Fighting to halt farm mechanization sparks debate
National columnist argues against California Agrarian Action Project efforts to bar UC Berkeley from developing labor saving farm machinery. The piece links anti mechanical harvest moves to a Luddites echo, cites Cesar Chavez, and asserts modernization drives agriculture forward despite calls to ban tech.
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Maryland
America
Anthony Harrigan
California Agrarian Action Project
University of California
Stoep
Action Project
California Rural Legal Assistance
Publi Interest Law
University of California Agricultural Scientists
Britain
Nottingham
Ned Ludd
King Ludd
California
Donald Reidhaar
University
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers
Agrarian Action Project
Navy debate pits new jet plan against upgrade path
In an interview Taft argues the A-6 will not meet late 1990s threats and urges a new attack aircraft. Lehman backs upgrading existing planes to save billions, seek common avionics and a mix of A-6 AV-8B Harrier F-14 Tomcat and F/A-18 Hornet upgrades, with cost and timing challenges noted.
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Washington
William Howard Taft IV
Defense
Navy
John F. Lehman Jr
Pentagon
Taft
Copley News Service
Lehman
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
Secretary of Defense
Paul Thayer
Thayer
Congress
Defense Department
Taxpayer voices clash over county service upgrades
Letters to the editor criticize an March 15 1984 piece for sensationalism while defending public services and noting wage and tax tensions. Readers reference county demographics taxes roads education and the impact on workers and teachers.
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Prince Georges County
California
Pageant of Brides Promises Calvary Parish Event
Yesterday Items From Filey recalls a 1934 Frederick scene with wedding gowns on display at Calvary Methodist Church and a tax appeal court judge address at the Men’s Club. Over 100 Frederick High pupils join the operetta In Old Veema at the Opera House, under Miss Martha Pettit’s direction.
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Frederick Brides
Calvary Methodist Church
Charles E. Moylan
Tax Appeal Court
Baltimore
Frederick High School
Opera House
Martha B. Pettit
Tail Cedars Ceremony Parade in Frederick District 21
Several hundred Tail Cedars of Lebanon members will gather in Frederick for District 21 spring ceremonial highlighted by a downtown parade. They will meet at West Frederick High School and proceed by bus to the courthouse for the parade formation on Record and North Court streets led by parade marshal Chief of Police Charles V. Main. In other news, Mrs. Emmert R. Bowlus was elected president of the Zonta Club of Frederick at a dinner meeting, with notes of thanks read from the Easter Seal Treatment Center and the Victor Cullen Hospital Auxiliary. Robert E. Clapp Jr. will preside at the Book and Author Luncheon at Francis Scott Key Hotel, with Ralph Reppert as speaker.
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Tail Cedars of Lebanon
Frederick
West Frederick Junior
the Cedars
North Court Streets
Charles V. Main
Emmert R. Bowlus
Zonta Club of
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Lloyd C. Smith
Marie Hudson
Zonta
Victor Cullen Hospital
Zontians
Robert E. Clapp JR
C. Burr Artz
Ralph Reppert
Baltimore Sun
Clapp
Maryland
VOA press gallery dispute as Tass agent held access
The Kremlin denounced Voice of America while press accreditation rules kept VOA reporters from Congress. A Tass officer, Boris Ivanov, received Senate credentials, prompting letters from East and Helms. Mathias, after hearings, granted VOA access without full privileges. Ivanov later left quietly amid FBI referral. China eyes radar balloons as border watch.
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Washington
Kremlin
Voice of America
Europe
VOA
Congress
Capitol
British Broadcasting Corp
Tass
State Department
Boris Ivanov
John East
R-N.c
Charles Mathias
R-Md
East
Senate
Pess Gallery
KGB
Mathias
Jesse Helms
Badt
Helms
Correspondents’ Association
Ivanov
FBI
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Frederick, Md
Fighting Farm Future
Edgar Prina
The
Washington Journal
Tony Miller Frederick
Reagan -Meese
R. Reagan
Oval Office
James Watt
Edwin Meese
Adimat Perdam
Idaho Statesman
Wall Street Journal
Miriams Kitchen
White House
Children's Defense Fund
Reagan
Hubert G. Schneider
Green Valley Rd
Clarksburg
Lewistown
CCLD
Frederick County
Eaton
Hessong Bridge
Paul Phillips
Planning Commission
Barbara L. Farkas
Hessang Bridge
Filey
News-Post
Democratic Executive Committee
Jack Anderson
Dale van Alta
Boris
China
Florida
Taiwan
United Feature Syndve
SUN
Inc
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