Trans-Tech water pollution case heads to appeals after Adamsstown verdict
In Adamstown Frederick County families claim Trans-Tech polluted wells with cancer causing chemicals. A jury found in their favor on the main issue but no damages were set. damages will be decided in a separate local phase, delaying final resolution for years.
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Frederick County
Trans-Tech
G. Macy Nelson
Saddam Hussein Should Be Killed, Says Public Voice
The author argues the Iraq war ended in victory but failed to secure peace. He claims Saddam Hussein remains in power with substantial military capability and calls for his assassination, Israeli involvement, and supplying Kurds with TOW missiles to create a military balance. He warns of renewed conflict and a long Middle East quagmire.
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Dalai Lama visit unsettles Beijing as US eases stance
In a critical take, the piece argues China’s 40 year conquest of Tibet brutalizes culture and religion while the US pursues friendly ties. It notes Bush invited the Dalai Lama to Washington, prompting questions about Beijing’s response and US human rights posture. The column contrasts Tibet’s nonviolent struggle with Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait and explores Western reactions to Eastern European market liberalization and American small businesses facing a new post‑communist landscape.
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China
Tibet
U.S
United Nations
Saddam Hussein
Kuwait
Beijing
Dalai Lama
Tenzin Gyatso
India
Iraq
United States
Tiananmen Square
George Bush
Bush
Freedom House
White House
Marlin Fitzwater
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Frederick Could Close Emergency Hospital Over Staff Shortage
Fifty years past a conference at Hotel Frederick warned that Frederick's Emergency Hospital might shut without a physician and nursing staff. Dr. B O Thomas and two nurses resigned. salary increases offered to Thomas and new RNs sought to keep the facility open.
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Frederick
Frederick County Medical Society
B.O. Thomas
Thomas
Area farmers lag in crops due to drought and fires flare
Twenty years ago area farmers faced crop delays of ten days to two weeks as dry weather slowed growth. Firefighters battled field and brush fires amid drought while forecasts of showers offered hope for improvement. Arnold Praver and Richard R. Burgee filed $9.7 million construction deeds of trust for Frederick Towne Mall, with clerk Ellis C. Wachter noting a $21,340 recordation stamp as a record demand. Housing Authority chair William Lee and officials dedicated Catoctin View apartments, with Magaha mayor Paul Althouse and aging commission chair Throne present.
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Kenneth Shifflet
Arlen Bryant
Arnold Praver
Shopco Development Company
Frederick Towne Mail
Richard R. Burgee
Ellis C. Wachter
Housing Authority
William QO. Lee
E. Paul Magaha
Nickey G. Harner
Paul Althouse
Aggressive Goodness Opposes Evil in Letter Debate
A March 25 letter by Rev. Louisa L. Davis condemns Christian pacifism and calls for active opposition to evil. The writer rebuts U S support for Iraq in the Iran conflict, disputes claims about war causing hate, and defends American capitalism and democracy amid criticisms of privilege and global pain.
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Louisa L. Davis
United States
Saddam Hussein
Iran
Iraq
Peace Resource Center
Japan
Germany
Our Nation Built by Work and Faith despite Criticism
A reader defends American virtue against a Rev. Davis critique. The letter argues Americans are not smug or greedy, but seek freedom to earn necessities, praising hard work, self-reliance, and nation-building from a wilderness, and urging recognition of beauty beyond thorny critique.
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Davis
School for Schaefer? To chip in
A letter from Austin E. Gisriel of Middletown respond to David H. Bansum's April 17 piece urging Governor Schaefer to study economics. Gisriel jokes about funding Schaefer's tuition or even moving him to Delaware, offering to cover moving costs.
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David H. Bansum
Maryland
Delaware
Letter argues against subsidized low income housing in Frederick
James J. Maher objects to a proposed property tax waiver for subsidized housing citing rising taxes from 1987 to 1990 and predicting per unit costs could soar to 1533 if waived. He urges voters to oppose the waiver and support a stronger self help housing program.
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McDonnnell
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