American cars and safety standards united by Detroit action
The piece argues that major car makers are dropping their defense and backing national safety standards. It urges cooperation with Washington to craft effective rules, while seeking a balanced role for states and the secretary of commerce, aiming to reduce auto tragedies.
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Secretary of Commerce
Detroit
Washington
Reforming State Legislatures Amid Federal Shifts
Columbia University Assembly urged a full time professional state legislature with complete staffing and adequate pay to create continuous deliberation bodies. Current sizes and pay vary widely from Alaska and Delaware to New Hampshire and New York, risking loss of power to Washington.
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Delaware
Nevada
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New Hampshire
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Vermont
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Washington
Visitation Academy Restoration Praised in Fredericktown
Berry's World commends the Visitation Academy restoration in Fredericktown. Mrs St Clair Wright of Historic Annapolis toured the town noting charming early brick structures and urging preservation. The academy blends historic exterior ballast brick from England with modern, well appointed classrooms in a downtown setting.
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Visitation Academy
St. Clair Wright
Historic
Annapolis
Fredericktown Association
Frederick Academy of the Visitation
Lower East Church Street
Williamsburg
Academy
England
The Real Limits of Participation Democracy
The essay argues that both the far right and the New Left distort the American system by embracing popular referendums and participation democracy. It notes that initiative and referendum are widespread yet largely ineffective, drawing expert consensus that direct voter involvement often fails to produce workable policy and invites special interests, with calls to end such plebiscitary practices.
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Far Right
New Left
California
Republic
Assembly
Frederick Academy of the Visitation Restoration Featured
The Frederick Academy of the Visitation, a girls boarding and day school, is half completed in a restoration begun in 1964. The historic campus, including a pre Revolutionary house and cloistered garden, blends old world charm with modern dormitories and classrooms. The Fredericktown Association notes the project and encourages visits to admire the peaceful grounds and ongoing expansion.
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Sisters of Charity
East Church
Georgetown
Frederick
Fredericktown Association Inc
Frederick Academy of the Visitation
Julia E. Kanna
Fredericktown Association, Inc
City Faces Light Plant Injunction At Special Meeting
A special meeting of the mayor and aldermen was held to decide actions after a court injunction against the city over bids for a new light plant. The writ, signed by Judge Glenn Worthington, allows dissolving the injunction after the city files an answer and notifies five days before, with a copy served to the city. The petition, signed by 116 residents, aims to restrain awarding contracts. In a separate event, over 100 people attended Frederick's Fourth Annual Chautauqua, with nearly $1,200 pledged toward the $1,350 goal during intermission.
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New City
Glenn H. Worthington
Lewis H. Fraley
Frederick
May 6 1946 Frederick item highlights housing for WWII veterans
Twenty Years Ago items report expected occupancy of thirty five temporary wartime housing units for veterans by August twentieth with erection on an extension of Pennsylvania Avenue in southeast Frederick starting mid June. Eleven one story barracks and one smaller building will be moved from Logan Field Baltimore by a Philadelphia contractor. Also noted are the crowning of the May Queen by Prince Head at Hood College outdoor theater and preparations for graduation exercises of Frederick Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1946 with dates set for commencement week.
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Federal Public Housing Authority
Pennsylvania Avenue
Frederick
Philadelphia
Logan Field
Baltimore
Prince Head
Hood College
May Court
Dance Club
Choir
Dramatic Society
Frederick Hospital School of Nursing
Rights at the Shadowed Press Picket Line
A Washington column argues unions coercively block newspaper hiring and publishing. It notes Congress, despite sessions and labor-relations committees, has not introduced bills to protect press rights. The piece discusses union funding of campaigns and civil rights concerns in employment.
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New York City
Department of Justice
Congress
Press freedom clash with labor power in free America
David Lawrence argues unions wield hiring power that blocks employment and newspaper ventures, while campaign money from groups shapes policy. He condemns the disregard for individual choice to join or refrain from unions and warns that restraint of trade is ignored when unions act to shut others out.
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New York
Administration
Soviet Union
Free America
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