Beall's Survey Indicates 60 Percent Favor Self-Supporting POD
Beall's survey of Sixth District residents shows 60.3 percent favor converting the Post Office into a government owned corporation to operate self supporting. The plan, supported by President Nixon, would create a United States Postal Service with a nine member board and two full time executives, promising new bargaining rights and bond financing for improvements.
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Big City Bankruptcy Warning From Mayor Collins
The piece cites Boston Mayor Francis X. Collins warning at the U S Conference of Mayors that every large city faces near bankruptcy. It discusses mismanagement, graft, suburban flight, decentralization of industry, rising costs, and the Mayors Conference push for direct federal grants to cities, with critique of this plan and a call for urban renewal and prudent spending.
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Boston
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Pittsburgh
Frederick City
America
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Mayors’ Conference
Collins
Taxpayers' League urges broader support to curb tax rise
The Frederick County and City Taxpayers' League president Robert E. Dailey Sr. warns that county real estate values near confiscation levels as the Board of County Commissioners raises the tax rate by almost 10 percent. The piece calls for wider membership beyond 1,100, greater citizen backing, and a positive, economy minded approach to eliminate waste and secure value for every tax dollar.
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Robert E. Dailey Sr
Frederick County and City Taxpayers’ League
Dalley
Board of County Commissioners
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Frederick County
Frederick
Governor Mandates Memorial Day Auto Safety Drive
Governor Mandel orders an auto accident prevention program by State Police for Memorial Day. Convicted drivers on highways must appear before a DMV official to defend driving privileges. Authors urge permanent adoption and remind citizens to drive safely year round.
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Marvin Mandel
Department of Motor Vehicles
Creeping Inflation Threat Described As Nation's Top Danger
The piece argues creeping inflation erodes purchasing power and savings, criticizing the Nixon administration for inaction. It cites a dollar value drop from 1958 to 1969, rising living costs, higher mortgage rates, and swelling taxes. It notes home prices, interest, and fixed incomes squeezing families and savers.
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Commerce Department
Securities and Exchange Commission
Bold social observations in a cluttered notice
A fragmented column censuses changing manners and humor about sex space travel and family roles. It mentions baggage tracing through a strange form, a wolf on the doorstep and a teen daughter, a neighbor's changed conduct after a spouse inquiry, and a cryptic remark about a groom's marriage dean investment in poverty.
Frederick Surplus Goods Sale Possible at Public Market
Mayor Gilmer Schley reports Frederick might secure surplus canned goods the War Department will sell at cost. If obtained, a sale could be held at the public market. The Adamstown Bank has opened as a branch of Commercial State Bank of Frederick with 163 new accounts. City officials warn merchants fireworks sales for Independence Day are prohibited without a written permit from the mayor and will be enforced by police.
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Frederick
War Department
Adamstown Bank
Commercial State Bank of
Local Leaders to Conference on Monocacy Basin Project
Local leaders will join state agency officials in a conference at College Park to speed initiation of the Monocacy Basin soil conservation and erosion control project. The aim is to fund the plan and ensure funds are available for the project.
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Supreme Court Endorses Card Majorities For Union Bargaining
The Supreme Court held that a majority shown by union authorization cards can require an employer to bargain even without a secret ballot election. It rejected the view that Taft Hartley elections are the sole path and noted provisions in the Wagner Act for unfair labor practices. The ruling raises questions about how to prove majority support without coercion and whether another election might be required in cases of suspected interference.
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America
Supreme Court of the
United States
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Supreme Court
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