Waiting Room Plan For Hagerstown Airport Delayed
The aviation committee seeks a joint city county funding approach to build a modern $70,000 waiting room as current facilities are outdated and cramped. Despite positive receptions, financing remains unresolved a month later, while airport improvements including ramp upgrades and new lights push ahead.
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Hagerstown
Board of County Commissioners
Aviation Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Allegheny
Friendship Airport
Californium-252 Offered For Sale By AEC At $450 Billion Per Pound
The Atomic Energy Commission announces limited sale of californium-252 with an asking price of 450 billion dollars per pound. Approved buyers pay 100 dollars for one tenth of a microgram as the isotope remains scarce. Seaborg says microgram quantities suit cancer research and mineral prospecting, with future production driving prices down to hundreds of dollars per microgram by the 1980s.
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The
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Glenn T. Seaborg
Californium
Seaborg
Vaccination scar tumors raise cancer questions
Twenty four individuals developed skin cancers from five weeks to 50 years after vaccination, with three tumor types noted. Exposed skin, sun exposure, and scar tissue appear linked. vaccination scars may trigger tumors, not the virus. Light complexion and damaged skin increase risk, with X ray and burn scars also elevating cancer susceptibility.
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Willard L. Marmelzat
California
Man
van Mellen
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern as Tragic Centerpiece
A review of Tom Stoppard's play in which Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are the main characters, Hamlet and others appearing briefly. The piece notes the existential tone, Hamlet fragments, and the production details, including Grove Press publication.
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Rosencrantz
Guildenstern
Hamlet
Hamet
Tom Stoppard
Guildensteyn
Ophelia
Claudius
Gertrude
Polonius
Shakespeare
Stoppard
Antet
Jottings From Yesteryears Nose for landings and market highs in place
Carl Lucky Strickler landed a plane safely through dense fog near Boonsboro by finding a suitable field. Wall Street showed a Hoover market with stocks near record highs as brokers ran frantically on the floor. Construction began on an addition to the Southern Shoe Company plant on North Mulberry Street costing about 2.5 million dollars. A backyard display at WILK Mullenix Virginia Ave featured one stone from each state and the District of Columbia, each with a unique historical tale. Three years after WWI the Hagerstown Symphony Orchestra had not revived, though seven Indianapolis musicians joined the Chambersburg Symphony. Reginald Shifler, Avon Hotel, a volunteer fireman, was injured after falling 29 feet from a ladder while aiding a West Antietam Street fire. The Board of County Commissioners approved a new electronic bookkeeping and tax billing system. Measles outbreaks, mainly in Williamsport lower grades, were reported to the Health Department. New city and county construction signaled a rebound from recession.
Greencastle Youth Wish List Includes Ice Rink And Outdoor Film
Readers advocate Greencastle town recreation improvements with winter ice skating, sledding hills, and summer outdoor movies. They note parks draw visitors for photos and tennis, urge year round facilities, and suggest a farm hill for skiing and tobogganing.
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Greencastle
Olympics protest gloves spark calls for free speech
A letter argues John Carlos and Tommy Smith should not have been expelled from the Games over their black gloves and statements. It notes hunting license costs rising in Washington County to $9.50 locally and $12 statewide, and includes a brief sign-off by Larry Stecker asserting no personal grievance.
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John Carlos
Tommy Smith
Washington County
More Food Please at Green Castle Antrim Junior High
Students lament cafeteria portions remain small while prices rise in the Green Castle Antrim Junior High. They praise the Vo-Tech center for hands on training, noting its value in preparing students for employment after graduation.
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Greencastle-Antrim
Vo-Tech
Tme
Sunday Library Access Proposed for Washington County
A reader urges that the Washington County Library open on Sundays to help working adults and students who rely on weekend research time. The letter notes Sunday would likely be the busiest day, suggesting a weekday closure if needed.
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Washington County
Protests at North Hagerstown High Over Wallace Rally
Letters from history class members at North Hagerstown High protest the denial of permission to attend the Wallace rally. The governor appeared earlier, and readers argue eighteen year olds are too young to vote, while asserting their own chances at political engagement.
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Badltor
North Hagerstown High School
Wallace
Letars
Chanca
North Hagerstown trip for Ramie football game teased
The North Hagerstown High Student Council organized various out of town bus trips but none matched the chartered ride to the Thomas Johnson Ramie game. On Oct 25, twenty nine students gathered at the school to board a bus, but the company failed to show as planned.
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North Hagerstown High
Barbs By Phil Pastoret
Winterizing the auto is mainly removing insulation from the wallet. They call them disc jacks nuts for horseplay. Our Girl Friday says her boyfriend is a stingy wolf who disguises himself in cheap clothing.
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Friday
Inside Washington Clear Sailing Ahead For Defense Budget
President Nixon's plan to boost defense spending faces Democratic opposition but is expected to advance. New Senate and House leaders favor increased military outlays, with aims to raise the defense budget to about 87 billion annually by 1973. Proposals include ending the draft and moving to volunteer service, plus funding for new strategic weapons systems. Strong figures like Russell, Mahon, and Fulbright loom in debates ahead of Vietnam's end and a potential balanced budget.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Congress
Nixon
Senate
House
Appropriations Committee
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Carl Hayden
Dariz
Russell
Armed Services Committee
Johnson
George Mahon
D-Tex
House Appropriations Committee
Kennedy
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Hubert H. Humphrey
Sen
J. William Fulbright
T-Ark
Chiirman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Gaylord P. Nelson
Dwis
Frank Church
D-Ida
George
McGovern
T- 8
Democrats primed for 1972 Senate battle in Washington
The U S Senate is slated as the key arena for Democratic leadership and the 1972 presidential race. Senators Kennedy and Muskie are seen as top contenders, with Humphrey eyeing a comeback and McCarthy unlikely to seek re election. The article compares this to the 1960 nomination chase and notes the shifting path to national leadership through the Senate amid a thinner field in statehouses.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Ted Kennedy
Massachusetts
Edmond Muskie
Maine
Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Minnesota
Lyndon Johnson
Nixon
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
John F. Kennedy
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Democratic Party
Senata
Mustie
Hubert Humphrey
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Lucky” Strickler
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