Campaign Warns Shoplifting Costs Washington Area How Merchants Fight Back
Metropolitan Washington Board of Trade backs a regional anti shoplifting drive citing last year’s $407,035,000 in losses in the area including Frederick. The plan urges retailers to join, offers a $5 working kit, and emphasizes publicizing offenders.
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Metropolitan
Washington
Frederick
Metropolitan Washington Board of Trade
Jaw
Frederick County
Board of Trade
Washington Board of Trade
Leonard Kolodny
20Th St. NW
Washington, D.C
Melart Jewelers
Kay Jewelry
F. W. Woolworth
Central Charge Service
G. C. Murphy
Hechinger
K-mart
Montgomery Ward
J.C
Washington Merry-go-round Maritime scandal surfaces
A House subcommittee report reveals a seven year, taxpayer funded liaison between the Maritime Administration and the National Maritime Council. Government workers ran the private trade group, with subsidies and guarantees totaling over 2.4 billion dollars, while warnings of conflicts of interest were ignored.
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Washington
House
Maritime Administration
Shipping Industry
National Maritime Council
NMC
Maritime Council
House Commerce Consumer and Monetary Affairs
Benjamin Rosenthal
D-Ny
U.S
Council
Commerce Department
Subcommittee
Congressional
Congress
NIC
NNC
Referreon Communications Company
Gerald Rafsheen
State of Education: Kent Elects First School Board
A historical discussion traces Maryland elected school boards beginning with Kent and Charles counties in 1918 1970. Delegate Clayton Mitchell and local observers note boards often function as honorary bodies with limited authority as superintendents and staff push for their preferred policies.
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Kent
Frederick
Dorchester
Aind Talbot
Nevembees
Sealots
Ang Wins Romecaet
Sege Uy Theather
Prince Georges
Montgomery
Charles
Washington
Clayton Mitchell
Aba
Mitcbeill
General Assembly
Snoee
Charles County
la Plata Times-Crescent
Marian Myles
Hood College dinner honors by Altar Guild at Evangelical Reform Church
A September city and county weather snapshot notes a wide temperature swing from mid summer to near frost. Hood College students and staff joined by the parishioners of the Evangelical Reform Church enjoyed a dinner in their honor. Davis and Elkins College football upset Navy 2-0 with a second quarter safety. Mount Saint Marys fell to Georgetown 31-0 in Washington. Attendance at Baker Park pool totaled 17,004 for the summer season.
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Hood College
Evangelical Reformeo Church
Baker Park
Davis and Elkins College
Navy
Maryland
Mount Saint Mary's
Frederick County
Georgetown
Washington
Frederick fair dampened yet set for clear night
Twenty years ago rain dampened Governor's Day at the Frederick Fair following an opening success. About 200 vocational agriculture students from five counties attended the Central Maryland regional FFA judging contest with dairy cattle, poultry and livestock divisions. Plans for a $500,000 Frederick Medical Center on Toll House Avenue were approved with excavation to begin in two weeks. Walkersville High School defeated Mercersburg Academy 2 in soccer with goals by Duncan Green and Warner. Mercersburg's Koster scored four goals.
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Frederick Fair
Central Maryland
Frederick Medical Center
Toll House Avenue
Battered Spouse Program Backed by Police Benefit Game
Letters thank Police Lodge 91 Maryland State Police Barracks B and the Frederick Jaycee Wives for organizing a charity softball game. The effort, led by Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 1, supports a new battered spouse program in Frederick County. Citizens, Alice Moore, and BETTER BRUST chairman endorsed the fundraiser and progress.
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Police Lodge 91
Maryland
Maryland State Police
Frederick Jaycee
Tommy Grunwell
Charte Horn
County
Alice Moore
Order of Police Lodge #1
Order of Police Lodge M1
Frederick County
Letters to the editor and community notices mix in Frederick
A reader questions Potomac Edison fuel costs and rate practices based on a Sept 14 photo. another writer praises volunteer fire fighters and EMTs, detailing training and costs. Bridget M. Rossi disputes marijuana coverage, defending medical use and condemning misinformation. local readers note dates and service acknowledges.
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J. M. McCardell
Potomac Edison
Public Service Commission
SIG
Ing Om
Bridget M. Rossi
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Ound
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White House
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Justice Department
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Eugene W. Goll
State of Education
Toma
Better Brust
Richard
Dick) Sheckells
Jay West
Patrick
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Weald Lite
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