Marsha Beachley Crowned Queen at Great Frederick Fair
Rain failed to delay the Great Frederick Fair opening as workmen finished displays for a five day run. Miss Marsha Beachley was named queen with five runners up Martha Trout Patty Keilholtz Tamya Duvall Karen Long and Becky Mullican.
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Fredanck
Werning
Marsha Beachley
Martha Trout
Patty Keilholtz
Tamya Duvall
Karen Long
Becky Mullican
Samny James
Pionceland
Bigger Better Fair This Year
The fairgrounds wake to rain and bustle as visitors tour 72 household exhibits and due labor by 250 members. Julien Delphey, director and treasurer, says the fair will be bigger and better with 72 departments judged by three judges per section and visitors from across the United States. Governor Mandel projected to attend along with Frederick County officials.
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Enemul
Julien Delphey
Delphey
Barker
United States
Marvin Mandel
Thomas Lowe
Frederick County
County Planning Staff Gets Two New Positions
The Frederick County Commissioners voted to create two new Planning Commission posts an assistant staff director and an engineer specializing in drainage and erosion issues. The move followed discussions of needed expertise as growth continues and concerns over drainage and development.
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County Planning Commission
James Bryan
Larry Johnson
Frederick County
Bryan
Frederick City
Council of Governments
Larry
Lawrence A. Dorsey
Metropolitan Commission
Donald L. Lewis
Few Attend Hearing On School Program
Fewer than 30 county residents attended a Frederick County Board of Education public hearing Monday night on the six year School Construction Capital program. Board President G. Hunter Bowers Jr. noted staff publishing errors about a new swimming pool at Singanore School and said absent members had other commitments. The plan includes a field house, extra air conditioning, and a swimming pool at Singanore, plus a Frederick High School center complex with a new gym and media center. Bowers cited overcrowding at Green Valley and Urbana Elementaries as a major concern and proposed renovations to add capacity for about 100 pupils.
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Waverley
Frederick County Board of Education
Singanore School
Frederick High School
Bowers
Green Valley
Urbana
Frederick Improvement Foundation maps bicentennial plan 1876 work
The Frederick Improvement Foundation Inc met in Day Hall with Bicentennial Committee leader William Parkins outlining preparations for Frederick before 1876. Projects include landmark inventory centers education open houses and a Frederick tourist brochure funded by advertising. Souvenir coins expected to raise about 50000 and 10000 coins have been struck. Plans for Linear Park in downtown are under Annapolis review and a landscape architect will be hired for beautifying South Market Street.
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Frederick Improvement Foundation Inc
Frederick
Wiliam Parkins
Parkins
Cht
Frederik
North Bentz Street
South Market Street
Annapolis
Lu Ann Smith
Sout Market Street
Wtily Companies
Agnew Resignation Predicted by Senior Republican
A senior Republican says he is 98 percent sure Vice President Spiro Agnew will resign this week. The Washington Post reports Agnew has held lengthy discussions on resigning and that Nixon pressures may be a factor. J Marsh Thomson declined detailed comment while noting no clear substantiation.
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Washington
Spiro Agnew
Washington Post
Pos
Agnew
Pres
J. Marsh Thomson
Anderson To Seek Re-Election
Baltimore County Executive Dale Anderson, the first public official indicted in Maryland’s federal corruption probe, announces plans to run again next year. He declined to discuss the indictment or legal issues and said he intends to be a candidate despite the charges and an innocent plea.
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Towson, Md
Baltimore County
Dale Anderson
Maryland
Anderson
Stock market climbs on momentum as Dow tops 900
In New York the Dow Jones industrial average rose further on continued momentum from Friday and Monday. The index gained 97 points to reach 893.96 at 10 30 a.m. as stock prices moved higher.
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New York
Women League Drives Voter Registration in County History
The County League of Women Voters launches a major field drive to recruit and register voters in Frederick. Ten volunteers train as deputy registrars under Republican and Democratic supervision. Registration runs Sept 21 to Oct 5 at city sites with info on precincts polling places and a voter facts pamphlet.
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Women Voters
Eiie Sipe Vents
Elizabeth Co
Frederick County League of Women Voters
League
Claire Kondig
County Election Board
Kondig
League of Women Voters
Frederick
Monocacy Village
Frederick Towne Mall
All Saints
South Market Streets
Frederick City
Fire log highlights past 24 hours in city county
Fire calls logged through 10 am show at least two incidents including a 12 51 p m brush fire near Shockley’s and a 12 pm house fire at Murphy residence Braddock Heights with junior ambulance support. The report also notes ambulance activity and a jail population figure of 39 females and three fugitives.
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Shockley
Philip RD
Murphy
Independents
Braddock Heights
Fifteen Named to Represent Frederick County on EMS Council
The Frederick County Commissioners selected fifteen individuals to serve as county representatives on the bi county Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council. Appointees include Wallace Dow Steve Bolshazy Dr Robert K K Roberts David Late Edgar Crist Donald Trimmer Thelma Leatherman and Dr Lois Turnbaugh with roles linked to hospital CHP EMS and fire service groups. Governor Mandel will address the delegates Wednesday to honor the first bi county EMS coordination program in the state.
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Frederick County
Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council
Marvin Mandel
Frederick
Washington
Wallace Dow
Frederick Memorial Hospital
County Comprehensive Health Planning Council
Steve Bolshazy
Comprehensive Health Planning Councile
CHP
EMS Coordiiaiing
Art
Robert KK Roberts
Frederick County Medical Society
EMS
David Late
Frederick County Ambulance Association
He & Alot
New Midway and Brunswick named postmasters
Mary Stover named postmaster at New Midway and James R Pearrell Jr. named postmaster at Brunswick in the Eastern Region. The appointments were announced by Francis X. Biglin as part of 45 postmasters named under the merit system of the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970. Stover previously assisted retiring postmaster LE Flanigan. Pearrell succeeded Lenwood Moss who was transferred.
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Mary Stover
New Midway
James R Pearrell Jr
Brunswick
Francis X. Biglin
US Postal Service
Maryland
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Stover
Walkersville High School
LE Flanigan
Pearrell
Hruncawick High School
Lenwood Moss
Remerstown
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