Board settles stray dog problem with SPCA contract
The Board of County Commissioners allows the SPCA to assume the local dog control duties at about 30 000 annually on a trial monthly basis. Animals Inc. had managed the task recently amid a dispute. If unsatisfactory, Animals Inc. could be chosen to run the shelter, but for now SPCA operations continue on a temporary basis.
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Board of County Commissioners
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Animals Inc
SPCA
Equal Rights Amendment debate looms over draft and ratification
A Montana federal ruling on draft discrimination raises questions about whether the Equal Rights Amendment would alter conscription by sex. Critics warn ERA could erase necessary distinctions, while supporters urge targeted anti discrimination laws. The fate of ERA remains tied to state ratification and future court rulings.
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Butte
Mont
U.S. Supreme Court
United States
Israel
Law Enforcement Careers Framed As Rewarding for Youths
A commentary urges graduates to consider law enforcement careers as a meaningful path. It highlights challenge and accomplishment, warns about crime threats, and argues the field needs intelligent compassionate visionaries beyond cliche depictions.
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Sam
Mail Reading by Military Counterintelligence Exposed
Jack Anderson and Lee Whitten report that Pentagon counterintelligence teams opened and read military mail for years using methods called flap and seal and rolling. The practice, often used on servicemen critical of the Vietnam War, extended overseas and prompted Senate scrutiny of CIA and FBI excesses. Authorities said leads were rarely pursued, with some denials labeled as investigations, while the Defense Department offered no comment.
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Jack Anderson
Lee Whitten
Washington
Pentagon
Senate Committee
CIA
FBI
Central Intelligence Agency
United States
Army Security Agency
Prague
West Germany
Actors critique gender roles and political rhetoric in film quotes
The piece features actress Charlotte Rampling declining sex symbol roles and California AG Evele Younger warning against overstatements on groups like terrorists. It also mentions a humorous weather forecast and a likened social mood while a jobless person seeks guidance on distinguishing reactions and mood from racism.
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Daily Dames
Charlotte Rampling
California
Eveile J. Younger
Liberation
Birds
Army
Rascon Clams and Washington Grumbles
A curious note questions the mood of clams and hints at people in Washington on leave from balloon factories amid a playful, cryptic exchange.
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Washington
Letter From Inmate Seeks Readers To Help Rebuild Life
Albert Wright Jr a medium security inmate in Ohio asks readers to consider his plea for a chance at parole and a return to society He admits fault for his armed robbery sentence and seeks friendship and letters from the free world to ease isolation and aid reintegration efforts.
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Albert Wright Jr
Ohio
Lama
Jess
Frien
Countywide police vote urged for Washington County
A reader urges a countywide police department referendum after noting past voter rejection. They question duplication of services and argue for a tax funded vote, preferring local police expansion if needed and opposing top-down mandates without public input.
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Washington County
Snook
Jottings From Yesteryears Highlights Local Notes
St Marys Catholic Church to host 64 graduates from St Maria Goretti High School. Homes Wood Church Home Meet expects 100 antique autos. Andrew Newlyn to oversee dedication of expanded post office. Farmer L C Kirk nursing a baby fawn back to health after it was injured. Emmanuel Evangelical Church to dedicate Mechanics Loan and Savings Institution payments total 45 percent since bank closure. Roads workers James Marker and Bud Baker witnessed a watersnake brood and predation near a sunfish. Hagerstown Garden Club held its seventh annual flower show at The Club. Md Appalachian Trial Club organized a virtual trail exhibit.
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St. Maria Goretti High School
St. Mary's Catholic Church
H Omewood
Andrew Newlyn
Washington
Dat
L. C. Kirk
Hancock
Emmanuel Evangelical US. Church
Summit
Howard
Hagerstown Garden Club
MD. Applachian Trial Club
Distance widens between citizen and government
A 1972 Maryland voter laments the gap between ordinary people and national politics. The piece notes voters feel ignored by Congress and media, cites Senator Byrd on government size, and discusses Wallace, Carter, Sanford, McIntyre, and Percy as responses to citizen disengagement amid a shifting political landscape.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Democratic National Committee
Sen
J. Glenn Beall Jr
George Wallace
Laurel
Aia
Wallace
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
Democratic Party
Palley
Maryland
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Bud Baker
State Roads
Val Hymes
North Carolina
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J. McIntyre
Charles Percy
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