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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1969
Page
2
The Frederick Maryland newspaper The News prints its edition listing pricing and subscription details for 1969. It notes the publication as the Great Southern Mfg segment with a Frederick address and AP affiliation. The item appears as a header page with circulation and postage notes.
The President, a former House and Senate figure, spent time in the House greeting 285 members and in the Senate the next day, signaling cooperation with both parties. He planned legislative strategy with House leaders and drew praise from leaders like Mansfield and Dirksen, with Kennedy and Muskie among the luncheon attendees. No politics, just congressionally acknowledged achievement.
Governor Rockefeller weighs reducing the annual welfare for a four person family from 4160 to 3500 dollars while trimming clothing and furniture subsidies. The move aims to curb high state welfare but faces Democratic opposition and tough legislative odds.
The Hospital for Sick Children in Washington unveils a $200,000 Environmental Control Center to study asthma in kids. The two room unit features sealed windows and pollution free air with controls for pressure and humidity. A $340,000 grant from the National Center for Air Pollution Control funds the project, which will simulate submarine and high altitude environments to test atmospheric effects on child asthma.
Don Oakley opines on the International Rescue Committee aiding refugees from Cuba Czechoslovakia and Nigeria, noting potential future flows, integration challenges and the gap in opportunities for native poor. He laments the need to preserve asylum while acknowledging local burdens and national interests.
Fifty years ago the News-Post reported on municipal campaigns with Mayors Fraley and McPhebus running again, a stolen car found near Ceresville, Sergeant Stoner’s return home after service leaving him blind, Hagerstown’s baseball woes, Westminster teens’ court case for bus dynamiting, Senator Folbright’s Hood College talk, Frederick Moose Antlers beating the Baltimore Colts at the Armory, and a traffic plan proposing 350 parking spaces near the town center.
The column argues Congress must enact laws to deter interstate hijackings and campus seizures. It cites 1961 penalties, proposes armed guards on flights, police searches before boarding, and a federal crime for disrupting college operations. It notes Cuba negotiations and campus rioting at San Francisco State College with calls for long prison terms.
A column discusses a New York city rule banning male and female ad headings in help wanted notices. It notes the shift toward occupation based designations and questions the broader cultural impact amid automation and emancipation.
A quirky note claims a cache of 4000 cats in Norway as a joke and pivots to inviting readers to explore rental items at a quirky ski shop. The piece pokes fun at aging and effort with playful misspellings and satirical tone.
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