Who Helps The Infirm In Frederick County
Frederick County officials and citizens praise William Irvine, director of the Frederick Housing Authority, for helping an aged and senile couple living in unsanitary conditions. He alerted authorities, arranged temporary cleanup with volunteers, and urged county departments to provide a permanent solution such as housing at Montevue Home. The episode raises questions about who assists the elderly in need when self care fails.
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Frederick County
William Irvine
Frederick
Irvine
Housing Authority
Board of County Commissioners
Department of Social Services
Public Housing Unit
Community Action Committee
Montevue
Push for Reform in Penal Systems Across States
Governors and officials call for revolutionary changes in punishment and corrections with emphasis on rehabilitation over imprisonment. Critics cite recidivism, overlong detentions, and a need for centralized corrections authority plus parole as reintegration steps.
Dope Poem Moves Juvenile Court Boy With Message
A 16 year old in Juvenile Court faced a drug rap and stunned the courtroom by presenting a self written poem urging peers to stay away from drugs. Judge Irwin Field read the piece aloud as the case was dismissed after a favorable social background report.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Patricia Kovel
Judge Irwin Field
Judge Field
Asst. State
Joseph Fagan
Election outlook in 1970 turns on Nixon vote
Washington outlines how the 1970 congressional elections may decide the president's agenda amid economic crisis. It argues a Nixon victory would signal confidence in administration policy and potentially steady business, while a Democratic gain could hinder foreign policy and prolong Vietnam.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Nixon
Senate
House
South Vietnam
Vietnam
America
Central committee races draw in 850 candidates statewide
Democrats lead Republicans in new state registrations as central committee races heat up across Maryland. Frederick County shows 16 Democrats and 13 Republicans seeking seven seats each, with reform efforts and party changes debated amid calls for open, public-facing committees and reforms to voting rules and representation.
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Central Committee
Las Vegas
Chicago
Frederick County
Lorene W. Bowlus
John E. Crawford
William B. Crum
Merkle H. Duvall
Garland P. Feaga
Ralph L. Gastley Jr
J. Harold Hooper
State Central Committee
GOP
James Commission For
Democratic Party Reform
Harry R. Hughes
Baltimore City
Baltimore
What's
Recycling push and space budget clash in era of scrap and stars
The piece notes Reynolds Aluminum and Alcoa reclaim programs paying 10 cents a pound to spur aluminum recycling, with plans to expand across states. It contrasts this with lagging recycling of steel and glass, cites high costs of cleanup, and highlights NASA’s Saturn V program wind-down and budget, urging perspective on space spending vs social needs.
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Reynolds Aluminum
Tampa
Ocala National Park
Reynolds
Alcoa
San Diego County
Calif
Dallas-Fort Worth
Tex
William F Cellini
Ilinois Public Works
Mayor-Elect Shafer Outlines Two-Year Plan for Brunswick
Edward C. Shafer, newly qualified mayor of Brunswick, outlines his intended program for the next two years in the railroad town. American Legion posts in Frederick, Brunswick, Middletown and Thurmont join for season final song service addressed by John Thomas Taylor, National Legislative Committee chair. Hood College opens its twenty eighth year with day student enrollment on September 13 and 14 and boarding students on September 14 and 15.
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Brunswick
Edward C. Shafer
American Legion
Frederick
Middletown
Thurmont
John Thomas Taylor
American Legion National Legislative Committee
Washington
Hood College
Two Hurt When Empty Trailer Hits Pole On Route 40
Twenty years ago on September 11 1950 two men were injured one seriously when an empty tractor trailer struck a power pole near Ridgeville then rolled over blocking traffic about a half mile east. Homemakers Club to run a book wagon at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Walkersville parents learn reasoning behind sending about 40 fifth and sixth graders to New Market at a Walkersville Community Association meeting.
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Ridgeville
Walkersville School
New Market
Walkersville
Walkersville Community Association
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Raymond P. Shafer
Maurice Sigler
Nebraska
Shafer
United States Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
Federal System of Corrections
Fagan
By David Lawrence
Newsrater Highth
Berry's
By Don Oakley
NASA
Michoud
New Orleans
John L. Swigert
News-Post
Homemakers Club
The
Frederick Memorial Hospital
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