Utilities underground plan stalled by cost debate in Frederick
City engineers clash with utilities over funding for burying wires on South Market Street. Gas and cable firms resist unless reimbursed. phone company demands assurance of payment. Estimated one million dollar bill for Clarke Place to Patrick Street, likely doubling. City considers a third monthly meeting, flood insurance secured for 17 city buildings, and local political shifts toward Glenmore V. Rice.
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Gas
Hugh Downs
State Highway Administration
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Poe
South Market Street
P.E
C&p
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Patrick Street
Cis
Board of Aldermen
City Hall
Donald B. Rice
Glenmore V. Rice
Ronald Young
Rain and travel disruptions as heavy weekend rain ends
Heavy rainfall totaling nearly three inches closed city roads and forced cancellations of local events and high school games. Cooler, dry weekend forecast follows with some streets reopening and weather clearing by afternoon.
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Frederick
Mt. Saint Mary's
Beeche Hay Cor
Hegerstown
Court Complex Appraisal Delayed Again
The state appraisal of the West Patrick Street land for the county state courthouse complex will miss the September 15 deadline and now is set for November 16 Deputy Secretary William Badger said. County Commissioners Dorsey and Derr criticized the delay while Lewis opposed the appraisal citing open issues for a joint county state venture. The state Board of Public Works must authorize appraisers for larger properties with 45 days to complete after approval in October.
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Tecline
Sail
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State Department of General Services
Lawrence A. Dorsey
John A. Derr
West Patrick
Derr
Annapolis
Dorsey
Donald L. Lewis
State Board of Public Works
Badger
Te Fecal
Garena
Mn Badger
County Commissioners oppose Sixes Bridge dam funding plan
The County Commissioners announced they will telegram Capitol Hill to oppose the Sixes Bridge project and the $1.4 million Army Corps design appropriation. They urged stop to the plan backed by Congressman Byron and House members Roberts and Clausen, citing loss of 11,000 acres of prime land and urging a formal letter to the Public Works Committee ahead of Tuesday’s vote.
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Army Corps of Engineers
John A. Derr
Goodloe E. Byron
Save the Monocacy Association
Charles R. Fisher
Public Works Committee
John Blatnk
Lawrence A. County
Catoctin High School
Ray Roberts
Tex
Donald H. Clausen
House Water Resources Subcommittee
Dorsey
Derr
Goodloe FE
Byron
Donald L. Lewis
Hagerstown
Governor's Crime Commission
Lewis
School Milk Plan Faces 18 Percent Decline
Federal figures project an 18 percent drop in school milk use for 1973 74, totaling about 5.5 billion half pints. Last year the department served 6.5 billion half pints, with a planned trim to about 100 million for a special milk program.
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Clayton Yeutter
Department
Food and Nutrition Service
USDA
Hirch
Comey
Strike Halts Chrysler Car Production Nationwide
Detroit AP report says Chrysler halted 974 cars and trucks as 113 36 United Auto Workers members struck U S and Canadian plants after talks failed. Chrysler had 122 000 of 4s ready for sale. UAW President Leonard Woodcock said the strike began just after the deadline and affected plants in 21 states and Canada.
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Chryster
United Auto Workers Union
United States
Chrysler
Nixon Aides Deny Income Tax Boost
Washington Aide said a proposed tax surcharge to curb inflation is under consideration but not aimed to be enacted soon. William E. Simon defended the plan’s feasibility while Melvin R. Laird urged caution and Shultz criticized proposals as government overreach.
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Washington
White House
William E. Simon
Shultz
Melvin R. Laird
Tokyo
Laird
Simon
Congress
Mel
Stultz
Planners Reject Three Developments Amid Controversy
The county planning commission rejected three proposed subdivisions and partly denied a fourth, approving 469 lots across nine applications. Major denials included View More Heights and Fountaindale South on U S 40A, prompting debate over project size and regional impact.
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County New Commission
Catoctin Hollow Road
County Health Department
Old Annapolis Road
Mount Pleasant
Fountaindale South
County Metropolitan Sanitary Commission
Noah Kefauver
U.S. 40A
Middletown
Kefauver
Edward F. Holter
Fountaindale
James
Middletown Tax Refund Fight Stalls After Tax Court Win
Middletown landowner John Adams says the Maryland Tax Court ruled his land assessment should drop by more than 2320, but he has not received the refund or official notice. County official Norris denies threats and cites pending steps with the county comptroller as Adams seeks the adjustment.
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Maryland
Adams
Norris
Lumen F. Norris
Tes
Thomas Fox
Norns
Maryland Tax Court
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