Mount Saint Mary's president urges renewal and community
Frederick MD December notes from Mount Saint Marys College president Dr Robert J Wickenheiser celebrate Christmas reflection family and values The Mountaineer Briefing announces the college 175th anniversary in 1983 with special publications and prepublication offers A battered spouses program sells a Christmas button raises awareness and funds The Hartley House receives a private home while donations continue Edge of Excellence profiles Bill Moran the Middletown Valley bladesmith Smithsonian lectures explore a Christmas Star Free lectures at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum discuss astronomy Tools of Astronomy Love and Lore of the Sky and more A Roosevelt centennial ball fundraiser set for January 30 at the Sheraton Frederick tickets and tables available through March of Dimes office
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Robert J. Wickenheiser
Mount Saint Mary's College
Wickenheiser
Mountaineer Briefing
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Sheraton Inn-Frederick
March of Dimes
Terrace Lanes
Frederick
Christmas Love Across Letters From Readers
A reader Angela A Martin responds to Karen Barger's abortion views in a Christmas letter to the editor. She argues for sexual responsibility, contraception, and adoption, condemning abortion and urging focus on real solutions amid aging demographics and school declines.
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Karen Barger
Schoo
Karen
America
Overton
Babie
Looking Back at Frederick News from 50 Years Past
Mary Fouche recalls Frederick County history in 1831 1931 1961 and 1981. She highlights Helen Keller's visit touching a crowd, early female jurors, ERA debates, blue laws, Monocacy River Bridge collapse, local shelters Montevue and Leats Orphanage, Braddock Heights Park, and a city walking tour.
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Frederick County
News-Post
Frederick
Helen Keller
Miss Keller
Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ
West Church Street
Maryland
Monocacy River
Washington Highway
Frederick City
County Roads Department
Leats Orphanage
Historical Society
East Church Street
Social Service Agency
Montevue
Monteyue
Braddock Heights Park
Braddock
Patrick Street
Market Streets
Fredae
Tony
Christmas Trees Decorated in Baker Park and Fire Company Officers Elected
In December 1941 Middletown residents reported two permanent Christmas trees in Baker Park trimmed yearly by city order, with large electric stars nearby. Middletown Volunteer Fire Company elected officers led by President Albert Y. Boileau and Vice President D Perry Coblents. 1941 fire calls were light at 10, mostly from outside town. A Christmas Eve raid on Mrs. Maude Alexander’s West Patrick Street coop saw a chicken thief steal a turkey ten hens and six roosters.
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Baker Park
Avens
West Second Btrest
Middletown Volunteer Fire Company
Albert Y. Boileau
D. Perry Coblents
Vhce
Edgar H. Koogle
Austin Main
Frederick
Dutrow resigns as Frederick County Products head
In December 1941 D T Dutrow, longtime president and general manager of Frederick County Products Inc, resigns at age 86. Warner L Brittain is elected to succeed him as the firm seeks a younger leader. Dutrow has led the company since 1923.
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D. T. Dutrow
Frederick County Products Inc
Dutrow
Warner L. Brittain
AWACS deal sides with Iowa U.S. attorney nominee Hultman
Washington reports that Reagan allies promised Iowa Senators Grassley and Jepsen the U.S. attorney post to secure support for the AWACS sale to Saudi Arabia. Nominee James Hultman faces prior probes and a 1970s reassessment, with questions about prosecutorial discretion and party cronyism affecting his chances.
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Reagan
Iowa
U.S
AWACS
Saudi Arabia
Justice Department
Towa
Holtman
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hultman
Pittsburgh
Nard
Senate
Joan Dios
Merit Selection Commission On Judicial Appointments
James Reynolds
William French Smith
Charles Grassley
Roger Jepsen
Reague
Jepsen
Sepeee
la Arabia
Grassley
Reynolds
Dick Clark
Washington, D.C
Ton ‘Athon
Seas
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Dennis J. D-Aris
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