Klan Rally Coverage Split Opens Door to Debate
The Frederick County newspaper confirms it will cover the Ku Klux Klan rally on Aug. 16 from afar, arguing press independence and readers’ right to news while noting the event on personal property. The paper cites a federal suit by the NAACP against such rallies as making the gathering newsworthy.
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Invisible Empire of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan
Frederick County
Frederick
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Runaway VA elevator sparks federal case and FOIA note
An elevator at the Veterans Administration Medical Center failed to stop in 1964, causing repairs and sparking a sabotage inquiry. VA officials allegedly hid files, derailed detectives, and blamed a maintenance lapse while executives faced contract termination. Other items report a landmark FOIA victory, Senate moves after a failed judicial nominee, and a playful mini editorial on G Gordon Liddy.
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Washington
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Brass Nats
Donald Goldberg
Medical Center
Executive Elevator Service Inc
Richard Gardner
Stanley Blasco
FBI
Gardner
Blasco
Robert LeBlanc
Veterans Administration
LeBlanc
U.S
Gene Linden
Linden
Center
Justice Department
State Department
Jeremiah Denton
R-Ala
Jefferson B. Sessions
Senate
Denton
Alabama
Liddy
Mack Sennett
Maryland Politicians, Storms Mark Ocean City Event
Report from Ocean City details a political gathering with Maryland leaders and national figures amid thunder, lightning, and a deadly beach accident. The piece captures candid exchanges, endorsements, and the looming September 9 primary while noting local insurers grappling with liability costs.
Four Frederick officers aid raid on Baltimore trucking firm
Marylash State Police assisted at a Frederick station incident where Samuel M. McCormick, a Baltimore driver, was beaten by three unidentified men believed to be union pickets. Officers Sgt. Peterton, Cpl. Dillinger, J.A White and R.F. Ove investigated while a separate audition news item noted Helen Devilbiss of Frederick trying out for a radio program. A third event involving a North Carolina truck carrying 306 baskets sank in a sewer trench on South Market Street, with Archie Holmes and passenger Earl Holmes. two trench workers were injured. Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Stoner and daughter Lacey Jane returned from a nurserymen convention in Dallas after a cross-country trip touching many states.
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Ocean City
Maryland
U.S. Senate
America
Freeman
Hotter
Kalish
Rich
Trout
Gentle
Sam Bagley
State House
Harry Hughes
Sam
Hughes
Patricia
Reid
Bogley
Ritz
Margaret Brady
Schaefer
Orioles
Inner Harbor
Steve Sachs
Baltimore Sun
Baltimore San
the Sun
Frederick County
Sterling Bollinger
Frederick
Richard Grossnickle
Louis Goldstein
Joe Curran
Sewtennant
Marylash
Frederick Pab
Baltimore
Samuel M. McCormick
Poe
DB. Peterton
Cpl. Dillinger
J.A White
RF Ove
Giepe
Helen Devilbiss
Jobs Cunningham
WCAO
Roger Poland
Dora Betsom
Frosty Betson
George Mobley
South Market Street
Frederick City
North Carolina
Archie Holmes
Lumberton
N.C
Cleveland
Ohio
Earl Holmes
JE. Stoner
Westminster
Lacey Jane
Mr. Stoner
Nurserymen
Dallas
Tex
Ilinois
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
W.va
Virginia
Potomac River flows hit 467 million gallons a day
Water flow on the Potomac dipped to a record low of 467 million gallons daily per the U S Geological Survey, seven million below the prior record set November 30 1990 after light rainfall failed to ease dry conditions. Curtis Spahr Frederick distributor for Nations Bohemian Beer gave a $1000 check to Charles B Shorb of Emmitsburg. Shorb won Baltimore Orioles Home Run Derby. Iron basins with artificial flowers atop 15 foot city light poles on Market and Patrick streets were lowered to 10 feet by brackets on sidewalk sides. towers with five floral structures were simplified to artificial displays to boost visibility.
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Potomac River
U.S. Geological Survey
Curtis Spahr
Frederick
Nations Bohemian Beer
Charles B. Shorb
Emmitsburg
Shorb
Baltimore Orioles
Market
Patrick Streets
Readers fire back at Meachum over gun commentaries
Everett A Turner of Braddock Heights and Julien P Delphe y of Frederick respond to letters critiquing Mr Meachums column on gun safety and law enforcement. They challenge claims about Saturday Night Specials and NRA backed bills, defend police stance, and defend their own political positions and local concerns.
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Meachum
America
FBI
Lynchburg
Wotsas
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Jack Anderson
Robert C. Reid
United Feature
Upper Darby
William Newman
Eau Claire
Wis
Newman
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NILA
Baltimore County
NRA
FOP
David Howells
Delphey
Martyn Balaban
Gaithersburg
MVA
Maryland General Services
Maryland General Assembly
Central Committee
State Senate
Keel
Cmt
Julien P. Delphey
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