Operation Colposcope campaign to fund local cervical cancer screening
Frederick County drives a campaign named Operation Colposcope to raise 35000 for a colposcope at the Health Department. The instrument would provide free access through physician referral, operated by Johns Hopkins staff, improving early cervical cancer detection and reducing unnecessary surgery. Local groups and prominent women lead fundraisers and a speaker’s bureau to enlist broader support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Post
National Cancer Institute
Frederick County
American Cancer Society
Health Department
Public Health
County Medical Society
Community Information Center
ACS
Baltimore
Edward Sawada
County Health Department
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Frederick County Health Department
Raymond McKane
Charles Spicknall
Junior Women's Club of
Frederick
Catholic Daughters of America
Zonta Club
Business and Professional Women
City Aldermen
Mt. City Lodge of Elks
Church Women Y United of
Robert McKane
McKane
Spicknall
State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Frederick County (Health Department
Fre求d Letters Raise Social Services Critique and Bicentennial Faith
A reader argues social services overreach after a 1975 family seizure, alleging mishandling and undue foster care costs. Another letter defends a noncommercial Bicentennial spirit, urging civic participation, peace, and patriotism without corporate influence. A separate note cites oil drilling trends and a Petroleum Institute rebuttal amid 1776 era reflections.
Central Trust Company of Maryland elects directors at Frederick meeting
Fifty years ago on January 2 1926 the annual stockholders meeting and board organization of Central Trust Company of Maryland were held in Frederick. Directors and officers for five branches Emmitsburg Union Bridge Monrovia Myersville and Thurmont were elected including Dr William Meredith Smith and Harry L Ebert succeeding the late Dr Thomas B Johnson and David Oland. The same day the Alexander Young Camp Confederate Veterans held its annual banquet and Robert E Lees birthday commemoration at the Hotel Frederick with William J Grove as toastmaster and Judge Glenn H Worthington as principal speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Trust Company of Maryland
Frederick
Emmitsburg
Union Bridge
Monrovia
Myersville
Thurmont
William Meredith Smith
Harry L. Ebert
Thomas B. Johnson
David Oland
Trust Company
Alexander Young Camp of
Robert E. Lee
Hotel Frederick
William J. Grove
Glenn H. Worthington
China Lobby and Chiang Helped Sink China War Losses
In Washington Merry-go-round style the piece recalls Chou En-lai in Chungking, U.S. aid to Chiang Kai-shek, and a China Lobby that pressured U.S. policy. It notes Chiang’s corruption, billions in grants, and a shift in power as Mao's forces swept across the Yangtze in 1949, leaving Chiang in Taiwan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chou En-lai
U.S
Korea
Vietnam
Chou
Chiang Kai-shek
Chungking
China
Chou Enlai
Chiang
Russia
America
Kremlin
United States
U.S. Treasury
Manchuria
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Yangtze River
Taiwan
Lessons From Wars: Vietnam Aid and Loss Revisited
The piece argues U S aid to foes in Vietnam and Korea and the broader Cold War costs, noting 56,226 American deaths and 153,654 wounded for South Vietnam, with vast spending surpassing rivals. It critiques U S policy and recalls Chou En-lai's warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Vietnam
Russia
China
Washington
Chou En-lai
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Operation Colposcope Co Farmers & Mechanics Bank
N. Market
Edward Bok
Social Services
Francis E. Eichelberger
You
Peggy East
Airy
Maryland
Petroleum Institute
Anderson
Jack Anderson
Associated Press
American Petroleum Institute
Congress
Harry H. Hardy
L Street
Washington, D.C
Philip Schuyler
New York
Schuyler
Albany
Ver
Angola
Zyula
Frederick County Volunteer Firemen's Association
Independent Hose Company
W. Verl Forney
Charles Bell
Melvin Schwearing
United
Walkersville
Joseph McCarthy
Foreign Service
Les Whiten
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