National Library Week urges support for Frederick County Library
During National Library Week April 4-10 the Frederick County Public Library System and the American Library Association celebrate libraries as vital information hubs. The piece urges public backing for new facilities, sustained hours, and funding amid rising costs, noting libraries offer diverse services from research to job seeking and family history.
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Frederick County
College of the People
National Library Week
The Hughes Affairs Surveillance of Hollywood Beauties
The article reveals how Howard Hughes used private detectives to monitor and court dozens of glamorous actresses in the 1940s and 1950s. It details surveillance methods, notable targets like Elizabeth Taylor and Sophia Loren, and a multi million dollar operation culminating in Hughes becoming celibate in later life.
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Elizabeth Taylor
Sophia Loren
Ava Gardner
Janet Leigh
Gerald Chouinard
Hughes
Chouinard
Mike Conrad
Conrad
Hollywood
Sportmen's Lodge
Tiajuana
Anne Bancroft
Jean Peters
Stuart Cramer
Cramer
Miracle Land and Rural Reform Spurred by Church Leaders
Dr M A Dawber argues a program of social justice must guarantee 15 percent of labor rewards and warns of a landless farming future. Bishop Lowe touts the Malayan Archipelago as a miracle land, while Bishop Wilson preaches at the Frederick City Opera House. City crews clear area near Winchester Hall for metered parking, with 50 meters planned but time limits unresolved. County Health Officer Dr Forbes Burgess notes a public meeting was called to form a county wide planning committee.
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M.A. Dawber
Philadelphia
Department of Rural Work
Board of Home Missions and Church Extension
Methodist Episcopal Church
Calvary Church
Lowe
Malayan Archipelago
Singapore
Malay Peninsula
Maayan Archipelago
Wilson
Frederick City Opera House
Winchester Hall
South Court
Forbes Burgess
Legal clash over gender fairness in police physical tests
The Sixth Circuit faces a case from Columbus Ohio where NOW argues the physical tests for police recruits discriminate against women because the same standards apply to all. Police say training and duties require equal standards. Additionally a note on Citizens Band radio growth cites Missouri patrols reporting 22,489 police CB contacts in early 1975 with many aiding road safety and several leading to arrests or warnings.
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U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Columbus
Ohio
TNE
Akpdiilichis Paysinai
National Organization For Women
Police Department
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Electronic Technician- Dealer Magazine
Not Transfer Green Valley Pupils Faces Bus Route Debate
Parents oppose transferring 214 pupils from Green Valley Elementary to Urbana Elementary citing 21 mile distance far beyond the 7 miles to Urbana and hazardous Green Valley Rd. They warn future boundary changes could push children into Frederick City with longer bus time and urge a new Green Valley school as the real solution.
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Board of Education
Green Valley
Urbana Elementary
Loch Haven
Meadowbrook
Sunnybrook Farms
Windsor Rd
Green Valley Elementary
Urbana
Green Valley Rd
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Frederick, Md
Jack Anderson
Washington
Les Whitten
Iate
Herward Hughes
Ballionairé
Life Magazine
Black Gold Productions
Italy
Hugues
OM Coca
Bob Owens
Thousand Oaks
Calif
Patricia
Bok Boi Hjamsville
Sir
Judy Greene
Box
Knoxville
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood of
Maryland
Donald B Yates
Yates
Richard R Burgee
United States Supreme Court
Teels
San Francisco
United States Army
Frederick Funston
Leungton
Concord
Britain
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Boston
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