Frederick County Welcomes Canadian Tourists With Exchange Center
The Tourism Council of Frederick County and First National Bank of Maryland set up a currency exchange for Canadians and launch a promotion to attract Canadian visitors. Businesses can join by coordinating currency handling and signage, with a January 7 1985 response deadline. The effort notes Maryland as a key stop on travel routes from Ontario to Washington and Baltimore, aiming to boost the region’s 400 tourist-related businesses.
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Tidves & Tumis Auausuation
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Ontario
Hagerstown
Washington, D.C
Baltimore
Harrisburg
U.S. 15
Washington
Maher
Candian Ag
Terry Fish
Anita Bevard
First National Bank
N. Court St
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White House pick for CPSC chair faces dissent over product safety
Terrence M Scanlon, nominated as chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, has a record of lone dissent against enforcement actions on dangerous children's products. He favors voluntary standards and industry cooperation, aiming to reduce lawsuits while cracking down on violators.
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White House
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
Terrence M. Scanlon
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Commission
Networnriainole
Aaron Locker
Tom Capaccio
Locker
David Schmeltzer
Schmeltzer
Idaho
Henry la
San Francisco
Campaigned plans and pool fund efforts noted in 50 years
The Newe-Post fragment recalls Taneytown fundraising for an $86,000 swimming pool with $5,405 raised so far. It lists pool committee co chairs Argyle Kaufman and Harry Dougherty Jr and cites a Frederick Bridge Club results at VFW Country Club. Damascus fire dept to get a new fire truck in 100 days, ambulance bought for $11.20, bids for old equipment. Bruce Reed er, Democratic state chair, laments election hurdles and urges renewed Democratic efforts.
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John M. Skiles
Argyle Kaufman
Harry Dougherty Jr
Damascus
Bhopal and guilt in a global media frame
Anthony Harrigan argues the Bhopal disaster is being exploited to pressure American firms and assign guilt. He fault s network coverage for framing Union Carbide negatively while ignoring Indian sovereignty and the plant’s shutdown, urging balanced scrutiny of local safety laws and the real impact on Indian farmers.
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Bhopal
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Abenduaa Power MA
NBC
Jane Pauley
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Reagan
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Glib opposition to planning branch echoes Gilder critique
Phyllis Schlafly cites George Gilder while reviewing Rexford Tugwell’s proposed The Emerging Constitution and its plan for a Planning Branch. She argues that pretentious foundations and intellectual elites claim to anticipate innovations better than free markets, contrasting with Gilder’s praise of capitalism from Wealth and Poverty and The Spirit of Enterprise.
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Ford Foundation
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Gilier
Simon & Schuster
Spirit of enterprise drives American entrepreneurship
The piece extols entrepreneurs as freedom's habitat, detailing figures from Henry Ford to Cuban immigrants who rebuilt after Castro's expropriations. It argues that high profits come from low prices and wages, not from exploiting demand, and credits risk takers with driving innovation and growth in America.
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