Fort Ritchie marks 50th anniversary at May 15 ceremony
Fort Ritchie near Cascade celebrates its 50th anniversary on May 15 with Armed Forces Week events and News Media Day. The post dedicates the Robert F Barrick Memorial Library, with Brig Gen John Blair delivering the dedication and Brig Gen John F Burk Jr paying tribute to the National Guard. A glimpse of history includes Robert Barrick’s scrapbooks and a 45 minute slide show, plus a Mason-Dixon Antique Car Club display of about 30 cars. Local guardsmen from the 1920s–30s will attend. Col Harold de Moya invites nearby residents to join.
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Fort Ritchie
Cascade
Maryland National Guard
Albert C. Ritchie
Armed Forces
Robert F Barrick Memorial
National Guard
Army Post
John §. Blair
US Army
7Th Signal Command
Ft Ritchie
John F. Burk Jr
Bath
Duid Ateunon
Robert Barrick
Ft. Ritchie
Mason-Dixon Antique Car Club
Post Library
Dp Avenue
Harold G. de Moya
Builder of Camp Ritchie Robert F Barrick’s 44 years of service
Robert Frederick Barrick born September 6 1892 in Frederick rose from bugler to battalion sergeant major in the Maryland National Guard. He led Camp Albert C Ritchie construction starting May 1926 using local labor and materials and served in WWII Korea Okinawa and Japan before retiring April 1953.
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Robert Frederick Barrick
Frederick
Barrick
Maryland National Guard
Germantown
Cascade
Milton A Reckord
Robert Barrick
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
France
Gen Reckord
Barack
National Guard
Army of the United States
Camp Ritchie
Army Chemical Center
Edgewood
Korea
Okinawa
Japan
United States
Camp Detrick
Hood College to grant 198 degrees at 83rd commencement
Hood College will award 169 bachelor and 22 master of arts degrees to 188 seniors on Saturday May 15 at 9 30 a m in the Hudson Outdoor Theater with an address by Elizabeth Drew. If rain, ceremonies move to Coffman Chapel. Honorary degrees go to Elizabeth Drew, Dr Elisabeth Kubler Ross and Dr Margaret D Barrett.
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Claire F. Kooche
Madison
Wis
Drew
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Margaret D. Barrett
Virginia Lewis
Kubler-Ross
Dana Cable
Barrett
Hood
James Gillard
NRA Shifts Headquarters from Washington to Colorado Springs
The National Rifle Association plans to move its headquarters from Washington D C to Colorado Springs Colorado over about two years. The move follows an earlier decision at the April annual meeting and keeps a large Washington office for federal lobbying. About 300 staff are in D C with six or seven lobbyists. the organization has some 11 million members.
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Washington
National Rifle Association
Colorado Springs
Colo
NRA
District of Columbia
Daseciaton
NEA
Merrill W. Wright
Ireland
Afte Association
Raton
New York City
Westinghouse unions begin talks seeking cost of living protections
The IUE opens contract talks with Westinghouse Electric in Pittsburgh, aiming to maintain a decent standard of living through cost of living protections. The union represents 21,000 of 60,000 workers as the first of 14 unions to initiate negotiations, with broad demands including pensions, early retirement, raises, and anti discrimination language. Talks proceed with several unions in upcoming sessions as wage-price caps from 1973 prompt worker concerns.
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Pittsburgh
International Lnion of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
IUE
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Westinghouse
ILE
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBEW
United Electrical
TUE
General Electric Co
New quakes shake Italy and topple more buildings
Northeastern Italy endured renewed tremors with landslides isolating towns already shattered last week. Four people were feared buried under rubble while Gemona and surrounding areas suffered heavy damage. Rescue efforts freed a trapped police captain and a civilian as aftershocks continued across Friuli and nearby cities. The Thursday quake toll remained 914 dead, 3,000 injured, and about 90,000 homeless with 400 unaccounted for amid relief debates ahead of the June 20 elections.
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Udine
Italy
Gemona
Alps
Ionian Sea
Zakinthos
Greek Islands
Friuli
Braulini di Trasaghis
Matano
Venzone
Osappo
Maggio Udinese
Peonis dv Trasaghis
Venice
Treste
Padua
Vicenza
Focal
Cat's
Letts
Christian Democrats
Loris Fortuna
Christians Break Lebanon Cease Fire Amid Renewed Fighting
In the mountains east of Beirut Christian militants renew attacks on Moslem villages as clashes escalate across Beirut’s buffer zone. Civil war toll rises with 106 killed and 176 wounded in 24 hours. over 18,000 dead overall. Leaders push for Syrian army and Palestinian guerrilla withdrawal and for President Suleiman Franjieh’s resignation.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Palestine Liberation Army
Kamal Humblatt
Palestine
Syria
Elias Sarkis
Suleiman Franjieh
Accediohtn Panfassane
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National Rifle Assn
Bragatin
Steeler AE
Gallenkamp
An Nuhar
Franjieh
Sarkis
Goncrere
Atoz Rental, Inc
W. Patrick St. Frederick
Tod
Thurmont Bank
Lyan
Suburban Bancorporation
Suburban Banc Corporation Wines
Thurmont
West Main
Wate Stree
West Patrick Street
Federil
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