THE NEWS Frederick Maryland Oct 24 1969
The Frederick Maryland newspaper The News published on Friday October 24 1969 lists subscription rates and printing details. It notes a rate of 450 per year and 1800 Cy Motor weet with various monthly and quarterly terms. It also states the paper is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulators and Associated Press and is printed in Frederick Maryland.
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Gneat Southern Fig & Mfg CO
Patrick Street
Audit Bureau of Circulators
Associated Press
AP News
Frederick
the Assoc
Ins the News
Maryland
Let Us Honor Our Vietnam War Dead in Frederick County
A call to memorialize Vietnam War sacrifices in Frederick County and nearby communities. The list of 24 local men killed or died serving includes Ronald Kenny and James Moore Jr among many others, with requests for a memorial or school naming to honor their service.
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Frederick County
Vietnam
Ronald Michael Kenny
Mount Airy
James Moore Jr
Frederick Daniel Spencer Brittain
Frederick Charles Frank Brandenburg
Frederick Wilson Lee Cook
Frederick Robert D. Donaldson
Dickerson
Robert Henry Lerner
Gainsville
Gary Wayne
Beer Tax Advocacy Faces Brewers Lobby Resistance
Delegate Eugene J. Zander argues for raising the beer tax to fund public schools, noting taxes on business ultimately fall on consumers. He acknowledges brewers’ past opposition but frames beer as a luxury unlikely to curb consumption, urging a 1970 tax shift away from real estate toward education.
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Eugene J. Zander
Montgomery County
General Assembly
Zander
German Measles Immunization Drive Aims for Full Coverage
County health officer Dr. Charles Spicknall urges cooperation from parents of first three grade students as schools prepare to immunize all children against German measles. Letters will go home to solicit consent. statewide about 700000 children remain unvaccinated. In Frederick County last spring 854 were vaccinated. drive targets the 4945 children in these grades.
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Charles Spicknall
Frederick County
Tam
Letters to the Editor condemns drugs and alcohol debate
A reader argues that alcohol is legal and questions society’s stance on drugs and the adults who sell them to youth. The letter criticizes the editor for perceived bias, claims the 1969 free country is under strain, and ends with a rebuke about condemning the young for hair and beards.
Battle Seen as Breakaway Democrat in Virginia Race
NEA reports Virginia gubernatorial candidate William C. Battle, a former ambassador and Byrd-era figure, positions himself as independent from the Byrd machine. He faces Linwood Holton in a contest shaped by desegregation, party realignment, and cross endorsements, while courting black voters and distancing from national Republicans.
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Richmond
Nea
William C. Battle
Virginia
Harry Byrd
Battle
Byrd
U.S
Australia
Fred Pollard
Henry Howell
Mills Godwin
Linwood Holton
Howell
Holton
John F. Kennedy
George
Deep South
Outer South
National Democratic Party
Hubert Humphrey
Edmund Muskie
George McGovern
Democratic Party
Vey
GOP
Godwin-Byrd
Godwin
Fifty Years Ago Fair Rain Deluges Frederick City
Rain drenched Frederick as fifty years ago crowds gathered for the fair's biggest day. Only about 3000 admitted due to mud, while a county commissioner aided in subduing a gored official after a bull attack.
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Frederick Fair
Pentagon Short-Sighted On Eye Safety
Don Oakley reports that about one third of armed forces wear prescription glasses and the NSPB has pressed for a full scale eye safety program. Congress considers safety glasses for all with prescriptions while the Defense Department cites unknown fiscal effects and current medical judgments. A 1963 memo estimates 6 or 7 cents per ens, and naval shipyards and bases already use safety programs for civilians.
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National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Pentagon
Congress
Henry Helstoski
D-N.j
Defense Department
NSPB
Assistant Secretary of Defense
William D. Anderson
U.S. Army
Fort Carson
Colo
Naval
Army
Treasury Proposal Would Shield Low Earners From Withholding
The Treasury recommends Senate Finance Committee consider exempting part year workers who earn over 900 dollars if single from income tax withholding. They would file a declaration with employers, hoping to owe no tax and previous year owed none. About 10 million people, mostly students, would be relieved from annual refunds and paperwork.
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Congress
Treasury Department
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Rock Beat Draws Teens More Than Lyrics Study Finds
University of Michigan sociologists John B Robinson and Paul Uirseh report on 770 teenagers in Detroit and Grand Rapids, showing 70 percent prefer a record for its beat over its message. Protest songs rank low among white middle and upper class listeners, with rhythm driven rock appealing mainly to middle class youth.
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Isychology
Tokiy Magazine
University of Michigan
John B. Robinson
Paul Uirseh
Noetroit
Brand Rapids
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