Visitation Academy marks 125 years serving Frederick County students
The Visitation Academy of Frederick County enters its 125th year as a private school founded by the Mother Seton Sisters in 1824 and continued by the Visitation Sisters since 1846. The school offers Kindergarten through Grade Fight with resident and day classes and stresses Christian ideals, leadership, independence, collaboration, music, physical education, and English. The text notes the school has served children of all faiths and ranks its contributions to education and spiritual growth highly.
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Frederick County
Academy of the Visitation
Mother Seton Sisters
Visitation Sisters
Visitation Academy
Frederick
Teachers Beware Exemption From Nixon Wage Freeze
An editorial argues against granting school teachers an exemption from President Nixon’s wage price freeze. It urges Boards of Education to follow federal policy, notes escrow for higher salaries, and condemns Maryland Teachers Association plans to sue. It emphasizes equal treatment under national economic measures and criticizes elite "higher plane" rhetoric in unions.
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Frederick County Teachers’ Association
Maryland
Nixon
Board of Education
United States
James A. Sensenbaugh
Boards of Education
John L. Carnachan
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Carnochan
Frederick County
Maryland Teachers’ Association
New Jersey to require auto exhaust tests in 1972
New Jersey plans the most comprehensive auto air pollution inspection program in the country beginning in 1972. All registered cars will be checked for exhaust emissions, with red stickers for failures and a two week grace period to repair. Officials expect about one third of 3.3 million cars to fail, costing drivers around 20 dollars for a partial tuneup.
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New Jersey
Oirman T. W. Sigler
Continental Oil Co
Garden State
John Elston
United States
Timely quotes on violence and faith amid turmoil
A Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton honors George Jackson killed during a san quentin escape attempt while invoking protection for families. A Greek Orthodox prayer in Athens laments western intrusion as touring American students trigger tensions.
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Huey P. Newton
Soledad
George Jackson
San Quentin
Jesus
God
Athens
U.S
Letters To The Editor Urge Respect For Snakes Not All Bad
A reader argues that snakes are misunderstood and beneficial, criticizing a photo caption in the August 31 News. The writer recalls Eastern Black Racers as common allies against copperheads, urges stopping fear-driven harm, and notes a local snake farm for safe removal.
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Thuymont
Time Now to Act On Prison Reform
Reverend David Poling argues church conferences shift focus to rehabilitation and prison reform amid rising crime and failed systems. He contrasts prison colonies and profit driven operators, urging new ideas to curb addiction, protect the innocent, and reduce recidivism with incentives for genuine rehabilitation.
Frederick man identified in distillery theft case
A Frederick resident is named as the man who sat in a car with two men earlier arrested and released, allegedly driving them behind trucks full of booze stolen from Horsey Distillery. The Slogan Contest by the Frederick Chamber of Commerce reports about 100 slogans received. George H. Campbell of B and O Railroad arrives to discuss Frederick train schedule changes. Frederick Junior Chamber backs voting machines, cites youth issues. Recreation Commission notes nearly 10,000 pool users and thousands in playgrounds. Dean Elizabeth Eckhardt May of Hood College will attend a women in defense conference in New York.
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National Church Conferences
Vietnam
Jesus
New York City
Hurehmen
Wsopfaper Enterprise Assh
Frederick
Horsey
George H. Campbell
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Elizabeth Eckhardt May
Hood College
New York
Commodore Hotel
Yom Kippur Reflections and The Stone Quarry Tale
A compact collection notes Yom Kippur begins at sunset with Kol Nidre and the Day of Atonement, urging personal conscience. It also retells a fable of a stone quarry youth who hones beauty in unseen work, then Prou patterned wisdom about aging with humor and daily purpose.
Barbed Observations on Bids and Wages
A quirky column rails at picnic spots hinting at the old Arneid and rising costs. It mocks bids that deter motion, notes a sitter charging extra, and jokes that good intentions pave a road of subcontractors. It ends by accusing wage critics of seeking outside the standard formula.
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Frederick, Maryland
Monte and Aan Canfield
Rob Frederick
Calley
Sam
Tam
Cathey
Robert L. Draper
Prederick, Md
Eleanor Renner P.O. Box
Warner Road
Ladiesburgh
Freckles
Thomas E. Peoples
Conic Art Newspaper Enterprise Association
Third Street
Cleveland
Ohio
Rev
David Poling
Berrys World
News-Post
Joe Eisenhauer
World Horizons
Arneid
Bosky Dell
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