Drainage and Public Policy Growth of drainage concerns in planning
The text notes drainage is rising as a public issue due to more people and development. It explains how roads, pavement, and excavations alter natural water flow, causing flooded basements and ponds. County Engineer G. T. Slider advocates green drainage strips and joint drainage recreation. Public officials should give drainage careful study.
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Lars
Planning and Zoning Commission
G. T. Slider
America
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Carnival of Dr Sam Sheppard trial echoed press excess
A critique notes the Sheppard murder trial became a carnival fueled by pre trial publicity and sensational coverage. It highlights Supreme Court ruling that publicity alone did not deny due process, faulting judges and court officers for enabling sensationalism while urging responsible journalism to protect community information needs without harming defendants.
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Sam Sheppard
Cleveland
Sheppard
United States Supreme Court
Sam
Bald Astronauts Prove Hair Lengths Don’t Measure Space Success
Amid praise for Gemini-9, the lesson stands out that hair length does not determine achievement in space. John Glenn’s hairless counterpart Thomas Stafford dispels the notion of grooming as a sign of prowess, showing that inner skill matters more than external appearance.
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John Glenn
Thomas Stafford
Baldy
How To Keep Well The Big Sneeze Time Has Arrived
Seasonal hay fever discussed as an allergic condition with pollen sources and seasonal peaks. It covers symptoms, skin testing for pollens, regional variations, and treatment options including avoidance, air conditioning, decongestants, antihistamines, steroids briefly, and immunotherapy.
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Pellen
Wamble traffic control tape tested at Market House corner
Jottings from yesteryears notes a new substitute for painted police traffic and parking markers called Wamble, a heavy composition tape that adheres to street beds and will be tried at Market House corner.
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Market House
A Call for Peace and Unity at North Hagerstown High
Mary Jackson from North Hagerstown High urges discernment in education and warns against complacency. Frenton Ford of Roonsnhora High School reflects on America’s past, environmental decline, and the need to preserve natural beauty for future generations.
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Mary Jackson
North Hagerstown
Mman
Lewis and Clark
Missouri
Pacific
America
Earth
Frenton Ford
Roonshora High School
Three Minutes A Day Education Drive In Mexico
Color television is used to recruit illiterate Mexicans into a four month reading and writing course. From 35 million people about 5 million adults are still illiterate. The Yo Puedo Harerlo program prompts letters to directors, celebrates progress, and urges broader world literacy efforts while invoking moral and spiritual motivations.
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Mexico
Progran
Today in History June 2 1984 highlights include Hoover debt moratorium
On June 2 1984 Today in History notes Hoover proposing a one year moratorium on intergovernmental debts with fifteen nations accepting, Mars 1632 Maryland grant, 1789 French Revolution start, 1863 West Virginia statehood, 1847 Alaska purchase treaty proclaimed, 1942 German attack on Friedrichshafen, 196? Venezuelan Super Constellation disaster near Asbury Park with 74 dead, 1960 Ikeda visit to Washington, 196? Humphrey Paris talks on US Dominican policy with de Gaulle.
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Associated Press
Herbert Hoover
Macyland
Lord Baltimore
West Virginia
Union
Alaska
Andrew Johnson
Friedrichsheffen
Asbury Park
N.J
Hayato Ikeda
Washington
John S. Kennesdy
Woltert Humphrey
Dominican Republic
Paris
de Gaulle
Johnson pledges broader war power to end Vietnam by year end
President Johnson briefs congressional leaders that he will deploy all forces General Westmoreland requests to end the Vietnam War in 1967. He cites a 487,000 strong US commitment, defends strike limits, and warns against escalating by bombing Russians at Hanoi air fields while targeting key depots, dams, and waterworks.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Viet Nam
Westmoreland
U.S
South
Thailand
Guam
GOF
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate
Er Everett Dirksen
Hanoi
Haiphong
Red River
Two Administrations Under the Same Critics
Washington observers have long attacked both Eisenhower and Johnson for leadership flaws, yet the same critics offered opposing characterizations of each. The piece argues that analysts view themselves as superior and urge mature foreign policy critique free from personal caricature.
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Washington
Dwight Fisenhower
Washington Press Corps
Congress
Lyndon Johnson
Eisenhower
Brooks
Johnson
Eyo
Lebanon
Soviet Union
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Washington County
Bureau of Census
U.S. Department of Commerce
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