Parents urge reinstatement of remedial class at Brunswick
Betty Hope of Knoxville Maryland writes to Frederick County Board of Education urging funding for a small third grade remedial class. She cites 19 children who made multiple grade gains with extra help, while larger fourth grade classes this year slowed progress, and asks County Commissioners to restore budget lines for the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Hope
Knoxville
Board of Education
Frederick County
Brunswick
BOE
Rt. 1
Norway Faces Wealth and Social Strain from North Sea Oil
Norway may export most of its 90 million ton annual oil output from Exofisk while using the revenue to shape schools welfare roads and tax policy. The wealth could total at least 4 billion dollars yearly, prompting political social and environmental debates as Norwegians weigh consumer gains against societal change.
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Norway
Exofisk
North Sea
UPI
Richard C. Longworth
Odd Goethe
Socialist Peoples Party
SPP
Stein Oernhoef
Europe
Channel energy of students toward positive endeavors
Readers urged channeling student energy into constructive projects. The letter suggests science, drama, fundraising, birdhouse construction, athletics, yearbook and other activities, plus a note on women in the Army and senior citizen help programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Stine
Birdhouse
Frederick County
Walkersville
Thomas Johnson
Westminster
tLancer
France sought oil price break in 1973 crisis documents
Investigators obtained papers alleging France aimed to fracture the oil cartel in December 1973. They claim Kissinger favored cooperation with oil exporters, undermining an allied push for unified action, while oil producers quadrupled prices and the crisis strained the world economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
France
Henry Kissinger
Middle East
Frank Church
Idaho
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Shah
West
Church
United Nations
John
Scali
Kissinger
U.S
U.s.-France
State Department
Icon Producers
Fifty Years Ago June 12 1925 Highlights Frederick News
On June 12 1925 Mt Tabor Reformed and Lutheran Church marked its fiftieth anniversary with Rocky Ridge members observing the event. In Frederick the Ladies of the American Legion planned a visit to veterans at Perryville U S Veterans Hospital. The Frederick Board of Aldermen backed Mayor Lloyd C Culler for another three years. At the Eagles Club installation, Ralph Baer became president with Adam Keeney past president George Slifer vice president and George Devilbiss chaplain. The Camp Detrick Research Society of America banquet featured a $150 Hood College Science building fund presentation, an address by Dr. Andrew G. Truxall, and officers installed.
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Mt. Tabor Reformed and Lutheran Church
Rocky Ridge
Eagles Club
Frederick
Ralph Baer
Adam Keeney
George Slifer
George Devilbiss
Hood College Science Building Fund
Andrew G. Truxall
Camp Detrick Research Society of America
Rethinking Suspension and Discipline in Schools
A survey urged by Marion Wright Edelman questions suspension as a routine tool and advocates a formal hearing for suspended students. The letter writers argue discipline must come from home, emphasize love and firmness, and warn against weakening guidance that undermines teachers and learner time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Wright Edelman
Supreme Court
Ms. Edelman
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Sen
Henry Jackson
Congress
Nixon
North Vietnam
John H. Klosterman
Women’s Army Corps
Regular Army
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Robert L. Smith
Fifth Street
Frederick, Md
Ladies Home Journal
Children’s Defense Fund
Bren
MEA
The
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Jack Anderson
United
News-Post
Lloyd C. Culler
Marjorie Morrell
Mt. Airy, Md
Donald B. Yates
Ijamsville, Md
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