New Frederick City Administration Faces Early Tasks
The new Frederick City government, led by Mayor John A. Derr and the incumbent board, promises action on downtown traffic, one way street plans from Church to Fourth, and a parking authority. They will continue the Monocacy interceptor sewer project within a budget set by the outgoing administration, while seeking a fresh approach and mandate from voters.
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Frederick
Glenmore V. Rice
John A. Derr
Donald
Glenmore
Church
Fourth Streets
Education Pays Off for Women Workers Says Labor Bureau
The 1965 Hand book on Women Workers shows education strongly boosts female labor force participation. Among 18 plus women, 53 percent with four years of college worked in 1964, rising to 72 percent with five or more years. Higher education aligns with professional and technical roles, while lower education correlates with clerical or service work. Sweating out Suzie's college bills pays off.
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U.S. Department of Labor
Department
Women’s Bureau
Wome
Suzie
Freedom Of Foolishness Prompts Grim Holiday Toll
Amid warnings against smoking Americans smoked a record 534 billion cigarettes. Over the Fourth of July weekend drivers faced unprecedented traffic deaths, prompting questions about public health and resilience.
The Poor Man's Philosopher columns and curious odds
New York AP notes mail and modern life quirks. One in three dog owning families owns a cat. Population grew 35.7 percent over 20 years while mail rose 130 percent. Diabetes risk is one in 50, higher if fat female over 40 in the Northeast with a family history.
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New York
United States
Foreign college costs tempt American families
Hal Boyle notes Japanese universities offer total annual costs as low as 46 dollars including tuition and fees. He cites Roosevelt on deficits, highlights psychiatrists' distribution, a Manhattan store cap display aimed at deterring theft, breast feeding gaps in Boston, and the legal right of a husband to decide family residence with a Lowell quotation on fate.
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Japan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington, D.C
Manhattan
Boston
Mama
Papa
James Russell Lowell
Inflation Outlook and Economic Pressures in 1967
Government spending is projected to rise 8 to 12 billion dollars in the next year led by military costs for Vietnam plus Medicare adding about 3 billion. Prices may climb around 3 percent as wage demands grow to offset higher living costs, with auto sales and home building facing weak demand and unemployment rising by 300000 to 400000, though some regions will see tight labor markets.
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Johnson
Viet Nam
Defense
Congressional
Congress
Peace Corps for Law and Order Calls Growth in Civil Disobedience
Washington Today discusses a national need for a Peace Corps style effort to restore respect for law amid urban riots and civil disobedience. It cites Nixon on the dangers of selective obedience and urges church, education, and legal groups to promote lawful redress and public order across the United States.
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Peace Corps
United States
Richard M. Nixon
U.S. News World Report
Vietnam
Nixon
American Bar Association
Edward W. Kuhn
Montreal
America
Gorz captured by Italians opens road to Trieste
Fifty years ago on August 18 1916 Rome announced the Italians had captured Gorz the keystone of the Austro Hungarian front along the Isonzo river and taken 10000 prisoners signaling the opening of the road to Trieste for General Cadorna. A separate item notes Harpers Ferry line crew stringing wires for Brunswick daylight service from Potomac avenue to Third and High streets. The issue also reports U S civilian employment at 58 130 000 in July with 2 640 000 in the armed forces and Maryland swine breeders preparing a major show with 50 bred gilts and sows consignments. Finally Truman signs Social Security revisions freezing the old age tax at 1 and expanding federal aid by 15 000 000 annually.
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Rome
Gorz
Austria- Hungary
War Office
Isonzo
Trieste
Count Cadorna
Harpers Ferry
United States
Census Bureau
Truman
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Frederick County
National Hampshire Association
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