Frederick Area Shows Bright Economic Tone With Gains
Local business activity improves with higher bank clearances and deposits. Unemployment checks are down from last year, and help wanted ads indicate many local job openings. National surveys expect capital spending to rise about eight percent in the first half of 1965, outpacing private forecasts.
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Frederick
Econom
Commerce Department
Securities and Exchange Commission
McGraw - Hill
Cut-Price Homes Aim for Affordable Single Family Houses
The National Association of Home Builders urged lower costs at its Chicago convention. President William Blackfield said progress is being made to reduce housing costs for the typical American family, but many small towns still find $13,000 a high price for a new home. The group advocates prefabricated components and uniform building codes to lower prices nationwide.
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Natonal Association of Home Builders
Chicago
William Blackfield
Population Explosion and Food Supply Worldwide
The article warns of a global population surge from 3.283 billion in 1964 toward 4.3 billion by 1980, with Asia housing 56 percent and Africa and Latin America 16 percent. It questions how feeding growing populations will occur, noting high agricultural efficiency but stressing future pressure on land and resources.
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West Germany
United Kingdom
United Nations
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Supreme Court Edict Expands Federal Power Over Interstate Commerce
On December 14 1964 the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government may regulate activities within states if they touch interstate commerce, affecting public accommodations labor relations and many local aspects of business. The decision, not backed by a constitutional amendment, extends federal reach into daily life and could constrain local autonomy and discrimination rules.
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Washington
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Congress
iCopyright
New ‘York Herald Tribune Inc
German commander von Manteuffel reflects on Battle of the Bulge
Retired Gen Hasso von Manteuffel, 67, now in the United States as an adviser on a film about the Battle of the Bulge, recalls the Ardennes fighting. He praises U S bravery at St Vith and Bastogne, notes Hitler's miscalculations, and speaks of postwar trust between Americans and Germans amid Cold War fears. He stresses leadership by trust, civilian life in retirement, and wary views of a third power threat.
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Hasso E. von Manteuffel
Germany
Ardennes Forest
von Manteuffel
US Defense Department
von Manteuffe
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
U.S
Meuse River
St. Vith
Bastogne
U. S
Berlin
de Gaulle
BERRYS WORLD Teenager Champions SECA Dance Program
A letter to the editor from a teen defending SECA against local prejudice in Frederick. The writer notes parents’ warnings but says personal judgment, citing memories of past dances and mature behavior by peers, while blaming gossip for a bad reputation.
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SECA
Frederick
Clean fun at SECA dances sparks letters to the editor
Linda Ford defends SECA dances in Frederick Maryland arguing the events are clean and social while parents attack the attendees. She compares SECA to West Frederick dances noting the same bands and crowds but different venues. Virginia Pearl Smith Weidman praises Judge Delaplaine’s Maryland in Law and History as a valuable addition to libraries and schools.
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Seca
West Frederick
Delaplaine
Judge Edwards
Maryland
Roger Brooke Taney
Francis Scott Key
Virginia Pearl Smith Weidman
Carlisle
Penna
Fifty Years Ago Items From The News Post Dec 16 1914
The Mercury dropped near zero in Frederick with a record low eight degrees. Sand or stone chips will soon be applied to State roads to prevent slips. Boys High School class of 1913 plans their New Year’s Eve banquet at Mainhart’s dining parlors. Bertha Krupp, the wealthiest German, has relatives in Frederick led by Mrs. L. A. Hager. Frederick City’s reservoir at Fishing Creek is full for the first time since July 5. Theresa T Mathias returns home for Christmas and plans the Baltimore debutante cotillion. Frederick USO clubs prepare for Christmas gifts and decorations. About 50 German officers broadcast from Moscow to denounce Hitler and the system.
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Frederick County
C. A. Tenney
Boys’ High School
Mainhart
F. Richard Simmons
Walter D. Mehrling
Henry Knock
Frederick
Bertha Krupp
Germany
L. A. Hager
West Patrick Street
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