Presidency Home Sinks as Ground Shifts at White House
The White House tilts with the southwest corner sinking while engineers seek causes. Current measurements show about 15 to 1 inches of settlement per year, risking future subsidence. Corrective efforts are being explored as the building tilts toward Georgia while the northeast rises toward Massachusetts.
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Carter
White House
Tiesideeat
Georgia
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Degree for a dog? Stavisky targets diploma mills
New York Assemblyman Leonard P Stavisky exposed a dog named Shanna used to push a mail order doctorate from Pacific College in Los Angeles. The stunt aimed to highlight diploma mills and the quick path to degrees by mail, showing the harsh flaws in some graduate offerings.
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New York
Leonard P. Stavisky
Queens
Shanna
Pacific College
Los Angeles
Stavisky
New York City Dog Cleanup Law Shows Early Success
A city ordinance requiring dog walkers to scoop after pets appears effective with cleaner sidewalks and low violation counts. An uptick in shelter traffic is noted, while officials worry if compliance will hold in winter and snow.
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New York City
New York
Law and Order of
Yesteryear
Vitaminized high strength steels boost U.S. auto weight savings
Detroit steel makers explore lighter nonprint steel for a 1985 fuel economy rule requiring average 27.5 mpg. Vitaminized sheets with manganese columbium vanadium and titanium promise formability and compatibility with existing plants. New steel could expand auto weight reduction beyond a 62 percent materials share, enabling diverse future applications while easing production costs.
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Detroit
Atta Ae
U.S
First frost hits Frederick as temps dip at season start
On September 25 1928 a frost formed as temperatures fell near the freezing point sending Fredericktoman residents rushing to stoves and furnaces. The morning low was not reported. City tax discount remains three percent this week then drops to two percent in October before bills are due. The Republican campaign opened formally in Frederick County with Congressman Frederick N. Zihlman and Austin James attending the gala.
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Nottingham
England
Britain
Aubrey A. Nicodemus
Frederick County
Frederick N. Zihlman
Austin James
Republican County Central Committee
Hood College opens academic year with buzz and music
Hood College marks the start of the new term as freshmen arrive and activities resume. Frank Wirth's 195 musical spectacle Let’s Go America will stage the first three nights at the Great Frederick Fair, with Grand Ole Opry members as the final night attraction. Two citizens killed a big rat snake near Charmac during a family outing when a rock pinned the reptile and a forked stick pinned its head.
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Frank Wirth
America
Frederick Fair
Grand Ole Opry
Charmac
Jear McCrea
Waynesboro
Thelma Calimer
Lantz
Foxville
Vandals Cut Top Off Memorial Tree in Braddock Heights
Readers’ letters recount vandalism at the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration as a blue spruce planted in memory of Mark Douglas Hylton, 16, who was electrocuted four years ago. The second letter critiques Senate leadership and mocks a proposed FDR monument, proposing the idea to memorialize the national debt instead.
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Mark Douglas Hylton
Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration
Braddock Heights
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Senate
United States
Lenin
Fdr
Washington, D.C
Republic
Franklin Roosevelt
United States Senate
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Camp David era tests Israeli Egyptian pact in Mideast vote
The Camp David summit strains Israeli and Arab unity as Begin faces hardline pressure over settlements while Sadat must sell Egypt’s peace terms. Carter’s diplomacy gains momentum though the broader settlement remains uncertain amid regional resistance and shifting alliances.
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Mideast
David
Sumit
Israel
Egypt
Sadat
Begin
Koessel
Tts
Camp David
Labor Party
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Libya
Iraq
Palestine Liberation Organization
Jimmy Carter
White House
Jerusalem
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
The State of Education in Frederick County
Eugene W Goll defends the right to open minds in Frederick County schools by a five to two vote. The piece defends teaching freedom amid calls to ban Catcher in the Rye by the Concerned Citizens of Middletown who argue for parental censorship and a protected youth environment. Holden Caulfield is cited to illustrate adolescent complexity and decency.
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Maryland
Frederick
Salinger
Frederick County
Middletown
Catcher
Holden Caulfield
Holden
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