Oil prices rise with OPEC move and Iraq’s pressure
A columnist warns that OPEC lifts its target price from 18 to 21 dollars a barrel, potentially adding 15 cents per gallon at the pump. The piece recalls Saddam Hussein’s coercive tactics, urges energy conservation, stockpiling, and reducing foreign petroleum reliance to avoid being “put over a barrel.”
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OPEC
Saddam Hussein
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
United States
American Petroleum Institute
Baghdad
America
NASA critics urge NASA to cut space program spending
A reader argues that NASA overpromises costs and underdelivers, citing the Space Shuttle failures, moon missions, and Mars plans as bloated deficits. The piece questions the value of Space Station projects, Earth observation programs, and other NASA ventures, urging budget trimming.
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Space Station
Planet Earth
NASA
America
White House
White House, A.k
Bush
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Congress
Space Agency
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
United States
Moon
Mars
Venus
Jupiter
Mercury
Neptune
Saturn
Uranus
Maryland
Barbara Mikulski
Senate
Freedom
U.S. Capitol
Earth
Space Program
Monopolies on rare-disease drugs dodge reform in Congress
A review notes Orphan Drug Act incentives spurred growth from 10 to over 300 drugs since 1983 while some firms abuse exclusivity to widen use. Waxman and Metzenbaum proposed limits. Bush and Quayle pressured House to keep monopolies. White House input and campaign ties suggested political influence shaping the debate.
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Washington
George Bush
Dan Quayle
Orphan Drug Astee
Congress
Food and Drug Administration
National Organization of Rare Disorders
Henry Waxman
D-Calif
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
Boyd
White House
House
Bush
Eli Lilly & Co
Genentech Inc
Lilly
Quayle
Senate
Indiana
Council On Competitiveness
Office of Management
Department of Health and Human Services
Waxman
National Organization For Rare Disorders
Genentech
Federal Reserve Board
Alan Greenspan
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Yesterday Roms from the files of
A fragmentary note indicates yesterday’s roms drawn from archival files, with unclear context and limited readable details. No further names, dates, or organizations are discernible from the legible text.
Challedon Wins Gold Cup at Hollywood Park in Masterly Ride
Walkersville bred Challedon owned by William L Brann wins the 350000 added Gold Cup at Hollywood Park California coming from eighth place to wear down the field by a length and a quarter Specify second in a strong stretch. Severe electrical storms cripple Frederick County telephones and cut utility service in parts. John W Brunner retires from Frederick County School System after 44 years including 30 as supervisor of black schools. United Fire Company extinguishes a minor boxcar fire near East Patrick Street Carroll Street terminal damage unknown origin.
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Challedon
William L. Brann
Hollywood Park
California
Specify
John W. Brunner
Frederick
Frederick County
United Fire Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
East Patrick Street
Carroll Street
Pro-life rally planned by Maryland Right to Life
Donna Banks reports a rally sponsored by the Maryland Right to Life State Political Action Committee set for Friday August 3 at 7 30 p m at Washington Bible College in Lanham seeking to inform the public amid perceived media bias and pro life coverage gaps.
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Maryland
Right To Life State Political Action Committee
Washington Bible College
Lanham
Growth ad controversy in Frederick County jobs data
The newspaper reviews county growth ads citing 1800 new jobs yearly since 1943 and uses county planning data to argue both sides. It notes rising total jobs since 1983 while the share of residents working in the county fell from 73 percent in 1970 to 59 percent in 1980, with construction and services leading growth and manufacturing lagging.
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Your Newspaper
Eds
Managed Growth Council
Frederick County Planning and Zoning Department
Frederick
Frederick County
Letters Reflect Local Growth and Public Safety Views
Readers debate Frederick County growth balancing sectors and housing affordability, defend Commissioner Charles Smith and Del. Boyd Smith, criticize a fundraiser linked to a Ku Klux Klan candidate, and urge fair policing with safer driving and accountability. The letters touch on economy, public optics, and road safety.
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Robert C. Reid
John F. Kennedy
Jack Anderson
Stanley T. Bennett
Frederick Bower
Bennett
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Green’s
U.S. 40
James Spurlock
Mabel
Richard A. Cecil
Harry Bartgis
Buupuml
Mrs. Spurlock
Mr. Spurlock
Donna Banks
Gaithersburg
Carol Kawecki
Monrovia
Charles Smith
Smith
del. Boyd Smith
William Allen JR
Jefferson
Roger Kelly
Ku Klux Klan
Woodsboro
Kelly
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Vascar
Doug Herrick Woodbine
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