No Room For Complacency In Frederick County Race Reports
A Maryland Human Relations Council report based on fall hearings finds deep racial bias in Frederick County. officials concede past funding neglect harmed the local Human Relations Council, and calls for faster progress, budget boosts, and broader black participation in county and city agencies including fire companies and police. The board opposes expanding the council to 25 members, cites integration steps by Liberty and Frederick City police chief Charles Main as models, and urges concrete action on housing, employment, and public welfare egality.
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Maryland Human Relations Council
Frederick County
State Board
Frederick City
Board of County Commissioners
Morgan Anderson
Anderson
VISTA
State Commission
Massachusetts
John Greenleaf Whittier
Barbara Fritchie
Garden of the Lord
Frederick
Area Human Relations Commission
William H. Adkins II
Human Relations Commission
Libertytown
Supreme Court
Liberty Department
Charles V. Main
State
State Department of Employment Security
Department of Social Services
White House dinner dress sparks calm greeting
Opera soprano Anna Moffo wore a low cut dress at a White House dinner but the President appeared unruffled and invited her to return. A separate speaker at a United Black Churchmen meeting within the United Church of Christ urged recognizing the adult, black revolutionary aspects of Christ.
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Anna Moffo
White House
Christ
United Black Churchmen
United Church of Christ
Reader letter defends faith and rejects hippie culture
A Middletown reader criticizes Gail Remsburg’s view in Our World arguing that belief in God grounds existence and Heaven or Hell is not applicable to today. The letter blasts hippies, praises patriotism, laments youth dissent, and asserts personal faith over drug culture.
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Gail Remsburg
Middletown
Our World
Heaven
Hell
Earth
Miss Remsburg
Nixon
Navy
Remsburg
America
Alsatia Club versus Frederick YMCA Fight Tonight at Armory
In a highly anticipated basketball showdown, the Alsatia Club of Hagerstown faces the Frederick YMCA at the Armory. Both rivals promise a strong lineup and a game that meets high expectations tonight.
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Alsatia Club
Hagerstown
Frederick Ymca
Armory
Inflation debate on price history and inevitability
George W. Coleman argues inflation may not be built into the economy and analyzes 244 centuries of U.S. price data. Using 1957-59=100, prices rose from about 20 in 1720 to 113 in 1969, averaging 0.4% a year with wars driving most swings.
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George W. Coleman
American Bankers Association
Coleman
Illinois Business Review
Bureau of Economic and Business Research
University of Illinois
Murky Waters of Politics: Write-In Candidate Emerges
Journalist Robert Wischmeyer faced dismal hit counts as a nonpartisan write-in for Ohio 23rd District. In three weeks he gathered 500 supporters among 189,000 voters. A listener advised him to work within the system, leaving him briefly speechless.
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Robert Wischmeyer
U.S. House of Representatives
Ohio
23Rd
Wischmeyer
Import Curbs Threaten Trade War and Farm Exports
The House backed protectionist import curbs now in the Senate would raise quotas on textiles and shoes, force oil import limits, and add trigger limits on many items. The plan risks retaliatory moves by Europe and Japan, threatening farm exports and U.S. inflation, with states like Illinois, California, and Iowa poised to lose.
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Washington
Nea
House
Senate
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
America
Nixon
Japan
U.S
European Economic Community
Ralf Dahrendorf
GATT
World Trade and Tariff Agency
William Rogers
EEC
Illinois
California
Iowa
Texas
North Carolina
Barbs and bargains in a holiday round of tips
A column of light humor riffs on Christmas temptations and New Year plans. The piece jabs at banks giving wigs with new accounts, a sharp critic of aggressive auto sales tactics, and pokes fun at overeating and holiday spending while offering wry advice on dating and service. It closes with jokes about waitresses and better service.
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Methodist
Methodist Episcopal Church
Buck
Ramsey
Blue Ridge League
Carroll County
Red Cross
Frank D. Worthington
Camden Construction Company, Inc
Baltimore
Eldersburg
State Roads Commission
Buckeystown
Montgomery County
Rockville
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