Use It or Lose It: Columbia Bus Pilot Sparks Regional Talks
Residents in Columbia Howard County embrace a 25 cent door to door mini bus funded by two thirds federal and local grants with private operation. Frederick and Hagerstown consider expanding municipal and cooperative transit to ease parking and traffic while urging public use of the service.
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Columbia
Howard County
Chamber of Commerce
Department of Transportation
Happy Merchants
Frederick
Harold C. Summers
Litten & Litten
L&l) Motor Lines
Knoxville
Summers
Antietam
North Market
14Th
Motter
Seventh
Detrick
Military
Meade
Rosemont
College
Frederick High
West Patrick
Hagerstown
Herman Mills
Frederick City
Mills
Washington County
Washington County Board of County Commissioners
Mayor Mills
Frederick Area
Ruth Hauver
Board of Education
Frederick County
Nervous breakdowns loom among U S adults
Public Health Service reports about 5.4 million of 111 million adults aged 18 to 79 have suffered nervous breakdowns and 14.2 million thought they would, based on 6,672 interviews showing higher symptom rates in women and across education levels, with regional and urban variation.
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U.S. Public Health Service
Northeast
Waste plant closes amid rising pollution concerns in Florida
International Disposal Corp faces $2.1 million loss as its St. Petersburg composting plant shuts down after failing to compete with conventional fertilizers and achieve profitable volume. Directors lament the need for higher waste disposal costs as cities and states resist paying the price for cleaner solutions.
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Wall Street Journal
International Disposal Corp
St. Petersburg
Fla
Richard Steed
International Disposal
Hand that Feeds Him Seeks Comment on Lunch Program
The writer asks the editor to peruse evaluate and publish an enclosed letter regarding a hot lunch program and requests public comment on the matter. The request appears to urge consideration and possible publication of the letter for reader input.
Letters To The Editor Spur Reader Action And Replies
A reader urges the newspaper to continue using letters to the editor as a catalyst for community action and responses. The writer asserts the column's value in prompting discussion and possible replies from officials or experts.
Alaska Earthquake Study Warns of Future Shocks and Policy Needs
A National Research Council report on the 1964 Alaska quake chronicles human reactions from immediate trained responses to later demands for outside help. It notes delayed search and rescue, looting concerns, community heroism, and postquake federal funds offsetting losses totaling about $300 million. It warns a major North American quake is virtually certain this century unless building design and siting policy improve.
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Alaska
National Research Council
Johnson
Anchorage
Kodiak
North American
Frederick County Relief Funds Grow Amid Covid-19 Era
News from Frederick County reports Hoover Fund for starving children exceeding $6 000 with about $1 000 contributed in recent days by Relief Committee officers. February 6 1921 item notes local events including Jefferson PTA meeting and Hood College engagement. Surface water rises after rain with a cold front. Route 40 closure and road conditions cited. plans to review old Route 40 improvements and right of way land.
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Frederick County
Hoover Fund For the Relief
Frederick County Relief Committee
Old Braddock
America’s Opportunity Ethic and History of Enterprise
Joe Eisenhauer argues Americans prosper from individual effort in a free economy, not laws. He cites dropouts and Gallup polls to urge promoting enterprise, dignity, responsibility, and freedom, urging readers to encourage others and inspire youth. The piece blends a note on X-shaped signatures and light anecdotes about baldness and family jokes.
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Washington
America
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