Move to Save Antietam Battlefield Shrine From Development
A newly formed Antietam Battlefield Protectors nonprofit seeks funds to buy land or secure easements, preserving the area around the Civil War battle as farms and fields. The effort aims to keep the landscape rustic and ensure Antietam remains a principal Washington County tourist and historical site for locals and visitors worldwide.
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Tetam
Get-highway
Tysburg
Matindine Tha Matebine Bedilactote
Avuerulligane Uted Damieimo
Antietam Battlefield Protectors
Antietam Battlefield
Washington
County
Name Change Sought for Underground Press Syndicate
Note from Underground The Underground Press Revue urges a name change to Alternative Press Syndicate arguing that underground is a misnomer and a reader barrier. It contends the term misleads and that Alternative better signals openness, freedom, and independence.
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Underground Press Revue
New York
Underground Press Syndicate
Alternative Press Syndicate
Underground
Establishment Press
What Do Voters Really Want
Polls show Republicans at a record low in self identification while independents rise, signaling fading party loyalty as voters focus on national issues. A Michigan study links 1972 outcomes to ideological polarization and shifting Democratic unity, with realignment likely shaping 1974 results depending on Watergate, Wallace, and Congress loyalty.
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Bon Oakley
George Gallup
New Dea
Louis Harris
GOP
Harris
University of Michigan
Center For Political Studies
Nixon
George Wallace
Jottings From Yesteryears Highlights Across Years
A look back recalls the County Treasurer seeking pay raises in budget talks before the County Commissioners. The Hagerstown Planning Commission weighs a standard housing code proposed by Councilman Cordell. Twenty years ago Carolyn Coakly of Williamsport won the I Speak For Democracy contest. Col James F McGraw, a former Hagerstown youth, marked twenty years of Army service. Forty years ago Joseph M Hoffman of Williamsport hunted with R O Britner and left a cap in North Mountain Franklin County.
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Carolyn Coakly
Williamsport
Hagerstown
Col
James F. McGraw
Joseph M. Hoffman
R. O. Britner
North Mountain
Franklin County
Community corrections reforms eyed for Maryland county
A Maryland report proposes shifting offender responsibility from local to state level and creating small community based facilities for about 60 per county. Washington County shows no need for new centers, with jail serving pretrial and a heavy emphasis on work release to cut welfare costs. The study urges broader reform to reduce crime and improve rehabilitation across the state.
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Harry Warner
Maryland
Washington County
Governor’s Commission On Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice
State of
Governor's Commission
Robert G. Fisher
Fisher
Maryland Correctional Training Center
Maryland Correctional Institution
Breathersville
MCTC
MCI
Maryland Reformatory
Maryland Penal Farm
Steathersyville
Hagerstown
University of Missouri
Nixon Florida neighbor pressed to sell by officials
A classified account reports President Nixon's Florida neighbor was pressured to sell her home on Key Biscayne after allegedly spreading tales about the presidential compound. Bebe Rebozo and Robert Abplanalp arranged the sale of 478 Bay Lane for 156000, with an $18000 yearly rent, to clear space for White House communications, while the widow denies any tattling.
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Washingtun
Nixon
Florida
Bebe Rebozo
Robert Abplanalo
Key Biscayne
Perry O'Neal
Nixons
Abplanalp
Public Buildings Service
Theodore Sachs
Atlanta
Rebozo
Bay Lane
Secret Service
White House
O'Neal
Watergate quotes spark Senate reactions and insults
Senator Stuart Symington laments White House claims about alleged Watergate rapes as Senator William Saxbe criticizes the nomination of William Saxbe for attorney general. The exchange reflects partisan tensions and oblique references to the scandal.
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Dallas Fair
Stuart Symington
B.mo
White House
Youth Letter Forum on energy and school issues
Readers from Smithsburg, Brunswick and beyond discuss energy use, school buses on back roads, school color, pollution, football scheduling, equal sports for girls, humane trapping, charity food, train safety, hunting safety, and reducing gasoline through walking, biking, and bus use. Notable names include Brenda Dinkle, Debora Stoller, Uniair Bill, Michele Porter, Nixon’s Sermon, Theresa Hill, Vanessa Danner.
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Congress
Richard Nixon
Anan
Yesteryears
Baltimore
Jack Anderson
Reid
Ogden
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Hus
United Feature Syndicate
Wyliks
William Saxba
Rohio
Wlaon
Youth Letter Forum
Brenda Dinkle Bsrunewick
Smithsburg
Fort Hill
Cumberland
Little Smithsburg
Debora Stoller
Smithsburg High
Uniair
Paula Weltzel
Brunswick
Dullsville
Michele Porter
Camp David
Samaritans
Hlm
B&o
Sue Ann Proudfoot
Trigger Happy
Theresa Hill
Brunswick High
Vanessa Danner
Brunawick
Rerry
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