Gas lines of the seventies and a warned return in the nineties
Experts warn that the United States could again face high oil costs if dependence on imported oil isn’t reduced. They cite the 1973 Arab oil embargo and current Middle East supply, urging a national energy policy including alternative fuels amid political opposition from automakers and oil interests.
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United States
U.S
Middle East
Charles Ebinger
Center For Strategic and International Studies
Bush
Capitol Hill
America
Spiro Agnew
Halloween Superstitions and Traditions From Old Beliefs
Halloween lore is explored with fears and omens from butterflies to cats and spoons. The piece notes origins of Halloween and adds superstitions about luck, misfortune, and death, urging caution with salt, cars, and turning to face footsteps behind you.
FDA Criticized for Inaction on Food Health Claims
Public interest groups and officials urge Congress to question the FDA's handling of health claims by Quaker Oats, Land O' Lakes, Campbell's, and Kellogg. A New York court ruling curbed FDA enforcement in Exactol, weakening powers to police unapproved drug-like claims amidst a looming 1990 forecast.
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Ashington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Quaker Oats
Texas
Center For Science In the Public Interest
Land O’ Lakes
Federal Trade Commission
Campbell's
National Cancer Institute
Kellogg Co
Nebraska
New York Times
Kellogg
Bruce A. Silverglade
Center For Science
Silverglade
Ted Weiss
Dn.y
Frank Young
Congress
Stewart Harris
New York
Mazota
Fleischmann
Treasury Department
Treasury
Mystery Cross in Sky Solved by Flying Priest
Fifty years ago a black and silver cabin aircraft traced a huge cross of smoke over Frederick as Rev. Paul Sehulte the Flying Priest of the Arctic guided the maneuver blessing crowds in Washington Baltimore Frederick and Hagerstown. In Frederick County 160 children and parents joined a Children of the Church Festival in the Old Chapel of the Evangelical Lutheran Church with the Maryland Synod of the United Lutheran Church in America. The event reflected the theme God Is Everywhere as devotions and a TV announcer complemented the program. local traffic lights on Church and Bentz streets were shut for winter and stop signs at the intersection resumed to protect children near Baker Park play areas.
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Frederick
Paul Sehulte
Arctic
Washington
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Carroll Counties
Maryland
Church and
Bentz Streets
Baker Park
Maryland Association of Student Councils convenes at Linganore High
About 800 representatives from Maryland schools gathered at Linganore High School for the first session of a three day Maryland Association of Student Councils Convention held in Frederick County. The program featured a banquet and dance for delegates and advisers. An additional note highlights Bowling at Terrace Lanes where Ronnie Summers rolled 744 across three games, the best in the lanes' history. Eric Eichelberger, grandson of city treasurer candidate Louis E. Eichelberger, was seen delivering campaign literature at Frederick Shopping Center for his grandfather, with Mrs. Daiger and her children present.
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Maryland
Linganore High School
Maryland Association of Student Councils
Frederick County
Howard Johnson
Terrace Lanes
Ronnie Summers
Summers
Eric Eichelberger
Louis E. Eichelberger
Frederick
John Daiger
Helen Swanson
Daiger
Michele
Ryan
John
Landfill plan urged to condemn Schroder farm
Frederick News-Post editorial backs eminent domain action to condemn the Schroder farm for a regional trash facility. County commissioners are urged to proceed, citing majority public opinion and need for long term waste solutions.
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Schroder
Frederick News-Post
Schrode Farm
Urbana Elementary School Celebrates Creative Halloween Alternatives
An Urbana family notes Urbana Elementary School, hailed as the best in Frederick County, works hard to craft a Halloween alternative for fall. Principal Robert Humphrey and Assistant Principal Coonie Banes lead staff in innovative activities, with Columbus Day look alike contests and I Like the U.N. shirts as focal points. The staff emphasize pride and quality education for students.
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Urbana
Frederick County
Robert Humphrey
Coonie Banes
U.N
Letters on Halloween and Shakespeare Spark Reader Debate
A Frederick County reader condemns a no Halloween stance at Urbana Elementary citing loss of imagination and literary exposure. The letter contrasts Halloween with Shakespeare and laments teaching simple topics to children, urging balanced celebration and discussion among parents and schools. Teresa M. Holmes, Walkersville, adds a separate critique of an Associated Press story on a boy’s operation and a mother’s death, calling the reporting tasteless and insensitive.
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Associated Press
Frederick alderman candidate ties to Blue Ridge News ops
Patty Milstead of Lewistown Objects to magazine choices at Blue Ridge News Inc. in Frederick as Allen G. Merchant, a candidate for the Board of Aldermen, defends freedom of selectivity and denies intention to push an outright ban. He argues for discussion and respect for individual preferences amid controversy over displayed magazines.
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Frederick
Patrick Street
Blue Ridge News Agency
Allen Merchant
Merchant
Ruth Roney
Blue Ridge News Inc
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United Feature Syndicate, Inc
G. Lee Teets
Myersville
Hazel Colosimo Reid
News-Post
Patty Milstead
Lewistown
Allen G. Merchant Frederick
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