Tax gamble dominates editorial pages on the California vote
The piece surveys how reduced property tax revenue may weaken local control and boost reliance on state and federal funds. It notes Brookings analyst Richard Nathan’s view that Proposition 13 could shrink local autonomy, while casino gambling's early profits in Atlantic City illustrate a shift in revenue sources. The column warns that curbs on property taxes risk overall taxpayer losses as outside funding grows.
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California
Brookings Institution
Washington Research Center
General Motors
Wall Street Journal
Richard P. Nathan
Brookings
Washington
Nathan
Nea
Jack Kemp
B-N-Y
Kemp
Buffalo Republican
Congress
GOP
Reagan
Clifford Case
New Jersey
Castermans
Georgia
John J. Flys
Readers reply on Maryland state pay raises and veto power
In Washington letters to the editor discuss retirement, Maryland State Roads employment, and the Maryland Classified Employees Association. The writer recalls wartime and postwar service, praises MCEA, notes a 1975 newspaper article about a pay raise, and criticizes governors and legislators for veto power, urging accountability in November.
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Washington
State Roads Commission
Maryland Classified Employees Association
Tme
MCEA
Freders
Carroll
United States
November Remembered Pay Raise Voter Rally Poem and Notices
A mixed parcel of verses and notices outlines political pressure for a pay raise and voter action in November. The poem by Harry Raab Sr. condemns perceived taxpayer greed and urges voting to remove officials. Personal notes honor a Frederick father and document community efforts including the Walter Hagen cancer fundraiser and local civic contributions.
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Harry Raab Sr
MCEA
Historic District Commission
Market Street
Frederick
Frederick County
VFW Country Club
VFW
Cots Cola Bottling Company
Fisher Distributing Company
Paul Remsberg
Beard’s Tent Rental
United States
News-Post
Walter Hegen
Eaglehead Country Club
Behind the Khmer War Machine Pol Pot and the Angar Unmasked
The piece details a Cambodian massacre under a faceless ruling clique called the Angar, led by Pol Pot also known as Saloth Sar. It profiles the Paris upbringing of leaders, their drive to strip the old order, and their plan to forge a youth-centered, classless society, including a look at family ties and key figures like Leng Sary and Yun Yat.
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Washington
Moiea
Cambodia
Adolf Hitler
Josef Stalin
Angar
Paris
Yugoslay
Pol Pot
Saloth Sar
Khieu Poonary
Teng Thirith
Leng Sary
Phoom Penh
Son Sen
Revolutionary Army
Yun Yat
The Cambodians Pol Pot and Khieu Samphan profile
Jack Anderson portrays Pol Pot as a failed student turned revolutionary with a history of teaching in Cambodia while aiding the Khmer Rouge. Khieu Samphan is described as a figurehead leader controlled by a collective, marked as cold and hostile. Police once stripped Samphan naked for public humiliation. Intelligence links Samphan to harsh punishments and possibly mass executions ordered by the Angkar.
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Mirecs
Pol Pot
Paris
Cambodia
Khmer Rouge
Khieu Samphan
Phnom Penh Street
Angar
Jones Foam Files of tve Hea Peet 50 Years Ago June 23 1908
A garbled historical note recalls rural women in the system led by Mrs Chester BL in Louisville Kentucky descendant of General Stonewall Jockena and nephew of John Chambers veteran of the Civil War. References a restored Barbara Fritebie house and a fireworks plea by Mayor Culler for July 4 observance. Weather notes call June 1828 unusually wet with record floods.
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Louisville, Ky
Stonewall Jockena
John +. Chambers
Pissstebl
Boast Square
Jackeon
Barbara Fritebie
Rosie
Sette Reese
Frederick housing authority delivers tax in lieu payments
Frederick housing authority and Frederick County Commissioners report tax in lieu payments for the fiscal year ending March 21. Rotary defeats M J Grove 1¢ Shuff and W Rinehart. Maryland Future Farmers of America holds annual convention at University of Maryland with about 12 delegates from 48 chapters. Frederick County Older Youth picnic held at Creek Park.
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Housing Authority
City of
Frederick
Maryland Future Farmers of America
University of Maryland
Frederick County
Creek Park
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