Keep America Beautiful Day draws thousands for cleanup effort
Hundreds of thousands of volunteers across Washington and Fulton counties and part of Franklin County Pennsylvania joined Keep America Beautiful Day cleanup efforts. They gathered about 1,200 tons of debris with some recycled into projects and the rest sent to landfills. The piece urges Americans to change disposal habits for a repeat effort in 1973.
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America
Mason Dixon Scout Council
Washington
Fulton
Franklin County
Airlines Hire Men as Flight Stewards After Ruling
Barry Shelby, 25, a Michigan State graduate, is hired by Pan American as airlines spark a transition from women only stewards following a Supreme Court backed suit against gender based hiring. The piece reflects on changing flirtation dynamics and asks about parental roles.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Barry Shelby
Michigan State University
Pan American
Barry
Jottings From Yesteryears Highlights Local Burglary and Area News
Carl's Market near Chambersburg was robbed of over 10000 kept in a safe. Hagerstown closed 1961 with a general fund surplus of 91542. The Board of Education delayed Wayside School demolition pending more investigation. Company B National Guard plans two bivouacs in Cavetown. Washington County Hospital dedication committee seeks old photos for souvenir program. Milk permits restricted by city ordinance for dairies not meeting requirements. Chicken thieves stole 20 fat hens at White Farm on Teilersburg Pike.
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Cavetown
Company
National Guard
Teilersburg Pike
Nixon aims for a booming economy by Election Day
President Nixon pushes aggressive spending to heat the economy before November. White House insists on rapid money supply increases and front loading of contracts across agencies to lift employment and production while budget deficits threaten inflation and price controls. Economists warn inflation may rise beyond three to four percent yearly.
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al Health, Education and Welfare
M National Aeronautics and Space Administration
White House
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve Board
John
Nixon
Congress
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
FBI's Jane Fonda Watch Draws Taxpayer Scrutiny
The FBI allegedly spent considerable resources monitoring public figures including Jane Fonda and other celebrities. Secret files describe Fonda as subversive and anarchist while noting her political activities. The article cites taped comments and campus sightings as part of covert surveillance under classified handling.
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Tate
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Los Angeles
Hoover
Rock Hudson
Paul Newman
Marion Brands
Donald Sutherland
Harry Belafonte
Zero Mostel
Jane Fonda
Hippopotamas
Klute
PBI
Miss Fonda
Pol
Ivery Tower
Beverly Hills
Dick Cavett
Deapie
David Frost
Fonda Held Over Pills and Notebook by U S Customs
FBI reports tie up a Cleveland airport arrest for pills and barbiturates but charges are dropped. Customs seized revolutionary literature, tapes, and a handwritten notebook with names, addresses, and film stars, including Kirk Douglas and Paul Newman, later returned.
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Fonda
U.S
Cleveland International
FBI
Black Panther Party
White Panther
Fanna
Customs
Kirk Douglas
Paul Newman
Tony Curtis
Vincent Price
Tommy Smathers
New York Times
Non Commercial TV Arrives to County On Channel 31
Daily Mail report notes Hagerstown ready for its first non commercial television station on channel 31. Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting plans a transmitter on Fairview Mountain with Grade A reach of 20 miles and Grade B reach of 52 miles extending into Washington County.
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Harry Warner
Tagerstown
Richard Duncan
Maryland Center of Public Broadcasting
Hagerstown
Burian
Tragerstown
Baltimore
Tyne
Adless Radio
Washington
Public Broadcasting System
Lebanon
Washington County
Oldset
Maryland
Fairview Mountain
Tview
Emily
Maryland Center For Public Broadcasting
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Channnel 67
Salisbury
Washington County Public School
Duncan
Electric Company
Newpla
Open Letter On Downtown Mall Vision For Hagerstown
Readers weigh in on a proposed center for the city and a Valley Mall plan. The writer maps a mall concept to revitalize downtown near W Washington and Potomac streets, comparing potential competition from major department stores and distant developers. The piece argues the downtown must adapt or risk retailer collapse.
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Hagerstown
Ilhanton
Tagerstown
Washington St
Potomac St
Yoormate
Valley Mall
Potomac ‘Towers
Denty TV
Mme
Planning and Zoning Commission
Ute
Woodward and Lothrop
Lansburgs
Garfinckles
the Hecht Ca
Emotions Boil Over As Three Officers Are Suspended
A letter from Maryland correctional officers claims retaliation after Major Shives ordered sideburn trimming for inmate John Cale and supervisors Clingan and Rosenberry were suspended. They cite harsher treatment of eight inmates isolated for eight days in March 1972 and accuse Supt Keller of policy-wide suppression of dissent.
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MD. Correctional Institution
Hagerstown
Department of Corrections
Supt. Keller
Supt. Brown
Supt
Keller
Keiler
Megin
Stele
Becauza
Dave
What Other Papers Say
Adams New York Jefferson County Journal comments on a new welfare training program paired with a looming minimum wage increase. The piece criticizes federal moves as political theater that confuses business owners while the goal is to raise wages and spur employment.
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Adams
N.Y
Jefferson County Journal
Washington
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Jam Factory
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San Antonio
Texas
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Famin
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
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Shand Ridge, Fla
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