Thurmont Robbers Loot Apartment With Over Nine Thousand
A Thurmont couple reported a home invasion where two armed robbers looted their Church Street apartment. About $9,000 in cash and valuables including coins jewelry and a pistol were taken while Mrs. Shirley Montgomery was held in a closet for nearly five hours until her husband returned. The crime is under investigation by State Police and Thurmont police.
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Thurmont
Shirley Montgomery
James
Hagerstown
Montgomery
Th. Victor Wolfe
State Police
Robert C. McGee
Th. Wolfe
Dr. McGee
Officials Hear Requests For Road Improvements
County commissioners and Roads Board heard requests from a Braddock Heights homeowners group and a Hyattstown area developer to pave unpaved sections. Residents said 21 homes sit on a half mile dirt stretch and future lots could push this number higher. The board deferred a decision after consulting the county engineer and Roads Board members.
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Frederick County Roads Board
Hyattstown
Braddock Heights
Lawrence Dorsey
Jefferson Boulevard
John A. Derr
Skyline Estates
William Harris
Price Distillery
Harris
Harney Road
Emmitsburg
Fout
Autumn Begins Cloudy with Cooler Frederick Weather
The first day of autumn arrived cloudy and nippy with highs in the mid 60s and overnight lows around 40s. Yesterday reached 81 with a 60 low. Northeasterly winds and a moving-out rain pattern marked the spell, while rainfall this month reached 7.45 inches, above normal September totals of 3.42 inches.
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Frederick
Rockville Man Injured in I-70 Crash
A Rockville man, 22 year old Timothy Richard Key, is in critical condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a single car crash on I-70 near the Dr Perry Road bridge. Key, not wearing a seat belt, was southbound when his car left the median struck a bridge abutment, spun, and crossed lanes. He is charged with operating a motor vehicle at a speed greater than reasonable. The road was wet at the time of the accident.
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Rockville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Dr. Perry Road
Timothy Richard Key
Tpr
J. E. Benedict
Key
Hutton Previews Maryland Legislature Issues
Delegate Wallace E. Hutton spoke at the Sertoma Club of Frederick outlining major upcoming Maryland General Assembly topics. He cited legalized gambling including off track betting and a state lottery, educational system revamp, abortion and domestic relations reform, longer sessions, licensing driven regulation, and consumer protection, noting potential opposition and uncertain prospects for each.
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Wallace E. Hutton
Maryland General Assembly
Sertoma Club of
Frederick
Betty’s Restaurant
Mutton
Ronald W. Shafer
Sertoma
Service To Mankind
Ed Editeh
WMHS
Leroy Fleming
Robert Michaels
Brunswick
William A. Green
Maryland School For the Deaf
William Hess
Board of Education
Bud Cawley
Packaging Corp of America
William A. Walker U. Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Hutton
Edward W. Plunkett Jr
Appropriations Committee
House
Ways and
Nevada
Nixon Proposes Tax Credits Face Senate Setback
Nixon meets opposition as House Ways and Means Committee rejects a two level tax credit plan. Administration counters with a $200 million public service job funding to spur local employment in police, fire and other public services under a $1 billion program.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
John Byrnes
Final Version Of City Pollution Ordinance Still To Be Drafted
The city has yet to draft the final form of its industrial waste ordinance adopted after pressure from state health and water agencies. Though effective Sept 2, enforcement is not expected for a year. The liberalized limits raise BOD to 300 mg per liter and suspended solids to 240 ppm, with a 5 cent per pound penalty for excess waste.
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Maryland Department of Health
Department of Water Resources
Michael E. Pue Jr
Pue
Frederick
Market Report Continues Slide in New York Stocks
Market prices in New York declined again after a Monday drift as investors trod cautiously. The AP notes continuing downward movement across major averages with no immediate catalysts evident.
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New York
Middletown Girl Crowned Fair Queen at 109th Fair
Miss Marsha Ahalt a 16 year old Middletown High School junior was crowned 44H Fair Queen at the Frederick County Fair opening day. The event featured a crowning ceremony with a silver tray presentation and plans for a week of exhibits races bands and entertainment.
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Frederick
Marvin Mandel
Mandel
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Marsha
Hank Williams Jr
Jack Kochman
Hell Drivers
Frederick County
Lois Rems
Jersey
Aberdeen
Angus
Mary Margaret Stull
Marsha Ahalt
Miss Ahalt
Frederick Fair
J. Rolfe Castleman
U S Bombers Strike North Vietnam in Major Raid
Saigon dispatch reports up to 250 US combat planes hit targets in North Vietnam in six hour raids across six bases in Thailand and South Vietnam. The operation aimed at SAM sites antiaircraft batteries depots and truck parks within 35 miles of the DMZ.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
North
U.S
Gerald D. Hill
Thailand
South Vietnam
Hill
Ho Chi Minh
Laos
Gulf of Tonkin
Dmz
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U S Plans Two China Resolutions at UN Vote
At the United Nations in New York the United States moves to table two China resolutions to seat Peking on the Security Council while keeping Nationalist China in the General Assembly. A second measure would require a two thirds vote to expel a member as an important question.
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United Nations
Taiwan
United States
Peking Assembly
China
Security Council
U.S
U.N
Peking
State Department
Washington
Department
Charles W. Bray
Australia
New Zealand
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del. Hutton
University of Maryland
Wallace FE. Hutton
Dfred
General Assembly
Serioma
Market Report
Middletown
N. Vietnam
Melvin R. Laird
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