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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1969
Page
2
A damaged OCR fragment from The News Frederick Maryland October 7 1969 shows mention of AP dispatches and a page designation. The readable text references the Associated Press and a page in the paper.
Voters head to the polls for Frederick City's Democratic primary with contests for the Board of Aldermen and City Treasurer It cost over 7000 dollars to run and Paul E Magaha seeks re election unopposed for mayor Republicans meet Tuesday to name candidates Derr faces likely unopposed bid for a second term voters urged to participate and cast ballots for the American way of life.
Public attention is drawn to the Taneytown Youth Center opening this month. The venture, sponsored by the Taneytown ministerium and funded by service clubs, will be run by Taneytown's youth with a lease to the building at 16 East Baltimore Street for one year and a token $1. Advisors include Rev. Maurice Arsenalt, Rev. Kent Hall, and Rev. Thomas Galladay. Membership cards for access will fund utilities. The Youth Council members are Debbie Bollinger, Drew Welk, Mike Shaun, Nora Trankley, Paul Reingollar, and Karen Amoss.
Frederick County United Appeal reports the Bar Association and Edwin F. Nikirk achieved 100 percent participation for the seventh straight year. The campaign started Monday and runs through the month. Nikirk notes the bar and area judges are responsive to local needs and donations exceeded last year by five percent.
Union Bridge resumes police protection after a fortnight without officers. Officer Bernard Suitley of Westminster begins a 30 day trial from 8 am to 4 pm, while Police Chief Scott W. Davis returns from police school to cover 4 pm to midnight. From midnight to 8 am the town has no police protection.
The Nixon administration creates a twelve member construction industry collective bargaining commission with four public representatives and equal labor and management seats. Its goals include fostering voluntary tripartite dispute settlement procedures and addressing labor and manpower issues affecting industry growth and costs.
The article notes President Nixon proposes a federally guided but voluntary commission to ease wage and cost pressures in construction. Key appointees include Labor Secretary Schultz and HUD Secretary Romney with experts Counts and Dunlop joining. It highlights wage inflation, high interest rates, potential housing starts decline, and calls for training to hire more Black workers.
The letter by Pvt Jeffrey C Davis E 2 MOS 11810, posted by Rep Wayne L Hays in the Congressional Record, pleads for a return to an America with education rather than violence, unity between races, and moral governance. He seeks a land free from poverty graft and fear, valuing humanitarian ideas over military might.
A Maryland-wide note debunks sugar shortage myths saying sugar remains scarce and costly. Baltimore candy firms plan for three months without adequate sugar while a Frederick Hagersown line visit draws ten bankers to inspect the railway.
Analysis notes tax growth at state and local levels since World War II with 1968 figures. Outlays total about $121 billion, education dominates spending at $43.4 billion, highway costs rise to $142 billion, and welfare payments reach $11.1 billion. Inflation drives recent increases. calls for efficiency and reform follow.
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