Monument to Frederick’s first Black high school opens
The Sunday dedication at 172 W All Saints St recalls a 1920 opening of a Black high school that lasted two years. Before 1922 Lincoln High School offered segregated education under separate but equal doctrine, while Black students faced limited access to higher learning elsewhere. The piece frames the monument as a reminder of past injustice and progress toward equality.
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All Saints St
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
All Saints Street
Lincoln High School
South Frederick
Frederick City
Bell Atlantic NYNEX merger signals shifting corporate power
Roy Meachum warns that mega mergers threaten American diversity and public safeguards. He traces AT&T breakup origins, critiques regulatory actions, and flags looming job cuts and rising executive pay as media and telecom giants consolidate. He cites Disney ABC Westinghouse CBS and GE NBC as signs of a broader pattern shaping information access.
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Bell Atlantic
NYNEX
At&t
Harold Green
Ma Bell
U.S
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
District of Columbia
Washington
Feds
Watergate
Disney
ABC
Westinghouse
CBS
General Electric
NBC
Environmental progress versus polluting past in Maryland politics
Steve Crawford reflecting on Earth Day, praising bipartisan Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act gains since the 1970s, noting Maryland’s 182 bald eagle breeding pairs and rising water quality. He criticizes Newt Gingrich era reforms and highlights Rep Roscoe Bartlett’s 8 percent score, urging regulatory relief and market-based solutions from Frederick County.
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Interior
Bruce Babbitt
C&oq Canal
National Historic Park
Potomac
Richard Nixon
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Newt Gingrich
Congress
Environmental Protection Agency
Roscoe Bartlett
6Th
League of Conservation Voters
5Mail
Frederick County
Tom
Traffic lights fail briefly on Frederick Square
Traffic signals on the Square in Frederick went out at 9 39 p m as a fire call sounded. Lights north through Fifth Street and south through South Street were affected, then repaired later that evening.
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Frederick
the Square
Fifth Street
South Street
Record Setters Clarify Prospect Hall Lady Vikings Season
The 1984-84 St. John's at Prospect Hall Lady Vikings went undefeated, extending a 33 game win streak. They were led by Lori Frick and Cheryl Buffo, with Ralph Buffo as head coach from 1983 to 1988.
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St. John's
Prospect Hall
Delicate trust between parents and day care centers
A reflection on the Oklahoma City bombing noting the tragedy’s impact on families and the fear surrounding the Murrah Building day care center. The piece laments breaches of safety in a federal day care setting and considers the lasting effects on parents and children.
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Oklahoma City
Murrah Building
America
Winens
SAS
Teets
Letters defend day care, magnet programs and education
Deborah Reynolds and Betty Burdette defend neighborhood stability and the magnet program. They urge limits on outside influence on day care locations and stress the value of socialized, well rounded gifted students as essential to basic county education.
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Lifeef
Wo Chidren
Hendricks
Life-saving test raises call for courthouse security review
In the Frederick News Post April 4 article, readers debate the courthouse security on the dead spot. Robert Rose highlighted the need to examine and upgrade the system to save lives, noting a box large enough for a metal gun or plastic bomb passed to the third floor and stressing safety over cost.
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Frederick
Robert Rose
Letters to the Editor on Nye Pat and local figures
A fragmented letters page discusses Nye Pat and local figures like James Se and Tree Sl. Esr Tannery Je. The text references community concerns and personal opinions, reflecting a small-town readership engaged in local discourse.
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James
Esr Tannery
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Washington Post
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Grafeite
Steve Crawford
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Veterans Administration
Carrol Brown
Maryland Bankers Association
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Mr. Brown
Montgomery
Carroll
Howard
Eastalco Aluminum
Buckaystown
Sanford Blum
Mount St. Mary’s College
John J. Dilson Jr
National Shrine Grotto of
Lourdes
George Holder
Keedysville
James E. Green
Point of Rocks
Delphey's Sport Store
Ralph Buffo
Lady Vikings
Deborah C. Reynolds Frederick
Betty Burdette
Mount Airy
Marilyn Hendricks
Dorothy Metaleson
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