Grand Jury Alerts on Violent Crime in Frederick County
The September Grand Jury began four days of deliberations in the Frederick County courthouse with Judge Samuel Barrick stressing vigilance against violent crime. Foreman Charles Nikirk Jr. leads a panel of about 62 presentments as State’s Attorney Rothenhoefer and Deputy Bower guide the proceedings. secrecy rules are emphasized.
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George Dorsey
Frederick County
Samuel Barrick
Charles E. Nikirk Jr
William Nelson Cessna
Dorothy L. Marsden
James M. Green
Charles N. Staley
Robert Rothenhoefer
Frederick Bower
Barrick
Baltimore
Washington
County offices and schools close for primary election
Most county offices and all public schools will be closed all day Tuesday due to the primary election. Governmental offices for Frederick City, county courts and state and federal agencies stay open, with banks and other businesses remaining open. Polls open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in Frederick County.
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Frederick City
Frederick County
Bloodmobile Stops Tuesday At Thurmont
Red Cross Bloodmobile to collect blood in Thurmont on Tuesday. Donors registered from 10 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. at the American Legion Home. About 225 residents of Thurmont Emmitsburg area notified. walk ins urged to participate.
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Red Cross
Thurmont
American Legion
Emmitsburg
Primary Election Tuesday in Frederick County races
Frederick County voters head to the polls Tuesday for the primary elections from 7 am to 8 pm. Republicans and Democrats in the 6th district will pick candidates for governor, comptroller, US senator, representative, state senator, judge, sheriff, register of wills, treasurer, county commissioners, and more in a single day.
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Frederick County
6Th District
United States
Cone
Congress
6Th Judicial Circuit
Israel Threatens To Execute 450 Hijackers Sympathizers
Israel warned that 450 Arabs rounded up in the occupied West Bank and Gaza would face the death penalty if any remaining hijackers harmed captives. Arab emissaries carried the message to Amman as talks with Red Cross negotiators stalled. The Popular Front claimed varying captive numbers, while negotiations with Swiss and British officials continued amid mediation efforts.
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Associated Press
Israel
Jordan
Wazi Camhawi
Nablus
Amman
Jerusalem
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Popular Front
Housing project under way in Frederick city limits
Work on a federally financed Frederick housing project progresses with foundations poured and brick veneer rising. The HUD Md 3-5 site between Sagner Avenue and South Street will house 100 families on more than 11 acres, including 34 duplexes 20 townhouses 12 apartments and a community building. Two-story structures with brick veneer sit behind a fence along Wisner Avenue and five inner courts to slow traffic.
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Quita Hogue
Frederick
Sagner Avenue
South Street
Wisner Avenue
Stock Market Dips as Trading Slows and Dow Edges Down
Prices sag in moderate trading with the Dow Jones average slipping 2.60 to 759.24 by 10:30 a.m. Declining issues outpaced gainers. Frederick Housing Authority plans relocating a community building to save a tree, at extra cost to Grayson E. Bowers Realty Co. The project, facing Sagner Avenue, totals about 1.997 million dollars. The townhouse complex will feature five bedroom units with varied layouts for 100 families.
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Dow Jones
Frederick
32 Year Tradition United Givers Fund of Frederick County
The United Givers Fund in Frederick County marks 32 years of mobilizing donations from diverse communities to support five initial beneficiary organizations. Originating as the Community Chest in 1938, its mission was to consolidate fundraising to maximize impact, with early leaders including Dr. Henry I. Stahr and Robert L. Smith guiding a regional effort that established an exchange to coordinate social welfare services and recorded the first, well over target, campaign total of 15 503.55 from 1 738 contributors.
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Frederick County
United Givers Fund
UGF
Community Chest of
Frederick
News-Post
Rederick
Young Men’s Christian Association
Federated Charities Inc
Salvation Army
Children’s Aid Society
Francis Scott Key District
Boy Scouts
Community Chest
Henry I
Annah B. Cromwell
Ignatius Bjorlee
Five
Solons Back Quarantine To Prevent Hijackings
Washington AP reports Congress demands retaliation after hijackings and bombings of four jetliners. Bills push for international air traffic quarantine against nations aiding hijackings, with the president empowered to halt U.S. air traffic. House hearings planned on measures to bar attacks on aircraft and suspend flights to nations refusing to return hijacked planes within 48 hours. President Nixon has ordered armed guards on many flights.
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Washington
Congress
New York
Charles E Goodell
Jacob K. Javits
U.S
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Nixon
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Cyprus
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Vatican
Msgr
Jean Rhodain
Tripoli
Libya
Robert L. Smith
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Charles F. Bowers
Sidney R. Yates
Dill
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