Fire Prevention Week urges home safety and detectors
The article urges families to act during National Fire Prevention Week Oct 4 to 10. It highlights the value of home fire safety, smoke detectors, and evacuated drills, offering free home inspections by fire departments in Frederick County. A simple plan now can save lives and property tomorrow.
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Frederick County
John B. Hane
Myersville
Frederick
Martha Cecelia Montgomery
Mattye
Francis Scott Key
Lewis R. Dertzbaugh
Frederick Hotel Company
Walter R. Casey
Mindpower Week at Hood College Highlighted
Hood College joins 1500 institutions nationwide to observe Mindpower Week sponsored by CASE. The program promotes public understanding of higher education value and the role of educated citizens in society, noting education as central to America’s health, economy, and leadership.
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America
Hood College
Frederick County
CASE
Hood
Frederick Community College
Mankind
Galileo
Edison
Einstein
DaVinci
Mr. Einstein
Mr. Edison
Reversal Called for in Entitlement Spending Reform
Washington Report argues federal entitlement programs have grown unsustainably under CPI tiedBenefits, with spending rising from 88.7 billion in 1972 to 350 billion in the current year. It urges Reagan to push head-on budget cuts and abandon the bottomless treasury assumption to aid the recovery.
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Reagan
U.S. Treasury
Washington Report
DOE enforcement feared as budget cuts loom over oil audits
Washington insiders reveal internal DOE memos warn that a sharp funding squeeze jeopardizes prosecutions of crude oil middlemen who allegedly overcharged consumers in the 1970s price controls. L.K. Jones calls the issue a national scandal and cites potential violations in the billions.
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Washington
Energy Department
DOE
Tony Capaccio
L.K. Jones
Jones
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Department of Justice
Aaron Landesman
Landesman
Uncertain Fate of V Factor Regulation in Oil Costs
The V factor rule faces possible abolition affecting cost allocations for oil products. Rep. Moffett warns stalling on the review jeopardizes enforcement against major oil companies. If funds are recovered, refunds may go to consumers or the federal Treasury.
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DOE
Energy
James Edwards
Toby Moffett
D-Conn
Treasury
Thurmont High School organized with officers in 1931
In 1931 the Thurmont High School faculty formed with Prof D W Zimmerman as ex officio chairman for both schools and officers named for the high school and elementary grades. About 400 attended the Yorktown historical film observance marking the sesquicentennial. The county grand jury urged study of Montevue Hospital buildings.
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Thurmont High School
D.W. Zimmerman
Roas V. Smith
Mary Roddy
M.H. Derr
L.D. Crawford
Hardee Beard
Anna Jones
Yorktown
Lawrence Everhart
Sons of the American Revoluton
Ficker urges MET change for Gaithersburg in 1950s era view
In a reader letter, Ficker argues Gaithersburg should be included in the Washington Metropolitan Area Telephone Exchange. He accuses C&P Phone Co of falsehoods over costs, cites 1958 Rockville MET inclusion delays, and frames a broader call for a unified regional communications network. The letter also contains a second reader piece by ROBERT E. KENNEDY expressing broader political fear and democracy concerns.
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Metrophone Exchange
Frederick Post
C&p Phone Co
Vicinity
Washington Metropolitan Area Telephone Exchange
MET
Rockville
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Montgomery Village
Silver Spring
Bethesda
Prince Georges
Virginia
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Senate
Howard Baker
Howard
United Feature Syndicate Inc
News-Post
Montevue Hospital
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