Three Maryland issues poised to reappear next session
The piece reviews three big topics left unresolved in the 90 day Maryland session. Gambling expansion, state funded abortion funding, and gun control dominated talks but were sidelined. With a new conservative legislature and the governor promising action in 1996, these issues are set to resurface tied to campaigns and summer study sessions in Annapolis.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Parris Glendening
William Donald Schaefer
Glendening
Remembering Coleman and the busing debate in Frederick
George B. Delaplame Jr. recalls James S. Coleman whose 1966 Equality of Educational Opportunity report shaped desegregation by busing. The piece contrasts Coleman’s caution on busing with later views, then chronicles historical Frederick classroom sizes from 1933 to 1951 and argues that funding debates divert from actual classroom conditions.
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Aris
James S. Coleman
Colemen
Coleman
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Mike Bowler
Baltimore Sun
Dr. Coleman
Bowler
The
Sun
McNamara Memoir Reframes Vietnam War Debacle and Myths
The text portrays Robert McNamara’s reflections as late remorseful admissions about deceit malfeasance and stupidity in the Vietnam War. It links accountability to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and other officials while noting the costly ignorance behind domino theory and global communism fears. The piece argues the conflict deeply scarred the nation and fueled lasting cynicism toward American institutions.
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PR Vietnam
Defense
Robert McNamara
America
McNamara
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Legacy of patriotism and missteps in Vietnam policy
Leonard Larsen argues that successive leaders misused patriotism to justify war in Vietnam, eroding trust in America. The piece blames Truman Eisenhower and Kennedy era policies for backing French colonial control and a South Vietnamese puppet regime, warning that McNamara's memoir serves as a cautionary tale about future misjudgments by the educated elite.
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McNamara
Truman
Ho Chi Minh
Dienvienphu
Eisenhower
South Vietnam
Kennedy
America
Vietnam
Scripps Howard News Service
Death of Roosevelt Prompts National Mourning Across Frederick
The News-Post reports widespread closures as Frederick marks President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death. Bells toll, offices close, and a 30 day mourning period begins with flag at half staff. Observances are scaled to wartime conditions.
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Frederick
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Court House
Camp Detrick
Reveille
Retardation study sparks disabled citizens protest
A Frederick County reader objects to a March 29 article on a federal retardation study. The writer, living independently with a job, urges researchers to stop using the term retarded and to adopt disabled or handicapped. They request dialogue with researchers to share firsthand perspectives.
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Frederick County
Two Ways to Deal With Public Officials in Frederick
A letter by Norman Quist of the Frederick County Board of Education argues the state appointed board undermines local control. The piece accuses appointees of serving Maryland interests over county voters and calls for political change to restore local priorities.
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Norman Quist
Frederick County
Maryland
Marie Antoinette
Frederick
Schaefer
Milton
Radical educational reform debate cited by Friedman letter
Nobel laureate economist Friedman argues education system reconstruction could curb social conflict and boost living standards. He notes prior criticism over references to the guillotine and defends public criticism and voting as time-honored tools for addressing public office. John L. O'Neill.
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Friedman
Maryland DOT taxes cited as wasteful burden on drivers
Harold Shriver of Keymar denounces Maryland Department of Transportation costs he calls a bottomless pit. He urges the governor and state legislature to disclose why auto operators face high fees, licenses, two year tags, purchase taxes, insurance, and emissions tests, warning of a one term window for reform.
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Maryland
Department of Transportation
Young adults deserve equal auto insurance rates
Ernest Spriggs Jr argues that young adults face higher auto insurance costs despite equal or greater driving responsibility. He cites incidents caused by adults, questions marriage status as a predictor of responsibility, and urges setting uniform rates for young and adult drivers.
Letters to the Editor at Frederick News Post
The Frederick News Post invites readers to submit letters with name address and phone for verification. Due to high volume not all letters may be published and some are edited for space or taste. Poetry religious verse or copies of other letters are not published.
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Frederick
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George B. Delaplame Jr
Frederick News- Post
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eSrein
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Leonard Larsen
Potomac Edison Company
WFMD
Nelson Eddy
Jeannette MacDonald
Travis Kady
Middletown
U.S
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United States
Richard Burgee
City Board of Zoning Appeals
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Arcadia East
PUD
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Harold Shriver Keymar
Ernest Spriggs Jr
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