Space needle plan sparks Gettysburg park outrage
Gettysburg observers decry a 300 foot high private observation tower on Cemetery Ridge as environmental insult to Gettysburg National Military Park. Officials warn the tower would mar sacred battlefield views while historians recount Meade, Lee, and the 1863 battle and its ties to Frederick County.
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Gettysburg
Cemetery Ridge
National Park Service
Frank E. Masland Jr
Carlisle
Gettysburg National Military Park
Congress
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
George B. Herzog
Gettysburg Battlefield
Washington Monument
Frederick County
Adams County
Abraham Lincoln
Meade
Pipe Creek
Lee
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Washington
Harry Heath
Market Town
John Buford
John Reynolds
Pennsylvania
Frederick
Frederick City
Frederick Graves
National Park
Powers Seek Joint US Soviet Path to Cease-Fire in Middle East
A Washington briefing notes that US and Soviet pressure could avert a larger war over the Middle East. Moscow signals willingness to back withdrawal of Syrian troops from Jordan and push for a cease-fire, while Washington contemplates restraint and watchful waiting. King Hussein seeks diplomatic help. hostages from hijackings spur negotiations. Diplomatic moves by the United States and the Soviet Union are seen as key to stabilizing the crisis and achieving a cease-fire.
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U.S
House of Representatives
Frank Borman
Congress
North Vietnam
United States
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Thieu-Ky
Saigon
David K Bruce
Paris
Red Cross
Washington
Soviet Union
Middle East
Jordan
Mediterranean
Moscow
Department of State
Syria
Hussein
Great Britain
France
Ron Ziegler
White House
Russia
Nixon
West Germany
Switzerland
Mideast
Agnew Dims GOP Prospects in Texas Senate Race
Texas faces a tight Senate contest as Lloyd Bentsen edges Rep. George Bush in a battle shaped by Nixon Agnew strategy. Analysts say Bush’s funds and grassroots support lag, while Bentsen garners backing from LBJ and Connally. A stronger Nixon Agnew push could trim the gap but remains uncertain amid labor and liberal dynamics.
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Washington
Nea
Senate
George Bush
Texas
Bush
Lloyd Bentsen
Ralph Yarborough
Lyndon Johnson
John Connally
Agnew
Bentsen
GOP
Yarborough
John Tower
Sen. Tower
Tower
Afl-Cio
Linwood Holton
Virginia
East
Nixon
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
British term for a truck
A quick quiz lists the British term for a truck as lorry and notes federal interstate highway numbering assigns even numbers to east west routes and odd numbers to north south routes.
Women Party Workers Rally For Registration Drive News
A 1920 report notes Democratic and Republican women pushing countywide organization ahead of intermediate registration on Oct 12 and the election. A Frederick woman admitted age deception to vote, revealing 27 rather than 21. Williamson Drug Store in Frederick held a presidential straw poll, tallying Harding 30 to Cox 19 on day one.
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Frederick
Soldier reported missing in Korea freed in captivity
20 Years Ago 1950: Pvt. Paul S. Robertson of New Windsor Route 1, previously listed missing in action, has been liberated from captivity. Frederick County attended a Hagerstown Civil Defense meeting led by Ernest Helfenstein Jr and city officials. The Frederick Fair prepares for its 88th annual show with more than 1800 high-class poultry entries expected next week.
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Paul S. Robertson
New Windsor
Route 1
Korea
Defense Department
Frederick County
Hagerstown
Ernest Helfenstein, Jr
Elmer F. Munshower
Edwardc. Hartman
Chamber of Commerce
Frederick Fair
Tug of War Over Five Billion Transportation Trust
Transportation Secretary Volpe moves to devote up to 90 percent of federal, highway trust funds to urban bus systems and exclusive bus facilities. Critics warn the shift endangers road programs and the highway fund, while backers seek a balanced national transit plan with Senate support from Sen. Jennings Randolph and rising state-level momentum.
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John A. Volpe
Federal Highway Trust Fund
Volpe
Congress
Capitol Hill
Highway Trust
General Transportation Fund
Road Gang
Sen
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Senate Public Works Committee
Randolph
Congressional Pork Barrel
Aenures
PE Pier MG
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Edwin M Stanton
Lincoln
Army of the Potomac
Hell On Earth
Joe’ Hooker
Chancellorsville
South
Robert E. Lee
War Department
Harper's Ferry
Army of the
Hanoi
U.S. Geological Survey
Farmingdale-Massapequa
Long Island
N.Y
USGS
Nathaniel M. Perlmutter
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