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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1976
Page
4
The piece urges readers to actively contact their congressional representatives after the holidays. It argues public servants must heed constituents against wealthy lobbyists and calls for citizens to share thoughts, reasoning, and principles, even at a small personal cost, to influence votes and policy.
Five years after creating the independent U S Postal Service the system faces grave financial strain with a forecasted 1.4 billion deficit for the year. Postmaster General Bailor warns of possible economy moves including Saturday deliveries and rate hikes. Some urge private delivery, others call for public subsidies and continued rural service.
The article traces how Mary Jones may not become Mary Smith by marriage, noting there is no law requiring name changes in Maryland or any state. It follows personal stories of Ann Burnside Love Phillips and Colyn L. Phillips, who kept their birth names, and details the rise of the name movement led by groups like the Center for a Woman's Own Name, with legal and social implications for identity, credit, and taxes.
At a Frederick County meeting of the Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Association at East Church Street School five directors were nominated to represent the county on the general board of directors. Nominees will be confirmed at the annual meeting. Friends of Reno Harp report. Knights of Pythias move to appoint him Supreme Chancellor at the next Supreme Lodge meeting in Chicago in August. Mountain City Lodge leaders head the effort with broader state expansion planned.
Frederick County Zoning and Planning Commission meets in the Courthouse to discuss forming advisory committees drafting an interim ordinance and seeking federal aid. Optimist Club president C Lease Bussahd named head of Frederick City Council of Service and Civic Organizations with Charles Lanner vice president Morris Rhian secretary and Charles E Henson treasurer at the Francis Scott Key Hotel.
Letter from Frederick County Extension Homemakers President Rachel Ford commends Operation Town Action OTA for Downtown Frederick efforts. They organized Senior Citizen Day with Kindertest, a Christmas Open House in Olde Fredercktowne, and plan a Spring event with support from Mayor Young Chief Main and local merchants.
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