Record Crowds Enjoying The Great Frederick Fair
Record crowds attend The Great Frederick Fair with daily attendance surpassing previous totals. Notables from politics and local government participate in Dunk-A Dignitary Night raising funds for community projects. Attendance nears record receipts as fair week continues with exhibits, 4-H steer sale, and midways bustling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Frederick Jaycees
Goodloe Byron
Wallace Hutton
Richard Baumgartner
Ronald Young
Millard Mastrino
Norm Dyn
WPMD
Jaycees
Baumgartner
Young
Dym
Mastrino
Byron
Hutton
Murder indictment tied to Frederick man in infant death
A Frederick man Gilbert Rose Betson 22 faces a murder indictment in the Sept 12 death of his two month old son Bruce Robert Betson. Grand Jury returns 29 criminal indictments against 32 men including assault theft burglary and drugs charges with arraignments set to begin Tuesday in Circuit Court.
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Frederick
Grand Jury
Gilbert Rose Betson
North Market Street
Bruce Robertshaw Space Betson
Circuit Court
Samuel Marcelle Plummer
Gue Road
Damascus
Margie Madonna Plummer
Stanley Bradford Bowie
RFD
Moran Burdette Perry
Tony Tyrone Davis
Harrisburg
Robert E. Roscoe
Madeline Hook
Hog speaks for itself at 4-H Fair sale
A 4-H pig at the Great Frederick Fair offers a humorous behind the scenes view of barn life as it awaits sale at the 4-H Beef Sheep and Swine Sale. The feature hog describes grooming, feeding, and the sale process while urging readers to attend and buy meat for their freezer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Morris
Alan Crum
Frederick
America
Alan
Bar Association Adopts Judicare for Free Legal Aid
The Bar Association approved Judicare making free civil legal services available to county residents on general assistance and with Medicaid. Twenty of 35 attending attorneys enrolled, paid per state minimum. Federal HUD and CEO funding cover most of a 2.5 million budget. some services excluded include collection, personal injury, and cases where the state or county must provide counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Association
Judicare
Department of Social Services
State Bar Association
Federal
Departments of Housing and Urban Development
Weather Blamed For City Stink In Frederick
City waste water issues cause foul odors in Gas House Pike area. Officials cite wet weather and unburied filler solage cakes as the source. Talks of incineration raised, but no plan yet. Residents endure the stench as authorities promise coverage and future improvements.
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Monica
Frederick City
Gas House Pike
Monocacy Village
East Street
James Showe
Showe
E. Paul Magaha
Magaha
Fire Log Summary From 24 Hours End 10 AM
Fire calls reported during the 24 hour period ending at 10 am. Location listed as Walkersville with Stream residence. Ambulance calls show Emergency four and Routine four. Jail population includes 34 males and no females.
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Walter Street
Walkersville
Conditions In Cities Worse Study Claims
Washington AP reports a National Urban Coalition task force finds city conditions have worsened since the Kerner Commission era. Housing, crime, unemployment, disease, and welfare rolls rise while minority relations with police remain hostile. The study warns many cities may become bankrupt black and brown by 1980.
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Washington
Kerner Commission
National Urban Coalition
Coalition
Tenualegree
National Advisory Commission On
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Fred R. Norris
Oklahoma
New York
John V. Lindsay
Wnc
Atlanta
Detroit
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Newark
Fl Paso
Tex
Three More Charged With Drugs Grand Jury Recalled
The county drug probe nets three more arrests August 30 with three Emmitsburg men Gregory Harvey Peter Christopher Smith and John Waller Schmierer charged. Harvey faces possession of drug paraphernalia and maintaining a common nuisance Smith faces maintaining a common nuisance Schmierer faces paraphernalia possession and maintaining a common nuisance Bond hearings set in district court.
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Emmitsburg
Gregory Lynn Harvey
Peter J. Christopher Smith
John Waller Schmierer
West Main Street
Harvey
Smith
Schmierer
Alfred Denn Dies In Baltimore
Alfred Clinton Denn Jr a Frederick resident died Wednesday evening at Johns Hopkins Hospital He was 25 born May 9 1920 in Baltimore He was a salesman for Frederick Equipment Company and formerly with Key Chevrolet He served in the Navy and worked with the Air Traffic Command TWA Pan Am and the Office of Strategic Services He was a member of the Goodwill Club and is survived by his wife Delores Bright Denn.
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Alfred Clinton Denn Jr
Frederick
Lee Place
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Delories B. Albright Denn
Baltimore
Alfred C
Gertrude Biser Denn
Gertrude Green
Walkersville
Denn
Frederick Equipment Company
Key Chevrolet Company
Navy
Air Traffic Command
T.W.A
Pan Am Air Lines
Africa
Office of Strategic Service
The
Good
Medina Acquitted in My Lai Case Plans to Leave Army
Capt. Ernest L. Medina, cleared of murder and related charges in the My Lai massacre, says he bears no bitterness toward the military and will resign from the Army. He testified he did not know of atrocities at the time and that he would have stopped them if aware.
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Mcpherson
My Lai
Medina
William D. Proctor
Proctor
Barbara
National Guard
Army
Frederick County Teachers Face Pay Roll Reversal
Frederick County teachers told by Board of Education that Nixon wage freeze and Cost of Living Council rulings require deducting unauthorized raises from future pay. Dr. Carnochan plans escrow of withheld amounts unless permitted to release later. State and national associations consider federal court action challenging the wage freeze.
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Frederick County
John L. Carnachan
Nixon
Board of Education
Cost of Living Council
James A. Sensenbaugh
Ilegal
Carnochan
Montgomery County
Baltimore City
Carroll
Cecil Counties
Sensenbaugh
Carnachan
Maryland State Teachers’ Association
Rev Stephen L Rudacille Leaves Braddock Heights Church
The Rev Stephen L Rudacille resigns as vicar of the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration Braddock Heights effective Sept 30 and will join St Thomas Church St Petersburg Florida as assistant to the rector. He came to Transfiguration in 1967 after serving at St Bartholomew's Baltimore and holds degrees from Lynchburg College and Virginia Theological Seminary. The congregation has pursued liturgical innovation and community education projects and outreach programs under his tenure.
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Stephen L. Rudacille
Braddock Heights
St. Thomas’ Church
St. Petersburg
Fla
Rudacille
St. Bartholomew's Church
Baltimore
Lynchburg College
Virginia Theological Seminary
Alexandria
Community Vacation Church
Sensenbaugh Ouster Denied by State Board President
State Board of Education president J Jerome Frampton Jr denied reports that James A Sensenbaugh would be replaced as Maryland state superintendent. The board said no one is under consideration and Sensenbaugh expressed interest in another term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Sensenbaugh
State Board of Education
J. Jerome Frampton Jr
Sensenbaugh
Braddock Heights
Education Department
State Board
Sheldon
Baltimore
Albany
Frampton
Senserbaugh
Dow Keeps Slide As Market Dips At Midmorning
The Dow Jones industrial average extended its decline, dropping further from Wednesday's close to 890.04 by 10 30 am as the market remained trendless. NYSE declines outpaced advances by nearly 3 to 1, signaling continued selling pressure.
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Stock Market New York
New York Stock Exchange
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Pamela Miller
Woodsboro
George Dorsey
Errol Nathaniel Allen
West All Saints Street
A&p
Douglas Joseph Robinson
RFD 3
Frederick, Charg
George Alfred Thompson Jr
RFD 1
Tramsville
Irvin L. Long
Thurmont
Frederick Fair
Long
Glenn Trout
J. Rolfe Castleman
Alfred Denn
Alfred C. Denn Jr
Sensenbaugh Ouster
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