Self protection tips for Frederick County women from crime
A dated county guidance piece endorses a Queens DA code of safety for women. It lists 13 practical precautions including well lit streets, walking in groups or with transport, avoiding shortcuts, securing homes with locks and peepholes, carrying a whistle, disguising personal data, and verifying visitors. The article argues crime has risen and urges women to adopt these behaviors to reduce risk.
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Frederick County
Thomas J. Mackell
Queens County
New York
Tax Returns Privacy Debate Gains Ground in Polls
A national poll shows 78 percent of independent business owners favor limiting access to federal tax returns to tax enforcement personnel. Congressman George E. Brown Jr. proposes a bill to make returns confidential and restrict disclosures to state and federal agencies, with broad opposition to indiscriminate snooping.
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George E. Brown Jr
California
National Federation of Independent Business
Frederick County
White House
Internal Revenue Service
Brown
U.S
Internal Revenue
Justice Department
Caribbean cruises aid smoking habit elimination plan
The Institute for New Motivations in New York launches two week Caribbean cruises aboard the Santa Paula to help ex smokers quit. Departures are September 18 and November 20 with stops in Aruba Caracas Port au Prince and Kingston. No smoking on board and a mix of self help lectures group discussions and professional support.
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Institute For New Motivations
New York City
New York
Santa Paula
Prudential Grace Lines
Institute
Aruba
Caracas
Port Au Prince
Kingston
Joseph A. Blasko
Letters to the Editor on a highway master plan
Mrs Arthur J Rawson of Foxes Spy Rocky Springs Frederick Md questions the Frederick County Planning and Zoning Highway Master Plan. She rebukes perceived notice failures and warns against overemphasis on growth and speed, urging long range planning for a livable environment.
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Frederick County
Planning and Zoning Commission
Arthur J. Rawson
Rocky Springs
Frederick, Md
GOP Governorship Edge Threatened By 1970 Reapportionment
NEA dispatch from Osage Beach outlines how GOP control of multiple state houses and the governorship could slip in 1970 amid reappointment battles. Key races include Pennsylvania with Milton Shapp narrowing Ray Broderick's antitax edge, Ohio where John Gilligan erodes Roger Cloud, California where Reagan faces Jess Unruh, and Michigan, Massachusetts, New York, Florida, Texas contests.
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Osage Beach
Nea
U.S
Pennsylvania
Ohi
Ohio
John Gilligan
Roger Cloud
Gilligan
Ray Broderick
GOP
Ray Shafer
Milton Shapp
Shafer
Broderick
Shapp
Ronald Reagan
California
Jess Unruh
Reagan
Lake of the Ozarks
William Milliken
Michigan
Francis Sargent
Massachusetts
George Romney
John Volpe
Nixon
New York
Supreme Court
Arthur Goldberg
Nelson Rockefeller
Claude Kirk
Florida
Kirk
Preston Smith
Texas
Paul Eggers
Smith
New Mexico
Alaska
Hickel
Keith Miller
Wisconsin
Warren Knowles
Maryland campaign signs flood elections satire and concern
A long, hot Maryland summer brings a profusion of election signs along roadsides. The piece lampoons political signage while detailing laws, costs, and the chaos of campaigns including estimates of sign totals in Frederick County and statewide, plus notes on spending, radio and TV rules, and a humorous spoof about a testimonial kit.
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Maryland
Sam
Annapolis
Bucky
Montgomery
State Roads Commission
Frederick County
Arcenic Pollution Subcommittee
Legislative Council
Julian L. Lapides
Congress
Gambie
Harper’s Bazaar
Harper
Leonard
Jacobson
Baltimore County
Spiro Agnew
Willard Morris
Wild Idea Dept
UBL
Alderman Board Holds Shortest Meeting in History
The News-Post notes the Alderman’s quickest session to date at one hour and twenty minutes. Patrick Street improvement must start within a week to ten days to finish by fair week. Ice shortages plagued the city as Hygeia Plant coal ran on half time, aided by a new supply from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The 18th Annual Farmers Horse Fair at Wildewood Park Mt Airy begins, with family reunions today, horse show tomorrow, and the tournament on the final day.
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Board of Alderman
Patrick Street
Hygeia
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co
Wildewood Park
Mt. Airy
Night Burglary at Joe's Cleaners and Hall Fire
Police investigated an overnight break in at Joe's Cleaners 48 South Market Street and theft of thirty clothing items found behind the shop. A fire at a community hall in Adamstown caused injuries and damage from a kerosene stove blaze. Fifteen to seventeen prisoners left Frederick County Jail to work on roads, dropping to thirteen.
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City Policeu
Joe’s Cleaners
South Market Street
Adamstown
Legore Mattingly
Nellie Specht
Frederick County
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