Montgomery County forms deer population task force
An 18 member group is appointed to study managing the rising deer numbers as development shrinks habitats and legal hunting areas. Residents debate whether deer are a nuisance or a beauty, with options including longer hunts and other measures.
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Montgomery County
Driving Europe from Geneva to Rome a lifelong roving note
Roy Meachum recounts European road travel charging through Austria France Italy and Switzerland. He critiques Autobahn vs Autoroute systems notes fuel costs signs and driving styles praising Italian drivers while detailing Geneva's historic ties to Rousseau Calvin and the UN. He plans a journey toward Champoluc and Rome, recalling friendships and language gaps along the way.
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Geneva
Europe
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Democrats weigh curb on tax loopholes in budget bill
Democrats signal second thoughts on tightening expense account deductions for meals and entertainment, including skyboxes and box seats, amid a Senate House conference bill. The move tests tax fairness claims as support for reducing loopholes resurfaces against lobbyist pressure and industry collapse concerns.
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Congress
Senate House
Democrats face tax loopholes and party contrasts
Leonard E. Larsen argues in a commentary that Democrats show “second thoughts” on tax breaks for the wealthy while Republicans push to limit them. He notes taxation of business meals and entertainment, questions who pays, and warns that caving on the three martini lunch could invite a 1994 Democratic disaster.
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Jefferson
Congress
Clinton
Alabama
George Wallace
Designated driver could have saved a life
A young man about 25 faced 3 to 10 years in jail after a night of drinking led to a fatal car crash. The writer argues for abstinence and supports Alcoholics Anonymous, noting one drink can lead to more and suggesting help is better than punishment.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Frederick Kiwanis talk warns of new taxes on locals
At the Kiwanis Club of Frederick meeting in the Francis Scott Key Hotel R C F Weagley of Hagerstown warned that government subsidies would raise taxes for years to come. Residents of East Fifth and Sixth streets pressed city officials to transform the Chapel Alley cemetery into a public park or playground. Frederick City grossed 1759 dollars from selling six former CCC buildings at Fishing Creek to a crowd of about 400. Officials from Frederick and Washington counties moved to form a joint EMS coordination panel seeking 286000 dollars in Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funding. County Commissioner Lawrence A Dorsey criticized the county Human Relations Council Affimative Action Plan, saying it could spur bias against minority hiring. Deborah Lee Croneburg, 18, of Buckeystown was crowned State Dairy Princess at the Hunt Valley Inn. About 71 Boy Scouts from Griffin Ga breakfasted at Jean Gillespie’s Ponts Plaza tavern after staying at the state armory in Frederick, part of 41000 scouts headed for the 1973 National Scout Jamboree near Pittsburgh.
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Frederick
Francis Scott Key
R.C.F. Weagley
Hagerstown
Lawrence A. Dorsey
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Griffin
Jean Gillespie
Letters on NASCAR tragedy and multi culturalism debate
A reader laments NASCAR driver losses and calls for equal race coverage. In a second letter, Louis E Willhauck argues against multi nationalism while praising multi culturalism and invites to the Frederick County Ethnic Festival at the Old Armory on Aug. 21.
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Davey Allison
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Turkey
America
Frederick
NASCAR coverage from local paper falls short
Larry Harne of Smithsburg voices frustration with the local press for minimal NASCAR reporting. He notes the sport’s growth, high price of tickets and lodging near tracks, and the bonded community among drivers, owners, crews, sponsors, and fans.
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Smithsburg
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No multiculturalism debate sparks letter responses
Stephen Bauman argues against multiculturalism while Meredith Fouche counters with calls for freedom under the law and tolerance. The letters discuss whether cultural enclaves reflect true America, citing Kurdish assimilation in Turkey as a contrast and urging acceptance of diverse cultures within national unity.
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Meredith Fouche
America
U.S
Turkey
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Frederick News-Post Letters Policies and Contact Info
Readers are invited to send letters addressing local Frederick County topics. Include name address and phone for verification, though contact details are not published. Letters may be edited and some may not appear due to volume. poetry and verse are not used.
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