D-Day remembered in Western Maryland amid quiet observance
A special day in peace history observed with little fanfare across Western Maryland. Veterans and residents reflected on D-Day 39 years ago, noting limited public celebration and questioning missed memories in local newspapers and communities.
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Maryland
America
Europe
Normandy
Adolph Hitler
Frederick
Gene Cohn
Frederick Towne Mail
Cohn
News- Post
News-Post
Robert Kennedy
Israel
Lebanon
Welfare as safety net and the rise of the poorhouse
John E. Jacob argues that welfare remains essential yet flawed as a safety net, noting budget cuts push the working poor into dire conditions. He cites Sacramento’s poorhouse as evidence of hostility to welfare and warns against returning to punitive relief, urging humane income maintenance and support for workers.
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Sacramento
Calif
Copley News Service
Presser testimony looms amid Teamsters mob probe
Jackie Presser, newly elected Teamsters president, faces Senate scrutiny on anti racketeering plans and alleged mob ties. Justice Department files cite “Labor Racketeering in Ohio” and other reports detailing claimed affiliations and loan arrangements. Other items note Brazil Suriname tensions, executive memos, and fisheries reimbursements.
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Washington
Jackie Presser
Teamsters Union
Orrin Hateb
Utah
Justice Department
Presser
Ohio
The
International
James
Fraanno
Cleveland
Fratianno
Warren
Jackie
Camillo Molinaro
New Jersey
Teamsters’ Central States Pension Fund
FBI
Kansas City
Nick Civella
Roy Williams
Frank Fitzsimmons
Civella
Williams
Fitzsimmons
Labor Department
Teamster
Suriname
CIA
Brazil
Paramaribo
Desi Bouterse
Frederick and Thurmont to clash in county scholastic baseball
Frederick High School the southern division champion meets Thurmont High School the northern division champ at Middletown for the county scholastic baseball final. The rivals appear evenly matched with Thurmont boasting stronger fielding and batting but Frederick's Slim Hickman as ace pitcher.
Letters on democracy and education stir Frederick County debate
Readers debate home rule and charter government with figures from 1968 to 1983, urging shifts in voting and commissioner stances. Letters urge higher teacher pay amid education funding concerns, praise Seton Center after school programs, and critique federal park planning and abortion ethics, citing local impacts and national issues.
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Seton Center
Health Department
United Way
Frederick County
Betty Ann McNeil
ACSW
Wall Street Journal
National Park Service
Monocacy Battlefield National Park
Burkhart
Clara Brown
Monocacy
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Tom Mills
Fred J, Archibald
Ance
Morro Forges
John E. Jacob
Senaice
Jack and
Ferson
Justice Files
Henry Penny
CLA
South America
Commerce Department
Malcolm Baldrige
Baldrige
U.S
Mexico
Brasil
Congress
State Department
Foggy Bottom
Assaciate
James Clark McReynolds
Supreme Court of the United States
Roger Brooke Taney
Mount Airy High School
Masonic Hall
Harvey N. Bassler
Westminster
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Locust Grove
Firenze
John A. Logan
West Frederick Junior High School
Robert L. Pitts
Hamarila
Paul P. Gordon
Meadowdale Lane
Board of Commissioners
Gary and
Paula Mullins
Pleasant Vista Drive
Joy Pittman
Frederick Post
Inholders
Park Service
National Inholders
Robert E. Clapp
IR. P.O
Brunswick
Indiana
Judicial Council of the Ama
Louis J. Eskuchen Jr
Marie-Therese Eskuchen
N. Market St
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