Lessons from a Warning Unheeded on the Eve of War
Fifty years ago tomorrow German tanks crossed into Poland and Stukas struck as Hitler’s assault began World War II. Hitler’s long stated aims in Mein Kampf and warnings from Churchill went unheeded, leading to massive loss of life and vast costs.
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Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Nazi Germany
Earth
Versailles
Germany
Rhineland
Austria
Britain
France
Czechoslovakia
Winston Churchill
English Channel
Baseball Dreams and Pete Rose Reflections in a Tribune Voice
Mike Royko recalls a park memory near the field house 381 feet from home plate where scouts once held a tryout. He contrasts major league odds with common dreams, notes 13 000 players reaching The Bigs and 168 in the Hall, and argues Rose’s career moments matter more than a Hall of Fame plaque.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Piddlepool
Ala
Joe DiMegelo
Pete Rose
Rose
Baseball Hall of Fame
Chicago Tribune
Russian wives dump sexist hobbies in Soviet life tale
In Yaroslavl the piece recounts Mikhail Gorbachev’s push for reform as Soviet women face survival amid legal equality from Lenin to the 1977 constitution. It highlights Valentina Tereshkova, spaceflight pioneer, and notes women’s share of labor, education roles, and wage gaps while detailing limited advancement to top management.
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Yaroslavl
U S.S
Mikhail Gorbachev
Lenin
Valentina Tereshkova
Tereshkova
Sally Ride
Russia
Gorbachev era family policy amid Soviet birth decline
The narrative links Gorbachev's family initiatives to birth rate concerns among Russians and minority figures, noting cash incentives for larger families, persistent anti alcohol campaigns, enhanced day care, and abortion/contraception debates while detailing crude Soviet birth control and frequent abortions. It also covers Upjohn's Theodore Cooper leveraging Washington ties to push drug approvals, including the Rogaine breakthrough.
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Archie Bunker
Gorbachev
Soviet Empire
United States
Upjohn Company
Theodore Cooper
Upjohn
Congress
Food and Drug Administration
Cooper
Washington
Health Department
FDA
House Health Committee
Upjoha
Frederick celebrates Human Kindness Day at city center
Margaret M. Gorelick thanks Frederick City for sponsoring a joyful Human Kindness Day at the Recreation Center on August 19. The event honored volunteers and volunteer organizations aiding the community with entertainment, info booths, kids activities, and inspirational speakers, with thanks to contributing local businesses.
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Frederick County
Frederick
Frederick City Recreation Center
Extending basic rights to disabled citizens
Article discusses the American with Disabilities Act of 1989, noting it aims to end discrimination against people with disabilities. It highlights endorsements by President Bush and Rep. Byron, cites minimal costs versus societal spending, and references a Rutgers study estimating $169 billion spent on working-age disabled individuals.
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Linda Joy
ADA
Congress
George Bush
Beverly Byron
Rutgers University Bureau of Economic Research
Willard Named County Roads Engineer in Frederick
Fifty years ago on August 31 1939 Frederick County announced Roger H Willard construction superintendent of T Edgie Russell Company local contractors had been appointed as county roads engineer. Term indefinite salary estimated 3000 to 3600 annually. Also reported a search for a dead man along Baltimore and Ohio tracks at Buckeystown yielded no body. Union Manufacturing held an all day picnic with 1700 employees and two guests filling eight buses leaving Frederick at 7 p.m. for Baltimore then Telchester beach by boat.
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Charles G. Geisbert
Frederick
Baltimore and Ohio
Buckeystown
Guy Anders
Horace E. Alexander
Union Manufacturing Company
Baltimore
Telchester Beach
Nixon letter reply to Bogers Mill Road boy 30 cents returned
Eddie Meuse II of Bogers Mill Road wrote to President Nixon with 30 cents and a postscript. Rose Mary Woods sent a reply noting gifts cannot be accepted and inclosed a booklet The President Greets Young America. Circuit Judge Schnauffer to retire September 1 after 27 years on the bench. Maryland Magazine features Roger B Taney home and Chief Justice Taney.
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Eddie Meuse, II
Bogers Mill Road
Richard M. Nixon
White House
San Clemente
Calif
Rose Mary Woods
Eddie
Nixon
America
Circuit Court
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Aast
Frederick
Roger B. Taney
Maryland
Taney
ADA Support and Local Band Boosters Rally in Frederick
A federal cost discussion highlights ADA passage as critical while local action centers on Myersville and Walkersville bands. Critics cite inaccessible Myersville Post Office and four year fights for disability access, urging ADA passage and funding. Band boosters praise the Frederick News-Post for support and rally around band camp and Citrus Bowl Parade plans for 1988.
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Board of Education
News-Post
Walkersville High
Frederick
Walkersville High School
Frederick News-Post
Walkersville High Band wins front page praise and support
Readers applaud Walkersville High School Band for summer work recognized on the front page. Band Boosters urge wider media coverage of county musical programs as funding rises from 16000 to 90000 dollars but still covers all grades. Boosters detail costs for sheet music teacher assistants uniforms and competitions.
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Walkersville
Frederick County
Walkersville High
WHS
Justice vs influence in a Wolfsville marijuana case
A Frederick News Post letter argues that bail leniency hinges on social status after police find a farm with 148 marijuana plants in Wolfsville. The writer claims connections, not facts, should not affect justice and urges fair treatment regardless of parental or acquaintance status.
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Frederick Post
Wolfsville
Frederick
Tcl
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Nagetser
Jack Anderson
Margaret M. Gorelick
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
NeweFoe
Myersville
Ceil Dyke Walkersville High School
Band
George L. Armitage
Bill Metzer
Donald G. Schley
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