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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1973
Page
2
A mayor council suggestion proposes hiring boys next summer to cut illegal weeds at owners' expense. If Mayor Paddock's 500 acre estimate is right, ample work will exist. Weeds exceed six inches in many lots, while curb limits are six inches.
Political scientist James Barber of Duke University accuses Nixon critics of misquoting the president about crisis creation in response to Watergate. Barber notes Nixon’s comment likening Americans to a child was about wanting independence, not endless babying. He urges accuracy in quoting the president.
World inflation drives U S prices as Nixon faces a global economy. Demand, shortages, and rising money supply abroad push petroleum metals grains and soybeans higher while imports and multinational production link U S costs to Europe Asia and beyond.
The Senate Post Office Committee weighs rising letter rates and a drop in delivery service. A progress report cites cost cutting over service, with staffing reductions and uneven service by spring 1973. Regional hearings follow after the July 4 recess, leading to final wrap up in Washington.
Letters express anger at a proposed maximum security prison in Maryland to house hardened criminals, citing pollution, property value decline, and influx of undesirables. Readers urge protests by postcard and political outreach while recalling historic hopes and local animal rescue praise.
The mayor and a council majority vote to end unhealthy temporary jobs at the old municipal pool and move forward with a new pool. City officials thank supporters for a project they say will bring Maryland’s finest swimming facility, while critic Vaughn is criticized for opposing the plan and tossing his pencil in disgust.
London bus conductor Tom Costello jokes about retiring to grow roses after tomatoes ripen while a $800000 win in a British soccer pool is noted. Betty Furness criticizes Nixon’s price freeze as prices are said to have been halted by the pot hail.
Washington observers note Nixon may endure the Watergate crisis as impeachment prospects wane. Praise for aides Melvin Laird and Bryce Harlow, plus Brezhnev talks and economic focus, bolster his standing while Ervin hearings confuse the public and test credibility of testimony.
A reminiscence from 1949 recalls a family vacation to Ovvan City and a Bay crossing by ferry. The writer notes the earlier dream of a bridge was unimaginable yet now a second Bay bridge has opened while congestion on Virginia Avenue Wilson Boulevard and Oak Ridge persists. The piece questions if a North West bypass will arrive before an average pass.
Jottings From Yesteryears note Dr David T Whitcomt appointed medical director at Brook Lane Farm Hospital. The entry also lists river fishing prospects, a city patent man death, a large Fairchild picnic turnout, a heat wave in Keedysville with local prices, a syrup accident injuring Hays Kline, banker talks on loaf pricing, and current movie offerings including Heroes for Sale and Gold Diggers of 1933.
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