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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1969
Page
2
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COMSAT, the $10 million Communications Satellite Corporation, announces move to a new Clarksburg plant this weekend. Headquarters remain in Washington while laboratories operate from Clarksburg, with 220 staff at move and 300 at full operation. COMSAT, INTELSAT manager, runs 68 facilities worldwide and collaborated with NASA on recent moon TV coverage.
The Montgomery County Council heard plans for a 295 acre medical complex near Shady Grove Road, a gift expanded from 50 acres in 1965. The project, estimated at 30 million dollars, would include adult and children medical centers, geriatrics, schools of medicine, nursing and pharmacy, housing for students, and associated facilities with federal and state funding likely. The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare is expected to oversee, with Mason A. Butcher tasked to coordinate approval and financing efforts.
The article notes a fire at Parkway School linked to vandalism and theft, with the blaze confined to the boiler room by rapid fire crews. Night watchman Bernard Ambush observed youths in the building before the fire was found. Frederick County seeks new school facilities to ease pupil shortages and prevent further incidents.
In a letter to the editor the writer counters Mr Collins on pay as you go versus debt financing for school and road facilities. He questions viability of taxing at the required rate, asks what tax increase would be needed now to raise 5.5 million, and notes pay as you go often delays facilities due to high tax burdens.
Theodore Biossat reports Muskie has sharper edge for 1972 Democratic nomination with strong undercurrent in New York and among reform Democrats in NYC. Kennedy supporters pivot away, while Humphrey, McGovern, Hughes loom as rivals and potential sleepers emerge in early primaries.
Fifty years ago in The News Post notes harvest farmers cutting corn as sun rises. The Harvest Moon describes perfect conditions and early dew. High schools in the county report largest enrollment yet with second day of classes under way. Registration shows Republicans and Democrats nearly tied in Frederick amid voter sentiment and ethics concerns.
Twenty years ago on September 3 1949 two 37 year old gypsy palm readers were brought to Frederick Friday to answer charges of obtaining 2400 from a railroad man by promising to cure his aches and pains. They were captured at a county fair carnival in Virginia Thursday night.
More than 1,000 lawyers and judges from over 100 countries will meet in Bangkok for the Fourth Annual Conference on World Peace Through Law. The event, sponsored by the World Peace Through Law Center in Geneva, seeks to modernize international law to aid developing nations and boost trade, with topics ranging from Space Law to global television standards and disaster-preparedness regulations.
Robert Fisher argues for teaching comparative religion in public schools to reinforce Christian ethics. He suggests using biographies and nonreligious interpretations of state laws, noting global religious diversity and the lack of clear Supreme Court guidance on how Christianity should be compared. He advocates engaging children over 11 with biographies from libraries.
Quiz item notes that polonium was named by Madame Marie Curie for Poland, reflecting the discoverer’s tribute to her late country.
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