Old Frederick County Courthouse Aims for Preservation and New Complex
The piece argues the old courthouse should not become a museum, urging the Board of County Commissioners and Maryland to accelerate plans for a new courthouse complex on West Patrick Street. It notes library and museum debates, highlights fiscal needs, and stresses speeding land acquisition and construction to handle rising caseloads while considering future uses for the old building.
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Court Square
Frederick County
Rst
Oda
Board of County Commissioners
State of
Maryland
Patrick Street
Frederick County Historical Society
Barry Lucey
Frederick
College of the People
Abraham Lincoln
Record Street
George Hartsuff
High Mast Lighting Opposition Grows in Maryland
Elliott Haines of Myersville urges Maryland officials to halt four I-70 mast lighting interchanges from Myersville to New Design Road. He argues lighting is wasteful, unneeded, and not proven to improve safety, calling for a Stop Work Order and public protest through Annapolis and Washington.
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Harry R. Hughes
Maryland Department of Transportation
Hagerstown
Frederick
Mr. Hughes
Frederick Post
Myersville
Goldstein
Comptroller
Maryland Association of Counties
Myersville- Middletown
Baffling Rant Spars With Odd Claims About Cops and Bingo
A fragmented, polemic piece mocks lottery betting and bingo players while alleging police focus on crimes by winners. It highlights am stations with a tongue in cheek misnomer and ends with a dismissive jab at a do gooders group.
Dominoes and Cards in Southeast Asia and Mail Order Woes
A reflective column questions the integrity of small mail order firms and contrasts them with larger corporations while reexamining the domino theory applied to the Indochina crisis. It argues the real risk lies in fragile policy and fragile allies, not in a sweeping collapse of all regional governments.
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Postal Service
Southeast Asia
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Laos
Thailand
Burma
Malaysia
South Korea
Philippines
Indochina
Frederick County Fire Report and Local Labor News
Yesterday in Frederick County a light forest fire season was noted with 16 fires burning 4 acres. A Federation of Labor meeting passed a resolution opposing replacing men with women in industrial work. The 39th Frederick County WCTU convention opened in Walkersville at the Lutheran Church.
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Frederick County
Federation of Labor
Frederick
May 2 1863 ceremony at Fort Detrick honors Armed Services Day
Mayor John A. Dera spoke on the utility of effort to keep power with peace at the Fort Detrick Armed Services Day ceremony. James A. Rice of Frederick was elected commander of Disabled American Veterans. Chairman George described Eisenhower’s aid funds as a blank check for Southeast Asia.
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John A. Dera
Fort Detrick
James A. Rice
Frederick
The
Disabled American Veterans of
George
DGA
Eisenhower
Southeast Asia
War planners refuse to admit error in Vietnam fallout
The piece argues key figures from the Vietnam era deny misjudgments and cling to past beliefs. Clark Clifford notes elite self deception, while Bundy and McNamara attain new roles. Public demand for accountability grows amid ongoing distrust and calls for admission of error.
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Washington
NEA
Southeast Asia
McGeorge Bundy
Robert McNamara
Melvin Laird
Dean Rusk
William Westmoreland
Westmoreland
U.S
South Vietnam
Clark Clifford
Defense
Lyndon Johnson
Vietnam
Clifford
United States
Hanoi
Saigon
Johnson
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Christian Boyee
Asia
Ford Foundation
Bob McNamara
World Bank
America
Tom McIntyre
D-N.h
Remembering American aid that shaped South Vietnam
Ray Cromley recalls experiences near the Cambodian border and in villages where American efforts helped build schools and provide medical care. He notes the impact of aid workers, farmers, and local elections, praising reforms, cooperative farming, and the resilience of Vietnamese communities despite war.
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Washington
NEA
South Vietnam
Lider
PTA
United Are
Tney
South
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Tom Tiede
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California
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