End of an Era for American Passenger Ships and SST Debate
The editorial notes the Santa Rosa’s final Atlantic voyage as American liners retreat amid high labor costs and airline competition. It warns Congress may halt SST funding, risking jobs at Fairchild Hiller and related subcontractors, with broader stakes for U.S. aircraft leadership and Western Maryland’s economy.
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Plymouth Harbor
Atlantic
Santa Rosa
New York Harbor
Dollar Line
San Francisco
Hawaii
Far East
Faith
Courage
Congress
Department of Transportation
Boeing Aircraft Company
West Coast
Fort Detrick mm
Department of the Army
Frederick County
Maryland
Fairchild Hiller
Hagerstown
Senate
House
America
Washington County
Department of Labor
Department of Social Services
92Nd
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Frederick
General Electric
Boeing
United Senate
Sas
France
England
Russia
American Airlines
Letters on religion ecology and local bottle laws
Readers urge use of Biblical guidance on water sanitation and warfare ethics and propose Frederick County cut no deposit bottles and tin cans from stores. A Maryland School for the Deaf student Lab asks concerned citizens to consider banning no deposit bottles and tin cans to encourage returnable bottles and cleaner streets.
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Paul A. Haley
Maryland School For the Deaf
Ray
Parks
Frederick
Frederick County
Frederick City
The Disillusioned Seek Shangri-la
A 40,000 Americans may renounce citizenship and move abroad this year, seeking new lives in Canada Australia New Zealand Israel and Western Europe Many are educated professionals who cite social political and environmental factors including repression crime pollution and unrest as motives They join a trend toward elite migrants rather than unskilled departures and raise questions about who truly holds the American dream.
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Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Israel
Europe
United States
Washington Post
America
Post
New York
Toronto
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dachau
Rhine
Items From Files of the News Post
A brief roundup from yesterday highlights continued notes and items found in the News Post files. The report sketches ongoing stories, local references, and small developments across community topics.
YMCA Plans for Relief Council Expansion Highlight 1921 Meeting
A January 25 1921 meeting at the YMCA discussed extending the Frederick County European Relief Council. Treasurer Roger C Harley reported the relief fund at 1918 55 dollars. YMCA basketball beat Markham Club 33 26 and will face Central YMCA Baltimore. Twin Beds Selwyn and Company stage a well received city opera house laugh festival.
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YMCA
Frederick County
Markham
Baltimore
the Armory
Central Ymca
Selwyn and Company
City Opera House
Ford
Education officials meet in Maryland for national developments
Twenty years ago January 25, 1951 reports describe a two day conference opening at the Francis Scott Key Hotel where Maryland superintendents and State Department of Education representatives heard about new national education developments. The piece also notes Mayor Elmer F. Munshower addressing the erratic Old Town Clock and outlines plans to develop Laboring Sons Park on East Sixth Street, funded in the city budget, under a mayoral and aldermanic committee recommendation.
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Maryland Superintendents of Schools
State Department of Education
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Elmer F. Munshower
Laboring Sons
East Sixth Street
Memorial Ground
Court House Park
U S Shirks Job training Oldsters
NEA columnist Ray Cromley argues that federal and state job training under 10 percent targets those over 45, yet 4.4 million late-career workers show hidden unemployment. He cites 55 plus part time work interest, pilot programs like Green Thumbs and Senior Aides, and notes poverty affects nearly five million aged 65+ while many want to work and contribute.
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Washington
Nea
Peace Corps
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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Feace
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Ray Cromley
U.S
Washington Correspondent
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