Maryland Legislators Use Expense Funds to Furnish District Offices
A Maryland legislative spending pattern shows delegates and senators using allotted funds to buy office furniture and services rather than expendables. Frederick and Carroll counties’ lawmakers favored buyback of desks and equipment, saving state money. some use regular staff to cut costs. Visit their offices at Terrace Lanes West College Terrace, Union Bridge, Delphey's Sporting Store 140 West Patrick, 7 East Church Street, and 5 West Church Street.
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Maryland House of Delegates
State Senate
Wallace E. Hutton
Julien P. Delphey
Edward P. Thomas
Hutton
Delphey
Thomas
Charles H. Smelser
del. C. Clifton Wirts
Frederick County
Smelser
Carroll County
Delphey and
Carroll’s
Senator Thomas
New Terrace Lanes
West College Terrace
Senator Smelser
Union Bridge
Delphey’s Sporting Store
West Patrick
East Church Street
Wirts
West Church Street
Forest versus loggers and preservers splits over land use
A West coast debate pits preservationists seeking wilderness designation against forest products interests led by the National Forest Products Association. They argue wilderness limits harvests and raises prices, while others warn about economic and ecological costs and urge balanced use. The piece contrasts views of conservationists like William Houseman with logger advocates and notes evolving public theater prices and attitudes toward nature.
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Nixon
New York
Massachusetts
Connecticut
National Forest Products Association
James R. Turnbull
National Forest Resource Base
Fred C. Simmons
U. S. Forest Service
Northeastern Loggers’ Association
California
Turnbull’s and Simmons
William Houseman
The
Environmental Monthly
Houseman
Northwest
Timely quotes from politicians on party lines and crises
Quotes from State Sen. Seymour R. Thaler on Lindsay’s party switch, Capt. Eduard Lindquist on missing soldiers, and Gov. John Bell Williams supporting Alabama governor Wallace’s desegregation stance. The remarks reflect partisan reactions, missing soldiers’ families’ concerns, and school desegregation tensions.
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Seymour R. Thaler
New York
John V. Lindsay
Eduard RB. Lindquist
Vietnam
George Wallace
John Bell Williams
Mississippi
Alabama
Nixon uses radio to reach broader Labor Day audience
President Nixon chose radio for his Labor Day address to reach motorists and beachgoers unseen by television. He urged a focus on words over images and stressed wage price freeze gains, national confidence, and a renewed work ethic amid expected economic improvements.
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David Lawrence Washington
Nixon
Mr. Nixon
America
United States
NASA explains space bathroom routines in detail
The letter outlines astronaut waste management from Gemini to Apollo times. It covers defecation with inner and outer bags on the moon and in the command module, use of space diapers, urine collection systems, and jettison procedures plus the roles of pressure and liftoff seals.
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Richard Leichert
Moon
NASA
Lunar
Space
Zack Strickland
Mystery Distillery Heist Shocks Burkittaville
On September 13 1921 the Horsey Distillery robbery remains unsolved as 1100 to 1200 cases of bonded whiskey were removed on five trucks. Burkittaville residents report a rare disturbance while the Frederick County Farmers Association held its season opening meeting in the courthouse with President William J. Grove outlining economic measures.
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Burkittaville
Frederick County Farmers’ Association
Court House
William J. Grove
Frederick County enrolls more students as staff grows in 1951
Enrollment rises to 231 more elementary and high school students than 1950 while teaching staff increases by 13. City and county teachers total 363 this year up from 350 last year. Forecasters predict possible showers and thunderstorms as a brief dry spell ends. Fishing Creek reservoir level sinks 22 inches below normal. Four thousand three hundred seventy one Amy rotation troops set to land in San Francisco aboard the General William Weigel before returning home.
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Washington
FBI
New York Times
U.S
John Mitchell
Pentagon
Gene Smith
Norfolk
Smith
Brian Gettings
Mitchell
Gumshoes
State Department
William Beecher
Robert McCloskey
Hannah
Kenya
Robinson McIlvaine
Creighton Abrams
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Haiphong Harbor
Nixon
Macsog
Cambodia
Laos
Salem House
Thieu
National Security Agency
White House
Adm
Thomas Moorer
Joint Chiefs
Son Tay
Priso
Newsleak
Bill Rogers
Frederick County
Fishing Creek
Roscoe E. Degrange
E. Third St
Charles E. Ford
W. Patrick St
Robert W. Stockman
W. 7Th St
Amy
San Francisco
William Weigel
Is Pitcairn Island Still Inhabited
About 93 residents inhabit Pitcairn Island, with the population mainly made up of descendants of the mutineers from the famous ship Mutiny on the Bounty.
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Pitcairn Island
Mutiny On the Bounty
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University of Chicago
Botany Pond
Sony At
Washington Today
Gwendolyn
By Jack Anderson
Derry
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