour stocks
New York stock market opened higher with broad gains across the board. Glamour issues advanced about one to three points, lifting motors, steels, rails, utilities, oils, tobaccos and chemicals, along with office equipment, electronics and space stocks.
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New York
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