Library budget crisis spurs Frederick County study group
Frederick County library system faces chronic funding gaps and overcrowded central facilities. A city library trustee group and Miss M L Reynolds spearhead a study committee to draft remedial action for the Board of County Commissioners, highlighting inadequate state standards and potential federal aid for new construction.
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Frederick County
C. Burr
Board of County Commissioners
Frederick City
Miss Reynolds
C. Burr Artz
American Library Association
Study Commission
Norman Finkler
Governor's Commission On Public Library
Frederick
Frederick Community College
Frederick County library crisis and plan for a new central building
A Frederick County study commission urges selling the C Burr Artz Library property to fund a modern central building with ample parking, addressing long neglected library access. The piece cites Judge Robert Clapp Jr. and stresses need amid urban growth and limited parking. It also discusses FDA safety glass rules for eyeglasses and trends in ocean liner concepts for airlines.
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Artz
Frederick County
Circuit Court
Robert Clapp Jr
New Study Commission
C. Burr Artz
Voting Rights Frustration in Registration Delay
A reader recounts a June 19, 1970 trip to Frederick for registration and a September 15 voting attempt at Thurmont Middle School. Both she and her sister found their names absent from voter lists, despite cards showing their district numbers, and verification calls to Frederick failed. Local staff and Democratic officials tried to help but could not resolve the issue.
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Frederick
Thurmont Middle School
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
Remember Pearl Harbor in Tora Tora Tora ad debate
A promotional piece for the film Tora! Tora! Tora! questions American wartime myths and bungles that led to Pearl Harbor. The ad argues the history books erase American errors and warns viewers to reconsider the 1941 attack and the ensuing war.
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Pearl Harbor
America
United States
Aoe
Man In the
White Hat
Men Repaint Spire At Trinity Reform Outlook For Fair
From the News Post October 13 1920 two men Glenn R Nikirk and A R Stillens climbed the spire edge to repaint it while bystanders watched. With the 60th Annual Fair approaching concession stalls are rising and exhibits are being prepared. A mahogany chest once used by Barbara Fritchie sold from C C Carty to Mrs R A Hawes of New Rochelle NY.
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Trinity Reformed
West Church Street
Glenn R. Nikirk
A. R. Stillens
Barbara Fritchie
C. C. Carty
R. A. Hawes
New Rochelle
New York
Two Baltimore brothers jailed after car theft chase
Two Baltimore brothers are jailed on car theft charges after a chase from the Square Corner east to Jug Bridge. Shots were fired, one brother was captured in a tree along the Monocacy River, and the younger recovered from a kneecap injury at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Separately, a large part of the Unionville bypass on Liberty Road may open this year. L. R. Waesche Co. has begun work on a new bridge over Tuscarora Creek on Route 15 north of Frederick. The Weather Bureau forecasts scattered frost tonight as temperatures drop to the thirties.
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Square Corner
Jug Bridge
Monocacy River
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Unionville
Liberty Road
L. R. Waesche Company
Thurmont
Frederick
Tuscarora Creek
Viets Urge Foster U.S. Withdrawal
Washington report cites South Vietnamese hawks urging Nixon to sharply reduce U.S. troop levels by end of 1971 and possibly leave a small residual force. They argue Viet Cong and North Vietnamese are overstretched, Cambodia blockade strains supply, and South Vietnamese must take the fight with less American help. Maoist Peiping echoes the idea of on-the-spot victory by locals with limited outside aid.
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Washington
NEA
Faauthe
Thieu
South Vietnam
Senate
Ite Nn
Nixon
U.S
United States
Vietnam
Cambodia
Hanoi
Laos
Ho Chi Minh
Saigon
Mao
Peiping
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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Frederick, Maryland
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
AiResearch Aviation
AiResearch
Heaven
C. H. Parkhurst
Job
Magistrate’s
Cleveland
Wall Street Journal
Treasury Department
Supreme Court
Jenna Lea E. Ott
R.F.D
Route 15
Richard R. Stambaugh
A Thurmont, Md
American Legion
Paris
France
Boston Celtics
Phim
Berry
Spiro Agnew
Martha Mitchell
Pai
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