Frederick Memorial Hospital rejects federal control seeks community funds
In June 1985 Frederick Memorial Hospital Joint Board refused federal funds for construction and urged citizens to raise 3.5 million. An immediate room rate increase of 50 to 65 percent followed to cover higher operating costs and wage pressures amid Medicare and Medicaid program requirements. The community supported the effort but calls grow for study to reduce patient costs while maintaining hospital standards.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
New South politics could adopt two party system
Senator Jacob Javits argued at UNC Chapel Hill that a progressive Republican strategy could transform the Deep South within a decade. He said success would hinge on appealing to the region’s managerial middle class and Black voters, noting rising Negro registration since 1964 and their impact on 1966 results.
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Chapel Hill
Javits
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Texas
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Richard Nixon
Barry Goldwater
Charter, Code Home Rule Our Differing County Governments
C M Iler Jr surveys Maryland counties forms of local government. He outlines charter, non home rule, and code counties with Montgomery as the first charter model in 1948. Explains powers, petition process, and voter timing for establishing charters and code county status.
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C. Millard Eiler JR
Maryland
Frederick
Board of County Commissioners
General Assembly
Montgomery County
County Council
Romney Strengths and Flaws Highlight 1968 Bid
Washington polls show Gov. George Romney leading Johnson and Kennedy among voters under 35 and beating Nixon in some GOP matchups yet facing criticism for foreign policy inexperience. Romney hires a Harvard adviser and plans a Western swing while rivals like Nixon press ahead.
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George Romney
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Robert Kennedy
Romney
LBJ
Alaska
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Charles Percy
Ulmois
Percy
New Orleans
Frederic County Dairyman Group weighs dairy body affiliation
On February 15 1917 members of the Frederic County Dairyman Association debated affiliating with the Maryland dairy farmers and joined a broader move in Washington to require pasteurization of all fluid milk before sale. They criticized current fluid milk prices to producers as substandard and urged united action.
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Frederick
New York Woman Gifts $2500 to Frederick City Hospital
A New York City woman donated $2500 to Frederick City Hospital in memory of her father, a former Ox Fibre Brush Company official, and added a codicil promising another $2500 next year. Hospital officials plan to place the total $5000 into the building fund as a specific memorial to the deceased.
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Ox Fibre Brush Company
New York City
Questionable legality of acting Attorney General in 1960s
Washington Today examines why the US government lacks a confirmed Attorney General in 1966 1967 and whether acting appointments under the Civil Rights Act are valid The piece discusses resignations Katzenbach Kennedy and Johnsons failure to nominate and questions constitutionality of recess appointments and the ongoing authority of acting officials amid possible judicial challenges.
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Nicholas Katzenbach
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Senate
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Ramsey Clark
Robert F. Kennedy
Katzenbach
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