State Roads Commission criticized for Route 70-S ice handling
An editorial denounces the State Roads Commission for neglecting salt or calcium chloride on Route 70-S between Frederick and Bethesda during icy mornings. It notes jackknifed trucks, numerous car accidents, and calls for 24 hour coverage with landing trucks to protect workers commuting to Washington and Frederick.
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Washington
Maryland
State Roads Commission
Frederick
Bethesda
SRC
Montgomery County
Frederick County
Hyattstown
Proper Hospital Visiting Etiquette Rules for Patients
A long discussion on how visitors aid recovery at Frederick Memorial Hospital contrasts with the need to reduce noise and contamination. It lists rules: obtain room numbers at the desk, follow visiting hours, keep visits short, leave children in lobby, avoid illness, do not bring food or alcohol, observe privacy, knock on closed doors, avoid sitting on beds, and keep conversations calm. It ends with guidance that visitors should assess if the patient wants or needs a visit, noting some patients post surgery may not be able to receive guests. The piece closes with a separate note: New York City must address welfare costs amidst Lindsay's veto of a 2.4 billion budget request.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Inaugural Logistics Highlight Maryland Guards Big Day
The State Of Things by Val Hymes details Maj. Gen. Edwin Warfield III and the Maryland National Guard coordinating the inauguration. About 150 officers and men supported the event with 2,100 invitations and 1,700 programs prepared, color coded tickets issued, and 1,500 chairs set for a 25 degree outdoor ceremony. Police from multiple counties aided security as preparations spanned 41 armories and 8,000 guardsmen statewide.
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Val Hymes
Marvin Mandel
Maryland
National Guard
Milton A. Reckord
Edwin Warfield III
Howard County
Guard
Lord Baltimore
Emily
General Warfield
Baltimore City
Annapolis
Anne Arundel
Prince George's
Montgomery and
Howard
Alaska pipeline debate faces hearings amid environmental clash
Interior Department plans a cautious go ahead on the trans Alaska pipeline, framing a national security and oil revenue rationale while environmental groups prepare for February hearings in Anchorage and Washington. The project faces injunctions and unknown permafrost impacts, yet momentum for the $2 billion, 800 mile route persists as public and industry voices weigh ecological costs against economic stakes.
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Interior Department
Bunker Hill
Nature
Alaska
Anchorage
Washington
Interior
North Slope
Port
Valdez
Red China Spurns Soviet Olive Twig
A 1921 and 1951 composite item notes Red China rejecting Soviet entreaties while warning of Asia and global Cold War dynamics. It covers Moscow and Peking blame games, Brezhnev and Mao encounters, and shifting Western recognition, with implications for Asia, the Middle East, and NATO allies.
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China
United Nations
N.Y
NEA
Red World
Peking
Kremlin
Moscow
Pravda
Radio Moscow
Leonid Brezhnev
Mao Tse-tung
Brezhnev
Soviet Far East
Nixon
Russia
Middle East
Berlin
Communist Party
Mao
Asia
Africa
West
Indochina
Southeast Asian ‘United Front
North Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
South Vietnam
Nasser
Syria
Iraq
Britain
France
Canada
Italy
Belgium
Austria
Luxembourg
Guinea
Chile
Latin America
NATO
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John V. Lindsay
Air Force
Mandel
Tawes
McKeldin
Blair Lee Iiad
God
Senate
Francis B. Burch
Louis L. Goldstein
Naval Academy Band
University of Maryland Chapel Choir
State House
Col. Edwards
Court of Appeals
Annapolis Armory
Navy Stadium
Goldstein
National Council of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Ymca Quint
the Armory
Central Ymca of
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Route 15
Harmony Grove
Thomas S. Glass
Jacob R Ramsburg
House of Delegates Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Wspaper Enterprise Assn
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