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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1974
Page
5
Hope Quackenbush sparked Baltimore's city fair idea in 1969 amid urban renewal fears. The fifth fair drew about two million visitors on 30 acres near Inner Harbor with 60 community groups, 10 000 volunteers, and a goal to break even while celebrating neighborhoods.
Maryland faces a rapid loss of cropland with 35 000 acres vanishing yearly. George Wills of the Maryland Environmental Trust calls for a bipartisan farmland preservation policy and swift action on a legislative committee report detailing continued farmland assessment, tax law tweaks, agricultural districts, state easements, a preservation goal, and planning for developments. The Trust is governed by 12 trustees named by the governor.
Maryland gubernatorial rivals clashed on state corruption during a televised debate. Louise Gore criticized the climate of scandal while Gov. Marvin Mandel denied any current cloud on state government and urged leadership against wrongs amid ongoing federal investigations.
Annapolis plans a Sept 28 reenactment on the city dock of the burning of the Peggy Stewart ship as part of a 200th anniversary. Actors portray colonial rebels roughing up Anthony Stewart while a torching scene uses light effects. Governor and local leaders will attend in colonial dress with a state treasury celebration to follow.
Baltimore plans to invest 412 million dollars in new and remodeled city schools. The proposal, endorsed by the Planning Commission, targets construction 1976 to 1981 in redeveloped areas and later modernization of sound existing structures. It includes 23 projects slated for 1976 to meet enrollment from housing under way, developed with the school department.
A U S Commerce Department employee, Juanita T. Browne, died in a one alarm fire that damaged a Silver Spring apartment. Firefighters forced entry to her locked bedroom, she was pronounced dead on arrival at Washington Adventist Hospital. Investigators will determine the blaze’s cause.
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