4-H members near end of year at Frederick County fair
Over 4,200 4-H youths wrap a year of effort with the Beef Sheep and Swine Auction and final fair exhibits. A Friday ice cream contest at the dairy pavilion precedes Sunday’s English horse show and a public dedication on October 2 of the Frederick County 4-H Camp and Activities Center near Jefferson.
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Fredenck County
Aso
Dairy Pavilion
Fal Giuaiu
4-H
Frederick County
Jefferson
Reading reform critique of American education
The piece argues that despite billions spent and millions of teachers, functional illiteracy remains widespread. It traces roots to a shift from phonics to whole word teaching, details dubious remedies, and notes a 1969 National Academy of Education report urging bypassing the current macrostructure to achieve real literacy.
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America
Watson Washburn
Heading Reform Foundation
National Advisory Council
Washburn
New York
Rudolf Flesch
Johnny
Flesch
Life Magazine
Northwestern University
National Academy of Education
Imelda Marcos tied to Aquino assassination plot in Manila
Secret intelligence links First Lady Imelda Marcos and Gen Fabian Ver to the killing of Filipino dissident Benigno Aquino in Manila last month. Reports suggest Marcos aims to succeed Ferdinand Marcos, while Ver controls security and the intelligence apparatus, complicating a potential Marcos dynasty.
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Washington
Lebanon
Philippines
Bengno Aquino
Manila
Imelda Marcos
Ferdinand Marcos
Aquing
United States
Marcos
Fabian Ver
Philippines Armed Forces
Ver
Aquino
Imelda
Dale van Atta
CLA
Defense Intelligence Agency
U.S
CIA
Philippine Military
Gen. Ver
Fire alarm blames awning blaze at Dr Earl Myers home
A fire alarm sounded after an awning blaze at the apartment house of Dr Earl L Myers on East Patrick Street. Frederick Countian Dr Charles H Coley filed his candidacy certificate in Annapolis outlining fifteen points for campaigning for the Democratic nomination for Governor in 1934. J G Stevens, a 56 year old Creagerstown farmer, was knocked down and gored by an enraged bull while in a field near his home.
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Earl L. Myers
East Patrick Street
Democratis
Frederick Countian
Charles H. Cooley
Annapolis
Creagerstown
J.G. Stevens
Youth travel league planned for Frederick area bowlers
Terrace Lanes leads a youth travel league initiative to include Frederick young Leapin bowlers with two Terrace Lanes teams visiting Gettysburg Westminster Waynesboro and Hagerstown. Frederick Association of Life Underwriters received a certificate for YMCA building support as Paul J Murphy accepts from Samuel S Loyer. Kiwanis luncheon guests heard Oliver J Gejka recount Amazon expedition adventures introduced by visiting Lion Richard Hammond.
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Frederick
Terrace Lanes
Gettysburg
Westminster
Waynesboro
Hagerstown
Kiwanis Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Oliver J. Gejka
Amazon
Richard Hammond
Reader's Digest
Mount Airy master plan faces flexibility pressure
Readers challenge Mount Airy leaders over the new Master Plan and Mount Airy Manor. They urge a special committee to probe the project, citing zoning shifts, subsidized housing concerns, and possible motives. The letter argues planners need enforcement beyond rules and warns of broader town quality impacts.
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Mount Airy
Mount Airy Manor
Planning and Zoning Commission
Farmers Home Administration
Harkins Associates
Ani Enteeers
Dixon
David W. Pyatt
Park Avenue
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Harold M. Molesworth
R. Delaine Hobbs
Hanford van Sant
Henry P. Rankles
F. Starritt Holmes
James Shaw
Beverly Byron
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Robert C. Reid
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Western Maryland Consortium
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