Frederick opens Regional Cancer Therapy Center with NCI support
The $4 million center at Frederick Memorial Hospital combines radiation and chemotherapy with an NCI led experimental program in a 26 000 square foot renovated Safeway building. It aims to treat about 350 new patients annually using a $1 million linear accelerator, lasers, and computer imaging. Dignitaries include Marilyn Quayle.
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Aday Frederick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
National Cancer Institute
NCI
Safeway
David Thomas
Georgetown University
Thomas
Marilyn Quayle
Dan Quayle
FMH
Frederick
Maryland Education Plan Sparks Controversy and Debate
A Maryland education critique highlights Alabama like spending, dropout rates, and SAT scores. State officials including Dr. Schilling push for 200 school days, expanded pre K, college prep tracks, and broader accreditation while warning of higher costs and teacher pay increases. A separate College Park note notes Maryland students leaving for other colleges due to class availability, ending with a mother’s anecdote about a son’s engineering major and mixed grades.
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Maryland
United States
America
New Hampshire
University of Maryland
Schilling
Safeway
Howdy
Maryland General Assembly
William Donald Schaefer
Schaefer
Dr. Schilling
Walter Sondheim
Commission of School Performance
Baltimore Sun
College Park
Chinese Christian Teachers Guard Letters in China
American teachers in China face risk as they guide Chinese students and evangelists through a crackdown after the Tiananmen protests. The English Language Institute/China, based in San Dimas, circulated safety guidelines advising letters avoid naming friends, criticizing the government, and limit personal information to protect students, teachers, and families from state repression.
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Washington
China
Tiananmen Square
Beijing
English Language Institute
San Dimas
Calif
ELIC
Letters to Chinese Christians and Soviet Faith in Brief
The article highlights discreet guidelines for letter writing to Chinese Christians, urging caution to avoid identifying Chinese believers and praising bravery within China. It contrasts with notes on Soviet religious life showing growing church attendance under Gorbachev, yet fear of registration labeling and job discrimination persists. The piece also mentions an elderly Russian woman seen as Mikhail Gorbachev’s mother.
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China
Hong Kong
Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev
Russia
Sound sleeping contends as three families near Ladiesburg
County officials note three families near Ladiesburg qualified for a nighttime “sound sleeping” title after thieves broke into a private garage nearby. Deputy Buhrman cites tracks showing at least two suspects, while a second car was damaged and a tool stolen in the same incident.
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Ladiesburg
R. Paul Buhrman
Earth in deep danger from wasteful hunting and space spending
Traci Gregory warns of wildlife cruelty in labs and calls for conservation actions. She argues to stop rainforest destruction, recycle, reduce junk mail, and favor environmental protection over space budget, urging immediate steps to save habitats and air quality.
Business is the key to South Africa democracy
In a partisan move the Democratic Congress uses ten million dollars to aid South Africa's transition by funding groups opposing the de Klerk government. The argument favors involving American business in providing entrepreneurial know-how, capital, and private ventures to empower the black majority and build a lasting economic base for true political freedom.
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Congress
South Africa
U.S
de Klerk
Letters to the Editor Urges Earth Day legacy actions
The letter urges immediate personal and community actions to protect the environment. It highlights turning thermostats down in winter, up in summer, conserving water, planting trees, using eco friendly products, and recycling. It notes Frederick County’s new recycling operation at the landfill and hopes for town programs by year end. It is signed by Frank L McKnight.
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Frederick County
Earth
Parents must teach values not teachers say Myersville letter
Terry Crews argues in a Myersville letter that public school teachers should not add values education to their duties. He says parents are responsible for instilling morals before school and questions the need for an ethics curriculum, urging better teachers and adult role models instead.
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Frederick County
Frederick County Board of Education
Lessons in values for schools and society
A reader argues for teaching core values in schools to counter a self centered culture. The letter urges honesty, patriotism and respect to shape a calmer, more thoughtful community and notes census fear and home safety concerns as examples of negative effects. Signed by Lucille Re Beale of Emmitsburg, Md. Letters to the Editor at The Frederick News-Post invite legible signed submissions with address and phone.
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Frederick
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Cancer War
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Peril
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United Feature Syndicate, Inc
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Diesel Motor Training School
Muncie
Ind
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Kennard Weddell
Tacoma
Wash
John Frederick Amelung
Mr. Weddle
Mr. Amelung
Braddock Heights
Marvin
Mandel
John Roemer
The
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Space
Traci Gregory Walkersville
S. African Democracy
Frederick Storton
Amiapolis
Frank L, McKnight Frederick
Terry Crews
Myersville
Lucille RE Beale
Emmitsburg
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