Frederick County Leads in Tackling Seven Scourges of Growth
Excerpt outlines Bernard F. Hillenbrand seven scourges facing counties, led by automobile graveyards and sprawl. Frederick County is praised for planning and zoning efforts, yet warns growth demands vigilant oversight and stronger local plans to manage future development.
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Congo Crisis Sparks Sustained Airlifts by Global Powers
The piece contends U S airlifts of Belgian paratroopers during the Congo crisis provoked Soviet arms deliveries to Congo rebels. It argues propaganda framed the conflict as imperialist, while Soviet support spreads amid United Arab Republic and Algerian backing. It warns the Congo war could widen internationally and affect East West relations.
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Moise Tshombe
Jospeh Kasavubu
Tshombe
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Andrei A. Gromyko
White House
Cairo
Vladimir Y. Yerofeyev
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Ahmed Hen Belia
Algeria
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Sudan
Aba
Brezhnev
Kossin
North Vietnam
For My Part By Ray Cromley
The author recalls global student activism in Mexico Cuba Panama Saigon Japan and China noting universities as political hotbeds. He warns U.S campuses may follow if student demonstrations intensify and emphasizes that students in many countries have aided political upheaval and sometimes used violence.
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New York and national trivia roundup in Things column
A miscellany of notes spans yule logs to telephones, mint profits on coins, shoe ownership by Jayne Mansfield, tornado reach, animals and hot irons, plankton as food, gentleness quotes, pet dog rankings, folklore cures, and housewarming superstition. The items mix curiosities without a single focused event.
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Offensive movement gains momentum on Western Front
Allied forces push forward in Flanders and France amid German resistance. French British and Belgian troops report gains along the western battlefront as the offensive gathers pace. The Rules Committee advances constitutional amendments on national prohibition and woman suffrage for House consideration. A foreign correspondent claims access to German Zeppelin sheds and predicts 18 super-Zeppelins will join a spring assault on Britain and its fleet.
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House of Representatives
Germany
Christmas Shopping Shortened In Frederick In 1944
Twenty years ago the Frederick area faced early Christmas shopping in a single week with many shops open four nights. Roads were drifting last night due to winds and snow, and the Fishing Creek dam stood near its top. Christmas baskets for the needy were expected to be reduced in both food and recipients. Prime Minister Churchill ill and seeking frontier adjustments urged Roosevelt and Stalin to meet promptly in Britain.
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Hoover warns on Communist influence on campuses and civil rights
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover says a new Communist youth group Dubois clubs of America operates on college campuses to recruit students. He calls the Communist Party anti American and urges vigilance against its attempts to infiltrate civil rights movements and influential groups.
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