One Side of Amielite Street Severed by Heavy Wheel
Fifty years ago a heavy trace engine pulling a threshing machine and water cart cut one side of Amielite Street along South Street between Burke and Telegraph. The rear wheels sank into the street as the outfit moved slowly through the area. The incident drew attention to street damage caused by the machine’s passage.
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News-Just
Amielite Street
South Street
Burke and
Telegraph Streets
Burke Street
City Street
Tri County Soapbox Classic heats in Frederick
ABETTED BY A SOUTHERLY wind about 15 bites last evening at Lar mon Field. The Nite Kapers Kon lust wan Sponsored by the Youth Service Committee of the Frederick Rotary Club providing judges and prizes. Well over a hundred people attended the event.
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Larmon Field
Frederick
Pees ws Page At THE NEWS
July issues reveal a page from The News with editorials on vices and forest affairs, noting local figures and community actions.
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Prederich
Vices
Thoresthas
Lipeas
Landon Warns America Oversold Its Seat and Might Overextend
Former governor Alf Landon argues in a survey from Kansas State University that the United States cannot finance world security and development while addressing poverty at home. He urges tact and equity, warns against isolationism, and endorses shifting defense to allies like South Vietnam with continued support.
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Alf M. Landon
Wiestlesear Ald
Stranls
Aghansis State University
Manhattin
Kan
Landon
Nittany
NUE
Tony
America
South Vietnam
Proxmire Calls for Axe to Cut Government Waste
Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire argues Congress wastes billions through ineffective programs as federal spending reaches 20 percent of national output. He urges focus on major outputs and swift elimination of long past usefulness programs to save funds for urgent needs.
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Congress
Jenior William Proxmire
Wisconsin Democrat
Joint
Senate House Economy Committee
Prox Mare
Proamire
Cotorress
Drinks For Reason and The Alcoholic Relationship
Psychiatrist John Ewing of UNC notes that the alcoholic seeks to deny problems and maintain control while relying on a dependent partner, often a wife acting as a mother figure. The piece also mentions Nixon sampling White House mail to gauge public sentiment and calls for streets to be safe.
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John Ewing
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Mus
Nixon
White House
Literacy tests endanger voting integrity in Congress debate
The piece discusses accusations of corruption in elections in both Vietnam and the United States. It notes a bill to abolish literacy tests nationwide, potentially enabling voter bribery and fraud. The 1965 Voting Rights Act is cited as suspending literacy tests in certain states with low voting age participation in 1964.
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Washington
Congress
United States
South
Division as Theme in Vietnam History
NEA analysis notes South Vietnam’s political failure rooted in deep regional ethnic and religious divides. Autocratic traditions and distrust of opposition hinder land reform and democratic tolerance, yet Saigon officials insist on central control amid internal chaos and rising Viet Minh influence.
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Washington
NEA
South Vietnam
Saigon
Washington State
North Vietnam
Central Highlands
Vietnam
Doulas Pike
Inem
Ho Chi Minh
Voting rights probe and proposed federal election safeguards
Attorney General Mitchell proposes federal power to deploy examiners and observers nationwide to protect voting rights. He backs a presidential advisory commission to study literacy tests and fraud, while noting literacy does not define citizenship and urging universal application of voting protections.
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Chicago
Nicholas
Nichols
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Texas
Tllinois
Mr. Nixon
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Congress
Lockheed Turns Plowshare To Drug Education Program
Lockheed Missiles & Space Co develops Drug Decision a complete education package for grades six through nine. It features a three hour color movie a 300 page workbook a teacher slide-tape set and a five hour teacher course. Using games and simulations the program aims to engage students as community decision makers on drug issues.
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Lockheed Missiles & Space Co
Sunnyvale
Calif
Lockheed
Prince George County
Birth Control meets Eunuch opposition in Uttar Pradesh
Indian officials push family planning while eunuchs in Uttar Pradesh campaign against it. They say singing at births supports their income and have sung antisterilization songs in at least two areas, complicating birth control efforts. Authorities note the irony of eunuchs contributing to the population issue.
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Uttar Pradesh
India
The Best Laid Plans and Safer Cars in Traffic Studies
A London Financial Times note cites a Lititz PA mousetrap flop, showing consumers prefer throwaway products. A Houston study by University College of Medicine links driver fatalities to alcoholism and personality disorders, with 72 percent having alcohol in blood and 0 percent showing psychiatric stress within 24 hours of crashes.
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Lititz
Financial Times of London
Houston
Aury Hie University College of Medicine
Institute For Highway Safety
Election irregularities hinge on literacy tests reform
The note argues that abandoning literacy tests could raise opportunities for fraud and bribery in elections unless the entire literacy issue is re examined impartially, warning of potential irregularities and manipulation.
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Operation Integrity
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