Rally To Detrick Urges $15 Million HEW Boost
Frederick leaders urge a united, wide-ranging push in Congress to fund Fort Detrick as a health research center. The Mathias amendment seeks 15 million dollars and 700 staff to convert the former Army base. Local business, civic, and political groups vow vigorous action before Congress adjourns.
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Charles McC Mathias
Frederick
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Fort Detrick
Frederick County
Congress
Army Biological Weapons Center
Mathias
Senate
Joseph D. Tydings
White House
Jaycees
Army
Frederick City
Capitol Hill
J. Glenn Beall
Goodloe E Byron
Chamber of Commerce
Appropriations Committee
Maryland
Board of Education
HEW
United States
House of Representatives
Beall
Nixon
Busy Frederick police chief to lead $29,000 charity drive
Major Charles V. Main, Frederick City’s 18 year police chief, will supervise the Frederick County Association for the Retarded annual financial appeal aiming to raise $29,000. The campaign supports the Jeanne Bussard Workshop Harmony Grove School Francis Scott Key Center for Exceptional Children and Montevue Home day care facilities. Main’s long civic record includes Red Cross drives Lions Club and Jaycee awards.
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Frederick City
Charles V. Main
Major Main
Frederick County Association
Jacob R. Ramsburg Jr
Jeanne Bussard
Harmony Grove
Francis Scott Key Center For
Montevue
Scott Key
Frederick County
Chief Main
Red Cross
Frederick Counseling Service
Frederick Lions Club
Jaycee
Frederick County Association For
Nixon urged to aid economy before 1972 election
Washington columnist David Lawrence argues that only 57 million of 124 million voters cast ballots, signaling a massive non-voter bloc. He analyzes party strength, unemployment, price rises, and the need for policy action to revive the economy before the 1972 presidential race.
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David Lawrence
Washington
Midwest
Far West
Alaska
Arkansas
Florida
Idaho
Minnesota
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Tennessee
California
Congress
Politics of Religion Harries Ministers
The piece argues about clergymen entering politics amid concerns of church state mixing in Connecticut and Rhode Island. It cites study findings from Keith Miller on ministers feeling used by congregations and outlines the gap between seminary ideals and pastoral reality. It notes ministers’ reluctance to run for public office and suggests theologian perspectives on clergy in politics.
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Connecticut
Rhode Island
Men of the
Holy City
Geneva
Congress
World Publishers
Keith Miller
Pilgrim Press
Enterprise Assn
Weather and market notes from Frederick area November 1920
November weather damaged crops in Frederick Carr and Baltimore Counties with corn harmed by storms. Livestock and farming implements sales show reduced prices, while coal shortages weigh on dealers in cities though local supply holds. A later item notes Thanksgiving holiday forecasts colder weather and snow flurries. another reports a Middletown High student injured self with a 22 caliber pistol. and eleven Frederick residents depart for Baltimore for Selective Service induction.
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Frederick
Carr
Baltimore
Bureau of Crop Estimates
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Public Service Commission in Maryland faces environmental and power debates
The Public Service Commission confronts a storm of issues amid a 1960 law and Calvert Cliffs hearings. Ecologists, power shortages, and public demand clash as the agency weighs deference to environmental concerns with the need for reliable electricity. The court and legislature push for clearer authority, faster action, and stronger enforcement while commission leadership stresses safeguarding rates and safe service.
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Public Service Commission
Calvert Cliffs
Maryland
David
AEC
Potomac Edison Corporation
Frederick County
Solomon
Court of Appeals
Prince Frederick
Antietam
Commission
William O. Doub
Natural Resources and Health Departments
Doub
Department of Water Resources
Health Department
Legislative Council
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Detrick
Harries
Poling
The
Christian Herald Assn
Observer
George F. Crouse
Middletown High School
Armed Services
Selective Service Board No. 46
County
Val Hymes
Berry's
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