Frederick Adds Second Paid Ambulance Crew To Boost Fire Response
An editorial notes Frederick will hire a second paid ambulance crew to address rapid growth and frequent calls answered by Urbana Walkersville and Middletown units. It praises Frederick County’s strong volunteer system, urges balanced integration, and cites Montgomery County’s shift toward county employee firefighters under a paid chief.
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Annapolis
Hagerstown
Frederick
Urbana
Walkersville
Middletown
Maryland
Frederick County
Independent Hose Company
Montgomery County
Religious tyranny and a motel boycott clash
Roy Meachum rebutts Reverend Donald Wildman and his National Federation for Decency effort to boycott Holiday Inns over in room movies. He argues the crusade oversteps and that late night films are not an immediate threat, while noting uncertain ties to Catholic officials and local ministers.
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Donald Wildman
National Federation For Decency
Wildman
America
News-Post
NFD
Poycott
Holiday Inns
Holiday Inn
Brother Wildman
John May
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Adolph Hitler
Mr. Wildman
Delta Airlines AIDS education questioned after glove incident
Airlines faced past discrimination allegations as Delta staff were observed wearing gloves to clear plates on a Washington to Orlando flight. The report notes previous actions toward AIDS passengers and critiques of education efforts, while officials dispute the necessity of gloves for cleanup and emphasize non casual transmission. The piece cites Mobilization Against AIDS and Senate testimony on inventory control.
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Washington
Delta Airlines
Delta
Jennifer Smith
Jim Leahy
John Schauer
D.C
Orlando
Fla
Leahy
Schauer
Atlanta
Jim Lundy
Jim Brows
Health and Human Services Department
Brown
Mark Sigers
San Francisco
Sigers
Mobilization Against
Ken McPherson
Cuba
Pentagon
Caribbean
Havana
Sary-Shagan Missile Center
Pearl Harbor
Defense
William H. Taft IV
Carl Levin
D-Mich
Mr. Taft
Senate
Taft
Aleutians
Frederick Adopts Eight New Traffic Signals for 1937
After a city survey officials decided to purchase eight Eggle Signal Corporation traffic signals for dangerous intersections in Frederick. Planned locations include 13th and Market, Seventh and Market, Dill Avenue and Upper College Terrace, All Saints and South Bentz, Patrick and Jefferson, Church and Court, plus four at the square corner. Potomac Edison’s radio cruiser checked local reception. no interference found. Harry E. Pettingall, former Francis Scott Key American Legion Post commander, returned from a France trip as a French guest and documented memories of Meuse Argonne fighting and a German fox hole.
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Frederick
Eggle Signal Corporation
13Th
Market Streets
Seventh and Market Streets
Dill Avenue
Upper College Terrace
All Saints
South Bentz Streets
Patrick and Jefferson Streets
Church and Court Streets
Potomac Edison Co
Hagerstown
Marlin Thurmond
Frederick Asan
Harry E. Pettingall
Francis Scott Key
American Legion
France
Mr. Pettingall
Montfaucon
No Man's Land
Pageant Queen Wanda Black Crowned in 1980 Junior Miss
Twenty years ago Wanda Black, 17, won Frederick County Junior Miss at the Francis Scott Key Hotel, photographed with a roses bouquet. About 20,000 people lined the Brunswick Veterans Day Parade, with addresses by Stanley W. King and State Senator Goodloe Byron. John D. DePass, 28, of South Carolina, appointed Frederick County parks and recreation director, to work with Rhea Kincaid. Six or seven peace demonstrators marched near the Frederick Armory during National Guard drills, then left without incident.
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Wanda Black
Frederick County
Thurmont High School
Miss Black
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Brunswick
Steadman-Keenan American Legion Post
Stanley W. King
The
American Legion
Goodloe Byron
Byron
Charles McC. Mathias
6Th
John D. DePass
South Carolina
Charles F. Bowers
DePass
Rhea Kincaid
Frederick Armory
National Guard
George P. von Wbiff
Letters to the Editor On Gulf tensions and public commentary
Readers weigh in on Persian Gulf dangers and a pipeline solution involving Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Western allies, while others respond to a divorced fathers column, stock market fears, student aides, and praise for interdisciplinary middle school projects led by Paul Dunford and teachers in Frederick County Maryland.
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Frederick, MD
Michael Powell
Fire Service
Roy Meachum
Frederick’s
James Bond
Bishops’ Conference
St. Louis
Donald Brown
Blue Ridge Baptist Association
Union Bridge
Mr. Brown
Jack Anderson
United Feature Syndicate
Vere
Roly, Egham
Persian Gulf
Iran
England
Italy
Germany
Christina Vopicka
R.W
Ronald Thomas Frederick
Darren L. Duvall
Middletown High School
Willie Brickey
Paul Dunford
Frederick Post
West Frederick Middle School
Dunford
Milt McGrew
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