Detrick Looks Good as Cancer Bill Advances in Congress
The House moves toward approval of the Cancer Attack Act of 1971 after a 26 to 2 committee vote. The measure endorses Fort Detrick’s facilities for peaceful cancer research with a three year, 1.6 billion funding plan, and gains cross party and administration support including Nixon’s backing.
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House of Representatives
Fort Detrick
House
Senate
Harley O. Staggers
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
U.S
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
J. Glenn Beall Jr
Goodloe E. Byron
Paul Rogers
D-Fla
Nixon
Detrick
Byron
Congress
Blood donors urged to join volunteer drive amid publicity
The American Association of Blood Banks launches a nationwide public education campaign to recruit volunteers and curb paid blood donation practices. Dr. William G. Battaile warns against paying donors, saying it raises hepatitis risks and deters voluntary giving. The drive notes only about three percent donate yearly and blood needs rise 12 percent annually, with seven million pints required this year. Contact Frederick Red Cross or other agencies to donate.
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American Association of Blood Banks
AABB
William G. Battaile
Battaile
Frederick
The
Red Cross
United Givers Fund
Pollution in Soviet rivers threatens global ecology says Goldman
A Tokyo ecology conference excerpt reports Professor Marshall Goldman of Wellesley College linking Soviet pollution to vast river contamination from the Volga to the Oka and Aral Sea shrinkage. It notes oil, sewage, and dam projects worsening river life and coastal erosion across multiple regions.
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Russia
Marshall I. Goldman
Wellesley College
Tokyo
U.s.5.r
New York
Los Angeles
Ukraine
Molognaia
Chernovechensk
Dzerzhinsk
Oka
Volga
Yenesses
Ural
Dyina
Baltic
Black
Caspian
Moldavia
Alma-Alta
Chelyabinsk
Magnitogorsk
Tbilisi
Leningrad
Pavlovsk
Lake Baikal
Gobi
Siberia
Ruaaia
Sean Ap
Aral
Adler
Ministry of Defense
Arctic
Goldman
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Science
Thoughts on peace and healing from Jeremiah and Einstein
A compact meditation noting the Bible verse about false peace and Einstein's idea that true peace is achieved through understanding. The text emphasizes caution against superficial solutions and stresses the role of comprehension in lasting harmony.
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Albert Einstein
Suburban County Faces Population Boom Prediction
Suffolk County executive TH Lee Deanman warns population could rise from 12 million to 306 million by 2020 without controls. He likens this to a demolition at the county line, urging action after wage price measures end. Meany and Dr George W Taylor referenced as presidents in labor boards.
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Mao Tse-tung
George
George W. Taylor
War Labor Board
Wage Stabilization Board
Suffolk County
TH. Lee Deanman
New York City
Maryland Desegregation Progress Report Faces Gaps in Curricula
The Maryland State Board of Education reports steady desegregation progress with 139 of 1,292 schools not yet integrated and 38 000 of 44 266 staff on biracial teams. While physical integration advances, curricular bylaw aims to teach minority histories are receiving weak implementation with electives often segregated by race.
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Maryland
State Department of Education
Velma Jones
Jerome Frampton
Maryland State Teachers Association
Frederick County
Mao Sets Aims In Nixon Visit In Two Sided Strategy
Mao voiced a flexible approach to U S relations during Nixon’s coming trip, urging temporary alliances with major powers to isolate the strongest threat. The piece notes China’s past cooperation with the United States against Japan and cautions that Peking seeks its own interests while exploring possible gains for world peace through hardheaded negotiations.
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Washington
NEA
Peking
Nixon
Mao Tse-tung
China
Hong Kong
Japan
United States
Mao
Soviet Union
Wea
Red Wlng
Local wartime enlistment peak recalled with current game plans
Yesterday’s Files recalls peak wartime enlistment around 1918 and notes about 2,100 men ready to hunt game now in Frederick County. It also mentions a storefront contest winner, theater listings, fountain figures toppled by wind, Christmas Club payouts totaling about 370 thousand dollars, and Armistice Day observances led by Francis Scott Key Post at Memorial Ground and the World War II Honor Roll.
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Fredairk
Arma
Francis Scott Key Post
American Legion
Memorial Ground
Court House Park
Domain of America and Youth Appreciation Week Crest
A patriotic overview extols America's vast natural, industrial, and cultural wealth and invites readers to visit landmarks from Maine to Waikiki. It promotes the 15th annual Youth Appreciation Week, November 8 14 1971, sponsored by Optimist International to bridge the generation gap and honor youth achievements and responsibilities.
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Optimist International
North Carolina
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Rogers
Supreme Court
Mer
Richard Shifter
Frampton
James A. Sensenbaugh
State Board
Incul
Kent W. Mason
First State Women's Political Caucus
Balto, Co. Community College
State Pta
Lord Haltimore
Environmental Prast
Hunt Valley Inn
Balta, Co
Chamber of Commerce
Charles
S Hendrickson
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
North Market Street
East Second Street
Empire Theatre
Reginald Baker
Barbara Castleton
Pathe News
Betty Compton
Walter Fas
Bernard Davin
Frederick City
Joe Eisenhauser
Maine
California
Waikiki
Alaska
Florida Everglades
Glacier
Grand Canyon
Padre Island
Aransas Pass
Alamo
Cumberland Gap
Valley Forge
Independence Hall
Lincoln’s Monument
Fox College
Evergreen Park
Illinois
T. W. Colt Enterprises
Marlborough
Massachusetts
Furly
Mason
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