Maryland pilot plan lets Frederick juniors skip senior year
Four Frederick High School juniors will enroll as freshmen at Hood College this fall under a Maryland pilot Early Admissions Plan. The program, created with Hood College and Frederick County officials, aims to speed education and increase course relevance, with 1972 rules allowing any county high school graduate to participate. It faces looming union opposition and questions about long term employment in education. The piece also notes a Baltimore truancy crisis and Harvard’s study on a three-year college model as broader educational reforms.
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Frederick High School
Hood College
Maryland
Montgomery County
State Board of Education
Sue A. Martin
Rex R. Martin
Grove Boulevard
Susan R. Palmer
Bruce M. Palmer
Madison Street
Michelle Schelling
Ernest P. Schelling
RFD 9
Sheila A. Tressler
Charles E. Tressler
Upper College Terrace
Doyle
Alfred Thackston Jr
Frederick County
Thomas Johnson High School
Karl Manwiller
Frederick Community College
Doylewell
Hood
Board of Education
Montgomery Board of Education
Baltimore City
Baltimore
Boards of Education
Harvard University
Harvard
Mother's Day Dinner Aids Band Uniform Drive
On Sunday May 9 the Governor Thomas Johnson Band Boosters Organization held a Mother’s Day Dinner to raise funds for new band uniforms. More than 650 people attended as parents cooked and students served. The drive aims for $12,000 with thanks to Frederick News-Post WMI Frederick Shopping Center Safeway and local supporters.
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Vernor Thomas Johnson Band Boosters Organization
Bend
The
Frederick News-Post
WMI
Frederick
Barbs on cookouts and lip movement in love and work
A witty compilation notes old timers, gendered quips, and social change. It mocks phrases about cookouts, advice givers, and chivalry while poking at modern behavior, neighborly quirks, and domestic life with light humor.
Big Tent arrives for Community Chautauqua in Frederick
Fifty years ago on June 23 1921 Frederick set up the Big Tent at Hood College for a 1200 seat Community Chautauqua with an outdoor wall for ventilation. In sports Ram sey to start Hustlers at Hanover with Stover behind the plate and Saiter likely the second day. Chamber of Commerce meeting at the Frederick hotel reviewed past work and outlined plans for the year with President C E Cline presiding.
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Frederick
Hood College
Ramsey
Hustlers
Hanover
Pennsylvania
Stover
Saiter
Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Frederick
C. E. Cline
J.B. Debnam
Mr. Russell
American City Bureau
Debate Over Press Freedom vs Government Secrecy
Washington grapples with how to balance the public's right to know against national security as classified documents leak. The Justice Department argues unauthorized disclosure harms security while the government seeks safeguards to prevent further leaks. The issue extends to foreign relations with Australia and questions of how codes and transmissions might be compromised.
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David Lawrence Shington
Department of Justice
Australia
Robert Menzies
Melbourne
South Vietnam
Saigon
Johnson
Department of States
United States
Soviet Union
Red China
Defense Department
State Department
Pentagon
Washington
After Vietnam, Awakening or Decline for America
A NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION commentary argues that the end of U.S. involvement in Vietnam could trigger a national self-discovery era. It questions whether Peace Day Plus One will reveal whether Americans regain balance, pursue urban renewal, poverty reduction, and health care, or cling to alibis. It notes European views on instability and the risk of renewed crises, with reflections on money, policy, and the future of peace and national resolve.
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Washington
Nea
Vietnam
Nixon
George McGovern
Southeast Asia
Soviet Union
Red China
Berlin
Cuba
Mediterranean
Moscow
Spain
C. P. Snow
Europe
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Four Freedoms and other quiz questions from early 20th century prompt
The quiz covers Franklin D Roosevelt s Four Freedoms Freedom of Speech Freedom of Worship Freedom from Want and Freedom from Fear Democritus an early Greek philosopher credited with an atomic theory similar to modern science The Negro spirituals authorship is unknown and the songs are called the only truly American folk songs In the US Army the rank of General of the Armies was held by Gen John J Pershing.
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Roosevelt
Democritus
Army
John J. Pershing
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Patrick
Third Street
Baker Park
Frederick City Playgrounds
the Park
Robert L. Smith
Yellow Springs
Wayne Band
Waynesboro
Hanover. Pa
Bruce Biossat
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