Audit paints a harsh picture of Frederick County highway
The audit shows multiple issues from overbudget road projects to unapproved work and missing signatures. It urges immediate implementation of auditor Donna Collins' recommendations, questions how the problems started, and calls for tighter scrutiny to prevent recurrence across county agencies.
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Highway Department
Donna Collins
Winchester Hall
Collins
Frederick County
Porat death in West Bank escalation sparks debate
Tirza Porat, 15, dies amid Palestinian uprising as nature walk near an Arab village triggers blame and counterblame. The piece argues the conflict pits settlers and Palestinians, notes subsequent fatalities, and cites Shultz’s peace push as a rare opening while warning of deeper cycles of violence.
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Tirza Porat
West Bank
Jerusalem Post
Judea
Samaria
U.S
George Shultz
Israel
Yitzhak Shamir
Middle East
Negev Desert
Nuclear missiles survive INF pact loophole revealed
The Reagan administration claims the INF treaty eliminates a weapon class, but U S short and intermediate range missiles remain. A highly classified Pentagon guidance shows deterrence relies on sea based and short range arms, plus strategic forces to deter and respond to a nuclear conflict. The piece notes Western Europe could still face conventional superiority from the Warsaw Pact and calls for beefing up conventional forces. UK/US topics and separate notes on drugs enforcement and Northwest Airlines smoke ban follow.
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Jack Anderson
Dale van Atta
Washington
United States
Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev
South Korea
Pentagon
U.S
Soviet Union
Western Europe
Warsaw Pact
Eastern Bloc
NATO
Europe
America
General Accounting Office
Thailand
Laos
Northwest Airlines
Northwest
Frederick seeks grant input in slum clearance push
City authorities held talks in Washington with U S Housing Authority officials as they pursue possible use of about 250 million dollars remaining from a federal grant for slum clearance and low rent housing. Storms across 12 states disrupted power and orchards while local fruit damage was assessed. A Frederick High operetta Hearts and Blossoms was set for 8 p m at the Opera House directed by Miss Martha Pettit with listed cast. A Martin Luther King Jr memorial service in Frederick High drew about 600 people, organized by the county NAACP with Samuel Hamilton as speaker. Gov Agnew asked federal troops to curb arson and violence in Baltimore area, as Frederick city and county enacted a 7 p m to 6 a m curfew. Rep Mathias urged immediate passage of the Chesapeake and Ohio National Historical Park bill to build on Potomac Basin assets and promote the canal as a federal site drawing visitors.
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Frederick City
Washington
U.S. Housing Authority
Martin Luther King Jr
Frederick High School
Frederick County
NAACP
Samuel Hamilton
Spiro T. Agnew
Baltimore
Charles Mec. Mathias Jr
Chesapeake and Ohio National Historical Park
Mathias
Potomac Basin
C&o Canal
Russia
Ethiopia
Wiping out smut and a flow of community thanks letters
A reader rebukes Bob Reid for a column on occupation and decency while multiple letters praise Frederick community events at F&M Bank and celebrate the Up With People visit. The page includes opinions on farming chemicals, economics, and a call to return to faith, signed by Sandy Hahn and Mary Ann Putman.
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Bob Reid
Kiddo
Gramps
Bob
Grandmom
Mom
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Roy Meachum
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Pues Wen
News-Post
Texas
New England
E.D. McCain
Frederick
Henry Shoemaker
Ridgeville
Frederick Opera House
Martha Pettit
Madeline Lenhart
William Slemmer
Ruby Smith
Robert Wilson
Constance England
Ann Marie Young
Arner Talbot
Lavinia Ebberts
Doris Hemp
John England
Henry Wilson
Thomas Molesworth
Mathew Brandon
Gerrit. Rice, Frederick
F&m Bank
F&m
Sandy Hahn Frederick
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
Mary Ann Putman, Frederick
Fredrick News-Post
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