Private enterprise key to growth says Grace at Cardinal Newman
WR Grace chair Peter Grace argues private initiative spurs economic achievement. He cites Adam Smiths Wealth of Nations and notes tax policy and energy price decontrol boosted investment and drilling, urging less government and a free market to sustain jobs and profits.
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Peter Grace
WR. Grace & Co
Cardinal Newman College
Washington
Adam Smith
Smith
U.S
Reagan backs down on social security minimum benefit repeal
Washington memo recaps how President Reagan, urged by OMB head David Stockman, backed away from eliminating the 122 minimum social security benefit. It shows misread GAO data, inflated windfall claims, and the political and demographic realities of who benefits, including many elderly women. Also notes executive nomination troubles and military spending debates.
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Washington
Reagan
Congress
Office of Management and Budget
OMB
David Stockman
General Accounting Office
GAO
Jake Pickle
Dtexas
Social Security
Social Security Administration
Congressional
Alice Rivlin
Congressional Budget Office
Tony Capaccio
John Burton
Dcalif
Cody's sign of the times on a Maryland highway
Frederick cemetery owner Richard F. Cody faces state action over a ground sign at Resthaven Memorial Gardens along U.S. 15 warning drivers of danger. Maryland officials cite advertising restrictions near federal highways and threaten removal. Reporter Tom Kenworthy notes public interest and cites other provocative signs on area roadways.
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Richard F. Cody
Frederick
Cody
Hesthaven Memorial Gardens
U.S. 15
Maryland
Tom Kenworthy
Letters to the editor and readers notes collection
A jumble of reader contributions covers thanks to Jane Henderson's supporters, postal rate debates, family research notes on the Whipp lineage in Maryland, tips on locating descendants, a joking jab about air conditioning and draft beer, and quips about aging and youth.
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Jane Henderson
Jane
Linguistic Bloat From Washington Echoes Through History
James Carey Washington critiques government language as gobbledygook citing consonant modalities and parameters. He recalls Ouko remarks on Namibia and juxtaposes past presidents’ phrasing with modern slogans from Kennedy Nixon Johnson Ford and Reagan.
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Washington
U.S
State Department
Robert Ouko
Kenya
U.N
Namibia
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John F. Kennedy
Cuba
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Gerald Ford
Sen
Hayakawa
Hayakama
President Reagan
Weil, Golly
Diplomatic Language Slips and Inkblots Parade Washington
Washington lingo comes under fire as Haigisms raise eyebrows and Baldridge urges plain talk. The piece notes a past currency debate where devalue exists but no term for increase, a city blotched by absurdities and a 300-strong inkblot convention with little official explanation of methods.
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Alexander Haig
Haig
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Commerce
Malcolm Baldridge
Washington
Baldridge
Copley News Service
Frederick County High Schools Accredited in 1931
Two Frederick County high schools Brunswick and Frederick were accredited by the Commission of Secondary Schools. Middletown High was approved and completing technicalities for full accreditation. Armistice Day celebration planned by Steadman Keenan Post with David J. Lewis as speaker and a rifle memorial, plus Postal Telegraph Cable Co offices moved from 28 West Patrick Street to 111 West Patrick Street after three weeks of wiring work.
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Frederick County
Brunswick
Frederick
Commission 07
The
Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools of
Middle States
Maryland
Middletown High
Brunswick High School
James C. Biebl
Herbert F. Davia
Steadman-Keenan Post
American Legion
Memorial Park
David J. Lewis
Francis Scott Key Post
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
West Patrick Street
W. Patrick St
Morse
Maryland Queen of Flowers crowned at Festival of Flowers
October 30 1961 Sandra Mullinix of Woodbine was elected Maryland 1961 62 Queen of Flowers born in Frederick former Maryland State Farm Queen and steers exhibitor to be crowned before 400 at Allied Florists Association Festival of Flowers Sheraton Belvedere Hotel George Bruchey of Frederick tied for first in statewide 4 H vegetable judging Robert DeLauder Jr Jefferson placed fifth Frederick County Firemen’s Association aims to move radio control project from talk to reality with a central center for reporting fires and dispatching units headed by Paul B Rhodes Jr
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Sandra Mullinix
Woodbine
Maryland
Frederick
Allied Florists Association
Sheraton- Belvedere Hotel
George Bruchey
University of Maryland
Robert DeLauder Jr
Jefferson
Frederick County Firemen’s Association
Paul B. Rhodes Jr
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Uma
Jack Anderson
Congressional Research Service
William M Bell
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Detroit
NAACP
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Michigan
NATO
Richard C. White
D-Texas
Terrel Bell
Bureaucrat
United Feature Syndicate Inc
Bay Bridge
Curtis Bay
Pratt Street
Cold Spring
America
Jean Veenendaal
Sam's Creek Rd
Westminster
Clement J. Stanisauskis
Pittsburg, Pa
Whipp Data
Whipp
Successiog
Julia R. Whipp
Knoxsville
Julia Whipp Viands
Charles Roland Whipp
Billie Rex Whipp
Charles Clinton Whipp
John Lee Whipp Sr
Helen R. Whipp
William Howard Whipp
Marksville
Michael D. Wynne
James Carey
Washington Journal
Pentagon
News-Post
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