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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1976
Page
2
The Daily Mail will publish plainly labeled editorials expressing its own opinions on this page. Other opinions from the newspaper’s columnists and those in the news may appear elsewhere. All sides of important controversial issues will be published.
Fire Chief C William Bare and Chief Karn spoke at a public meeting on revising the county comprehensive plan. Residents in the North End welcomed a new fire company but balked at locating a station, urging land set aside for future stations. With three downtown stations and others near the West End and South End, fears of delays persist as the North End remains without a fire house decades later.
Senate approves a bill creating an extra federal holiday costing about $260 million to taxpayers, with reports of planners pressing for another day for a long weekend raising total costs to about $520 million for federal employees who seemingly have everything.
Ray Cromley surveys dangers in Social Security funding noting that unlike private pension plans it does not invest its funds. He cites Feldstein on future shortages, the threat of higher taxes, and municipalities withdrawing from Social Security, risking billions in lost contributions and higher benefits for others.
Jack Anderson reports Carl Albert says Iran Saudi Arabia and Kuwait leaders seek U S backbone against Soviet influence. Kissinger notes Africa policy gains. Ford says majority rule minority rights goals guide action. Nigeria's swing toward the West debated amid Libyan and Soviet pressure.
Our Times reports on retirement plans of House Speaker Carl Albert and Senate figures, signaling a major reshaping of U S politics. It notes Mansfield Byrd Mansfield and Scott successors, and the potential impact of the 1976 presidential election on leadership. The piece highlights Albert ONeill Mansfield Byrd and Tower as possible leaders shaping a new era.
Citizens are invited to send their views to the Vales of Ine Propie volume. Letters must be signed and mailed to the editor with the writer attributed. Preference will be given to these letters, and policy will reserve the right to edit and publish approved submissions.
A fragmented column rails at political scandal and public costs. It mocks Congressman Hays over pay for a typist and a string of alleged improprieties, then condemns GSA pricing and ethics breaches. The piece urges a strong November turnout, urging Ohio voters in particular.
A June 5 pageant in Funkstown Park celebrated the county's 298th anniversary. Funkstown Elementary students staged a colonial musical program with strong support from parents, teachers, the Funkstown American Legion, E. Russell Hicks Band, and the school principal Shane.
Ambiguous remarks discuss EET stances and Italian Communists, urging autonomy and Western alignment through deeds. The text references peacetime community disruption and systemic deconstruction, mentioning Bush and Girachen in a garbled context.
A new face joins The Herald Mail classified sales staff Robert McNamee as salesman. Gregory Callas files to run for House of Delegates. North High students Alan Gesser Tom Jackson attend Boys State. A Bethel Street resident reports fish dumped in her yard. Twenty three carriers earn scholastic honors as county high school athletes excel nationally. County all stars place third in state PAL. Sixty eight local boys travel to WMRA event by train car. Local track participants include Haines Prockeli Fouche Schaefer etc. County baseball stars beat City All Stars 5103 to aid Victor Sirak recovering from a broken leg. A stray horse wandered from the airgrounds to West Franklin Street before Detective Peters rounded it up.
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