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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1977
Page
2
The entry outlines how the Daily Mail should report news with neutrality and present plainly labeled editorials. It directs printing different opinions only in editorials on the page and reserving columnists’ views for other sections, aiming to publish all sides of major controversies.
The piece argues President Carter should cancel the $825 million eight new VA hospitals begun under Ford, citing CBO GAO and NAS studies that deem the plan wasteful. It pushes refocusing funding to nursing beds, highlights potential alternatives like Medicare and Medicaid, and notes VA serves many nonservice connected veterans. It warns political pressure from veterans groups and stresses fiscal restraint.
The Federal Trade Commission may revise rules to allow jewelry with less than 10 karats of gold to be labeled as gold. The industry urges the change, though some manufacturers oppose. Labels would warn that sub-10 karat alloys can tarnish or corrode, potentially turning skin green.
Items recount local curios from past decades. Notes report pigeons under control after treated grain and a UFO sighting described as a plastic bag with candles. Pet show prizes, rattlesnakes in the mountains, and a historic 1936 crash letter from La Mesa are also mentioned along with community events and club milestones.
Michael Viner and his actress wife Deborah Martin were halted near Budapest by armed police who confiscated passports and photographed them. After seven hours of interrogation and surveillance, they were released with notes that three pages of Viner’s field notes were missing. The State Department called it an inconvenient incident while diplomats in Hungary offered no comment.
A broad rise in solar energy adoption is underway in the United States. ERDA estimates about 5,000 homes use solar heating, with thousands more solar hot water heaters and growing numbers of solar buildings. Experts say the trend is accelerating, aided by incentives, financing, and a view of solar as practical, not exotic.
The Voice Of The People column invites readers to submit letters, with a 50 word limit and a 260 word maximum. The editor reserves the right to edit for length and clarity and to reject letters not meeting policy. Preference given to clearly written letters after prior publication of the author’s name.
Marguerita Snyder of Knoxville Maryland condemns federal and state grants as a boondoggle that lures taxpayers into rising taxes to "match" funds. She notes Frederick Community College offers grant proposal workshops and urges curtailment of Big Brother aid that benefits a few at great cost to many, creating bureaucratic regimes and an overbearing power network.
Ed Folts writes that biblical passages from Leviticus Romans Corinthians and Timothy support opposing gay rights and urge fellow Christians to judge and confront homosexuals. He urges readers to let God have the last word and to share Christ’s message with gays and others seeking guidance.
Brightwood Acres residents protest June 21 1977 work on Edgewood Drive cited by county engineer Glenn Dull as stone on blacktop. Letter argues no blacktop present and alleges cost savings from tearing up access roads misleads the public while compromising safety and emergency response. Resident William J Pringeton urges county engineer review and accountability.
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