New Frederick County Library Opens to Public
Foot traffic swells on East Patrick Street as the county christens its new C Burr Artz County Library. County leaders praise years of planning and dedication from FCPL board and volunteers. The piece honors figures like Miss Josephine Etchison and notes the library as a community “college of the people” now open for all visitors.
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Patrick Street
Josephine Etchison
Frederick
Mary Williams
Martha L. Reynolds
Frederick County Public Libraries
FCPL
Frederick County
Paul A. Haley
Frederick News-Post
Haley
C. Burr Artz County Library
Brezhnev faces nuclear missile stall amid covert SS-20 risk
Top secret CIA findings allege Brezhnev’s offer to halt SS-20 deployment is a sham. Attaching a third stage could convert 9S-20s into long range missiles able to reach North America, while 300 in Europe would still allow expansion east of the Urals. The CIA cites multiple test firings and concealment measures as evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leonid Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Soviet Union
NATO
Urals
Dale van Atta
Kremlin
United States
North America
CIA
U.S
CLA
Europe
Russia
Siberia
Kochy Klatsch
Bill Gruver
New York
Ed Koch
United Nations
Democratic Party
Ronald Reagan
New York City
Hugh) Carey
Letters in Support of Aspin and Civic Test Remain Controversial
A reader in Baltimore and a group of Frederick County volunteers pledge opposition to mandatory military registration and praise civic education. The letter cites veterans’ sacrifices and questions constitutional rights while urging citizen responsibility and United Way appreciation. The text reproduces two viewpoints and acknowledges United Way support in Frederick County.
First authorized all black military unit in Western Canada
On April 1 1880 Black migrants in Victoria Canada organized the Pioneer Rifle Corps the first officially sanctioned all black military force in the region marking a historic milestone in Western Canadian martial history.
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Victoria
Canada
Pioneer Rifle Corps
In Korea You Will Find More Than You Expected
Copley News Service reports on South Korea's booming economy and its public support for the United States. A Seoul billboard proclaims progress while a Kyongju flag display places America at both ends, signaling strong U.S.-Korea ties under Reagan.
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Seoul
Republic of Korea
United States
Pugak Skyway
Pyongyang
China
America
South Korea
North Korea
Boston
Japan
West
Korea
U.S.A
Billy Fullerton
U.S. Eighth Army
Reagan
Carter
U.S
Fullerton
Far Pacific
Europe
Iisuon
New
Copley
First prenatal clinic by Zonta Chub aids mothers unable to pay
On April 1 1933 the first prenatal clinic was organized by the Zonta Club as a special project to help expectant mothers who could not afford regular physicians fees. Dr Ethel Brandfield helped examine and organize the service with Eagle hospital secured for the program. Elsewhere followers of Izaak Walton gathered for trout fishing season along Fishing Creek with 700 to 800 anglers reaching the area by midnight opening day despite chilly weather. In Frederick the annual church vestry election elected Ernest Helfenstein Dr Thomas M Williamson Edwin C Markell James H Gambrill Jr Richard Potts Judge Glenn H Worthington Judge John S Newman and Holmes D Baker with Robert E Delaplaine and Samuel G Duvall chosen wardens.
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Zonta Chub
Eagle Tient
Ethel Brandfield
Izaak Walton
Fishing Creek
All Saints Church
Frederick
Ernest Helfenstein
Thomas M. Williamson
Edwin C. Markell
James H. Gambrill Jr
Richard Potts
Glenn H. Worthington
John S. Newman
Holmes D. Baker
Robert E. Delaplaine
Samuel G. Duvall
Dairy price cut eyed. local officials seen change
Twenty years back on April 1 a 2 cent reduction in dairy price support was announced, likely to drain about 350000 from Frederick County dairy if production held steady. Manufacturing milk support set at 3.11 per cwt and butter fat at 57.2 cents per pound for the next year, at 75 percent parity. George T. Schroeder Sr. to retire from the Board of City Election Supervisors, with George T. Schroeder Jr. succeeding as mayor. Yellow Springs Elementary students staged a Civil War reenactment titled You Are There Frederick 1862, based on research and authentic info.
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Tam
Les Aspin
Wisconsin
Washington
el Salvador
Sheila Waters
POW International
USA
P.O
Baltimore
Orville L
Man
Frederick County
George T. Schroeder SR
Frederick
Board of
City Election Supervisors
Jacob R. Ramsburg
George T. Schroeder Jr
Yellow Springs
Frederick City
Evelyn Harris
Frederick 1862
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Patrick Saird
Iredarich
Meryland
Ares Co ‘Chanaiad
Frederick, Md
Jack Anderson
United Feature Syndicate Inc
Aspin
Wall Street Journal
U.N
Harry J. Gray
United Technologies
Box
Hartford
Our
Republic
A.C. Algire
Washington Road
Westminster
United Way
James F. Reilly
John Pinkerman
Hema
Mews-Pos
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