Maryland’s 55 MPH Crackdown Shows Strong Results
Maryland has enforced a 55 mile per hour speed limit, yielding 138 fewer traffic deaths year over year and a drop in fatalities by 17.1 percent nationwide, with daily speeding tickets rising from 307 to 910 and now averaging 665. The program combines education with aggressive enforcement and hints at a new plan if crashes rise again.
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Maryland
Marvin Mandel
California Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Virginia Enforces 55 MPH as Speeding Arrests Surge
Virginia steps up enforcement of the 55 mph limit as speeding arrests rise from 101 595 in 1973 to 220 284 in 1975 and first half 1976 arrests at 114 625. Traffic deaths fall from 1 220 in 1973 to 1 030 in 1975 while crashes drop to 127 187. Increased radar use and higher reportable accident limits aid the improvement.
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Maryland
Virginia
Old Dominion
Maj. J.S. Pearson
Department of State Police
Potomac
Letter praising Star snake feature and urging accurate reporting
Winchester writes as an amateur herpetologist praising July 29 30 Star snake articles with color pictures. He urges newspapers to publish accurate information to save snakes and asks for writers to include full authentication and contact details.
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the Star
Star
The
Ford presses SALT II amid hard stance and Backfire debate
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report President Ford shifts from impartial arbiter to advocate for a new SALT II treaty with the Soviet Union. He may trade cruise missiles to secure limits on gray-area weapons like the Backfire bomber, facing resistance from Donald Rumsfeld and the Joint Chiefs as Kissinger's plan gains traction ahead of the Kansas City convention.
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Washington
Ford
State Department
U.S
West
Ronald Reagan
Soviet Union
Donald Rumsfeld
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Henry Kissinger
Pentagon
Soviets
Moscow
Leonid Brezhnev
Vladivostok
National Security Council
NSC
Kansas City
Dr. Kissinger
Kremlin
Kissinger
McDonnell- Douglas Corp
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
McDonnell-Douglas
Frederick Weyand
Army
George S. Brown
Joint Chiefs
Rumsfeld
Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford of 1976, After So Much Time At Dr. Kissinger
Henry
Capitol Hill
Ford Administration
Ohio high court frees Whisner in Tabernacle School case
The Ohio State Supreme Court dismissed all criminal charges against the Rev. Levi Whisner and co defendants in State v. Whisner. The decision praised religious faith and warned against oppressive state standards that threaten independent schools. The ruling marks a milestone in the battle for religious freedom led by the Whisner family and attorney William B. Ball.
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Washington
Defenders of Freedom
Columbus
State Supreme Court
Levi Whisner
Tabernacle Christian School
Levi
Ohio
Frank D. Celebrezze
Wiz
Justice Celebrezze
Board of Education
The
Christian Tabernacle
Leonard J. Stern
Thomas M Herbert
Rev. Wiz
William B. Ball
Harrisburg
Wisconsin
Yoder
Turning Off to Violence in a Child’s World
A columnist reflects on the widespread impact of violence in media on children. She recalls a Winchester afternoon where kids taunted her and cites alarming incidents from Baltimore. The piece questions parental duty to shield youth and urges turning off the screen to restore decency.
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Winchester
Brand X
Baltimore
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Ray Legge
Evening Star
Mes T. Byrd
H. Ebert
Eugene P. Miller
Vertising Dire
Hteriel
Rowland Evans and
Robert Novak
Novak
By James J. Kilpatrick
Whisner
Diane Kimbel
Puest
Reagan
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