HRC votes against probing sex bias
Frederick County Human Relations Council Director Morgan Anderson announced the panel will not investigate sex discrimination due to overburdened resources and a focus on race relations. The decision followed a letter from VISTA worker Dale Deering. six of 17 complaints are still under review.
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Frederick County Human Relations Council
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Dale Deering
VISTA
Frederick County Community Action Agency
Deering
HRC
Anderson
Ma. Deering
Delores Delaughter
council
National Labor Relations Board
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Washington, D.C
Maryland Commission of Human Relations
Maryland Senate split over state lottery vote
Senators Thomas and Smelser clashed over a constitutional amendment to let Maryland voters decide in November if the state should run a lottery. Thomas urged public input and a people’s vote, while Smelser warned gambling funding is unstable. The amendment passed the Senate 26 to 16 and goes to the House, then governor for referendum.
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Edward Thomas
Charles Smelser
Maryland
Senate
House of Delegates
Marvin Mandel
Thomas
Gun-Control Backers Fight Off Major Changes
In Annapolis Gov Mandel’s gun-control bill gains minor Senate amendments while backers fend off larger changes. A veto-power over the proposed handgun permit review board was added with no admin pushback. House talks on a state lottery promise at least 25 million dollars in first-year revenue, though some senators estimate 35 to 40 million.
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Senator Smelser
Smelser
ANNAPOLIS
Marvin Mandel
Senate
Baltimore
House
Judiciary Committee
J Joseph Curran Jr
Balto
Curran
Robert E. Bauman
Upper Shore
James A Pine
D-Balto County
House Judicity Committee
John C. Coolahan
Coolahan
Youth Arrested After Break-In at Shipley's Sports Store
Police took Leroy M. Dorsey, 19, of RFC 6 Frederick, into custody at 123 North Market Street after a nighttime break-in. He allegedly broke a window with a brick to enter and was found with two handguns, while four more guns were located on a counter. He is in Frederick County Jail awaiting a bond hearing Monday.
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Leroy M. Dorsey
RFC 6
Frederick
North Market Street
Dorsey
Frederick County
Life Says Hughes Story Hoax Exposed by Irving
Life magazine cancels excerpts from a Howard Hughes autobiography after confirming the manuscript is a hoax by Clifford Irving. Time Inc and McGraw Hill suspend or reconsider contracts as investigators link the material to a deception aided by James Phelan and a grand jury probe proceeds.
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Life
Howard Hughes
Clifford Irving
Time, Inc
McGraw Hill, Inc
Irving
McGraw-Hill
James Phelan
Hughes
Noah Dietrich
Phelan
Time
Time magazine
U S Air Raids Increase in Vietnam War Campaign
U S air power mounted its largest operation across South Vietnam in 18 months with about 200 strikes reported in northern and central regions as U S forces aim to curb Communist buildup along the western frontier. B52s flew 12 missions amid expectations of a Tet-aligned push, while ground troops dwindled to security roles.
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South Vietnam
Laos
Tuesay
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Navy
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh trail
Command
highlands
coastal plain
Farmers Got $1 of $21 Increase
Washington AP report notes consumers paid $21 more for a market basket of foods in 1971 while farmers received only $1 of that increase. Middlemen gained the rest, with the share falling to 33 cents per dollar spent on food for farmers. The Agriculture Department projected a higher retail food price rise in 1972.
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WASHINGTON
Agriculture Department
USDA
Maryland Senator Attacks Two-Cent Gas Tax Hike
Senator Frederick C. Markus of the Eastern Shore denounces the two-cent gas tax increase as a hidden raid on taxpayers. He says the plan shifts costs to Maryland to subsidize Washington D C Transit funding, citing earlier assurances by Montgomery and Prince George s counties and warning of a major legislative swindle.
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Lower Shore
Maryland
Montgomery
Prince Georges County
Washington D.C
Markus
General Assembly
Washington Metropolitan Area
D.C
Prince Georges
District of Columbia
Virginia
state of Maryland
Washington
Malkus
Humphrey Launches Major Push for Maryland Primary
Senator Hubert Humphrey announces a broad drive for Maryland’s May 16 Democratic primary despite polls showing him trailing Senator Edmund Muskie. He cites support from Maryland politicians, business leaders, and labor friends at a Baltimore news conference. He plans an open campaign to reach many voters and avoids specifics on strategy.
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BALTIMORE
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Edmund Muskie
DMaine
Maryland
Humphrey
Recollections of a Brunswick Heart Hero Mary Sue Moss
Mrs. Paul Moss recalls Mary Sue Moss’s heart surgery in 1959 at the University of Maryland Hospital and the long follow up. Blood donors from Frederick County and Fort Detrick aided the operation and Mary Sue returned to a normal life. Now nearly 14 she attends Grace Episcopal Church and Bruns wick activities with strong school attendance.
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Brunswick
Mary Sue
Moss
University of Maryland Hospital
Fort Detrick
Heart Clinic
University Hospital
Frederick
Baltimore
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