Claude Barrick a life of service in Woodsboro community
Claude Barrick died last week leaving a legacy as a giver and a doer in business, church, and civic life. A Woodsboro and Frederick High School Class of 1931 leader, he steered S W Barrick & Sons Lime and served on the National Lime Association board while guiding reunions and local projects including the Woodsboro medical center.
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Barrick
Frederick High School
Woodsboro
S.W. Barrick & Sons Lime Manufacturing Co
National Lime Association
Claude Barrick
Frederick
Julia Etchison Hanna
Claude
Rusty
Frederick High
Woodsboro Evangelical Lutheran Church
16th Amendment blues cast over tax fears and power
The author laments the 16th Amendment and the IRS, arguing income tax surges from 1 percent to 92 percent by the 1960s. He condemns bureaucracy, economic crime, and government overreach while proposing a national sales tax as a fairer alternative and urging voter accountability.
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Congress
Internal Revenue Service
Uncle Sam
IRS
Computers open to sabotage threaten American security
A federal security briefing warns Americans leave computers unprotected like unlocked cars. Government and private systems face risks from hackers, insiders, and poorly erased data. Experts urge action as a National Research Council and MIT professor warn that luck may run out.
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Washington
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Justice Department
Kentucky
General Accounting Office
GAO
Department of Justice
Winn Schwartau
Boyd
Schwartau
American Computer Securities Inc
International Partnership Against Computer Terrorism
America
Independent National Research Council
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David D. Clark
Clark
Fires scorch 80 acres in Frederick County week
About 80 acres of timberland burned in two fires that raised the week’s total to seven in Frederick County. Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees and volunteer firefighters extinguished both blazes in roughly five hours under forest wardens.
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Frederick County
Civilian Conservation Corps
Support the troops and the cause letter response
A letter to the editor defends backing the troops while criticizing Lisa Orch and Charles J. Swet. It argues liberal politicians misdirect policy, praises military leadership, dismisses dissent, and notes Earth Day as a chance for supporters to push their stance. It mentions Ted Kennedy Nunn Biden Sarbanes Mikulski and election consequences.
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Lisa Orch
Charles J. Swet
Ms. Orch
Mr. Swet
America
Sen
Ted Kennedy
Sam Nunn
Joe Biden
Paul Sarbanes
Barbara Mikulski
Vietnam
Earth Day
Why on the main roads for joggers and walkers
A Frederick County resident complains about runners and walkers using busy main roads like Browningsville Road Windsor Road and Bethesda Church Road. They urge using subdivisions with slower speeds to reduce danger, noting fog and dawn conditions. They question motives and urge cyclists to relocate to safer routes.
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Frederick County
Browningsville Road
Windsor Road
Bethesda Church Road
Letters From Readers on Parks and War Critique
The letter writers urge Maryland to fund state parks, criticizing the Carroll Creek project and Fort McHenry neglect. They argue parks offer costless recreation and question tax spending while warning about civilian casualties in Iraq. A third reader, David G Beeson, advocates community and universal compassion over rugged individualism.
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Maryland
Carroll Creek
Fort McHenry
Air Force
Merrill A. McPeak
Iraq
Bush Proclamation Prompts Reflections On Gulf War Choices
A reader reflects on President Bush's national days of thanksgiving and questions the justification and consequences of U S led actions in the Persian Gulf War. The writer notes praise for returning service members but challenges the foreign policy of policing with force and asserts doubts about bomb accuracy and outcomes.
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Bush
Persian Gulf
America
Iraq
Speed limits study sparks political cautionary note
In May 1991 Car and Driver reprints a Federal Highway Administration study by Dr. C. Tignor and D. Warren arguing against strict speed limits. The author, George from Braddock Heights, suggests police and governors resist the elite pressures and politics of speed regulation.
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3.C. Tignor
Federal Highway Administration
D. Warren
FHA
Car and Driver
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Big Woods Road
Centerville
Urbana
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Leaven Gordon
Charles W. Mack
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