Rights clash ends in eviction tragedy in Carroll County
A Carroll County welfare family of seven, led by Mrs. Charlotte Powell, faces eviction from a dilapidated rented home and camps in a station wagon with five children. The Department of Social Services finds no livable housing, citing substandard options. Critics urge immediate temporary shelter and broader mobile home access as county officials seek long term solutions.
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Charlotte Powell
Carroll County
Powell
Department of Social Services
Anita Iglehart
Springfield State Hospital
Bethlehem
Iglehart
Spock backs home care over career for child joy
Dr Benjamin Spock, writing in Redbook, argues against downgrading home childcare as less valuable than work outside. He urges communities to offer centers for enriching activities to offset isolation and promote skill, achievement, and growth while noting women’s past limits. Jane Buchholtz adds mothers’ time with children is a recent shift, caused by changes in partnership and duties. The piece contrasts today’s liberation with past constraints.
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Benjamin Spock
Spock
Redbook
Jane Buchholtz
University of Wisconsin
Tapestry of Humanity Quotes Prompt World Stand
Aker Sierra Leone’s ambassador to the United Nations speaks on unity and humanity across races urging against prejudice. Trudeau of Canada says this is a pivotal moment when all citizens must take a stand on critical issues amid actions by terrorists.
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Europe
Africa
Middle East
Asia
John J. Aker
Sierra Leone
United Nations
Pierre Trudeau
Canada
Miracle on South Street expands Jeanne Bussard Workshop
In a letter to the editor Mrs. Charles Glick, president of the Jeanne Bussard Workshop, praises the new wing dedication in Frederick County. The facility began with six clients five years ago and now has trained over 200 and employed more than 100 in the community. Gratitude is expressed to the Bussard family for donating the building and funding the new wing, and to county commissioners, businesses, and donors who supported the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Bussard
Carroll
Montgomery Counties
Helen Nussear
South Street
Frederick County
C. Lease Bussard
Blank Check deepens U S risk in Middle East war
Washington analysis notes Nixon administration actions to broker Israeli Egyptian cease fire could bind United States to military entanglement. Promises of no violations and American arms to rectify imbalances raise Israel’s reliance and U S moral obligation. Private talks seek token Egyptian withdrawals while pressuring Israel to continue negotiations.
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Washington
Nea
Nixon
Middle East
United States
Vietnam
Mediterranean
Southeast Asia
William Rogers
United Nations
Egypt
Israel
Soviet Union
U. S
Armistice Day Celebrated by Francis Scott Key Post
Armistice Day was celebrated on November 12 1920 with a parade under the American Legion Francis Scott Key Post. Mayor Gilmer Schley proclaimed factory and business closures during parade hours and bunting and flags adorned public spaces. An engagement of one night only at the Opera House featured Howard McKent Barnes musical play A Night in Honolulu set in Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Scott Key Post
American Legion
Gilmer Schley
Opera House
Hawaii
Howard McKent Barnes
Honolulu
Island
Paradise
Foreign officials tour Frederick farms to study soil districts
Twenty years ago on November 22, 1950 eleven representatives of foreign agricultural departments toured three Frederick County farms to study U S soil conservation districts, arranged by the Food and Agriculture Organization. Frederick faced wintry cold with frosts and ice as temperatures fell to 18 above zero at Unionville and nearby shelters recorded 20 to 21 degrees. Ice formed half an inch in exposed areas.
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Frederick County
United States
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United States
Frederick
Unionville
Russians Fear China U S Detente and Global Shifts
United Nations dispatch notes strained Moscow Washington ties amid Nixon push for negotiation while fearing China. Gromyko’s smile signals cautious Kremlin tilt as Moscow, Beijing duel over influence, with Russia wary of missing Western détente despite border tensions and party congress delays.
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United Nations
N.Y
NEA
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
Nixon
White House
United States
Kremlin
Moscow
Middle East
Cuba
Red
Peking
China
Gromyko
East Europe
Pravda
Hapsurg
Communist Party
Britain
France
Canada
Berit
Italy
Belgium
Chi
Pai
Barbs by Phil Pastoret and scattered oddities
A short column of quips and gibes on touches, paper, TV reception, and a joke about a kennel and a screen door. The fragment ends with garbled text Ninwe pa prr ba G Hye and lacks a clear single news item.
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Frederick, Maryland
Meyer
Westminster Realty
Board of County Commissioners
Pop
Robert Kennedy
Association For
Maryland
Charles Glick
Berry’ World
U.S
War Pit
Mideast
Ray Cromley
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
NewsPost
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