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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1972
Page
2
County commissioners weigh routing more funds to the SPCA to trap roving dogs rather than paying farmers for livestock losses. Farmers report endless grief from animals preying on pigs, cows, chickens, and rabbits. The proposal argues dogs lack owners and humane euthanasia may end the problem.
The piece notes Horsley as the innovator of the first Christmas card in 1842 amid Victorian England and the postage stamp invention. It highlights a surge in US card usage this season with 60 million Americans exchanging about 5.5 billion cards and Americans spending around 390 million dollars on greetings from simple to music box models.
The article notes Peron’s return from exile and his call for free elections in Argentina. It discusses the 1960s military rule, Peronist influence, and the struggle for constitutional democracy. Lanusse may permit Peron to run or designate a successor, as Argentina seeks stability and national reconciliation with his legacy.
Helen Delich Bentley predicts women will hold a third of Senate seats and all or most of the House within 12 years as 119 women rise to top federal posts and 1 209 join middle management. she notes women often lack self confidence and men show more faith in female abilities.
Jack Anderson reports a sharp rise in drug abuse among U S troops in Europe with heroin and hash use spreading across Rhine Main and Coleman Barracks areas. Internal Army memos warn of an impending heroin epidemic by February as middlemen and needles drive a developing illicit market among GIs.
In a festive scene many spend Christmas funds and the year’s rent recovering from the yuletide din. Numbers were drawn for office gifts as the group searches for a winner, while jokes land on gifts even a doctor’s got. One line jokes about an infant’s cry rising above holiday chatter.
Washington profile of Walter Smith, a 47 year old shuttle bus driver for Health, Education and Welfare to the Soest Security Administration complex near Baltimore. He is praised for reliability, discipline, and care for passengers, treating individuals with respect. The piece highlights his decency, faith, community service, and hopeful outlook amid societal issues.
An open letter from a former Hagerstown resident offers cautious congratulations for the Downtown Mail plan and outlines three forebodings. The author critiques sidewalk widening, pedestrian experience, and architectural continuity, warns about two mail routes, and recalls Valley Mall and past downtown plans.
A 1963 budget proposal of 37 742 000 would raise the tax rate by 39 cents Oscar Spipler proposed hiring more women in the Police Department to ease workload Williansport seeks a new industry possibly a fabric mill Funkstown resident Eal Spielman suspects a coffee beggar with his dog is an escaped convict Stanley Kline marks his fiftieth year as a miller in Benevala Fire Chief John Hall warns churches to limit Christmas candle use due to fire risk Forest fire on Sword's Mountain partly checked after three weeks Strong shifting winds hinder firefighting Free Linch program begun by the Ted Cross and PTA at Broadway Way Side School deemed a success plans for Ridge Avenue School planned A 1500 hunger marchers near Cumberland cross to Washington via Paw Paw and did not pass through Hagerstown Plans changed because mountains blocked route.
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