Frederick County Dairy Leads Maryland In Milk Production
A Maryland State Board of Agriculture report shows Frederick County produced 441 million pounds of milk in 1970, far ahead of Carroll and Washington counties. The dairy sector remains Maryland’s leading industry, facing land pressure and calls to expand vo ag education to sustain production and farmer incomes.
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Maryland
Frederick County
Maryland State Board of Agriculture
Department of Markets
Maryland Crop Reporting Service
Carroll County
Washington County
National Holstein - Friesian Association
Reinharts
Arthur - Farms
Glen E. Morrow
Len-Lu Knoll Farms
Frederick
Ballad
Audderly
Vo Ag
Voag
America
Watered-Down Contraception Debate Sparks Moral Handwringing
Editorialist urges adding a non toxic fertility suppressant to public water to curb births while allowing large families privately. Biochemist Carl Djerassi calls the plan absurd noting practical, environmental, and health hurdles. Other items discuss nuclear liability refunds totaling over a million dollars and Governor Shapp opposing a Gettysburg battlefield observation tower.
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Michael Malloy
The
National Observer
Malloy
Cal Tech
Stanford University
Carl Djerassi
Djerassi
Gettysburg
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Milton
Shapp
Pennsylvania
Monkeys Die After Microwave Exposure In Navy Test
Five macacque monkeys died from daily radar microwave exposure during a Navy sponsored biological assay in Hawaii. Eight controls were unexposed, another eight got light exposure, and 16 received varying doses. deaths occurred between Sept 24 and Oct 27, 1970, prompting contract termination due to budget limits and sparking safety concerns about military microwave use.
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Washington
Navy
Hawaii
Air Force
Alvin Burner
Burner
Military
Pentagon
Milton Zaret
Zaret
Month Ory
American College of Surgeons
Unions As Economic Threats From A Nation's View
Washington argues unions block economic recovery due to high wage demands and extended contracts. He calls for federal supervision of costs across industries, warning that wage and price controls may be necessary to curb rising production costs and protect U.S. competitiveness. He criticizes political caution and urges action by government and management to restrain union power.
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Washington
Congress
America
Eara
United States
Treasury
Nixon
Workers of
Hybor
Plems From Files of the News-Poat Remembered on August 3 1924
A 1924 column recalls Walter F. Butler a Sing Sing lifer pardoned in 1920 who will lecture at the Star Theatre on prison life and criminal tracing methods. Other notes mention Blue Ridge pennant race schedules, a Labor Day series in Chambersburg, and a Hagerstown Herald dispute with league officials. Also July 1951 crowds line Thurmont streets for Bicentennial Queen Elizabeth Reid’s coronation escorted by Mayor Herman L. Mills, with Camp Detrick troops providing an honor guard. Three county youths, two minors, are in custody after theft investigations by the Sheriff's office and State Police. The Aldermen approve widening North Bent Street to prepare for a one way southbound lane from Fourth to Seventh Street.
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Army
Zaret
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
U.S
Bell Labs
Health, Education, and Welfare Department
HEW
Air Force
U.S. Army Computer Systems Command
Ft. Belvoir
al R. Hoffman
Walter F. Butler
Sing Sing
Star Theatre
Hustlers
Chambersburg
Jupiter Pluvius
Memorial Park
Thurmont
Elizabeth Reid
Herman L. Mills
Hagerstown
Camp Detrick
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Nuclear Energy Liability Insurance Assny
NELIA
Mutual Atomic Energy Liability Underwriters
MAELU
William S. Moorhead
Dpa
House
Ford
Guy M. Himes
Sir
Mr. Reeder
Ball Park
League
Gten
By David Lawrence
News-Poat
Jamison
Blue Ridge
Hagerstown Herald
Sheriff's Office
Board OF Aldermen
W. Raymond Walter
Bent Street
Fourth
Seventh Street
NEA
L John
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