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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1969
Page
3
Fragmentary newspaper item shows subscription rates for a daily edition published by Great Southern Pig and Mfg Co on Patrick Street. Rates list one month two dollars, three months four ninety nine, one year eighteen dollars. motor route adds extra charges.
A nationwide appeal cites four million American children needing psychiatric intervention while less than one percent receive treatment. Experts urge immediate action, noting costs of care and delayed outcomes, and announce a summer 1969 Joint Commission analysis on prevention and protection of children’s mental health.
The Nixon administration plans to widen the poverty fight by dispersing CEO programs into established departments rather than seeking a new extension for the Office of Economic Opportunity. Finched by Finch and Romney, the Urban Affairs Council aims to boost antipoverty efforts, noting urban ills are mainly economic. Moynihan highlights high unemployment among Black teens as a key factor, pledging more widespread action though not overnight job creation.
Editor notes the San Francisco State College strike, its broad support from AFL CIO unions, and the impact of Black Student Union and Third World Liberation Front aims. It situates unrest in a national context of urban crisis, urging Americans to reassess values and pursue substantive change beyond protest.
A collection of quiz questions and answers on names historical events and trivia including meanings of Jacob Barbara and the status of Einstein regarding Israeli presidency dates of Olympic participation Civil War veteran Walter Williams and British royal titles
Fifty years ago in The News-West Filer on February 18 1919 local automobile dealers organized an Automobile Dealers Association at the Late Armory to plan the fifth annual automobile show to be held there next month A large crowd attended the meeting Also mentioned is a War Department report influencing the Chesapeake Tay Bridge project and J Stewart Annan of Emmitsburg weighing a State Senate bid while declining to seek it unless his party desires.
Twenty years ago items report how strong north winds restored near normal February weather in Frederick County. Brunswick completes a new municipal building with mayor, town clerk and police offices moving in. inspection begins. Frederick High Cadettes defeat Thurmont High 29 to 8 with Albaugh and Spangler as top scorers.
Readers recall 1966 and 1969 fires in Frederick three children killed in February 10 tragedy. League of Women Voters urges city and county to enact fire, building, plumbing, and housing codes and for landlords to upgrade dwellings. Emphasizes need for safe, habitable housing for low income families and for government to provide alternative housing if displacements occur.
Community voices in Frederick Maryland debate housing costs and code enforcement. A former meter reader cites $917 annual housing expenses and weekly rent collection burdens. Letters question city housing adequacy, hunger, and urban welfare, urging citizen responsibility and safer living conditions. Mary Jane Jonson emphasizes housing rights and children’s welfare.
A wry reflection on how wealth and assets like two cars a wife and a driving age child can influence recovery and legal strategy. The piece jokes that confession may help the sent, but it doesn’t aid a lawyer’s timetable.
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