Mayor backs widening Carroll Creek to curb floods
Mayor Ronald N. Young proposed widening Carroll Creek from Bentz to a streets to address flood control. He cited the Dewberry Neil Davis report and said the plan would be phased over 20 years, cost several million, with funding from HUD grants and state aid, and would transform banks into a Linear Park while awaiting Board of Aldermen approval.
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Ronald N. Young
Carroll Creek
Bentz
Young
Dewberry, Neil & Davis
Board of Aldermen and city Planning
Water Resources Administration
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Department of Housing and Community Development
HUD
flood central
Linear Park
New Market School plan threatened by state fund cut
Frederick County's school board approved schematic plans for New Market Middle School but faces a state funding squeeze. A letter from the IAC says only 75 million dollars will be available statewide in 1978, leaving Frederick County with about 1.33 million for CIP projects. The board warns the Green Valley Primary School could be funded, but the New Market middle school may be delayed, jeopardizing seating for local students.
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state Interagency Committee
SAC
New Market-Green Valley
IAC
Frederick County
New Market Middle School
Jack Burrey
Hagerstown
Bushey & Burrey
Anderson
Board of Education
TAC
New Market
Green Valley
Donna Fargo at the Frederick Fair Grand Stand
The country star Donna Fargo drew several hundred fans Tuesday night at the Frederick fairgrounds for two grand stand performances. Fans crowded the area and hung over fences to glimpse the singer as the crowd enjoyed the country music. Loretta Lynn is set as the main attraction for tonight’s program.
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Donna Fargo
Frederick fairgrounds
Loretta Lynn
C. Kurt Holter
Governor's Day crowds at 114th Great Frederick Fair overshadowed by parking
A large early crowd filled fairgrounds as Governor's Day drew near with Lt Gov Blair Lee and others expected to attend. Parking was tight amid cool forecast, while hog sheep and Guernsey judging began. Antiques display and harness races added to a bustling morning as vendors prepared for the day.
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Mandel
U.S. District Court
Baltimore
Blair Lee
Louis Goldstein
Young Hance
Guernsey
Engineer testifies at Mandel trial
A consulting engineer testified that Gov. Mandel had no involvement in contracts awarded to his firm by Talbot County and the Maryland Department of Labor and Industry. Blake W. Van Leer said Urban Pathfinders won the work after delivering a developmental plan for Talbot County acres owned by Mandel and other defendants.
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BALTIMORE
Marvin Mandel
Talbot County
Maryland Department of Labor and Industry
Mandel
Blake W. Van Leer
Urban Pathfinders
Van Leer
Tidewater Insurance
W. Dale Hess
William A
Harry W. Rodgers
Reading gains spur curriculum review in Frederick County schools
County report credits High Intensity Reading Program with average reading gain of one year four months per student. West Frederick Junior High may require major curriculum revision to raise reading achievement. Metropolitan Achievement Readiness Test results show gains from 55 to 65 correct items between 1972 and 1976 with county at or above national norms.
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Frederick County
Br. Craig K. Scott
Board of Education
West Frederick
Scott
FDA bans black red dyes at food plants
FDA bans use of black and red dyes in foods prompting price rises. A3 Carter not dismayed by reaction to lust. A2 Rhodesian leader agrees to black rule. Weather: mostly sunny cool today with lower 70s, tonight clear and chilly, lows in 40s. Thursday sunny with highs near 70s. An anonymous line: The law considers every man innocent until proven guilty.
Marine Cpl Danny Blosser dies in North Carolina accident
Cpl Danny L. Blosser 22 of Brunswick Virginia dies September 19 after an auto strike near Camp Lejeune North Carolina. He served with H Company 2nd Battalion 6th Marine and 2nd Marine Division FMF. A Brunswick High School 1972 graduate, his parents are Paul William Blosser of Stanley VA and Peggy Ann Blosser Sigler of Brunswick. The Camp Lejeune sergeant cited privacy rules for lack of details.
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al Danny Lee Blosser
Paul William Blosser
Stanley
Peggy Ann Blosser Sigler
H and
4th Streets
Brunswick
Feete Funeral
Cpl. Blosser
Camp Lejeune
Blosser
N.C
2nd Battalion
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Damay Lee Blosser
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