Pollutant Debate on Landfills Sparks Public Letter
A Maryland health official urges clear distinctions between sanitary landfills and dumps in a public letter. He argues landfills bury waste without burning or pollution, while dumps burn and cause groundwater contamination. The booklet Pollution in Maryland Land promotes understanding and is available to schools and libraries.
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Uie
Wilfred Ho Miedds Jr
Miary
Land Department of
Eal
AEP
Steip
Rugal
Maryland
Maryland State Department of Health
Division of Health Education
West
Preston Street
Baltimore
Moon Shot Fuels New Era Of Exploration
The Apollo 11 mission marks a landmark in human exploration, with Armstrong Aldrin and Collins achieving a historic lunar voyage. It contrasts past epic journeys by Columbus and polar explorers with today’s vast support networks and funding enabling space ventures, hinting at future interplanetary dreams.
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Armstrong
Aldrin
Collins
Moon
Christopher Columbus
America
Ogden
Utah
Adms
Byrd
Perry
Ivon Teins
Lewis and Clark
Letters To The Editor Warn Against Black Manifesto
A letter writer argues against the Black Manifesto asserting it seeks violent overthrow and totalitarian rule. The author contends African Americans suffered historical injustices but the proposed manifesto would replace freedoms with oppression.
Kissinger Chairs Global Policy Review
President Nixon adviser Henry Kissinger orchestrates a broad NSC review of U S defense policies and world commitments with wide participation from Defense State and White House aides. The effort seeks multiple configurations of commitment across spending levels and includes an external blue ribbon commission to reexamine core issues such as ABM MIKV arms talks and Middle East Arab-Israeli tensions.
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Washington
UNEA
National Security Council
U.S
White House
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
NSC
Defense
State Departments
Melvin Laird
Robert Mayo
Laird
Soviet Union
United States
Europe
Eisenhower
Gaither
Congress
George Ball
Weemremper
Barbs by Phil Pastoret on Growing Old Slowly
A compact column by Phil Pastoret muses on aging slowly, contrasting patience with rushing through life. It questions contentment with ease and suggests a skeptical view of time taken for granted as one grows older.
Francis Scott Key Post of the American Legion Organized
The Francis Scott Key Post of the American Legion formed at Frederick Armory with 47 initial members. A constitution and by laws committee was named for the next meeting, and another panel will pursue a charter. In other notes, trade with Germany may not hit Frederick manufacturing, while a German buyer looked at machines in Waynesboro. A Cedar Grove man suffered loss as hornets caused a barn fire igniting hay and a straw rack.
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Phe
Mount Airy
Willy
Francis Scott Key
American Legion
Frederick Armory
Germany
Frederick
Waynesboro
Cedar Grove
Installation of Ceiling Creates New Court Room
Twenty Years Ago report from the Frederick County Bar Association proposes placing a ceiling over the existing courtroom to form a second floor room to serve as a new court room. Improvements at traffic intersections prompt calls for better off street parking and traffic lanes in Frederick. An overflow crowd attends the Frederick County Volunteer Firemen’s Association parade, with 41 apparatus and 13 county companies taking part.
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Committee On Court House
Frederick County Bar Association
Francis Scott Key
Frederick
Emittsburg
Frederick County Volunteer Firemen'’s Association
Government control of press and airwaves warned in lecture
Washington columnist warns that U S courts may enable government to require broadcasts and printed publications to carry approved content. He cites a Mississippi TV license case, FCC hearings, and jeopardy to free thought under the First Amendment. A constitutional amendment is urged to curb federal agency power.
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Washington
United States
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal Communications Commission
Mississippi
America
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court
FCC
Congress
Post Office Department
Quick Quiz Facts From History and Trivia
A rapid Q A list covers Georgetown University’s founding in 1789, giraffe leg length, the meaning of Florence, tooth enamel as the hardest body material, the Grand Army of the Republic encampment date in 1949, Cromwell’s crown offer, and balm of Gilead as a resinous substance from resin sap of an evergreen tree in Arabia and Ethiopia.
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Gilead
Ethiopia
Newspaper Enterprise Asia
Latin American discipline questioned by Colombia's Restrepo
President Carlos Lleras Restrepo asserts that Latin Americans are capable of organization and discipline, arguing that current international rules favor the rich over the poor. He contends the fault lies not with people but with the global game rules.
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Carlos Lleras Restrepo
Colombia
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Global Policy Review
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NEA
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Mr. Zion
Frederick, Md
Aldiey Caridoll
Ntt
Old Annapolis Rd
MG Airy
BY Phil Pastoret
By David Lawrence
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C
Florence
Grand Army of the Republic
England
Oliver Cromwell
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