Tax Cuts Debate Over City Real Estate Rates
Governor Mandel supports cutting property taxes despite potential small losses in federal revenue sharing. Hagerstown officials already cut city real estate taxes and consider further cuts when rebated federal funds return. Harold Boyer urges using federal money for capital improvements instead of tax relief. City and county rate stands at 4.15 per 100. The trend shows rising taxes in recent years.
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Mangel
Hagerstown
Mills
Board of County Commissioners
Harold Boyer
Wrong Phone Tax Number Protest by AT&T Subscribers
AT&T reports about 22 000 subscribers withholding the federal excise tax on telephone service in protest of the Vietnam War, up from 17 000 in 1971 and 12 000 in 1970. The IRS has urged disconnection but AT&T says it only forwards tax money to the IRS, not enforce collection. The paper notes moral and convenient motives behind the protest.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Internal Revenue Service
At&t
Company
IRS
Nixon
White House Alden
White House
Kennedy
The New HEW Chief By RAY CROMLEY
A report on Caspar Weinberger's appointment as head of HEW. The piece cites overheard critics praising his potential to implement zero budgeting and tighten oversight of welfare programs. It contrasts federal efficiency aims with concerns over Indian tribal aid and local flexibility.
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Ray Cromley Washington
NEA
PTC
Federal Trade Commission
Caspar Weinberger
Nixon
HEW
Defense
Weinberger
White House
Washington
Newspaper Enterprise Asan
Jottings From Yesteryears Highlights and Local Updates
The Board of County Commissioners re elected William W V Cunningham and renamed Lewis L Bowers W P Wachter and Harry Leasure. Physicians warn of widespread colds and influenza spreading from the west coast urging bed rest. Randolph Murray suffers arm laceration from his own gun. Deer season activity noted near Tilghmanton with Clarence Bain and son Russell. A bridge project begins at Brunswick crossing. Washington County buys 129 acres on Chewsville Rd for a new junior college. A 20 year county road plan is released by the State Road Commission. Temperature falls to nine degrees above zero marking the coldest spell of the season.
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Board of County Commissioners
William VW. Cunningham
Lewis L. Bowers
W. P. Wachter
Harry Leasure
Broken Treaties Papers Stashed Across North America
The Jack Anderson column reports that Broken Treaties Papers, smuggled from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, are hidden in secret safekeeping across the United States and Canada. Indians allegedly want the documents duplicated to educate tribes about federal duplicity, with grim statistics on Indian life and rights highlighted.
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Washington
Bureau of Indian Affairs
United States
Canada
Nixon
America
South Dakota
Black Hills
White House
FRE
Oklahoma
Les Whilfen
Phoenix
FBI
Whitten Visits Indian Militants In Secret Document Heist Tale
An account describes Whitten being escorted to a distant city, questioned by Indian militants about documents, left alone for hours, then handed thousands of papers. Indian experts aid his reading as the group appears stern yet friendly, with a lighter moment over beer and firewater.
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Whitten
Mwade
FBI
United Featura Syndicate, Inc
Barbs About the Boss Spark Quiet After Hours
A fragment from a humorous barbs column hints that telling stories about the boss at night can win laughs, while coming home late without recrimination marks the teller as a top story craftsperson or the wife as the “shampton sleeper.” The old saying implies the one who laughs last may be the first to go.
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Shampton
Pity the Pets and Vietnam Charity Appeal
A letter urges better care for pets including feeding and tying dogs to prevent attacks, and supports Pound housing for strays. It also condemns the Vietnam war’s toll on innocent families and children, noting funds raised by Brunewick High and others through a CROP walk for Vietnamese children. It asks readers to donate food and clothing to help.
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Vietnam
Brunewick Hieh
Washington Nixon Efforts Sabotaged By Disloyal Holdovers
A Washington columnist argues a small group of Nixon holdovers from the Kennedy era sabotaged the president’s programs for years. The piece notes loyalty pressures, internal agency resistance, and the difficulty of removing entrenched staff, contrasting Nixon’s approach with Kennedy’s early staff purge and later challenges faced by Johnson.
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Nixon
Bruce Biossat
Washington
NEA
Youth Letter ix advocates fluoridation in Hancock water
A Hancock High School senior science class defends fluoridation against a local editor's stance. The letter cites sources from Reader's Digest 1955 Time 1965 and a 1909 Public Health Service survey to claim fluoride reduces decay, but notes mixed results and urges more research before implementation.
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Snyder
Hancock News
Hancock
Hancock H High School
Time
Saturday Evening Post
United States Public Health Service
Huorine Hito Hancock
Youth Letter Forum seeks notes for seasonal theme
Young readers are invited to send letters to the Youth Letter Forum at Herald-Mail in Hagerstown. If Santa misses a household, writers can win monthly prizes including a deluxe atlas an unabridged dictionary and a World Almanac. Letters up to 200 words are preferred double spaced and may cover any subject within the seasonal frame.
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Youth Letter Forum
Santa Claus
Herald-Mail
Hagerstown
In Darkness We Feed Lights in Seventh Grade Rooms
Readable lines note teachers strain eyes as lights in seventh grade rooms flicker. Students may need glasses if problem persists. Jerry Thomas, 12th Grade, Brunswick asks for improved lighting to help focus during class. Laura Shearer, age 8, East Avenue urges kindness to animals and better homes for pets.
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Laura Shearer
East Avenue
Students urge fluoridation debate and town sports plan
In Hancock, a 12th grade science class argues fluoridation risks for kidney patients and calls for more town research before public hearings. They cite symptoms from fluoridation and frame it as an infringement on freedoms while listing local students and Hancock Middle-Senior High names.
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Hancock
United States Public Health Service
Barbara Spade
Jamla Moore
Patt James Paul Thompson
Jack McCarty
Stove Swaity
Tony Little
Diana McCurobos Hancock
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Washington County
Chewsville Rd
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