Walk America boosts March of Dimes polio battle in Frederick
The Frederick walk scheduled for Sunday April 28 at 7 a.m. at West Seventh Street Shopping Center aims to draw 1300+ walkers. Proceeds support the local share of birth defects funding as the nation links the words safe effective potent with Dr. Salk’s polio vaccine and the March of Dimes legacy. Contact 662-8262 for information.
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March of Dimes
Frederick
West Seventh Street
Army of March of Dimes
Jonas Salk
Salk
U.S
Eddie Cantor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Albert Sabin
Fort Detrick
Sabin
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
Bases at risk as obsolete facilities drain defense funds
Commentary by Anthony Harrigan argues Congress tolerates costly obsolete military bases while opposing needed defense systems. Reader's Digest April issue cites 4000 facilities with many deemed outdated, suggesting potential $2 billion annual savings if closed. Rep. Denny Smith seeks flexible base realignment amid political roadblocks.
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Congress
Defense Department
Grace Commission
Reader’s Digest
Fort Monroe
Virginia
Fort Sheridan
Chicago
Goodfellow Air Base
Texas
Pentagon
Soviet Union
Executive Branch
Carter
U.S
Denny Smith
R-Ore
House
Senate
Reader
Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty chase credibility
Congressional staff found U.S.-funded Munich stations showing mismanagement and harmful material. Reports cite anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic, and anti-Western content, with hardline anti-communist rhetoric and propaganda issues. Critics warn heavy-handed broadcasts undermine aims and credibility.
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Washington
U.S
Munich
United States
Radio Free Europe
Radio Liberty
Indy Badhwar
CBA
Radio
Letters on deregulation and ski resort debate in Maryland
The letter discusses banking deregulation seen as restructuring harming family farmers and savings and loans. It urges GAO audits of the Fed, Maryland lawmakers to protect state insured programs, and cites Lincoln era homesteading and 1930s reforms, warning of asset loss to large banks and oil groups.
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Congress
Goliath
Abraham Lincoln
Federal Reserve
Aiigh
Ohio
GAO
Maryland
All County
Ski Roundtop Inc
Pennsylvania
Barry Maloney
D.C
College Mountain
Savings and Loan
Cincinnati
Frederick County
Es County
Kiwanis Club Meeting Featured Lyric Quartet at Key Hotel
The Lyric Quartet Madelyn Harper Irene Harper Zimmerman Lucille Nicodemus and Ruth Nicodemus performed at a Kiwanis Club gathering in Frederick with pianist Spa Storm at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. A 1944 Real Property Inventory counted 1446 Frederick wage earners commuting 10 to 19 minutes daily by various means. State Police Officer Albert F. Alderson pursued and halted two Harrisburg men after a one mile chase ending near the South Market Street cemetery following a robbery at a Rockville filling station.
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Lyric Quartet
Kiwanis Club of
Frederick
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Madelyn Harper
Irene Harper Zimmerman
Lucille Nicodemus
Ruth Nicodemus
Spa Storm
Albert F. Alderson
Harrisburg
South Market Street
Gordon W. Bailey
Rockville
Frederick native honored in two 1990s ceremonies
Twenty years ago Lt. Col. John R. Fitzpatrick Jr. of Frederick received the Legion of Merit citation in Washington from Gen. Richard J. Seitz for advisory work in South Vietnam. A new treatment center at Spring Grove State Hospital in Catonsville was named the Judge Charles E. Moylan Building in his honor, Gov. Tawes calling it a tremendous advancement in child mental health. Mrs. Donald Garst judged baked goods at a Walkersville 4-H Club meeting at Ann Bowers’ home, with Nancy Eaves presiding. the next gathering was slated for Patricia Trout’s house.
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John R. Fitzpatrick Jr
Frederick
Washington
Fitzpatrick
Richard J. Seitz
South Vietnam
Spring Grove State Hospital
Catonsville
Charles E. Moylan
Frederick County
Tawes
Donald Garst
Walkersville
Ann Bowers
Nancy Eaves
Patricia Trout
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Fred J. Archibal
Frederick, Md
Anthony Harrigan
Secretary of Education
Jack Anderson
Free’ Radio
CLA
Board For International Broadcasting
Poland
State Department
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Adolf Hitler
Ukraine
Pontius Pilate
Jesus
Anthony Zhenevsky
Galizien
Lvov
Franklin Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Radio Liberty Management
Ben Wattenberg
California
West Virginia
United Feature Syndicate Inc
Maryland General Assembly
John C. Webb
Eli Lane
Gaithersburg
Frederick News-Post
Clagett
Maloney
Besnow
Blanche Parcell Frederick
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Ail
Board of Education
New Market
Farm Family Restaurant
the Courier of Damascus
WTRI
WFMD
WFRE
WTHU
Melvar
Mount
New London Road
Mount Airy
Annapolis
Kathleen C. Deasy
Green St
Baltimore
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