Bell and History Days Bring Frederick to Life This Weekend
Frederick gears up for Bell and History Days the fourth annual event since 1968 with open houses at historic sites. The Barbara Fritchie Home and Museum and Rose Hill Manor are highlights as two bus routes guide visitors to Carillon Baker Park Court House Square and other landmarks. Tickets sold at tour headquarters and historic houses with open houses. A Bell and History Concert at Evangelical Lutheran Church tops the weekend, with volunteers in period dress guiding guests.
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Frederick
Barbara Fritchie
West Patrick Street
Taney
Roger Brooke Taney
Francis Scott Key
Mt. Olivet
Steiner
Gov. Thomas Johnson
Rose Hill Manor
Carillon
Baker Park
Court House Square
East Church Street
City Hall
Phosphate fears spark talk on detergents and eutrophication
The piece explains eutrophication as natural overfertilization in waters, notes phosphates' role in cleaning products and industry use, and argues low cost sewage treatment could remove most phosphate pollution. It also offers citizen actions like choosing no phosphate detergents and engaging local officials, with side notes on Vietnam veteran views and a dog defecting.
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United States
Hoover royalties storm over FBI ties and TV rights
The article accuses J Edgar Hoover of pocketing royalties from three books ghostwritten by FBI agents on government time. It details sums, litigates entitlement to profits, and notes Hoover allegedly directed proceeds to charities while checks were paid to him personally. It also covers related FBI involvement and media deals.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover Foundation
Holmer Holt, Rinehart and
Winston
Pocketbook
Warner Brothers
Holt
Random House
F.C. Stukenbroeker
Stukenbroeker
Rennie Davis
Nixon
Pat Buchanan
Washington Post
Buchanan
George Wallace
Wallace
Customs Bureau
Vietnam
Saigon
James Hargrove
Capitol Hill
Clyde
Clyde Hargrove
Pete Peterson
GOP
White House
Go Around Again On the Air Bags Debate
The piece outlines automaker and safety expert views on front air bags starting 1974. It weighs malfunction risks, vision obstruction, rollover limits, multiple-car crashes, injury scenarios, and the need for seat belts, noting perfection is unattainable while citing 55,000 motorists killed last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
General Motors
Heaven
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Ten Recruits Added To State Police Force Plan
Motor Vehicle Commissioner E Austin Baughman announces ten new recruits will join the Maryland State Police, elevating strength to 38 with Captain Williams and two lieutenants. A five man squad will be stationed at each substation.
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E. Austin Baughman
Williams
Who Will Succeed Tito in Yugoslavia
Leon Dennen analyzes Tito’s aging leadership and the proposed six republic committee as a successor solution. The article warns of rivalries within a Soviet influenced system, possible Russian interference, and Yugoslavia’s fragile, multiethnic makeup that may threaten unity.
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Yugoslavia
Tito
New York
NBA
Russia
Stalin
Lavrenti Beria
Beria
Nikita Khrushchev
East Europe
Czechoslovakia
Antonin Novotny
Hungary
Matthias Rakosi
Poland
Vladyslaw Gomulka
Communist Party
Kremlin
Moscow
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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Bell and History
Jeffrey B. Gayner
Brecksville
Ohio
West Germany
Germanys
MAO
News-Post
J. Vincent Jamison
Frederick City Hospital
Naomi Rothenhoefer
Henrietta Cramer
Walkersville
Amy G. Day
Mr. Airy
Joanna Anthony
Donald B. Rice
Elmer F. Munshower
Rice
Munshower
McKeldin
Brunswick
County Commissioners
County Roads Board
New Brunswick
Frederick County
Federal Communications Commission
By Leon Dennen
Berry's
NEA
Spiro
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