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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1968
Page
3
The Frederick Frederick Maryland edition notes established 1043 published every evening except Sunday by Great Southern PYG and MFG Co East Patricy Street. Subscriptions listed with monthly and yearly rates. Page A1 mentions Associated Press and bureau membership. Page date December 21, 1969.
Frederick County School Board member J O Neil Jenkins warns against assuming “free” funds cover local costs. He criticizes state and federal handouts in funding the Frederick Community College, urging officials to consider the entire tax burden borne by taxpayers and not rely on free money.
The Civil Service Commission limits severance for political appointees after Jan 20, denying windfall pay. Outgoing officials lose extra pay, return to private life with limited benefits, while lengthy debates mark depictions of citizenship issues and naval disaster coverage, including the Scorpion sinking and related narratives.
Readable lines evoke a Christmas carol tone with bells and verse about peace on earth. The excerpt recalls familiar carols and a refrain of good will as Christmas morning ushers in light and a collective chorus across Christendom.
The News-Post editorial urges steady Christmas meaning amid Cold War tensions. It praises faith, charity, and community acts, noting both visible and quiet helpers in Frederick. It celebrates Christ’s birth as undiminished by modern hardship and calls for deeper friendship and hope this season.
Fifty years ago 38 farm contest prize winners shared 120 in prize money. State warden ordered 10 000 quail from Mexico to restock wildlife for 15 000. Agent Grayson H. Staley sold about 3 000 acres in four months, worth around 400 000. An automobile struck a horse near Ramsburg warehouse, horse injured. Highways caused by six inch snow led to multiple crashes. Jail interior steel work contract awarded for county jail remodel. About 25 cerebral palsy clinic children to be examined at Winchester Hall. Two men jailed ten days for larceny of empty beer bottles from Shipley Bottling Company.
A lighthearted survey of unusual holiday toys introduces ages three to five playthings like a nursery Ouija model and a wall climbing Obseycle. For ages six to nine, devices include a tropical Barracuda fish figure and a diving, tumbling game implying mischief in a household setting.
A catalog of items and guides for youths aged 10 to 13 and 14 plus, promising instruction on ancient language usage, symptom feigning aids, covert listening gear, erotic symbol guides, and a satirical set of family lifestyle products. It lists Lipstick edition dolls, a miniature mic, protest placards, and dangerous “habit-forming drugs” packages.
Mrs. Anne Heavner of 313A East Second Street Frederick Maryland suggests adding four details to ads in classifieds: size location price and utilities for apartments and omitting utilities for real estate. She argues standardized ads would save readers and advertisers time.
A humorous holiday note from the Newspaper Enterprise Association imagines a tense Christmas noon and early departures as plans for a party unravel. It jokes about television dinners and a playful insult to Santa while mocking nametag traditions and last names in the new year.
The passage presents remarks from Luigi Barzini on U.S. elections and two other figures, Mrs. Myrtle Ollison and Bertram Ho Gold, discussing militant voices and global age divides. It frames differing perspectives on dignity, communication, and change across generations and organizations.
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