United Givers Fund appeal urges Frederick County gifts
In the final pre Christmas push, readers are asked to support the United Givers Fund with a $40,000 shortfall threatening 15 agencies. The letter cites a total $197,459.81 raised or 82.3 percent of the budget and warns that without funds, groups like the Red Cross and Boy Scouts may cut services or close. Citizens are urged to donate via UGF Headquarters at 22 South Market Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
United Givers’ Fund
American Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Counseling Services
Fort Detrick
Goodwill Industries
Esther E. Grinage
Federated Charities
Epilepsy Chapter
USC
Travelers Aid
Girl Scouts
Kids Inc
Salvation Army
Seton Center
YMCA
UGF
South Market Street
Well Drying Up and the Phase II Wage Debate
A reader argues that Phase II economic program actions erase legally contracted pay raises. He questions where the higher wage money comes from and warns price increases may not cover negotiated contracts. The letter cites ongoing inflation and government funding as fueling the issue, warning of wider harms to workers.
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Lepion
Westure
Supreme Court bans Idaho estate gender bias in unanimous ruling
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Idaho laws favoring men in estate administration are unconstitutional. The decision stops short of broad anti discrimination sweeping reform, urging ongoing case by case challenges to gender based laws until a constitutional amendment erases sex distinctions.
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Warren Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Idaho
Reflections on Choice, Humility, and Self Knowledge
A compact meditation drawing on quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt Will Rogers and Matthew 7 5. It contrasts personal responsibility with humility and the journey of self creation.
U S Presses UN Efforts to End Indo Pakistan War
The State Department plans continued action to secure a ceasefire in the India Pakistan conflict. Secretary Rogery assures Senate leaders Washington will not enter the war directly. Intensive diplomacy with allies and the United Nations remains the strategy to persuade India and the Soviet Union toward peace.
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David Lawrence Washington
William Rogery
Senate
United States
State Department
United Nations
America
India
Pakistan
Asia
East Pakistan
George Bush
Ay Os
U. N
Congress
Europe
NATO
Nixon
U. S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Vietnam
General Assembly
World Organization
Russia
White House
Paki
Ahrebela
Maat Pakistin
Soviet Union
Our Most Endangered People Pollution Report
A federal EPA study titled Our Most Endangered People warns nearly eight million urban poor suffer from pollution. It cites 4.5 million ghetto whites and 3.1 million ghetto blacks exposed to lead, pesticides, and waste. links illnesses to air, water, and noise hazards. The piece also covers nuclear tensions and U. S. policy amid India Pakistan conflict.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
New York City
Nixon
Russia
China
India
Pakistan
Pamir Phiteau
Moscow
Ching
Kremlin
Quick Quiz Quizzer Confusing World of Facts
A jumble of questions covers rare dogs nobility in southern Europe and a rubber plant experiment. It mentions a palmette pedestal and a yielded question about a weight of six pounds of iron in the Olympic sheet.
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Europe
Local Red Cross Officers Elected at County Meeting
Yesterday December 1104 officers and members of the executive board were elected for the ensuing year reports on last year’s work were presented and plans made for later Red Cross activities at the county chapter meeting held in the YMCA Russell or Lighter was an ingiously elected chair. The regular weekly luncheon of the Rally Club was held at Wayside with 6 of 40 members present. James H. Gambrill presided and speeches were delivered by home and visiting speakers. An annual meeting of the Automobile Accessories Business Association of Philadelphia saw Roscoe A. Tharp among seven directors for the year. Harp defeated several Philadelphia residents. December 19th Ald Malin and secondary roads were reported open to traffic though chains were absent amid a cold, snowy day. The Weather Bureau forecast a drop to near five below zero by night. Fifteen Frederick City policemen completed a four week police sciences course at the Maryhind State Police training school at Pikesville. Elmer P. Munshowee, State Police superintendent, presented certificates. A branch rent office will open on a five day a week schedule at 34 West Patrick Street next week, director Komas Barrett announced. Courtney F. Brown will run the operation.
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Red Cross
YMCA
Russell Or
Chaiena
Rally Club
James H. Gambrill
Philadelphia
Roscoe A. Tharp
Markwood HD. Harp
Harp
West Patrick Street
Starlings
Komas Fh. Barrett
Ares
Courtney F. Brown
A Plea to Assure Survival of Arts
Amyas Ames of Lincoln Center urges a new national priority for the arts in the 1970s. He calls for federal funding to reach 10 percent of current arts spending, about $200 million yearly, to supplement private and local support.
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Lincoln Center
Yankee Stadium
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Amyas Ames
New York
Lincoln Center For the
National Endowment of the Arts
Ames
Canada
Sweden
Austria
West Germany
Supers
Not All Give Thanks On Plymouth 350th Anniversary
The article notes opposition to celebrating Plymouth Mass 350th Thanksgiving. A Wampanoag descendant laments 350 years of sorrow since the Pilgrims’ arrival and destruction of his people. A modern Indian is described as a music graduate and high school director.
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Plymouth
Mass
New England Conservatory of Music
Pityritas
Ameren
Wampanoag Conservatory of Music
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