Attempts to revive documenting life in America
A veteran photojournalist recalls reviving the Farm Security Administration concept through private foundations and one-year fellowships for editors and photographers. The plan aims to fund, curate, and eventually donate film to the Library of Congress, with profits supporting ongoing work and public access.
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America
Sandy Colton
Farm Security Administration
Library of Congress
PSA
Johnson
Washington
Washington (DC ) Star. the Group I Worked With Included Yoichi Okamoto
John Morris
Magnum Fame
Washington Post
John Szarkowski
Museum of Modern Art
New York
Dorothea Lange
Arthur Rothstein
FSA
Bob Gilka
National Geographic
Iron Gate
U.S
Ford
Carter
Ron Reagan
National Endowment For the Arts
Roy Stryker
Heat problems at Frederick Community College rise
A FCC student from Walkersville reports extreme classroom temperatures hindering learning. Officials call it an air balance issue tied to seasonal warmth, saying temperatures should improve with outside air use while seeking state funding to upgrade the heating and cooling system by year end.
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Frederick Community College
Colege
Robert Silvis
Walkersville
Silvis
Jon Larson
FCC
Larson
Hughes declines involvement in Mandel parole case
Maryland Governor Harry R. Hughes said he will not participate in efforts to secure parole or commutation for former governor Marvin Mandel. He urged that the Federal Parole Commission handle the matter, noting they hold hearings and make determinations.
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Annapolis
Harry R. Hughes
Marvin Mandel
Florida
Federal Parole Commission
Mandel
Harry W. Rogers
Hughes
United States
Federal Parole Board
Baltimore
Clarence Long
Parren Mitchell
Maryland
Reagan
Bruce Bereano
Arnold Weiner
U.S. Parole Commission
Rogers
Department of Justice
Justice Department
Paul Laxalt
R.nev
Jack Kemp
R.-N.y
Laxalt
Kemp
Buffalo
United Way Campaign Tops Milestones in 1981 Marathon
The 1981 United Way drive uses a runners marathon motif with nine divisions pushing fund raising. Through October 20 the total reached 168483 toward a 480000 goal. The Agencies and Organizations Division led by Susan Chapman reports 92 percent of its 6271 target. Pacesetters have 45272 in. GAITHERSBURG crossing closure near South Summit Avenue for three weeks starting October 26 to install a rubberized crossing. Detours via Md. 355, Chestnut Street or East Deer Park Drive advised. Poolesville High School Horse Show rescheduled to October 25 due to weather. Lord Haw Haw William Joyce hanged in 1945 as Nazi propagandist after claiming American citizenship via Brooklyn birth.
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United Way
Susan Chapman
Gaithersburg
South Summit Avenue
Rick Reed
Chestnut
East Deer Park Drive
William Joyce
Lord Haw Haw
Britain
Joyce
Brooklyn
Germany
Frederick County United Way Goals Met as Week Totals Rise
Contributions from area firms including Eustalco Frederick Cancer Research Center Frederick Electronics Farmers and Mechanics Bank Potomac Edison North American Phillips Shenandoah Plastics and Montgomery Ward topped the week with J C Penney mapping in extra. Other divisions reported gains pushing the drive 35 percent of goal and $58 000 ahead of last year’s pace, as Jean Laws cites community support and volunteer enthusiasm to reach the target.
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Eustalco
Frederick Cancer Research Center
Frederick Electronics
Farmers and Mechanics Bank
Potomac Edison
North American Phillips
Shenandoah Plastics
Montgomery Ward
J.C. Penney
Jean Laws
Frederick County
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Frederick
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Edward 5. Delaplaine
Harry Richardson
Leslie le Blanc
News-Post
Richardson
Sam Yu
Hessian Barracks
Robert C. Reid
Frederick News-Post
Board of Public Works
Jessup
Anne Arundel County
Hagerstown
United Way Progress
Communications Committee
Montgomery Bureau
Poolesville
Poolesville High School
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