Superintendent defends schools on smoking policy letter
Montgomery County Superintendent Homer C. Elseroud responds to a June editorial on smoking in schools. He argues areas are outside buildings, education focuses on health risks, and that youths should manage personal decisions as they reach adulthood. The letter contends bans and suspensions fail and schools should teach healthy choices instead.
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Montgomery County
Homer C. Elseroud
Boards of Education
USPHS
Showd Wei
Cauleteria
Truth in Criticism of Utility Regulation Sparks Debate
A 1971 editorial advocates tougher scrutiny of electric utilities and their regulators, arguing 40 approvals stall new generating units. It defends R&D, cites innovations, and urges honest fact based debate over air and water concerns. Also notes cigarette jingle vending and federal debt costs as broader policy themes.
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PPC
R&d
Electrical World
Letters To The Editor on Editorials and Press Power
A reader critiques editorial bias from the press, cites past supportive and opposing pieces, and argues for local newspapers to resist sensationalism. The writer warns of national media manipulation and urges strong local voices to influence public opinion and elections.
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Meson
Cimbodia
Rampanet
Editoria
Decline of City Services Critics Bluntly Warn
A National press column argues public service union power harms big cities like New York. It cites a decline in productivity across fifty states, with city services lagging in traffic, trash, street work, health and welfare, and schools. It notes federal aid strings and wary politicians.
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Washington
NEA
New York City
New York
Sige
Wilbur Mills
House
Mills
Mills and Company
Jack
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Dickerson Quarry Diary Returns to Stir Local Debate
A reader commends a Dickerson Quarry feature while arguing the site is dangerous and polluted. He urges police patrols on weekends, cites signs and barbed wire, and supports harsher penalties for trespass, noting local residents and property owners have broad concerns.
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Dickerson Quarry
Comus
Maryland
Dickerson
Future Break for Insurance Industry
J Carroll Bateman and DeForest Abel warn the U S insurance sector faces a crisis as crime and civil disorder erode traditional protection. They advocate reducing losses and even public crime fight funding, noting public policy must curb crime to restore workable insurance fundamentals.
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United States
J. Carroll Bateman
The
Insurance Information Institute
Bateman
No-Man’s Land
DeForest W. Abel Jr
Automobile Mutual Insurance Company of America
AMICA
Abel
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Fourth of July celebrations differ in Frederick area
A real safe and sane Fourth with most business closures except banks and shops, Brunswick held a large parade boxing wrestling and dance at the park, county league baseball games opened in several towns, and Rev W Morrison Rider commented on the British Iranian oil dispute while beetle control warned of unpredictable insect numbers amid cooling July weather in Frederick.
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Frederick
America
Brunswick
Marshall William Beatty
Emmitsburg
Signisville
New Market
Ladiesburg
Thourimont
Middletown
Woodsboro
Hanover
W. Morrison Rider
Trai
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Pullen
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Bruce Biossat
Robert L, Rinnart
Emery Ford
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Rond Frederick
Mr Horeb
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