Campaign Shakeups in Maryland's Sixth District Race
In Maryland's Sixth District both campaigns reshuffle staff as Republican Roscoe Bartlett hires Dick Leggitt and Democrat Tom Hattery replaces Fielding Dupuy. Bartlett's campaign faces internal questions over control, while Hattery consolidates leadership with Hoover directing parts of the effort. The shifts may signal campaign style though not voter impact, with focus on health care unemployment Cold War dividends and broader summer to fall issues.
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Roscoe Bartlett
Scott Plees
Mount St. Mary’s College
Dr. Bartlett
Tom Hattery
Fielding Dupuy
Mr. Hattery
Hattery
Beverly Byron
Beverly Byron. Out With the New, In With the Old, Dr. Bartlett
Dick Leggitt
Mr. Leggitt
Plecs
Uneasy Royals Stir Winds of Change in Britain
Roy Meachum notes odd approval for serving politicians in Britain as John Major secures a spring election victory. He warns Elizabeth II may abdicate within five years, Prince Charles and Charles’s heirs loom, and royal popularity wanes amid scandals.
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Victoria
Windsors
George II
North America
Hanover
Elizabeth
RAF
Princess Margaret
Lord Snowden
Anne
Fleet Street
Hanky-Panky
Jong-Delay
Margaret
Capitol Stars in Senate Recording Studio Spotlight
In a hidden Capitol basement studio called ST-71, US senators perform daily “video press releases” for voters as a 50 member crew runs lights, cameras, and sound. Since 1985 the project has cost taxpayers over 2.5 million for gear and more than 10 million for payroll, fueling debates on perks and campaign advantages.
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Capitol
Potomac
Senate Recording Studio
St-71
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Senate recording studio reshapes campaigns and broadcasts
Jack Anderson reports on a Senate recording studio that moved staff to handle late hour requests for Rocky Mountain and West Coast lawmakers. It hosts homey or scholarly backdrops, satellite interviews, and public service spots while guarding candidates from recording during 60 day election windows. notable scenes include Pell napping and Levin in the Persian Gulf cameo.
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West Coast
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Senate
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C-Span
Claiborne Pell
D-R.i
King Fahd
Saudi Arabia
Carl Levin
D-Mich
Persian Gulf
Levin
Wisconsin
Maryland Plans Key 1942 Dusk to Dawn Blackout Test
Col Henry Barrett announced Maryland's first statewide blackout test set for July 15 1942. Federal automobile tax stamps priced at 5 replacing 2.09. stamps go on sale at post offices. Gasoline supply tight as new 10 day stocks awaited. rationing tight at stations. Frederick Welfare Board to run food stamp program starting early July. Mayor Magaha backs Downtown Development Plan amid public debate with business owner Nellie Hurst accusing officials of conspiring with shopping centers and criticizing the new parking and garbage ordinances.
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Col
Henry §. Barrett
Maryland
Ruth Brown Jones
Frederick County Welfare Board
Nellie H. Hurst
Snow White Grill
Patrick
Local airport boosts Frederick economy says one shopper
A Frederick resident argues Frederick Municipal Airport benefits the city by generating business for real estate, car dealers, furniture stores, clothing outlets, and utility and newspaper services. The shopper estimates $12,000 injected into the local economy in two weeks and notes 170 AOPA employees rely on the airport.
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Frederick
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Shockley Honda
Frederick Department
Cablevision Company
Electric Utility
AOPA
Sister dies from smoking related lung disease after long habit
Dying for a smoke on June 2, I lost my sister to chronic lung disease and emphysema caused by years of cigarette use. She was a kind wife and mother who enjoyed simple joys, yet smoked one to three packs daily for 40 years, worsening over time until oxygen was needed.
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I.V
Alice
Alice In Wonderland
Alice’s suffering ends as cigarette addiction claimed her life
Doris Hoffman recounts her sister Alice’s decline from smoking related illness. hospitalizations, prednisone, moon face, and IV grief mark a painful battle with addiction. The letter contrasts Alice’s warmth with a harsh end, while Congressman Beverly Byron touts national park ideals in a separate note.
Byron Advocates U S Buy Monocacy Industrial Lot
Byron argues for federal purchase of the single zoned industrial property within Monocacy National Battlefield. He notes only two private parcels exist, one agricultural and one industrial, and that the industrial land could be bought for far less than the $25 million figure cited. He asserts no expansion of park boundaries is intended and cites the President’s budget inclusion.
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Congress
Monocacy
C&o Canal National Historical Park
Antietam National Battlefield
Catoctin Mountain National Park
Harper's Ferry National Historical Park
Susan Moore
Tom Hobbs
Rich Rambur
J D. Young
Don Campbell
Dave Startzeil
News-Post
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Park Service
Reading freedom over shielding kids from world issues
Katie O Leary of Middletown Middle School argues children gain knowledge by reading diverse topics including death cultures and religion. She critiques concerns about the Impres sions series and says societal problems matter more than what youths read.
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Deborah Claypool
Impressions
Richard Kennedy
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United Feature Syndicate
RE. Paul Magaha
Marcou, O’leary Associates Inc
David Bork
Doris Hoffman Frederick
Beverly B. Byron
Byron
U.S
Katie O’leary
Middletown Middle School
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