Keeping Them Cool by Private Initiative Keeps Pool Open
A private initiative with city and county support marks a successful first year keeping children and adults cool in summer. The Hagerstown Recreation Center runs the old North Street YMCA pool near Frederick Street, aiding Boys Club members and others who could not reach Municipal Pool. The pool will operate again next summer with plans for an expanded program, signaling a big splash on May 30.
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Hagerstown
Frederick Street
Boys Club
Three archetypes converge on common ground in society
The piece argues that the revolutionary hippie and reactionary are not so different, each lacking faith in democracy and viewing society through distorted motives. It contends that society is organic and evolving, born of human needs and wisdom, and requires all three types to balance progress, hunger for meaning, and caution against upheaval.
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America
Keeping Well Early Detection in Urinary Infections
Urinary infections affect both genders though women are more commonly cited. Prostatic secretions may help defend the urethra in men, making diagnosis and treatment crucial. Seek lab tests to identify the microbe and choose the right antiseptic. Recurrent infections suggest underlying issues such as enlarged prostate or kidney stones.
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Jessy
Jottings From Yesteryears
Public auction sold the Hagerstown Chemical Company lime marl plant near Williamsport. A store fire started by a coal oil stove damaged W T Wilson Store. Two Mare Pass horn Foundation scholarships were awarded to Robert Mull and Robert Wolford. Judge Mish of the Fourth Judicial Circuit died at 91. Washington County reported 18 071 public school students, highest yearly total. Aviation Weekly highlighted Fairchild I 27 turboprop. County residents now outnumber town residents among water customers.
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Hagerstown Chemical Company
Williamsport
N.E. ‘Kramer
Board of Education
Mare Passhorn Foundation
Hagerstown Junior College
Robert Mull
Indian Ave
Robert Wolford
Hancock
Voices on George Wallace and Chicago convention fallout
A letter-writer attacks George Wallace as segregationist and criticizes his prior actions against civil rights. The piece argues Wallace cannot be trusted to uphold equality and questions his presidential viability amid past state abuses. It also covers a separate memorandum praising Chicago Democratic Party reforms after August disruptions and defends media and protesters during the convention.
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George Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Bull Connors
Democratic Party
Diplomatic outlook in wartime era from Kennan
A lengthy review voices the professional diplomat Kennan's horror at government mismanagement during World War II era. It notes his extensive service in Germany, compares his diplomacy philosophy to de Gaulle, and argues ideologies are temporary while national interests endure. Published by Attentias Suite.
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Kennan
Russia
Germany
General de Craulle
Keonan
Konnan
Attentias Suite, Brown,Philhersotey
Humphrey maps Southern path in Wallace Nixon split plan
Vice President Humphrey relies on old math to win electoral votes in the South. He envisions Wallace siphoning 32 percent with Nixon at 30 to yield 13 North Carolina votes and similar splits in other states. The strategy aims to neutralize the law and order issue while courting moderates and Black voters, with key battlegrounds including Massachusetts New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan Wisconsin Texas and California.
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Washington
Humphrey
South
Alabama
George Wallace
Wallace
North Carolina
GOP
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Lei
Edmund Muskie
Ming
Chicago
Bumphrey
Midwest
Massachusetts
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Winds
Texas
California
Minnesota
Humphey
Mumphrey-Muskie
Tot Ory
Pivotal Tlinois
Division in Democratic stance versus Legion unity in New Orleans
William S. White argues that the Democratic divide over Vietnam persists since Chicago, contrasting it with the American Legion’s unified stance in New Orleans. He contends both sides oversimplify, warning that presidential decisions must remain independent of hawks or doves to preserve deterrence and credible foreign policy.
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New Orleans
Chicago
American Legion
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Hanoi
Peiping
Moscow
Hawk
Dave
Qiling
Legionnaires Bellows
America
American ‘Legion
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Daily Mail
Hest Room
W.B
Yesteryears
W. T. Wilson
Joseph D. Mish
Hyeyme
Tourth Judicial Circuit
Thomas Barnett Davis
Schred
Norfolk and Woesloon Railway
Washington County
Aviation Weekly
Aviation Industry
Fairchild
Mr. Wallace
Harold Martiner
Potomac St
Washington St
Conrad Hilton
Civilized Man
Richard J. Daley
McCarthy
Daley
France
Bears World
Ke, Ba
Ette Farm
Book Review
George F. Kennan
Wallace-Nixon
By Robert §. Allen and
John A. Goldsmith
Mississippi
Louisiana
John J. McKeithen
Humphrey- Moskie
Can and Order Laick
Tike Wallace
William S. White
Legion
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