The Cost Of Health And The Doctor Shortage
A lengthy examination of rising medical costs and the shortage of family doctors. It details how fewer new physicians enter general practice, the shift to specialty fields, higher prices for home visits, and the resulting strain on hospitals and emergency rooms. The piece notes it may shape political debates and policy in the 1972 election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Medical Association
AMA
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Greater
Washington
Blue Cross
Gratitude Letter Highlights Heroic Police Aid During Fearful Breakdown
A Maryland couple credits Second Lieutenant Robert Snyder of the Maryland State Police with calm, capable help after a car breakdown near Frederick. His above and beyond service steadied them until a tow arrived. Two readers also praise community leaders and call for action on local race issues and animal cruelty at Culler Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Frederick
Maryland State Police
Robert Snyder
Debbie
Bobby
Angela Davis
America
Brothers and Sisters
Angels of the Peace
Main
Gibsons
Robert L. Gibson
Greyhound
Significant Crack In Berlin Wall
Don Oakley reports on Willy Brandt recalling the 1961 Berlin Wall rise and the 1961 August 13 events. Brandt says the four power accord on West Berlin marks a step away from war, while urging continued responsibility to end the division of Europe and end shooting at the Wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Republic
Willy Brandt
Stern
Brandt
West Berlin
People’s
West
Europe
Burn That Tie In Liberation Rant By George Dorsey
George Dorsey argues for male liberation, alleging the necktie acts as a gendered control leash from childhood through marriage. He urges dramatic steps like burning the tie, noting ties symbolize responsibility and respectability while proposing cooler summers as an alternative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dorsey
Brunswick district primary contest for county central committee
Readable notes show Democrats in Brunswick district facing a county central committee ballot contest in the first and second precincts. Election Supervisors prepared the official ballot, revealing the partisan split as the primary approaches. The piece mentions Frederick as an agricultural center expanding into manufacturing and commerce. It highlights upcoming events across Frederick County including a Sunday School convention at Thurmont and Emmitsburg celebrations. It notes teachers gathering in Frederick High and the Red Cross bloodmobile visit, plus a lengthy digression on Nixon era politics and Vietnam coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Central Committee
Brunawick
George McGovern
D.B
Nixon
Select Nutrition Committee
Congress
Agriculture Department
Budget Office
McGovern
Georgia
Nixon-Thieu
Pacific
Ellsworth Bunker
Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Bunker
Thieu
Washington
Supreme Court
Kansas
Robert Dole
Big Minh
Ha Act NT
Thien
South Vietnam
Truong Dinh Dzu
David ‘Truong
Chihoa
David
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Frederick, Maryland
Pentagon
New York Times
CBS Television Network
ONCO
Stanford Research Institute
United States
Job
Felix Frankfurter
Pinchase
Gross
Pittsburgh, Pa
Bobby Lee
Lewis
Gipp
Gibson P.O. Box
Jessup, Md
LAKE
Jack Baer
Culler Lake
Buer
Mike Stockman
Seminole Road
Imat
Se Icca
Berlin Wall
By Don Oakley
News-Post
Frederick County
Sunday School Association
Thurmont
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Emmitsburg
Weather Bureau
Aighy
Red
Cross
Americas
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Frederick Ons
H. R. Haldeman
Agnew
White House
Republican National Committee
Guong van Minh
Sam Berger
Bib
Minh
Andor
By Jack Anderson
Berry
Sarge
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