Maryland Delegate Withdraws Lasso Bill After Reassessment
Delegate Boyd Smith faced backlash over a bill to ban Lasso a widely used herbicide. He initially backed it but after public hearing and farm input he withdrew the measure stating no groundwater contamination evidence and acknowledging a shift in position. The paper notes his quick reversal and praise for his final decision.
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Prince George's
Mr. Smith
Maryland Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Smith
Brunswick Rail Heritage Shielded From Loss As Town Rebounds
Roy Meachum argues Brunswick’s B and O roundhouse victory preserves a symbol of the city’s railroad-driven past. He notes the YMCA fire and the canal era, traces Brunswick’s growth, decline, and revival, and foresees a centennial resurgence fueled by pride and new residents.
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Brunswick
B&o
YMCA
Baltimore
Cumberland
Pentagon plan suggests winning a nuclear war
A highly classified Pentagon document outlines six missions for U S strategic forces aimed at deterrence and winning in a prolonged conflict. It calls for stockpiling to avoid exposure, targeting both soft and hard Soviet sites, and maintaining survivable, ready forces including leadership targets. The piece also covers a separate critique of Rep Earl Hutto’s Antarctica junket, plus a brief drug case observed on I 80.
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Washington
Pentagon
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Mikhail Gorbachev
Kremlin
Earl Hutto
D-Fla
Antarctica
Rep
Hutto
Coast Guard
Hawaii
New Zealand
Australia
Rep. Hutto
Antarctic
Congress
Iowa
America
United Feature Syniicate, Inc
Maryland convict labor plan collapses. Myersville camp scrapped
Apr 6 1938 News Post item notes Thomas Jenifer warns convict labor could not fund capital projects. $100,000 1937 appropriation limited to maintenance and reconstruction, halting a prison camp at Myersville. Also reports Girl Scout Troop activities led by Mrs Petrott and Miss Leichert with patrol leaders listed. County commissioners review sheriff’s account showing an $861.91 quarterly deficit and a return of surplus-deficit arrangement to Frederick emergency fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Thomas Jenifer
State Roads Commission
Myersville
Francis Petrott
Harriet Leichert
Doris Petrott
Virginia Nicodemus
Martha Jane Storm
Patsy Bennett
Betty Roberts
Charlotte Opel
Sally Worthington
Louise Hendrickson
Mary Anna Rhoads
Margaret Green
Peggy Schroeder
Virginia Bowers
Sheriff’s Office
Frederick County
Montgomery Planning Board approves Germantown town zoning plan
Twenty years ago on April 6 1968 the Montgomery County Planning Board unanimously approved two zoning applications for over 1500 acres as part of a proposed major town in Germantown. Churchill Investments owned the land. Also Thurmont officials discussed a one man radar unit to curb hot rodding as juvenile activity rose. A Frederick County mayor group backed a county sanitary landfill urging commissioners to start operation plans.
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Germantown
Montgomery County Planning Board
Churchill Investments
General Partnership
Baltimore
Thurmont
James Black
Frederick County
John A. Derr
Frederick
G. Carroll Wickless
Woodsboro
Jess D. Orndorf
Brunswick
Paul M. Smith
Burkittsville
Floyd E. Stine
Middletown
Guy A Baker Jr
Emmitsburg
C. Ray Weddle
Gilmore C. Trout
Walkersville
VPA
Board of Education
Public Letters Critique Israel Coverage and School Equity
Harold Weisberg denounces Roy Meachum for biased Israel reporting and cites distortions while highlighting a separate Frederick area letter urging school board fairness. Austin M Miller Jr urges equity for students amid dance program auditions and board decisions.
Public letter questions violations by Patrick Center and historical district rules
Damon L. Barnhart writes to The Frederick News-Post arguing the Patrick Street Center building violates codes and questions its historical status. He criticizes Roy Meachum and complains about skateboard and bicycle use on sidewalks in a history district context.
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Roy
Young
Patrick Street Center
Patrick and
Court Streets
Jon Kreissig
Roy Meachum
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Ohio
Buckeye
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Potomac River
Berlin
Potomac Street
California
C&o
Anderson
News-Post
Meachum
Israel
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Pool
Meet the Press
Gaza
Washington Post
State Department
Iran
Iraq
Harold Weisberg, Frederick
Way Boe
Austin M. Miller Jr, Frederick
Patrick Center
Damon L. Barnhart
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