Widening Proposal Urged For Dangerous Opossumtown Pike
Editor letters urge rapid county action to upgrade the hazardous Opossumtown Pike as traffic grows and accidents increase. The byway’s narrow width, sharp bends, embankments, and multiple access drives create peril for drivers cyclists and pedestrians amid ongoing development and projected housing growth.
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Opossum Town Pike
Opossumtown Pike
Frederick Community College
Amber Meadows
Readers urge citizens to organize against unions
A letter argues unions inflate costs and threaten job safety, urging Washington reforms and suggesting a counter union group "United to Outlaw Unions" to pressure elected officials. It condemns strikes, energy price passes, and calls for vigilance against labor influence in politics.
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Potomac Edison
Fredom
UMWA
Washington
Carter
Taft Hartley
Great Britain
Congress
U.T.O.U
Patricka M. Andersen
Blue Ridge Ct
Frederick
Frederick County observes candidate filings and local events in 1928
The Frederick County Board of Election Supervisors notes near completion of candidate filings for state and national elections. Lutherans from multiple counties gather for the sixth annual Lutheran Sunday School Association convention in Taneytown. Garrett County education officials visit Frederick schools. Frederick touts its water supply and rich agriculture with 2977 farms averaging 114.1 acres. Mayors and Aldermen welcome Atomic Energy Commission personnel near Germantown and invite them to enjoy local facilities. Frederick highlights its long established downtown shopping and a new nearby shopping center.
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Frederick County
Frederick
Carroll Counties
Virginia
Lutheran Sunday School Association of the Middle Conference
Maryland Synod
United Lutheran Church In America
Taneytown
H. A. Loraditich
Board of Education
Garrett County
J. W. McCullough
John ©. Thayer
George McCullough
G. Lloyd Palmer
John A. Derr
Board of Aldermen
Atomic Energy Commission
Germantown
NRA In-Fighting and a Secret Hit List Revealed
Washington coverage exposes a faction within the National Rifle Association led by Harlon Carter that allegedly operates as the Federation. A bootleg hit list labels board members as good swing or bad, with purges for those opposing the extremist clique. The report also notes Carter's ties to Kukla and a controversial Whit tempton memorial range, amid a shrinking NRA membership and looming Salt Lake City convention. It also flags Frank Denholm's South Dakota political comeback.
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Washington
National Rifle Association
Harlon Carter
Rifle Society
Federation
NRA
Carter
Francis Winters
Winters
Rick Shapiro
Jack Anderson
Sabe
Robert Kukla
Rifle Lobby
Capitol Hill
America
Kukla
New Mexico
George Whittington
Whittington
Association
Salt Lake City
Bob
Jack Mitchell
South Dakota
Frank Denholm
Denholm
Venezuela
Congress
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Ohio
Francis C. Fogle
Union Bridge
Martin Balsam
Ronald Richman
U.S
Madam Butterfly
Frederick Towne
Carrol Kebne
Jean Robertson
Woodsboro
Maryland
Economics
Hagerstown
Elliott Haines
Myersville
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