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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1970
Page
3
The Frederick News of August 29 1970 presents local updates and notices from Frederick Maryland. It includes classified ad information and subscription rates while reflecting the paper’s operations and mailing details.
The piece credits President Nixon with advancing school integration in the South through firm enforcement of Supreme Court rulings and federal policies. It notes a rise to about 90 percent integrated schools, his Louisiana visit, and calls for North and South to equalize integration efforts while acknowledging persistent tensions and bus transportation debates. It emphasizes nonviolent progress and ongoing court-led solutions without federal troop deployments.
An opinion on nursing home care notes the ills of aging facilities during a recent salmonella outbreak in Baltimore. It argues for stricter state and city inspections, better fire safety, and humane treatment, praising well run homes while condemning profiteering operators. It emphasizes protecting the elderly and ensuring full adherence to laws.
William P. Jones, counsel for Penn Central, warns that vandalism near New York’s lower Brony area creates risk to freight trains. A South Korean student criticizes government security measures curbing liberty. Beley, W. Va., official notes illiteracy leaves many forms unread after the 1970 census.
Fifty two U S House members led by Representative Odin Langen urge Prime Minister Edward Heath to relax United Nations sanctions on Rhodesia. They argue Britain’s new conciliatory stance may prompt UN relief, note Rhodesia’s economy did not collapse, and accuse the UN of meddling in internal affairs while urging a joint U S UK effort to lift the embargo.
The column satirizes politicians and public policy noting caucus clocks delay time, warns against buying radios as bargains, and jokes about hunting safety and wedding licenses amid aging traditions and rising divorce rates. It uses humor to critique public life and common misunderstandings.
A letter cites U.S. Education data on reading needs and promotes volunteers through the Frederick County Laubach Literacy Council. It notes 3000 illiterate adults in Frederick County and reports 32 tutored this year, inviting volunteers for a fall 9-hour tutor training workshop at Trinity Methodist Church on Sept 26 and Oct 3.
A quiz item notes USC Trojans played four Rose Bowls from 1967 to 1970. It also cites a point in the Gulf of Guinea with no longitude or latitude. It recalls the Model T assembly time of 93 minutes in 1913. It identifies West Point’s Cadet Chapel as the largest church organ in the western hemisphere.
A truck crash at the foot of Bolivar Hill Harpers Ferry seriously injures two men from Winchester Frederick Townn and Edgar Hines. Hines bruised, Townn loses a leg. repairs and hospital care follow. Witnesses note the vehicle struck a tree during the incident.
A Beloit College president urges individual excellence over vague societal aims. He critiques sympathy for misfits and calls for the achiever who delivers work, values personal decency, and resists collective romanticism of a great society. The piece contrasts daily effort with broader social critique.
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