March of Dimes Walk Aids Fight Against Birth Defects
Frederick County hosts the annual March of Dimes Superwalk this Sunday with about 1,300 signed up for a 30 kilometer trek. Participants preregister by Friday. walkers start at 8 am from the Frederick Shopping Center. Sponsors donate per kilometer to fund birth defect research and cures, with food, water, and rewards for top fundraisers.
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March of Dimes
Mary Ann Wright
Walkan Partiipants
Frederick County
Frederick
West Seventh Street
Shopping Center Merchants Association
Harry A. Rosenfeld
Southern Frederick County plea against new coal plant pollution
Letter from Beverly Thom s of Dickerson urges Frederick County officials to block a 2000 acre site proposed for a massive coal fired power plant between Sugarloaf Mountain and Catoctin range. The writer warns of intensified air water and solid waste pollution harming crops animals and residents.
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Frederick
MD 85
Tamca
Eastalco
Pepen
Dickerson Yot
Frederick Post
Frederick County
State Health Department
Jim
Sugarloaf Mountain
Potomac Edison
Dickerson
Pepco
Adamstown
Emperor Hirohito Vies With Time in CIA Profiles
Washington reports that on his 83rd birthday in Tokyo Emperor Hirohito will likely be watched by a CIA Life Services unit observing his health and public bearing. CIA profiles describe him as shy, sincere, and devoted to marine biology and botany, with no role in policy though regularly briefed on affairs.
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Washington
Mirohito
Tokyo
CIA
Life Services
Disiston
Hirohito
Dale
Imperial Gardens
United States
U.S
America
Disneyland
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Universal Brotherhood
Banda
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Goering
Eoe
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Hirohito remembered as WWII giant and humility shown
Commentary recalls Emperor Hirohito as the surviving center of World War II leadership, noting MacArthur’s praise of his humility and Japan’s lasting wartime roles, while readers criticize Pentagon waste and propose tough measures against price gouging on government contracts.
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Japan
Hirohito
MacArthur
Berth
Pentagon
Hannibal, N.Y
Bureau of the Public Debt
War reporting critique and Afghan conflict letters
A compilation of reader letters criticizing media coverage of the Afghan war and Russian actions in Afghanistan. Voices question reporter zeal, recount Russian deserters, and compare U S coverage to Vietnam era reporting, plus thanks and personal notes to the newspaper staff.
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Washington Times
Afghanistan
Russia
Vietnam
Tke Alexander Voronov
N.Y. Times
Washington Post
Baltimore Sun
Mai Lai
South Vietnam
Agent Orange
U.S
Hanoi
Alginazistan
Emmitsburg burgess candidate files by April deadline
Business leaders and citizens urge Mr. Thompson to run again for burgess of Emmitsburg. He plans to file his candidacy before April 28 in the northern Frederick County town. Frederick Playground Commission holds first seasonal meeting to plan four city recreation centers for summer 1934 and to study a playground at the old miniature golf course.
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Emmitsburg
Thompson
Frederick County
Frederick Playground Commission
City Hall
Two First-Grade Plays In Frederick School Spring Event
Twenty years ago on April 27 1964 two first grade classes at North Frederick Elementary staged The Lazy Brown Bears. Mrs Whichard and Mrs Christianson led performances for parents and peers plus about 100 preschoolers entering the school in the fall. Eighteen Frederick County Dental Society members attended the monthly meeting with Dr George Waxter presiding. Guest speaker was Dr Joseph Cappuccio associate professor of oral surgery and anesthesiology at the University of Maryland Dental School. He also serves as staff surgeon at University Hospital Mercy Hospital and Maryland Penitentiary Hospital. Dr Ralph Meng will speak at the Unitarian Fellowship East Patrick Street on Psychiatry and Religion. he practices in Bethesda and serves on visiting staff at Prince George’s General Hospital and is a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association Psychoanalytic Academy of Religion and Psychiatry.
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North Frederick Elementary
Clarence Whichard
Conrad Christianson
Frederick County Dental Society
George Waxter
Joseph P. Cappuccio
University of Maryland Dental School
University Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Maryland Penitentiary Hospital
Ralph M. Meng
Unitarian Fellowship
East Patrick Street
Meng
Bethesda
Prince George's General Hospital
Washington
American Psychiatric Association
Psycoanalytic Academy of Religion and Psychiatry
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Walking For
Maron of Dimes Board of Directors
Frederick Jaycees
Jaycee
National Health Organization
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
FDA
Beverly Thoms
Big Woods
Babs
Jack Anderson
Labor Pacs
Allen Wrench
Bureau of the Puble
Midwest
United Feature Syndicate
Robert Hohl
Fitzpatrick Drive
Laurel
Van-a-thon
Frederick Noon Sertoma Club
Frederick Union Rescue Mission
Richard
Frederck Noon
Sertoma
Mary Fouche
Russell Baker
Jefferson Pike
Cole
Cavalry
Mark Dudrow
Hancock Place
Leesburg
News-Post
N. Market Street
Promise
Frederick Shopping Center
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