July 16, 1995 25 Years Ago EDITORIAL - POLLUTION — A SERIOUS MENACE So many people are crying "wolf" these days, about so many varied and often times imaginary problems, that it is difficult to recognize the real hazards as they occur. But even the most phlegmatic individual must realize that there is indeed something to [...]
July 9, 1995 25 Years Ago EDITORIAL - NOW IT CAN BE TOLD! What, after all, happens to the hijackers who have been taking over planes at gun point and diverting them to Cuba? This is a question which has been perplexing thousands of outraged Americans who resent this threat to their travel safety in the [...]
July 2, 1995 25 Years Ago Education Budget Is Announced By County Officials - County Commissioners Approve $10,994,370 Figure — Budge Request Was $12,627,281 - The Carroll County Board of Education has released figures regarding the education budget for the coming school year. The Board of County Commissioners earlier approved a budge of $10,994,370 for the [...]
June 25, 1995 25 Years Ago Farm Visitation Day Scheduled June 28 - Farm Visitation Day, scheduled for Sunday, June 28th, is designed to bring rural and urban people together to promote mutual understanding. This event provides you with an opportunity to visit a farm and learn of the many things involved in producing livestock and [...]
June 18, 1995 25 Years Ago 'Summer Reading Carnival' Slated At County Library - Carroll County Public Library will begin the "Summer Reading Carnival" for children this week and it will continue until August 21. All students who have completed the first seven grades are invited to register at any branch library or bookmobile stop. To [...]
June 11, 1995 25 Years Ago Cancer Crusade In This County Exceeds Goal - $13,768 Contributed As County Tops Quota Of $13,000 — Richard Mariner Is General Chairman - The 1970 Carroll County Cancer Crusade is at the 105.9% mark, with $13,768 in donations deposited toward its goal of $13,000, according to Richard Mariner, of Westminster, [...]
June 4, 1995 25 Years Ago EDITORIAL - OUT INTO THE WORLD - This is the season of graduation from thousands of high schools and colleges throughout the country and a rather apprehensive public watches as the hundreds of thousands of young men and women descend upon the social fabric, already torn by unrest, uncertainty and [...]
May 21, 1995 25 Years Ago Drinking Drivers Cause Half of Highway Deaths - Solution Of This One Problem Could Result In saving 28,000 Lives Annually In U.S. - "If we could eliminate all causes of highway accidents but one, we would still be faced with 50 per cent of the problem - drinking and driving," [...]
25 Years Ago EDITORIALS - Closing Colleges Down - It is not wonder that groups comprising the more sensible and serious students in colleges and universities throughout the country are instituting their own rebellion against the senseless action by college officials and Boards of Trustees in closing down institutions where demonstrations have occurred. In other instances [...]
May 7, 1995 25 Years Ago Public Hearing On U.S. 40 Project Attended By 200 - Meeting Is Informational In Nature - Plans Call For Upgrading 23.7 Miles Of Highway - The meeting held on Monday, May 4, at 7:30 p.m., at the Mt. Airy Middle School, by the State Roads Commission of Maryland, was well [...]