One Armed Bandits and the Call to Legalize Prostitution in Maryland
An opinion piece condemns a bid to legalize slot machines across Maryland as a Mafia run scheme offering huge tax revenue. It argues the price is social decay, crime, and harm to families, citing St. Marys and Lexington Park examples. The column questions lawmakers demand for broadened gambling and urges opposition to any legalization including prostitution.
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Maryland
General Assembly
St. Mary's
Calvert
Anne Arundel
Baltimore City
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ray Valenti
Frederick County
Montgomery County
Carroll County
Frederick City
Rome
Vatican
England
America
William of
New York City
United States
George the Third
George Clinton
Royal Navy
Clinton
Charles Cornwallis
Yorktown
Virginia
George Washington
Rochembeau
Charles de Grasse
Prince Henry William
King William
London
William Henry
British Empire
Lexington Park
St. Mary's County
St. Mary’s County
Marvin Mandel
General Assembly of
New Use For Corn Cobs In Rural Industry Rise
Frederick County, a leading corn producer, sees corn cobs reborn as a big business. Mills across the Corn Belt buy process and grind cobs to create a hard abrasive for polishing items from ball bearings to buttons. Annual cob trade runs around 260000 tons.
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Frederick County
Corn Belt
Snowbound Frederick Feels March Cold and Wind
February 22, 1921 news notes tell of heavy snow leaving Frederick County snowbound with more flurries expected and a prolonged cold spell into March. The St Mary's Industrial School Boys' Band from Baltimore plans multi day appearances in Frederick area. A YMCA banquet at Hotel Frederick honors the board with toasts from Col. D. John Markey and Charles D. Shaffer. Elias B. Ramsburg presided.
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Washington
Allegany
Garrett Counties
St. Mary’s
Frederick
Munshower Seen as McKeldin Pick for State Police
February 22 1954 report names Elmer J Munshower Frederick mayor as probable choice for State Police Superintendent in McKeldins green bag nominations. March of Dimes donations total 10172 57 with aim to reach 12000. Route 46 and Route 340 weight limits imposed due to weather as rivers recede from flood stage.
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Elmer J. Munshower
McKeldin
Munshower
State Senate
Frederick
March of Dimes
Alton Y. Bennett
Frederick County
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
West Friendship
Sandy Hook Bridge
State Roads Commission
Monocacy River
Potomac
Poem of Dreams and Strains from a Stranger Land
A reader submits a long poem about crossing seas and meeting diverse peoples, then shifts to a letter lamenting February holidays and George Washington lore. The piece blends surreal imagery of iron towers and clockwork citizens with reflections on calendars, politics, and personal memories tied to Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, and a lost home in Washington. It ends with a rowdy critique of modern leadership and a vow to haunt the change-bringing elites.
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George Washington
Julius Caesar
Pope Gregory
G.W
George
Washington
Great Britain
Washington, D.C
Uncle Sar
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Heaven
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Rose
Elliott
Legal Act Clouds Kent State Trial
A Cleveland judge suppresses part of a grand jury report blaming students for Kent State unrest while leaving indictments against 23 students and two professors. The piece argues trials must proceed to determine responsibility and warns against letting public sentiment derail justice.
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U.S. District Court
Cleveland
Special County Grand Jury
Kent State
Kent Legal Defense Fund
Kent
New Haven
Bobby Seale
Angela Davis
California
KSU
National Guard
Kent State University
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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Audrey Carroll
Old Annapolis Road
Mt. Airy
Mrs. Ford
Pat Lenhart
Adamstown
HRG Hige
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