The 18 Year Olds and Full Citizenship Rights
The Maryland legislature should extend voting rights to 18-year-olds in state elections and consider granting them full citizenship duties. The piece argues for jury service, responsibility for legal matters, and access to alcohol and credit at 18, aligning state law with Supreme Court rulings recognizing them as adults. It honors young Marylanders' wartime sacrifices and urges consistent, mature civic duties.
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Supreme Court
Maryland General Assembly
General Assembly
Baltimore
Maryland
Micronationalism and the torn fabric of nations
A discussion of postwar micronationalism and minority struggles across the globe. It cites Eskimo movements in Canada, aboriginal Australia's militancy, Dutch Amboinese cases, and Eritrean conflict. It links rising fragmentation to technology and global interdependence, notes India's progress through the green revolution, and credits Norman Borlaug with delaying population doom through wheat research.
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United States
Canada
Nigeria
Soviet Union
Quebec
Ireland
Spain
Russia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Committee For Original Peoples
Arctic
Australia
America
Black Panthers
Eritrean Liberation Front
Mussolini
Millenia
Globe
Norman Borlaug
India
Pakistan
Borlaug
Letters on lunch tickets and school prayer spark debate
A Middletown reader criticizes meal ticket purchases for school lunches and questions board authority, voting on prayer in public schools, and democratic process. She cites family hardship and theft concerns, defending free lunch ideals while urging voter empowerment and accountability.
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Board of Education
Middletown
Dr. Carnachan
Frederick
Frank Bradley
National health care in wings outlined for all Americans
A synthesis of historic efforts toward universal health coverage cites plans from AMA MediCredit to HIAA, Burleson, and a Nixon administration proposal. Each seeks reform of delivery, funding via taxes or premiums, and private public roles to extend care, with costs ranging from billions yearly. The aim remains a unified system benefiting all citizens.
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William Howard Taft
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
America
Congress
American Medical Association
Walter Reuther
Edward M. Kennedy
Omar Burleson
D-Tex
Health Insurance Association of America
HIAA
AMA
Reuther
Nixon
Department of Health, Education and Velae
Burleson
Medicredit
Air conditioning cows boosts milk output in heat
Louisiana State University dairy scientists report that an air conditioned barn increases milk production by 30 percent, while cooling only the cows' heads and necks through flexible seals raises output by 20 percent. The method targets summer months, though traditional rear areas remain uncooled.
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Louisiana State University
Bessie
Alas
Ridgeville Prohibition Trials and Whiskey Seizure Rise Interest
Fifty years ago on January 21 1921 much interest centered on the Ridgeville men charged with violating the Volstead Act and the seizure of about 60000 dollars worth of whiskey from a Ridgeville man after a revenue agent hold up. Also mentions a milk ordinance likely passage and preparations to convert the South Market Street plant for Isaac Hamburger and Sons clothing factory by Ernest Myers and crew.
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Ridgeville
South Market Street
Isaac Hamburger and Sons, Incorporated
Ernest Myers
Grantham to head Hagerstown IRS division office
Ezra L. Grantham of Walkersville was appointed head of the U S Internal Revenue division office in Hagerstown by Maryland Collector George Hofferbert. Grantham has long been with the Frederick Internal Revenue office. Temperature may plunge. a 450 degree drop expected as readings rise toward 70 then fall into the 20s with light showers. Red Cross home care classes begin registration through the local chapter at 17 North Court Street, Winchester Hall. Mrs. Frank D. Worthington chairs the nursing committee.
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Ezra L. Grantham
Walkersville
U.S. Internal Revenue Division
Hagerstown
Maryland
Weather Bureau
RED Cross
North Court Street
Winchester Hall
Frank D. Worthington
Frederick Red Cross Home Nursing Committee
Nixon seeks broad reform to restructure government
NEA Washington correspondent Ray Cromley reports Nixon envisions a far reaching reform of the U S government within his first term. He rejects simple liberal or conservative labels and believes most Americans are center minded. He aims to fix administrative flaws that produced poor welfare, education, and urban outcomes despite economic growth.
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Washington
NEA
Nixon
White House
New York City
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Common Sense
Modera
Frederick County
TJ. High School
Myrlee Burtner
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
Victoria
England
U.S
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Cool Cow Hot
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