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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1964
Page
4
The article criticizes widespread vandalism and littering in Frederick City affecting parks, City Hall facilities, farms, and public decorations. It notes broken windows, damaged roofs, torn shingles, discarded trash, and churches, plus unhelpful bystander behavior amid crime and apathy, urging responsible citizenship.
Senator Margaret Chase Smith urged restoring the term square to its honored meaning at a Hadassah luncheon. She defined a square as one who pays debts, helps others, acts with integrity, and feels pride in flag and nation. She argued squares should be the bulwark of the country once more.
Carnegie Foundation projects college enrollment rising from 5.2 million in 1965 to 10.2 million by 1980 with 37,000 new faculty needed in 1960-70. Yet only about 20,000 doctorates will be earned that year and fewer than half teach. A crisis in value endangers weaker institutions without strong measures.
A welfare department dispute with panhandlers resurfaces in Times Square. Jimmy, a blind longtime welfare recipient, claims he earns about 12 dollars daily on weekdays and 15 on Saturdays, saying welfare alone cannot meet his family's needs. He argues personal effort lifts his family from misery despite government welfare being adequate on paper.
The piece examines how a national party could be rebuilt with citizen input and contested leadership, arguing party structures limit popular choice and citing the 1968 nominating battle. It critiques definitions of moderates and conservatives and highlights concern over federal domination and loss of individual initiative.
The piece links Eisenhower’s anti centralization stance to a broader critique of federal programs and local self reliance. It notes a conference in New York with Republican leaders and describes on the ground insights from Tan Lac Viet Nam including Viet Cong defeats, American advisers, and villagers shifting toward cooperation and militia volunteerism.
A reader urges disclosure of who supplies Hood College with its so called consensus of learned opinion. The letter cites a Hood College president Dr Randle Elliott who says he exerts no influence on textbooks and seeks experts to judge controversial teaching. The writer hints at political influences and asks for named sources and new experts in Maryland education.
The December 14 1914 item notes national prohibition and woman suffrage moves via the House Rules Committee. Lieut A C McBride of the Fourth Field Artillery visits Frederick mother Mrs A C McBride after serving in Vera Cruz. Self Denial Day urged to aid charity. Guy Kline formerly of Frederick now in Hagerstown serves as organist and pianist at the Colonial Theatre.
Twenty years ago item notes Mayor Gittinger lifting all Frederick water restrictions after heavy rain refills Fishing Creek reservoir. Caretaker Weddle predicts full pond by tomorrow. Also mentions YMCA leader Quinn seeking pool fill approval and Germany’s bleak wartime Christmas outlook per Berlin dispatch.
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