Republican brokered convention looms in 1988 race
Guest column surveys potential GOP contenders for both presidential and vice presidential nominations. George Bush leads but faces challengers including Kemp Kirkpatrick Dole Baker Laxalt Armstrong Robertson and several governors. Westerners Kean Thornburg Deukmejian Thompson du Pont and Rumsfeld are also named as possibilities as a brokered convention becomes plausible. The piece notes regional balance and the possibility of a nontraditional ticket if no clear front-runner emerges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William 4. Rusher
Cama
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
Reagan
Boor
Bush
White House
Jack Kemp
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Bob Dole
Howard Baker
Senate
Paul Laxalt
Paul Laxalt, Mr. Reagan
Nevada
Ball Armstrong
Colorado
Pat Robertson
Richard Thornburg
Pennsylvania
George Deukmejan
California
James Thompson
Wines
Pierre du Pont
Delaware
Donald Rumsfeld
Inois
Ford
Saa Ropu
Rouge
New England
Grave Laxallt
Armstrong
Deukmejian
Downtown traffic wars and new garages fuel Frederick reform
A Viewpoint column laments downtown congestion on West Patrick Street as Mayor Ronald Young carries through multi story garages and one way street plans. It notes opposition, rising autos, and a crackdown on double parking with $5 fines and cites City Cab and bus impact on flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Patrick Street
Fairgrounds
Rot Young
Frederick
Ron Young
Donnybrook
Young
City Hall
East Church Street
Ronald Young
Tne Weimberg
East Patrick Street
WEG aGule
Market Street
Doc Rice
John Derr
Market
Patrick Streets
Don Rice
Helms demands written answers on embassy policy and Saloon claim
Senator Jesse Helms probes Ronald I. Spiers over embassy management. He demands written responses to 120 questions including whether the Islamabad club served alcohol and how furniture spending relates to security. Helms requests breakdowns on embassy staffing, pay, and inspector general activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helms
Washington
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Ronald I. Spiers
U.S
Islamabad
Pakistan
Duta
Spiers
Department
Department of State
aPlease
United States
Family Liaison Office
Foreign Service
Congress
Burr Art Library trustees plan new building project
April 2 1506 trustees of the Burr Arte Library announced plans to raze the old three story Academy Building erected in 1782 and replace it with a new library. The city asked to deed property along the western border between Council and West Second streets to the city for widening. A separate note mentions a five round bout featuring Killer Trump of Frederick versus Russell Shipe in Brunswick. James E Brush, driver for the Independent Hose Company, escaped injury when a motorist backed into him while he sat on a chair in the engine house driveway. Mrs Beall failed to see him and knocked over the chair.
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Burr Arte Library
Academy
2Nd
Waatland
Council and
West Second Streets
Trump
Frederick
Russell Shipe
Brunswick
James E. Brush
Independent Hose Company
Norene Besli
Beall
Brush
First Western Maryland Woman Joins Women’s Job Corps
Miss Mona Peddicord 21, daughter of Mrs. Phyllis Wachter of East Seventh St., thrilled as the first applicant from Western Maryland admitted to the Women’s Job Corps after initial rejection over high school grades. Lena Howard secured her acceptance. Cornerstone installation slated at North Market Street site with Dwight Collinus, Charles Lanner, and Carroll Kinsey presiding. Local officials Mayor Magaba and Commissioner Renn slated to speak. Hospital fund donations include 3600 and 2500 from Gladhill Furniture and Clorox. Major General Roland Delmar’s Delmar Foundation added 5000. Junior Hunt Ball draws over nine couples at the Key Hotel with music by The Trespassers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mona Peddicord
Phyllis M. Wachter
East Seventh St
Maryland
Women's Job Corps
Lena M. Howard
Frederien Council of
United Church Women
Mona
Dwight Collinus
Ymca Building Committee
Charles 5.V. Lanner
Carroll A. Kinsey
North Market Street
E. Paul Magaba
A. Irvin Renn
Last Dusky Seaside Sparrow Survives At Disney World
The dusky seaside sparrow, three inches long and the sole remaining of its kind, resides in an isolated cage on Discovery Island at Disney World. Despite captive breeding attempts and intergrades with related sparrows, the species nears extinction as habitat loss, pesticides, and a failed rescue effort drive numbers to five by 1983 and two by recent years, with no federal funding guarantee for safety or release.
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Helms
U.S
CIA
Libya
Europe
Italy
Spain
Germany
Netherlands
Great Britain
Maggie Thatcher
England
Tom Tiede
Orlando
Fla
Walt Disney World
Zoological Park
Disney World
Earth
Florida
Atlantic
Cape Canaveral
Tan Be
Don Wood
Florda
Department of Game and Freshwater Fish
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Wood
Disney
Disney World Zoo
Discovery Island
Startina Brass
Scott
Newspaper Enterprise
Cach
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Sterprise Asss
Che
Georgi
Barrey
Roy Meachum
City Cab Company
Germantown
Gaithersburg
Fredenck
Jack Anderson
Carl V. Weakley
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Gladhill Furniture Company
Middletown
The
Clorox Company
James McSherry
Memorial Gifts Committee
Roland Delmar
Delmar Foundation
New Market Hounds
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Trespassers
Che Frederick News
Te Syndicate
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