Bill of Rights and space age mix in era notes
A reflection on the Bill of Rights as a cornerstone of freedom and the pace of American space achievement, followed by vivid profiles from Vietnam. George Mason’s opposition to the Constitution, the ten amendments, and the ongoing relevance of rights are paired with a veteran’s outlook on Gemini and moon ambitions. The piece closes with Terry Hinson, a seventeen year old soldier in Vietnam, highlighting the wartime burdens and unusual draft-card status.
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U. S
George Mason
Virginia
He Is A Man But Only A Boy Soldier Story From A War Zone
Terry Hinson a 17 year old private first class from Livingston Texas is described through his own words and recollections of combat in Korea era fighting. The piece notes his youth, wartime shock and acts of courage including carrying a dying comrade to a medic and witnessing heavy shelling and casualties. It contrasts his boyhood with battlefield experience and ends by calling him a battle veteran despite his age.
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Tom Tiede Bien
Viet Nam
Terry Hinson
Livingston
Tex
United Nations
Korea
Amy
Pfc
173Rd
Editor argues for Hunting Creek dam to aid ecology
In a Frederick letter to the editor a reader defends a Hunting Creek dam and a Seneca National Park plan. He insists wetlands and river ecology require management, criticizing local criticism and urging dams or a dam network to improve water supply and fisheries, noting Maryland streams struggle with drought and vegetation.
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Maryland
Hunting Creek
Frederick
Seneca
Lefty Kreh
Thurmont
Kreh
Letters Complicate Potomac Park Debate Over Dam Plans
A reader laments small game fish populations and criticizes plans to demolish cabins along the Potomac near Seneca for a national park, urging dams before any park development to prevent pollution and erosion. A second letter applauds local official Hallar Best for clear statements, contrasting with politicians who release biased information.
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Potomac
Seneca
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Fifty Years Ago Boms From The News-Peet Files
Yesterday’s items note the Fredrick County Potato Club displays at Boys' High School with lectures by Prof. Reben Brigham of the US Department of Agriculture and Prof. C. E. Temple of the Maryland Agricultural College. Aldermen debated funding for charity and community projects. In Middle Town an election elected Rev I R Ridenour councilman to fill a vacancy.
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Frederick County Potato Club
Boys’ High School
Reben Brigham
US. Department of Agriculture
C. E. Temple
Maryland Agricultural College
Middletown
I. R. Ridenour
George C. Huffer
Orchids arrive as Christmas gift from Saipan
Twenty Years Ago from The News Post notes Mrs. William B. Leichert Jr. at 37 East Second Street received 23 orchids from her husband in Saipan in perfect condition. Maryland faced icy streets and record cold with Frostburg at three below zero, and two Baltimore accidents linked to the cold. General Patton Jr. rested in Heidelberg hospital after a broken neck suffered eight days earlier.
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Frederick
William B. Leichert Jr
East Second Street
Saipan
Maryland
Baltimore
Frostburg
George §. Patton Jr
U.S. Army
Heidelberg
Germany
Patton
Extremists debate shows political friction in Washington
Washington Today by David Lawrense critiques the waste of time by both major parties over extremism. He notes definitional challenges, party resolutions, and the difficulty of aligning labels with evolving liberal and conservative notions while urging focus on government dysfunction and insider reforms.
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Republican Coordinating Committee
Ray C. Bliss
Republican Party
Supreme Court
John Birchers
Democratic National Committees
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Member Audit Bureau of Circulators
United States
Vietnam
Frank Borman
James Lovell
New York World Telegram
Sun
America
Alan B. Shepherd Jr
Col
John H. Glenn Jr
Earth
Gus Grissom
John Young
Hinson
Berrys World
McGeorge Bundy
White House
George L. Mobley JR
G. L. Mobley JR
E. Dakin Ave
Apt
Kissimee
Florida
Best
Hallar Best
Orley RK
Bourland JR
Walkersville
Boms
News-Peet Files
Ems
News-Post
Washington
David Lawrense
Stitutes
Democratic Party
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