City renames park for late Alderman Max Kehne
The Board of Aldermen renamed Seventh Street Reservoir Park to Max Kehne Park honoring the late alderman and his athletic legacy. Officials also accepted the resignation of Carroll Hendrickson Jr. from the Parking Commission and appointed Martha Genhaus. They withheld parts of payments to contractors to fix water leaks and approved infrastructure projects and notices for All-America City Day and Airport Awareness Day events.
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Seventh Street
Max Kehne
Board of Aldermen
James E. McClellan
Frederick
Ronald N. Young
Seventh Street Reservoir
Kehne
Hendrickson
Conrad Associates
Michael E. Pue Jr
McClellan
Ren G. Merchant
C. Elizabeth Burker
Brunswick Bans Public Drinking In Streets And Parks
Brunswick adopts an ordinance prohibiting consumption of any alcoholic beverage on public streets or in public parks with immediate effect. Violators face arrest and a minimum $30 fine, while private property may allow drinking with owner consent.
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BRUNSWICK
city hall
Jess D. Oendorff
Briuswick
Orndorff
Congress approves sweeping income tax changes
Congress approved a broad tax bill expected to be signed by President Ford. It extends last year’s multibillion dollar general income tax cuts through 1977, branches in wealthier taxpayers, and expands standard deductions while simplifying returns. A separate measure creates a tax credit up to 250 dollars a year for students and parents to offset tuition costs.
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WASHINGTON
Ford
Congress
Treasury
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Jimmy Carter
Al Ullman
D-Ore
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ullman
Senate
Downtown Frederick Unveils Think Downtown Festival
The Downtown Frederick Association ends Moonlight Madness and starts a series of events to urge Countians to think downtown for quality service and atmosphere. The All-America City Festival on Saturday runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with North Market Street closures and free parking. A CAMA sanctioned baton competition and over 50 trophy awards plus a Nickelodeon Players performance at City Hall are planned, with Honey Wagon performing country music.
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Frederick
E. E. Magaha
North Market Street
Church Street
North Market
City Hall
Nickelodeon
Honey Wagon
Sousa In Paris Delivers National Anthem At Exposition 1900
Judge Edward S Delaplaine recalls John Philip Sousa and his band serving as America's official musical representative at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Sousa's first Paris concert on May 6 featured The Star Spangled Banner, aligning American music with the world fair. He led ceremonies at the US Pavilion and the Trocadero, and a May 15 dedication at the American Machinery Building Vincennes Annex.
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EDWARD S. DELAPLAIXE
Paris
France
Europe
United States
Sousa
America
Mrs. Sousa
Jane Sousa
John Philip
Sousas
Exposition grounds
Place de la Concorde
Porte Monumentale
Esplanade des Invalides
the
Elysees
Francis Scott Key
John Philip Sousa
Palais du Trocadero
Passy
Vincennes
Public hearing planned on U S 15 dualization in Maryland
The Maryland State Highway Administration schedules a 7 30 p m public hearing Monday October 18 at Catoctin High School Thurmont to discuss dualizing U S 15 from Putman Road to the Md state line about 15 4 miles. An earlier workshop October 4 will precede the meeting.
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U.S. 15
Putman Road
Pennsylvania
Catoctin Furnace
Catoctin High School
Thurmont
Bernard M. Evans
SHA
Purman Road
Md. 77
Thurmont Public Library
Emmitsburg Public Library
Emmitsburg
C. Burr Artz
State Highway Administration
W. Preston St
Baltimore
State
Thieves raid Gladhill Tractor Mart steal tractors and cash
Police investigate an overnight break in at Gladhill Tractor Mart on East Patrick Street where a guard German shepherd was killed. Thieves entered the rear, forced the safe, swiped three John Deere riding tractors valued at 5100, a tiller 325, and a mower 250, leaving checks behind. The incident was discovered around 6:30 am by patrol officers.
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Gladhill Tractor Mart
East Patrick Street
Johm Deere
Richard J. Ashton
Pvt
R.C. Boyer
TM. Gunne
Weekend Weather Outlook and State Lottery Numbers
A dry pleasant weekend is forecast with temperatures near 80 degrees. Rainfall over Frederick in 24 hours exceeded 2 inches, Carroll and Baltimore counties around five inches, and Baltimore City faced flood conditions. Showers taper today as a high pressure system brings warm humid air. Thursday high 66, low 60. extended forecast shows 70s and 50s to 60s with little rain.
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Frederick
Carroll
Baltimore
Baltimore City
Kissinger pushes ahead on African peace mission
Ag Ford and President Carter push for Italian vote as Congress may probe King assassination. The brief notes diplomatic moves and political scrutiny shaping the era's international relations.
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KISSINGER
CONGRESS
Variable clouds with chances of showers today
Forecast calls for variable cloudiness with possible showers or thundershowers today. Daytime high near 80s and a low around the 60s tonight. Partly cloudy Saturday with a high near 30. Wilcox quote included as a literary note.
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