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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1968
Page
3
As election season nears in Hagerstown a strong sentiment grows for adopting a city manager. Supporters argue a full-time professional administrator is needed to progress the city and handle essential tasks. Some proposals even envision a city-county government with unified taxation and a professional staff.
A Blue Cross Association survey shows the poor may endure more nervous tension than the affluent, with 24 percent of ghettos Blacks and Mexican-Americans and 40 percent of poor whites facing uncared-for medical problems. Rising health care costs frighten three of four families.
Researchers at the University of California explore expanding the food supply by turning weeds into edible plants like spinach. They study photosynthesis to learn the process and aim to recreate it in the lab to convert weeds into food crops. Progress includes isolating several plant elements that start and regulate photosynthesis.
The piece explains kinins as inflammatory agents found in burns and arthritic joints that cause pain raise blood pressure and affect bronchial muscles. It details formation from kininogens via kallikrein, degradation by kinases, and the influence of aspirin phenothiazines prednisone on kinins, plus reader questions on water hardness tension and cholesterol’s role in heart attack risk.
Miss Ella and Alice Stone braker daughters of Mr and Mrs John HE Stonebraker were presented to over a hundred guests. Local DeMolay basketball team defeated Shepherd College 30 to 22 with F Beyard as high scorer with nine points. Sheriff Scott Kline reported 46 prisoners grateful for a Christmas meal. M J Urner appointed transmission engineer of the Potomac Addison Co and W Fenster named electrical engineer for the P E. Hagerstown business topped three million dollars per Kevick Research. Captain Venald Garrison led a Boy Scout drive aiding St Johns Mission in Arizona with over 300 children fed and clothed. 25 to 30 dogs and five Killens purchased at Washington County SPCA for Christmas presents for children.
The speaker urges initiating action via public input and suggests presenting questions at PTA meetings to determine public impetus. The note ends with the initials K. 4. Mackley indicating authorship.
Plans for a congressional study of insider trading will likely include public hearings by late spring. Sen. Harrison Williams heads the securities subcommittee reviewing how widespread use of nonpublic information is in today’s stock market, following SEC penalties against Merrill Lynch for using Douglas Aircraft earnings data to favor clients.
Reporter Jim Bishop recalls a chaotic KTTV interview on Sunset Boulevard amid a cluttered studio scene. The narrative blends risqué imagery with observations on television production and a later SEC inquiry into securities practices, highlighting political and regulatory tension as Congress contemplates new oversight structures.
A fragmented column humorously reflects on local blacksmiths and old crafts, noting quirks of daily life. The piece gently jabs about power problems at home, dog escapes, and odd signals from the office as comic observations.
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