Budget priority: textbooks key for Frederick schools
Frederick County commissioners open budget reviews May 2 with the Board of Education facing a $37 million request. Textbooks deserve top priority, about $400,000, to fix shortages that hamper basic skills, while maintaining class size and education initiatives. Superintendent Gordon M. Anderson seeks full funding for all programs and continued emphasis on basic math and reading.
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Frederick County
Board of Education
Gram
Gordon M. Anderson
Letters to the editor raise ethics, pets and Grendel
The letters critique moral grounds for book censure and state disclosure laws while urging sharper animal control. Doris Grice of Frederick questions moral responsibility and media influence in education, while Elliott Haines of Myersville calls for pet licensing and humane oversight with annual permits and public liability insurance.
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Marvin Mandel
Mandel
The
Humane Society
Tis
Uganda's Idi Amin fuels U.S. ties with aviation links
U.S. officials condemn Amin's brutal rule while American firms aid his regime through aviation training and aircraft services. Grumman and Page Airways serviced Amin's jet in Savannah. Bell Helicopter trained Ugandan police pilots. Secret probes link Page executives to payments and a $6 million UN mission contract.
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Washington
Uganda
Idi Amin
United States
Amin
Savannah
Page Airways
Bell Helicopter
Ft. Worth
Texas
Bell
State Research Bureau
Francis Ibuka
Kampala
Harris Corporation
Melbourne
Fla
Haruna
Warren Christopher
State Department
Federal Aviation Administration
Housing and Urban Development
Patricia Harris
U.S
Carter
Christopher
Atnin
Grumman-American
Grumman
London
New York
Charles Hanner
Hanner
Securities and Exchange Commission
Page
Amino
Murray Waas
Wilmorite Corporation
United Nations
New York City
James P. Wilmont
Wilmonte Board
Rochester
N.Y
Wilmorite
Flight Safety International, Inc
Research Bureau
James Monroe Shrine Dedication Near Fredericksburg
Mrs. William Crawford Johnson, a Monroe descendant, and her daughter Emily Johnson of Frederick attended the James Monroe Shrine dedication at Fredericksburg Virginia. City officials issued stricter traffic rules to curb double parking and violators of lights. A report recounts the Mediterranean trip of Mr and Mrs John H Baker of Buckeystown and Baltimore and Rev and Mrs C E Dryden of Buckeystown, who returned abroad February 8 1928.
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William Crawford Johnson
James Monroe
Emily Johnson
Frederick
Fredericksburg
John H. Baker
Buckeystown
Baltimore
C. E. Dryden
Frederick area girls organize two Triply clubs in schools
John A. Derr mayor of Frederick urged citizen responsibility in politics and alumni cooperation at a Carroll County alumni meeting. Incumbent Burgess C Ray Weddle Jr and commissioners Charles R Ambrose and Charles A Reid of Thurmont were re-elected by large majorities in a contested election.
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Zelma Smith
Octavia Zimmerman
Frederick High School
John A. Derr
Frederick
Carroll County
Bridgewater-Blue Ridge-Daleville Alumni Association
Burgess
C. Ray Weddle Jr
Charles R. Ambrose
Charles A. Reid
Thurmont
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Annapolis
Agnew
General Assembly
Maryland
State House
Dave Goeller
Associated Press
Grendel
Mrs. Warshowsky
Secretary of State
Blair Lee Iit
Montgomery County
Louis L. Goldstein
Calvert County
Francis B. Burch
Burch
Lee
Burch 5
P.S
Doris Grice
Bubble
Bobbie
Elliott Haines
Myersville
Giesapeake
By Jack Anderson
Leing
Potomac
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