Fort Detrick under threat as efforts to save it intensify
Frederick County leaders workers and politicians press to keep Fort Detrick open as Pentagon plans to phase it out. Senators Mathias and Tydings seek a 16 million appropriation to convert it into a health research center, but HEW officials see limited use. President Nixon’s stance remains unclear, and local officials urge White House intervention with letters and political pressure.
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Frederick County
Fort Detrick
Pentagon
Nixon
Senate
Maryland
J. Glenn Beall
Mathias and
Tydings
Congress
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Army
Beall
Frederick
Mathias
House of Representatives
GOP
Frederick City
White House
America
Goodloe E. Byron
Board of County Commissioners
Washington
Housing Crisis Deepens in Frederick County
Frederick County faces a severe housing shortage hitting the poor hardest, with 17 families on an emergency list at the CAA. The agency notes overcrowded public housing, exhausted emergency funds, and widespread lack of affordable rentals, furniture, and appliances as private builders fail to supply low-cost units. Local churches and agencies strive to help, but leadership and coordinated action are deemed insufficient to solve the crisis.
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Frederick County
Frederick Community Action Committee
CAA
Mary Jane Johnson
United Fund
Johnson
Jesus
Futility of Strikes Urged by Frederick Post Reader
A Frederick Post reader lauds Don Oakley’s Strike’s The Thing But Just Why and argues strikes have outlived usefulness. The letter claims GM losses reach two to three billion dollars, with broader harm from inflation unemployment exports and a decaying economy due to labor leaders and foreign competition.
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Don Oakley
Frederick Post
Srikes
Letters on labor, inflation, and generation gap in society
A series of reader letters debate union leadership greed, labor management relations, and wage inflation. One writer cites Meany and Nixon, argues retrenchment in wages is overdue, and urges investor consumers’ responsibility. Another note denies an accusation about Gail Remsberg. A final snippet recalls old white sales and generation gaps in electric supply.
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Nixon
Gat
O Possumtown Pike Work Aims to Bypass Toll Gate
State Roads Commission will start work to improve the O Possumtown Pike to avoid the North Market Street toll gate and two railroad grade crossings. The decision came at a Baltimore meeting of the commission. A separate note from Storm & Shipley reports Frederick song buyers favor My Little Bimbo and several other tunes. The Frederick Baseball Association held its final meeting at the YMCA last night. City voters turnout on a November 6, 1950 ballot featured 10 contests 45 candidates three referenda five constitutional amendments and a constitutional convention. Emily R Orrison, 55, was slightly injured and her son Dr William W Orrison drove after a collision on West South Street yesterday morning.
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O'Possumtown Pike
State Roads Commission
North Market Street Pike
Commission
Baltimore
Brunswick
West South Street
Emily R. Orrison
William W. Orrison
Time Now for Pact On Air Piracy
The piece condemns hijackings by two Lithuanians and two Russian students, urges an international treaty to return hijackers and planes to origin, and criticizes oppression while warning against condoning air piracy. It also notes the shift to standard time and warns drivers to stay cautious after dark as days grow shorter.
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Turkey
Russia
East Germany
Cuba
Simple Faith From a Cab Driver Highlights Political Apathy
San Francisco notes recount a seven week campaign across 10 states with a young Mexican American taxi driver from a Texas Panhandle ranch who chose learning over despair. He asked for book recommendations and inspired the writer as politicians appeared dull and divided. The piece questions faith in American politics of 1970.
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Chicago
Texas Panhandle
Los Angeles
John V. Tunney
Quick Quiz Qs and Answers From An Old Newspaper Scrap
A set of short trivia Qs covers careers in nursing oyster lore fish nesting and burial facts. It notes LPN initials signify licensed practical nurse, blue point oysters origin, four spined stickleback nesting, Mark Twain burial in Elmira not Hannibal, muleback postal routes count at 21, and spiders have eight legs versus six in true insects.
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Detrick
Baby Dear
Benry's
Joel Zimmerman
Rocky Ridge
Sir
Frederick News-Post
Gail Remsburg
Gail Remsberg
Gail Remsberg Loevale
Middletown, Md
By Phil Pastoret
NEA. 1
FBI
Storm & Shipley
Market
Second Streets
Frederick Baseball Association
YMCA
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Bruce Biossat
NEA
San Francisco
L.P.N
Blue Points
Blue Point
Long Island
Mark Twain
Hannibal, Mo
Woodlawn
Elmira
N.Y
Post Office Department
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