New, Bold Ways to Beat the Summer Heat
A humorous column lambasts routine heat advice and suggests outrageous stunts to stay cool. It riffs on polar bears on ice, creative excuses to skip work, ice in the office, a Bahamas fantasy, and even crew duties on an Exxon tanker, ending with a nudge to try sensible cooling and a cheeky invite for reader photos.
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Alaska
Seattle
Exxon
Reef
America
Secret Soviet death plants near Zagorsk uncovered
A Soviet religious pilgrimage site near Zagorsk draws thousands to Trinity St. Sergius monastery while a nearby institute, officially sanitation, is tied to a secret BW program run by the military. Intelligence links the Zagorsk facility to the 7th Main Directorate and confirms two confirmed BW sites in the USSR.
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U.S.S.R
Moscow
Leonid Brezhnev
The
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Secrets and scandals span Soviet BW sites and Washington scandal
The report lists seven suspected Soviet BW sites Malta Omutninsk Berdsk Penza Kurgan Aksu Pokrov and notes ongoing construction shows continued resource commitment. Sverdlovsk’s 1979 anthrax accident at Cantonment 19 killed hundreds per best estimates. Western intel hints Gorbachev may wind down facilities. In Washington a call boy scandal persists with potential new names, escort papers missing, and Secret Service involvement over card fraud and White House china.
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Cantonment 19
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Relocation plan eyed for Boonsboro CCC camp site
Lt Col H M Pendleton announced a three week probe found a poverty adjoining McCurdy Fishd to the west as the best site for moving the Boonsboro CCC camp. He said $5,000 would fund a 200 man camp with about $2,500 yearly civic benefits. rent offered at $1 yearly and 10,000 gallons water daily, countered by city offer of 6,000 gallons daily.
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Third Corps
Civilian Conservation Corps
Frederick
McCurdy Fishd
Boonsboro
CCC
Pendleton
Lloyd Culler
Board of Aldermen
The First Amendment Debate on Flag Burning and Rights
The author argues against stretching the term speech to cover flag burning and criticizes Supreme Court and government bodies. References to Aldous Huxley and imagined double-think illustrate concern over rights erosion. The piece condemns desecration of symbols and warns of expanding constitutional misreadings.
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Wesbster
United States
Supreme Court
EPA
Aldus Huxley
Huxley
Education, religion, and moral values in schooling debate
A reader argues for strong religious roots in education, urging reverence for symbols and moral formation. He cites Bush, Chrysostom, and Pius XI, advocating separate schools, nun teachers, and sex education tied to religion. The piece endorses civic duty, manners, and abstaining from secular influences. Charles Peter Goodwin, Frederick.
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St. John Chrysostom
Pius XI
Unite Against KKK Rally In Frederick City
John R Derr urges residents to oppose a Ku Klux Klan rally led by Roger Kelly. He calls for a large turnout at the state hall to defend the city, condemn discrimination, and uphold First Amendment limits on hate.
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Byron Jenkins
Roger Kelly
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Fair City
State Hall
Frederick
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