Frederick salutes Major Charles Main upon retirement
Major Charles Victor Main, Frederick's retiring chief of police after 23 years as head and 42 years in law enforcement, is lauded for revitalizing the department, launching the Frederick City Police Academy, and earning national notice. He inherits a long record of community service and leadership with his wife Freda, as Frederick honors a life dedicated to public safety and outreach.
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Charles Victor Main
Frederick
Charlie Main
Major Main
Frederick City
Richard Ashton
Maryland State Police
Easton Barracks
West South Street
Ronald N. Young
the Elks
Young
Calvary United Methodist Church
North End
Mike Brittain
Ymca Board
Masonic Lodge
Columbia Lodge No. 58
Theodore Roosevelt McKeldon
Frederick Lions
Chamber of Commerce
The
Red Cross
United Way
Letters to the Editor Urge Congress to Oppose Communism
A reader letter to Congressman Gilbert Gude of Maryland argues Hoover era surveillance of Dr. King and anti Communist vigilance. It urges spiritual action, notes school Communist teaching, and asks attention to faith-based upbuilding amid debate over national security.
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Gilbert Gude
Maryland
Congressman Gude
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
America
Congressional Record
Mr. Hoover
Dr. King
Russia
Frederick Historical Society meets at YMCA
The January meeting of the Frederick County Historical Society drew a large attendance at the YMCA with President State Senator Frank C. Norwood presiding. Old volumes were donated by Mrs. Hammond Urner and Miss Anna B. Floyd. The Maryland Odd Fellows Home welcomed its first residents Mrs. Augusta Bathgate and Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Eskridge, with directors to receive 10 or 12 more members, including two children, from Baltimore and elsewhere.
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The
Frederick County Historical Society
YMCA
Frank C. Norwood
Hammond Urner
Anna B. Floyd
Maryland
Odd Fellows
Frederick
Augusta Bathgate
Baltimore
Jane Elizabeth Eskridge
Cambridge
Soprano Dorothy Warenskjold Draws 700 For Frederick Concert
Twenty years ago on a Wednesday night light snowfall kept some music lovers away yet about 700 attended the Frederick Community Concert Association event at Frederick High School to hear soprano Dorothy Warenskjold. Russell Michael was reelected president and James C. Biehl vice president of Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church. Two elders and two deacons were named to the consistory for three-year terms, replacing four retiring members. elders Charles T. Butcher and Harold Free, deacons Charles Thomas and John Howard.
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Dorothy Warenskjold
Frederick High School
Frederick Community Concert Association
Russell Michael
James C. Biehl
Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church
Charles T. Butcher
Harold Free
Charles Thomas
John Howard
Wallace in Wheelchair Seeks White House Bid
Jack Anderson recounts George Wallace, paralyzed by a spinal bullet, returning to the campaign trail from a wheelchair. Despite disability, he frames himself as a Roosevelt-style leader, maintains routines, exercises, weighs meals, avoids alcohol, and smokes cigars while doctors praise his resolve and stamina.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Holy Cross
Maryland
Wallace
George Wallace
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
FDR
Arthur Bremer
Wallace Reflects On End Of Political Career And Disability
Les Whitten reports on Wallace, 56, who after spinal meningitis and combat fatigue received a 10 percent disability for psychoneurosis and still collects checks. Though in good health, he fears 1976 may be his last bid for president and he cannot seek another term as governor after 1979. He worries about spending his life in a wheelchair and contemplates life with his wife, possibly returning to teaching.
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New York
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
United States
American Druggist Magazine
California
Ford
Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
American Digest
Teagan
Eastalco
McCardell
Potomac Edison
Armentrout
Eustalco
Public Service Commission
Commission On
Organization For Consumer Justice
PSC
Ife
Tie
Wallace
George
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Wy Moor
Gandhi
Leroy B. and
Opal G. Johnson
Daniel
God
Capitol Voice
Dale Crowley
Walt Whitman
Lenin
Congress
Leroy B. Johnson
Box
Mt. Airy
OCJ
Sylvia Hancock
Consumer Justice
Sharpsburg
Frederick Post
Betty Ford
Regina Kaikisian
Middletown
Underworld
David R. Mullinix
MU. Airy, Md
China
United States Army
Lewis 8. Pick
Burma-China Frontier
Stilwell
Joseph W. Stilwell
Ea Ins
News-Post
Jack Anderson
Washington
Jim Grady
Les Whitten
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