Pesticide use rises as crops grow in United States
American farmers are buying more synthetic pesticides, with 1973 sales near 1.2 billion pounds worth 1.3 billion dollars, up 17.4 percent from 1972. USDA figures project further gains in 1974 despite energy concerns affecting petroleum-derived products, while concern and debate continue over health and environmental effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Cook
Associated Press
U.S. Department of Agriculture
United States
USDA
Rachel Carson
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Congress
Department of Agriculture
The road to Antietam editor's note
A Civil War era recap by historian John W. Schildt frames the Sept 13 1862 Antietam lead up. Dispatches recount Union Ninth Corps crossing Monocacy, Cox charging Hampton's cavalry, and Burnside advancing on Frederick with vivid scenes of residents and soldiers amid a city of flags and welcome. Colonel Strother notes a spontaneous ovation and public cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern
Virginia
Robert E. Lee
North
Frederick County
Schildt
Frederick
Ambrose Burnside
Ninth Corps
New Market
Jug Bridge
Jacob Cox
Wade Hampton
Gray
Braddock Heights
David Thompson
The
Ninth New York
New York
Thompson
Union
Patrick Street
David Strother
Emmitsburg rifle show and Civil War recollections
A Bicentennial event in Emmitsburg features historian Mr. Sullivan displaying Armstrong Kentucky rifles, with the largest national collection and only 27 known Emmitsburg guns. Also on display are era farm tools by Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Stein. The piece also recounts Civil War era marches around Frederick with General McClellan, General Reno, and Barbara Fritchie as locals react to troop movements and orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Emmitsburg
Sullivan
John Armstrong
Gilbert Stein
Frederick County
Sabillasville area church, PTA and guild notices
Community groups in Sabillasville and Highfield meet for fundraisers and elections. St Stephen's United Church of Christ hosts a fellowship supper on Sept 16, St John's UCC holds a pot luck Sept 17 with a church constitutional vote, and Sabillasville PTA begins 1975 76 with budget talks. The St John s Ladies Guild marks its 43rd birthday plans Oct 2 supper. November includes a bus trip and Christmas Bazaar. Boy Scout Troop 270 announces a Court of Honor Sept 18 in Thurmont. Various cards and get well notes are shared. Margaret M Gallagher Miller is named executive director of the Maryland Nurses Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Stephen's Ladies Guild
St. Stephen's United Church of Christ, Highfield
St. John’s United Church of Christ
Sabiliasville
Sabillasville
PTA
Ray Toms
Keith Clay
Barbara Yost
Virginia Harbaugh
Betty Toms
Ways and Means
Pat Owens
Sharon Burd
Dorothy Black
Room Mothers
Mary Ann Sweeney
Vivian Lantz
Jean Martin
Boy Scout Troop
Thurmont
Norman Feldser
Scout
Elm Street
St. John's Ladies Guild
Guild
Mace Benchoff
Debra Fox
Miss Fox
Doris Wolfe
Myrtle Fox
Geraldine Fox
Dolly Dingle
Annie Naylor
Ted Black
Washington County Hospital
Wilbur Fox
Chambersburg Hospital
Bernice Poole
Peg McClain
Edna Gray
Elsie Weamert
Ruth Ott
St. Stephen’s Ladies Guild
Highfield
Church Annex
Wayne Heights
Instant It Happened prize-winning photo memory series
Editors note introduces one of 52 outstanding prize-winning news photographs in the Frederick News-Post history. The feature invites readers to clip and save this timeless image series recalling famous moments in man’s history.
The Beall Parade Photo That Won a Pulitzer Prize
A Washington Daily News photographer Bill Beall shot a 1957 Chinatown parade scene with a paper dragon as a boy steps into frame. The image, featuring a police officer and a captivated boy, wins multiple prizes and later reunites the man and the boy, though the magic fades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Beall
Washington Daily News
Hip Sing Chinese Merchants‘ Association
Washington
Chinatown
Beall
Allen Weaver
Maurice Cullinane
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la Leche League
Frederick Group
G. Richard Bucheimer
League
Emmy Eaton
Frederick la Leche
Civil Defense Agency
Frederick County Civil Defense and Emergency Planning Agency
Frederick County Civil Defense and Disaster Preparedness Agency
Charles Sandy
Cunningham Falls State Park
Clarence
Buddy) Hagel
Maryland Park Service
Hunting Creek Lake
Sandy
Frederick County Fire Police
Thurmont Community Ambulance Association
Thurmont Lions Club
Catoctin Sertoma Club
Thurmont Grange
Guardian Hose Fire Company
Thurmont Jaycees
Catoctin Youth Association
Ann Burnside Love
Antietam
John W. Schildt
McClellan
Jesse Lee Reno
Barbara
Fritchie
West Patrick Street
Dané Barbara
Reno
Indiana
Lee
Maryland
John M. Bloss
B.W. Mitchell
27Th
Silas Cosgrove
Army of the Potomac
Harpers Ferry
Middletown
Franklin
Jefferson
Burkittsville
Crampton’s Pass
Maryland Heights
Glen L. Wolfe
Margaret M. Gallagher Miller
Maryland Nurses Association
Marylana’s
Frederick News-Post
Frederick, Md
Beau
Lillian V. Seigman
Main St
Broadway
Union Bridge
Carroll County
Chas. M. Stieff
Old Victrola & Records
Columbia
Motorola
Miles & Friedman
Rene Re Seigman
M.D
Lilian
Bomen Mhes & Friedman
Austin Down
Chas
Punkhouser
A. Shirley
Jacob Altwater
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