Crumbling Catoctin Furnace Faces Time and Neglect
Historic Catoctin Furnace in Frederick County shows iron ore furnaces linked to Washington's Continental Army and Civil War era steelmaking. The site, once a landmark of American craftsmanship, now lies neglected with walls overgrown and little preservation work done. Local plea urges action before further decay erases a piece of history.
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Frederick County
Catoctin Furnace
Catoctin Mountains
George Washington
Education aid drive signals shift to college access
Secretary Celebrezze outlined a $250 million initial step in a $1.5 billion program to expand grade school to college assistance. He warned enrollments may rise 50 percent by 1970, risking 100,000 qualified graduates being unable to pursue higher education. The policy aims to broaden opportunity beyond race, color, or religion, to build tomorrow’s leaders.
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Anthony J. Celebrezze
Celebrezze
Yesteryear
Rising Adult Education Interest Spurs Change
The piece notes 18 million American adults have returned to the classroom and many more pursue nontraditional tools like correspondence courses. It cites motivating factors such as finance and advancement, plus undercurrents of change including more women seeking education to join a large workforce, and men showing growing classroom curiosity. The challenge remains to stimulate the illiterate and unskilled to begin self improvement.
Nation seeks a leading voice for a restless era
The piece laments stagnant leadership in Washington amid large failing problems such as unemployment and crime. It contrasts stalled Congress with past giants like Rayburn and Churchill, arguing for a bold, unifying figure to mobilize action before a tide of creeping, small-scale crises.
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John Quincy Adams
James Polk
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Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Rube Meadows Nearing Pro Ball Move
Forty year old notes reveal Rube Meadows, the Bruns wick southpaw from Mount St. Joseph's, attracting bids from four major and minor league managers as he nears professional ball. A separate item notes escaped deer near New Market and Lewisdale, linked to Warfield’s Howard County preserve. Other briefs report headlights dimmer legislation under discussion in Frederick, and RL Agle contracting a modern storeroom by Harrison Mort of Woodsboro with steel ceiling design.
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Mount St. Joseph's
New Market
Lewisdale
Edwin Warfield
Howard County
Harrison Mort
Woodsboro
RL. Agle
Braddock Heights Hostess For Bridge Club
Mrs. Eric Lundgren of Braddock Heights hosted her bridge club at the home of Mrs. Charles L. Mullen on East Church Street Tuesday afternoon. Two Frederick brothers spoke by telephone after four years while a brother stationed as an aviation cadet at Childress Texas remained unable to meet him. A force of B-29 Superfortresses bombed Tokyo with reported excellent results. Canadian First Army troops breached the Siegfried Line Reichswald and advanced within 22 miles of Kleve.
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Eric Lundgren
Braddock Heights
Charles L. Mullen
East Church Street
Frederick Brothers
Pfe
Norman Rhoderick
Southwest Pacific
Childress
Tex
Japan
Tokyo
First Army
Siegfried Line
Reichswald
Kleve
Kent Cooper Remembered as Pioneer of Free Press
Hal Boyle honors Kent Cooper, longtime AP chief, who died at 84. The piece recalls Cooper as a controversial legend who modernized news transmission, championed the right to know, and inspired loyalty in colleagues whom he mentored from youth to career.
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Lucky
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
Ernie Pyre
Richard Harding Davis
Cooper
George §. Patton
Tom Sawyer
Wiseacres
Adolf Hitler
Fitness for all programs urged by high school coach
Frederick High School coach John Molesworth invites male citizens and schoolboys to free fitness classes. The after school program serves 20 of 800 boys. an adult class meets at 7:00 am on Monday Wednesday and Friday with seven participants. The letter defends inclusive fitness funding and urges merchant support.
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Frederick High School
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