Frederick County Fire Service Receives High Praise
Page Act notes Frederick County’s volunteer fire and rescue teams, over 3,000 members in 23 companies plus four ambulance outfits, were lauded by State Fire Marshal James C. Robertson for protection, prevention efforts, and mutual aid. He highlighted new companies in Wolfsville, Lewistown, Urbana, and Jefferson, the oldest Independent Hose Company, and Maryland’s fire association roots in Frederick. He cited low false alarms, widespread smoke detectors, and strong ties with officials, police, and residents as keys to safety.
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Frederick County
James C. Robertson
Maryland
Frederick Sertoma Club
Wolfsville
Lewistown
Urbana
Jefferson
Braddock Heights
Myersville
Robertson
Frederick
Maryland State Firemen's Association
J. Roger McSherry
State
Tim May
Jerry Chipley
Frederick City
Barbs on modesty and risk in work and bets
The speaker notes how easy it is to be modest when not achieving much and jokes about collective nouns for supervisors. It warns that bosses tire of subpar performance and asserts betting on sure things leads to ruin, while equating liquor to an overdriven mind.
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A. IL
Casey
Frederick
The
Christian Science Monitor
the Post
Frederick County meetings cover schools and clubs in March
Reports from the March 8 meeting of the Frederick County Board of Education discussed building programs at Brunswick and Thurmont and other areas. The Federation of Rural Women's Clubs directors met in Frederick County to plan the March 22 Winchester Hall gathering with author Mary Meek Atkeson as speaker. The county commissioners will start a review of Frederick City property valuations. The Republican armary decision deadline looms by midnight Monday. A Heart Sunday project netted 4300 for the Heart Association. Frederick Community College reports 70 students in second-semester classes. State Police investigate thefts of coin boxes from payphones on U.S. 40 East in Frederick and east of Ridgeville in Howard County.
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Frederick County
Federation of Rural Women's Clubs
Federation
Helen Pearson
Winchester Hall
Mary Meek Atkeson
Frederick City
Republican Armary
Board of Registry Office
U.S. 40 East
Ridgeville
Howard County
Veterans cemeteries bill labeled costly farce prompts critique
A letter to The Post writer, a Vietnam veteran, denounces Maryland Veterans Cemeteries plan as wasteful and unnecessary. He questions cost, asks whether private or state plots better serve veterans, and urges polling before expansion while proposing a limited two-cemetery approach and a private option with $150 aid.
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Post
Veterans Cemeteries
Maryland
Maryland Veterans Cemeteries
Sam
VFW
Maring
Maryland Veterans Commission
Rocky Gap
Cumberland
Prince George's County
National Cemetery System
United States
Travel Promoters Slammed for Overbooking Flaws
FTC investigators flag widespread travel abuses including hotel overbooking and late changes to tour packages. The Boston audit covered 90 wholesale operators, 39 airlines, and 25 hotel chains, uncovering consumer losses and difficult refunds. A second note questions the probe’s handling, while intelligence briefs discuss Brezhnev’s pacemaker and U.S. priorities shift under Brzezinski.
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Washington
Rockies
Bimini
End of the World
Federal Trade Commission
Areetey
Wiehsel Pertechik
Marc Smolensky
Consumer Protection
Albert Kramer
Las Vegas
Hawaii
Boston
Kramer
Boston In
Immigration trends and asylum claims raise border and visa concerns
Immigration and Naturalization Service figures show 82 Ugandan nationals linked to Idi Amin entered the United States on diplomatic visas last year. Border patrol data report a 50 to 100 percent rise in illegal crossings since January 1, with signals that the holiday slowdown is over. Iraqi Christians pursue Caribbean tours then seek asylum, while Canada records 35 Iraqi entrants linked to a Windsor rooming house. CIA to install CCTV for internal comms and broadcast to workers in two CIA cafeterias.
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Immigration and Naturalization Service
Idi Amin
United States
Uganda
United Nations
Horder
Feccm. Ly
Canada
Windsor
Ontario
U.S
Detroit
Central Intelligence Agency
Cla
CIA
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Frederick, Wd
Ree
Hema
Frederick County Heart Association
Frederick Community College
Frederick High School
Veterans’ Cemeteries
Michael Shipley
Middletown
Marie Anne Erickson
Cole
Patriots
Bud Rogers
Walkersville, Md
Baltimore Beltway
Volkswagen
Rick Zeigler
Mr. Zeigler
Frederick C, Blaine
Chantel Court Ellicott City
Leonid Brezhnev
National Security Council
Carter
Zbigniew Brzezinski
White House
State Department
Defense Department
Consumers Union
Oa Cahan
Africa
Soviet Union
Cyrus Vance
Argentina
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