Death of Frederick trading leader E Eugene Thomas shocks community
E Eugene Thomas 66 longtime Frederick Trading Company president died Thursday at Frederick Memorial Hospital after being stricken at home. Funeral arrangements are announced. A community leader and Rotarian, he served in Grace United Church of Christ and held posts with Chamber of Commerce, Hood College, YMCA, United Way, and various trade groups. He leaves wife Helen M Condon Thomas and two sons. The obituary notes his wide civic impact and memories of his leadership.
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Frederick
E. Eugene Thomas
Frederick Trading Company
Thomas
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Smith, Fadeley, Basford & Keeney Funeral Home
Charles V. Main
Eugene Thomas
Grace United Church of Christ
Frederick Trading
Drexel Institute
University of Maryland
Helen M. Condon Thomas
Robert B. Thomas
Richard C. Thomas
Chamber of Commerce
Frederick County
Maryland State Chamber of Commerce
Children’s Aid Society
Hood College Board of Trustees
YMCA
United Way
Community Chest
The
Mental Health Association
Barbs At Twenty and Forties Echo Amid Smoking Autom
An odd fragment evokes age related bravado and smoky mishaps with a wry tone. The lines reference youth facing the world and later years, plus a humorous quip about a smoking engine or device acting up again. The piece blends playful insult with everyday nuisance.
Arafat and the PLO seen in transcript dispute
The three hour transcript shows Yassir Arafat denying PLO terrorism while conceding some acts by individuals. It questions whether the PLO truly controls its factions and notes a later Al Fatah claim after talks with four U.S. congressmen in Damascus.
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Washington
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yassir Arafat
Middle East
Arafat
Congress
PLO
al Fatah
Israel
Lebanon
Reps
Paul Findley
Helen Meyner
D.-N.j
Leo Ryan
D.calif
Larry Winn
R.kan
Damascus
Syria
Munich
Carter
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Consumer Safety
Consumer Product Safety Commission
John Byington
White House
Commission
Walton League plants 2000 pines on Hamburg watershed
Members and guests of the Frederick Chapter Izaak Walton League planted 2000 young red pine trees on the Tuscarora watershed at Hamburg, bringing total Waltonite plantings there to 4900. Hood College gymnasium meet won by class of 1929 for second year running, opening with a grand march forming an H.
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Frederick
Izaak Walton League of America
Tuscarora
Hamburg
Hood College
Snow accumulates in Frederick County mountains amid melt
Twenty years ago up to two inches of new snow fell in Frederick County mountains while rain elsewhere melted last week's heavy cover. Observers watched rivers closely as the MST reports a Maryland county jail inspection giving Frederick County a clean bill of health. A date for a Republican city convention may be set at a hotel meeting. Precinct committees will elect eight new city officers and campaign chairs. A Chicago man described as from skid row was jailed for soliciting without a license after allegedly selling a 25 cent ring for two dollars.
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Frederick County
MST
Maryland
Frederick
Hotel
Skid Row
Chicago
The Washington boy Mason and the child snatching crisis
Arnold Miller spent four years and over twenty thousand dollars seeking his son Mason who was abducted by his ex wife Toby from Atlanta in 1973. The piece outlines the national child snatching crisis, failed state custody enforcement, and proposed federal reforms including criminalizing parental abduction and using HEW and FBI mechanisms to locate missing children. It notes Congress actions led by Children's Rights, Inc. and critics urge swift enactment amid Justice Department resistance.
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Washington
Arnold Miller
Toby
Auanta
Miller
FBI
IRS
New
Parent Locator Service
HEW
Congress
Children's Rights, Inc
Senate
House
Charles E. Bennett
D-Fla
Hamilton Fish
R-N.y
House Judiciary Committee
Justice Department
Carter
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Francis Scott Key Post 11 American Legion
Columbia Lodge No. 58
Af&a Masons
Sojourners Club
Purine
Fredericktown Bank & Trust Company
Frederick County Mutual Insurance Company
Dle Atlantic Wholesalers Association
Pennsylvania Wholesale Hardware Association
Ed Thomas
World Bank
Millenia
China
Italy
Europe
Middle West
United States
Germany
Jack Anderson
Consumer Protection Agency
Capitol Hill
Esther Peterson
Consumer Agency
Harrison Welford
Food and Drug
Donald Kennedy
Environmental Protection
Douglas Castle
Federal Trade
Michael Pertschuk
Carrier
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Laurance Rockefeller
America
Rockefeller
Rockresorts, Inc
Department of Energy
North America
Woodstock Inn
Vermont
Caneer Bay
St. John Island
Caribbean
Richard Ottinger
D.N.Y
Energy
James Schlesinger
Ottinger
Caneer Bay Planta
Tion
Virgin Islands National Park
Wyoming
Hawaii
British Virgin Islands
Rockresort
Pentagon
Army
Army Reserve
Army Inspector General
Sen
Carl Curtis
R.neb
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
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Chattanooga
N&wa
Martha Angle
Robert Walters
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