Woman Charged After Ford Flood Water Tracks Roads Closed
High waters from steady rain forced the closure of Keysville Road and Sixes Bridge Road in Frederick County. State police reported heavy rainfall, warned of more road closings, and noted Hurricane Eloise’s effects spreading over the region as cooler, wet weather continued through the week.
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Eloise
United States
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Frederick County
Woman in custody for shot at President Ford in San Francisco
Sara Jane Moore, 45, a onetime FBI informant with Bay Area ties, faced a court hearing on mental competency after firing a .38 revolver at Ford outside the St Francis Hotel. A Marine veteran deflected the shot, Ford unharmed, as police arrested Moore on federal charges of attempting to assassinate the President.
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Hyatt Hotel
St. Francis
Donald Rumsfeld
Washington
New Hampshire
Lynette
Fromme
Sacramento
Calif
U. S
Owen Woodruff
Woodruff
James L. Browning
Moore
William Taylor
John M. Ludwig
Ludwig
Sara Moore
Paul Glines
San Francisco Examiner
State selects West Third Street house for group home
The Maryland State Department of Juvenile Services signed an option to buy 13 W. 3rd Street for 58500 to establish an eight-child group home. The Frederick Group Home Inc. appeals a zoning ruling denying a permit, with court hearing set for Friday at 10 a.m. The dispute centers on whether a group home in the central business district counts as a permitted or conditional use and the role of the city engineer versus state agencies in issuing permits.
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W. 3Rd Street
Frederick Group Home, Inc
Circuit Court
City Board of Zoning
Michael EF. Pue
Group Home
Richard R. Burgee
West 3Rd Street
Mildred Armistead Trust
Juvenile Services Department
Frederick County Group Homes, Inc
State Public Works Department
PWD
Brezhnev Visit Not Expected To Disrupt Colorfest Plans
White House and State Department spokesmen indicated no imminent Brezhnev visit and no interference with the Catoctin Colorfest weekend of October 11 through 12. Officials said a visit would likely occur later in the year, possibly with a Camp David stay, while talks with Gromyko continue toward a new strategic arms treaty.
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Catoctin
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United States
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Kissinger
Andrei A. Gromyko
New York
Moscow
Eastalco fluoride emissions said well within safe levels
Eastalco aluminum plant fluoride emissions remain safely below state safety limits per Walter Cooney of the State Bureau of Air Quality. He described monitoring since 1969, a steering committee with UM and health and ag departments, and quarterly tests of grass and air samples.
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Walter Cooney
State Bureau of Air Quality
Cooney
Eastaleco
Harvey P. Armintrout
Bureau of Air Quality
University of Maryland and
State Departments of Health and Agriculture
Austin Wiles
Eustaica
Paul Crum
Armintrout
Frederick
Charles Spicknall
Eloise Hammers Florida Panhandle Rips Inland With Tornado Risk
Eloise struck central Florida's panhandle with 130 mph winds and fierce surf from Fort Walton Beach to Panama City. Tornadoes touched down in the area, destroying a house and damaging roofs, while flooding and road undermining threatened coastal communities as the storm moved inland.
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Fla
Eloise
Florida
Panhandle
Fort Walton Beach
Neil Frank
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Fort Walton
Automakers cite better gas mules in 1976 cars
A3 report notes automakers claim improvements in fuel efficiency for 1976 cars. An Equal Opportunity panel faces a discrimination guilty finding, while Patty Hearst bail hearing is scheduled today. A woman accused of shooting at Ford is described as strange amid mixed testimonies. Rain expected through Wednesday with highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s and lows in the upper 50s. An anonymous quote warns that well meaning advice often hides nothing good.
County puts planning policies on paper
County commissioners unanimously approved a resolution to codify unwritten planning rules. It authorizes the Planning Commission to review new public utilities and expansions, and directs agencies to submit land acquisitions and site plans for facilities to the commission. Exemptions include road and bridge work not involving relocation and certain utilities. Attorney Richard Zimmerman criticized the move as surrendering power.
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Department of Planning and Zoning
Planning Commission
Richard Zimmerman
Chamber board to eye proposal for improving tourism efforts
Frederick County Chamber Tourism Task Force completed its review and recommends three measures for Wednesday board action. It proposes no structural change now but suggests forming a Standing Tourist Council to advise on budgets policy programs staffing and priorities with non members retaining voting rights but no offices.
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Chamber Board To Eye
Chamber of Commerce of
Frederick County
Donald Date
William L. Haugh
Date
Chamber
Tourist Council
Chamber of Commerce
Rape search leads flood Frederick police with tips
City police reported nearly a dozen calls offering information on a man sought for the Friday rape of an elderly woman in downtown Frederick. Inspector Paul W Mossburg said detectives are reviewing tips, many about a composite sketch published earlier. A suspect in his late 20s, 150 to 160 pounds, with dark brown hair, is described. mug shots are being checked. In a separate case, Stephen M. Fox, 25, of East Church Street, was jailed on a warrant charging carnal knowledge. Continued on pages 4-5.
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Frederick
Paul W Mossburg
Ion
Stephen M. Fox
East Church Street
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