Maryland schools weigh on the job training push
A Frederick High School pilot for on the job training debuts next fall as Maryland weighs vocational options amid dropout concerns. The plan echoes Delaware's 15 year program and aims to steer many students toward skilled labor paths beyond college, with Gov Thomas Johnson High expanding construction and electronics education.
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Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
Appellate Ruling Extends Right to Family Consultation
New York Appellate Division links family consultation to right to counsel after police denial of attorney and silence rights. Richard Taylor and Eugene Frazer were sentenced to life for Harlem bartender’s slaying based on confessions and brother Clifton’s testimony. The ruling stresses constitutional protections for suspects.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Appellate Division
New York State Supreme Court
Richard Taylor
Eugene Frazer
Harlem
Taylor
Fraser
Clifton
Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh and the path to negotiations
The article outlines Ho Chi Minh’s rise and failed election strategy after Geneva 1954, the split at the 17th parallel, and Ngo Dinh Diem’s resistance to elections. It notes U S pressure for North Vietnam to stop aggression before talks and Buddhists in the South pushing for democratic unification, with air strikes aimed at prompting a negotiation. Ho Chi Minh leads negotiations from a position between China and the Soviet Union.
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United Nations
United States
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Indochina
Democratic Front
South Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
South
North
Red China
Soviet Union
The Poor Man's Philosopher by Hal Boyle
New York AP column recalls memory driven by nostalgia offering vignettes from eras past. The piece notes door to door flypaper sellers, Clara Bow loss of income, dented meat shop floors, hatcheck tips, dogs without tags, icicles on veils, Bible readership, buffalo robes and sleigh rides, antique furniture fever, brass beds, emergency sewing, Gene Tunney reading Shakespeare, Lilyan Tashman ermine bathroom fixture.
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New York
Clara Bow
Gene Tunney
William Shakespeare
Edgar A. Guest
Lilyan Tashman
The Charter County A Look At County Government
Maryland counties may adopt a charter form of government under Article 11 A. Montgomery County leads with a seven member council and a county manager empowered to draft budgets and oversee departments. Charter adoption requires a five member board and a county vote within six months, with approval by the next general or congressional election.
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Montgomery County
Montgomery County Council
Board of County Commissioners
General Assembly
County Council
Montgomery
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Anne Arundel County
Board of Election Supervisors
Charter Board
Fifty Years Ago Items From The News Post Files
March 17 1915 report notes a Delaware boat fired on by Mexican snipers near Galveston aboard City of Tampico from Vera Cruz. Lucketts townsfolk form Vigilante Committee after chicken thieves evade law. Armory A M N G plans a poultry show to fund maintenance. Work begins on improvements to the Byerly Building on North Market Street.
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Delaware
Galveston
Texas
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Lucketts
Byerly
North Market Street
Twenty Years Ago March 17 1845 Highlights
notices of residents Cyrus Gambrill Jr arriving in Burma after service in India and Mrs Hann visiting her son in Fairmont West Virginia. A wartime roll shows 515 Frederick area men discharged returning to civilian life. Third Army troops entered Coblentz after amphibious Moselle assault near the Rhine.
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Cyrus Gam
BRILL
Record Street
Cyrus Gambrill Jr
Burma
India
John ©. Hann
East Seventh Street
Harold L. Hann
Fairmont
W. Va
Frederick City
Third Army
Coblentz
Moselle
Rhine
The Vigilant Citizen Question in a Callous Era
A letter from Dale L Webster of Frederick Maryland argues the public must aid law enforcement amid rising crime. He cites a New York stabbing and the bystander effect, urging civic responsibility and vigilance against Communism and foreign influence in Washington. Clarence G Mobley counterpoints a local article on tag handling, defending county services and highlighting statutory duties of the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration and county commissioners.
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New York
Katherine Genevese
Khrushchev
Cuba
Mexico
Washington
Dale L. Webster
Frederick Maryland
the News
Frederick County
Rockville
Board of County Commissioners
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