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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1979
Page
4
A May 20 1979 editorial urges a unified national energy effort from federal to local levels. It criticizes overreliance on thermostat cuts and highway lighting while calling for a broad program advancing new energy sources, scientific innovation, and real conservation demonstrations to restore public trust and drive action.
Maryland residents read that state employees have not paid the $10 biweekly commuting fee since Jan 1, despite Gov Blair Lee's plan to save roughly $400,000 a year. By March the real cost of commuting rose to 10.54 cents per mile, with fleet usage totaling over 27 million business miles and 4.65 million commuting miles. Regulators draft multiple versions, delaying implementation to July 1, costing the state an estimated $326,872 so far and rising.
Letters to the editor urge a critical look at the county planning and 40d zoning to determine if growth is prudent and controlled or laissez faire. They warn that improper growth could cause economic social and environmental problems, and request scrutiny from Elliott Haines of Monument Road Myersville.
On May 17 1929 a blast at M J Grove Lime near Federick loosened about 9000 tons of rock heard across the city. Catoctin County Club sees more ladies days with Edward P Thomas winning net 38. Opera House crowd of 1500 with 500 turned away at Red Arrow sale. Red Cross tornado relief totals 156. Mrs J E Doll will sail May 22 on Pennland for two months in Europe. J Thomas Pyles sails May 26 for study at Cambridge and Paris returning August 23. May 17 1958 library to receive 15000 with 2000 emergency added, 13000 budgeted. May Ball crowned Mrs Alfred Shockley at Elks Club. T Edgie Russell appoints John Cordyack director of operations. Second Frederick County art exhibit draws hundreds and 200 entries. Registration for 1959 60 courses at Frederick High School underway.
Washington story notes Henry Kissinger earned the nickname Super K for diplomatic feats yet proved vulnerable to probing journalists. The piece cites Flora Lewis of The New York Times Sally Quinn of The Washington Post and Oriana Fallaci as reporters who elicited revealing remarks. It recalls his admission that he wanted to bomb Hanoi more but the president blocked him.
The excerpt recounts Henry Kissinger’s tough reception by Italian interviewer Oriana Fallaci and his later reflections on the interview. It notes Kissinger’s claim that he allowed the session after seeing her photo and his dislike of her descriptions, while Fallaci defends her depiction and explains she described him as a cowboy to reflect his own self-image. The piece then shifts to brief items on dollar diplomacy with Thailand and Washington whirl about health care reporting timing, ending with a biblical note on old paper scarcity.
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