Frederick County Economy Faces Unemployment Strain
The piece notes Frederick County's 2.7 percent jobless rate contrasted with 750 workers on aid and $100,000 monthly unemployment payments. It cites President Johnson's optimistic outlook and Gardner Ackley's call for added stimulus to reach a 4 percent national rate, warning of inflation risks if expanded.
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Frederick County
Johnson
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
Water Pollution Bill Clears Senate Amid Bipartisan Support
President Johnson's water pollution bill wins Senate approval 68 to 8 and aims to prevent and abate pollution nationwide. The plan creates a Federal Water Pollution Control Administration under a new Assistant Secretary, sets river standards, and offers $20 million in grants to states and municipalities for compliance and cleanup.
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Johnson
House
Senate
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Rules Of The Road Into Great Lakes Traffic Reform
Coast Guard tries to align Great Lakes traffic rules with international inland waterway standards. Great Lakes pilots oppose the change citing cost and confusion for foreign vessels. Proponents say harmonizing rules will boost shipping safety as international ships increase in the lakes.
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Ganges
Great Lakes
Cleveland
United States Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Twenty Years Since Heavy Battle of Iwo Jima
The piece recalls the 1945 Iwo Jima fight by MarineDivisions Third Fourth Fifth on the volcanic island, noting its cost in lives, strategic necessity for air operations, and the memorials and B-29s named in tribute. It reflects on the brutal conditions, the harbor of caves, the island’s central air route, and the lasting significance of the victory.
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Fifth
Marine Corps
Iwo Jima
Mt. Suribachi
Marianas
Pringinal
Japan
Iwo
Little Island
Hot Rock
Twentieth Air Force
Fleet Marine Force
Fifth Marine Division
Roland B. Gittelson
When West End Redevelopment Hurts Mental Health
A National Institute on Mental Health funded study of 500 former West End residents finds deep grief after slum clearance. Loss lingers up to two years, harming emotional health and social functioning. many report sadness lasting six months or more, with substantial women’s distress two years on.
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National Institute On Mental Health
Boston
West End
West End Life Lessons From Slum Clearance Study
Ray Cromley notes residents of Boston's West End value sociability and community life over income. The researchers argue urban renewal often destroys a warm social system and suggest rehabilitation may preserve homes and neighborliness better than demolition.
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West End
Boston
Russians Reclaim Przasnysz as War News Reports Momentum
News from March 1 1915 notes Russian forces advancing along the line recapturing Przasnysz from German control. In domestic crime a tobacconist’s shop in Harpers Ferry was robbed, pipes valued at several hundred dollars stolen. A new motor bus route opened between Frederick and Baltimore with H G Lescalleet driving the inaugural trip. Frederick ponders pay as you enter trolley cars as Hagerstown equipment shows promise.
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Frederick
Hagerstown
Twenty Years Ago Items From The News-Post Files
March 1 1945 items note Mr and Mrs John W Bowers II and son John Laurens of Portsmouth VA visiting East South Street relatives. Red Cross service praised by Cmdr John R Fitzpatrick to Kiwanis. Tokyo reports about 600 carrier planes attacking Okinawa Ryukyu islands. First Army advances breach defenses near Cologne bringing siege near.
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John W. Bowers II
John Laurens
Portsmouth
John W. Bowers Jr
East South Street
Frederick County
Red Cross
Cmdr
John R. Fitzpatrick
Kiwanis Club
Diplomatic Soundings on Vietnam Crises Continue
Diplomatic channels are being explored to seek a basis for peace in Southeast Asia. Washington stresses no surrender while British French and Soviet officials engage in confidential consultations aimed at a possible international conference.
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Washington
Thant
U.N
United States
Vietnam
America
South Vietnam
Harold Wilson
Johnson
House of Commons
White House
State Department
Moscow
de Gaulle
France
Southeast Asia
William P. Bundy
Far Eastern
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Red China
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By David Lawrence