Big Oil's Greed Debated Amid Gasoline Rise
A midwestern editorial labels oil companies greedy as pump prices rise, while a counter view argues demand, taxes, and global markets, not greed, drive costs. The piece cites 1981 price controls, EPA octane rules, and OPEC supply while noting taxes and global demand shape prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Reagan
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Britain
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
America
Henry Jackson
Support for Urbana Overlook Park Draws Letters
A reader group in Urbana Overlook voices strong backing for a local park while critiquing opponents. They argue safety concerns are due to parental responsibility and traffic conditions on Rhoderick Road and Md 8, noting limited data on accidents and urging prudent speed reductions and minor safety improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana Overlook
Urbana
Rhoderick Road
MD. 8
Quiet hour at Commerce Service prompts strict day routine
The Washington Merry-Go-Round reports a Commerce Department office instituting a daily 3 to 4 p.m. quiet hour for all employees to work without interruptions. Meetings, calls, and personal business are barred, with rotating staff answering phones and machines to relay messages. outsiders warned not to disturb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
U.S. and
Foreign Commercial Service
US & Fcs
White House
Commerce
Reagan
Kenn George
U.S and Foreign Commercial Service
Donald Goldberg
George
North Dakota
John Politi
Grand Forks Air Force Base
Air Force
Mark Andrews
R-N.d
Mark Wooley
State Department
Quiet hour plan, park fight in Urbana featured
A memo outlines a quiet hour in federal offices as a productivity move while a separate Urbana controversy centers on a proposed park. Residents defend the project amid criticisms of traffic, noise, and cost, urging swift county action and park development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Rosenkrans
Urbana Recreation Council
Urbana
Urbana Overlook
Parks and Recreation
Cuunuy Pole Wal
Frederick merchants meet in hotel room amid music week events
The Frederick Merchants Association gathered in the Blue and Grey room of the Francie Scott Key Hotel with J. Walker Carty presiding. Louis Rothschild spoke as preliminary steps began to form an active merchants association while Music Week featured Lions Club performances and a Raymond overture dedicated to Irving S. Biser. Tim Linn sang several tunes with Charles Hudson assisting. Reno Harp and Pythian friends helped present a fishing effort that fed Frederick. County officials planned to meet with developer Joseph F. DeCaro over rezoning six acres north of Walkersville for luxury faculty housing and parking. Benjamin Rosenstock was named president of the Maryland State Bar Association for 1966, the county’s fourth in the role. Darryl Walker of Damascus won the Maryland Future Farmers of America cattle judging contest, ahead of 120 boys from 40 schools. his teammates placed Damascus third in team competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Francie Scott Key Hotel
J. Walker Carty
Louis Rothschild
Lions Club
H. David Hagan
Raymond
Irving S. Biser
Tim Linn
Isle of Capri
Wagon Wheels
Charles Hudson
Frederick County
Wheaton
Joseph F. DeCaro
Walkersville
MD. 194
DeCaro
Baptist College
Darryl Walker
Damascus
Maryland
Come Home Mom Passed Today in Woodsboro
A letter-style tribute recalls a mother whose caring deeds spanned a lifetime from childhood comfort to guiding hands. Catherine L. Castle writes of a mother who smiled, rocked, and prayed for her child, then grew older and weaker until God took her home.
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Tima Foro
Bababwe
George I
Spleine Jr
Tom Mills
U.S. Treasury
Urbana Overlook Park
Pikesville
Jack Anderson
Joseph Spear
Ruth Westheimer
United Feature Syndicat
Baker Park
Rock Creek Park
Department of Assessments and Taxation
Sugarloaf Estates
Urbana Area
Frederick County Sheriff's Department
Maryland State
Vivian Howes
Beverly B. Byron
D-6th
Congress
U.S
Mathias and
Sarbanes
Central America
Nicaragua
House
Cuba
Soviet Union
Libya
Western Hemisphere
Richard L. Stultz
Union Bridge
Don W. Cable
Joan Hill
Kathy Cable
Connie Novak
Kathy Fields
Devin Fields
Dewayne Donahoe
Terry S.hill
ED Verdi
Daniel Payne Dianne Murphy
Carl W. Lenhart
Doris Lines
Ruth Smith Bay E. McIlvaine
Dick Killen
Edna C. Mullen
Suzanne M. Friedman
Brenda J. Seek
James R. Seek SR
Cookie Verdi
Jim Milvanine
Denise M. Spina
James D. Ball Collen C. Ball
Carl D. Reed
Linda S. Reed
D. M. Morris
Alice A. Morris Lyle A. Bane
Margaret OS
Iws-Post
Reno
Harp
Key West
Fila
Benjamin R. Rosenstock
Maryland State Bar Association
Rosenstock
James McSherry
Hammond Urner
John Newman
Mom
Catherine L. Castle
Ralph Castle Sr
Clyde Young
Woodsboro
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