National Alliance for Businessmen aids job pledges in Tri Valley
Frederick area NAB volunteers expand the 1978 Jobs Pledge Campaign across six counties including Frederick. Local Tri Valley NAB office thanks loaned executives and pledging companies for finding and placing chronically unemployed people, veterans, and students in meaningful work through corporate partnerships. Contact Hagerstown area office at 797-5800 to learn more.
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Letters From Frederick on Guaranteed Profit and Cable Car Education
A Potomac Edison manager states no guaranteed profits exist and explains earnings limits, high purchased power costs, and gradual rate adjustments in several states while praising long-term service. A separate letter extols the Cable Car program, calling it an on‑wheels GED classroom funded by the state, with teachers and a driver offering free books and accessible learning to adults seeking a diploma.
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Potomac Edison Company
News-Post
Potomac Edison
New York
West Virginia
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Marion Whichard
Ruth Blickenstaff
Frederick County GED boost and community notes
Readers urged to pursue high school diplomas with the Cable Car GED program funded through June 1978 and supported by Mrs. Whichard and Mrs. Blickenstaff. Lois Cline shares her success after passing in February 1978. Community letters commend Foster Grandparents and note local concerns about Potomac Edison rate policy and Maryland representation on the company’s board. The Week of the Young Child was celebrated with shared efforts across public and private partners led by Iris Zimmerman.
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Maryland
New York
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Seton Center
Hood College
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Maryland Students Push for Change in State Legislature
In Annapolis during the General Assembly, University of Maryland students from the Student State Affairs Group testify at committee hearings on education bills. They seek lower or voluntary athletic fees, more faculty benefits, and greater student representation, while challenging budget transparency in the Athletic Department and highlighting Title IX impacts on women’s sports. The university team, led by Paul Laval, argues against a mandatory $40 athletic fee and for more student say in budgeting. the committee ultimately defeats the voluntary-fee measure.
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General Assembly
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University
Jerry Dunietz
Alan Baverman
Paul Laval
University of
Maryland
College Park
Baverman
Laval
House Committee
Chis Weller
Frederick region chiefs meet on education and traffic rules
An all day regional conference of high school principals from four counties met at Frederick High to discuss the 61st annual State Board of Education report and traffic law enforcement. Mayor Lloyd C. Culler announced new parking rules in response to complaints. A local girl from Frederick County will be chosen as a princess for the Fifth Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester. Rabbi Wolf Willner spoke on Frederick's Needs to the Lions Club at the Key Hotel. Five people were named for potential appointment to the Frederick County Board of Education for a six year term. Harold Eyler was elected president of the Wesleyan Service Guild at Calvary Methodist Church. A Labrador conditions report was given to Grenfell Association workers at the Evangelical Reformed Church tea. Young Tommy Burall celebrated his fifth birthday. A note adds: a trend of poll takers and metric measures will affect beauty contest stats.
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Lloyd C. Culler
Frederick City
Frederick County
Winchester
Labrador
Frederick District
Grenfell Association of America
Evangelical Reformed Church
Hoover sanctioned covert FBI abuses despite denials
Secret evidence suggests J Edgar Hoover privately approved illegal break ins eavesdropping and intrusions while publicly denouncing such methods. The FBI under Hoover allegedly coordinated microphon e surveillance and other forbidden actions, with aides and officials describing tacit approval and top involvement despite memos disavowing unlawful tactics.
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Central Intelligence Agency
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Hoover
Richard
William C. Sullivan
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