Taxpayer money used for secretaries at Ocean City meeting
Frederick County commissioners faced criticism for using $450 of taxpayers funds to pay two secretaries to attend the Maryland Association of Counties annual meeting in Ocean City. The money came from various funds, including the Washington Council of Governments, after debate over contingency fund use. The piece questions why two secretaries were needed and notes the funds were not appropriate for such a foreseeably planned trip.
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Frederick County
Maryland Association of Counties
Ocean City
Washington
Maryland redistricting sparks sexism claims and political clash
Roy Meachum argues that Maryland’s new congressional map favors male incumbents and PG County power brokers, labeling the plan a sexist plot. He notes potential retirements, GOP backlash, and a veto option while urging citizen protest via a 1 900 hotline after five pm.
Journalists tied to the octopus theory die under disputed circumstances
Joseph Casolaro and Jonathan Moyle, reporters pursuing a shared network, died mysteriously in 1990. Casolaro was found with wrists cut in a Martinsburg hotel room. Moyle was found hanging in a Santiago hotel. Both investigations linked to Inslaw, Iran contra, and alleged high level plots, with families insisting foul play rather than self harm.
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Washington
Joseph Daniel Casolaro
Casolaro
Martinsburg
W.va
Jonathan Moyle
Santiago
Chile
Moyle
Justice Department
Inslaw
Saddam Hussein
Jimmy Carter
Journalists Casolaro Moyle tied to Iraq arms hunt deaths
Jack Anderson reports on Casolaro and Moyle pursuing Iraq arms deals with a Chilean broker and BCCI links. Moyle’s Chile trip focused on used civilian helicopters turned attack machines and a missile system eyed for Baghdad. Both men's families question murders amid open investigations and threats.
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Casolaro
Outlaw Bank of Credit and Commerce International
BCCI
Inslaw
Chile
Moyle
Defense Helicopter World
London
Iraq
Baltimore and Ohio collision at Ellicott City injures fifteen
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train struck an open switch and hit a standing boxcar at Ellicott City. Engineer H O Waltz jumped from the car just before impact and express messenger Amos H Elliott also leaped to safety. Fifteen people were injured, three seriously. Also reported are a 10 day postwar trip by local High School youths and county agriculture officials addressing 1942 allotment appeals reducing 1941 funds by about 12 percent with tax and straw concerns.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Ellicott City
H.O. Waltz
Frederick Junction
Baltimore
Utility Pole Secured Near Gov Thomas Johnson High
Authorities reported a leaning utility pole at a 45 degree angle in front of Gov Thomas Johnson High School was secured to wait for repairs after a car struck its base. A mysterious odor emitting plant near 9 W 14th Street Frederick grew 10 feet tall and five feet wide. botanists could not identify it. A new Census Bureau report shows Frederick County population at 84,927 in 1970, up 18.1 percent since 1980, Carroll up 30.7 percent to 69,006, and Montgomery up 53.3 percent to 522,809.
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Maryland
U.S. House of Representatives
Thomas V
Mike Miller
Congress
Capitol Hill
Baltimore
Congressional
William Donald Schaefer
Prince George's County
P.G. County
Steny Hoyer
House
Tom McMillen
State Friends
Miller
McMillen
Potentiam
Mr. Miller
Wayne Gilchrist
Helen Delich Bentley
Bentley
Gilchrist
Connie Moreils
Montgomery County
Frederick
Beverly Byron
Harford County
Baltimore County
Byron
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
Bureau of the Census
Frederick County
Carroll County
Snoops fall hospital choice questioned in Maryland
Margaret Thomas comments on Roy Meachum's defense of Governor Schaefer's companion Hilda Snoops being moved by ambulance to Baltimore with Annapolis mayor's approval. She argues any qualified ER doctor could treat her and questions whether the nearest ER was bypassed for political reasons.
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Roy Meachum
William Donald Schaefer
Hilda Mae Snoops
Baltimore
Annapolis
Mr. Meachum
Donald Schaefer
Abortion Debate Reflected In Harsh Rhetoric And Ethics
A fragment from a column argues that beyond doctrine and politics, the abortion issue demands focus on the process itself. It laments perceived brutality and calls readers to feel compassion, warning that failure to weep betrays humanity. The piece critiques rhetoric over the subject.
Debate over rights or doctrine in abortion process
Letter from JOSEPH C. ZENGERLE Jr. of Tjamsville argues the issue is the process, not rights or doctrine, claiming supporting abortion rests on accepting brutality while opposing it rests on rejecting the process, urging integrity and consistency in the final tally.
Pro Life Protest in Wichita Sparks Ethical Questioning
In response to ongoing coverage of the Wichita pro life protest, the writer argues against shutdown tactics at abortion clinics and contrasts infant life with late term abortion. The piece cites Dr. George Tiller, questions legality and humanity, praises rescuers, and urges nonviolent aid to mothers. Brett and Eileen Hunt Mosrovia.
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Wichita
Supreme Court
George Tiller
ESSROC site plan denial raises due process concerns
John C. Laughland argues the ESSROC site plan denial in Frederick County hinges on Planning Commission overreach rather than a zoning dispute. He asserts ESSROC sought a lawful use and that the commission must approve once conditions are met, urging a court challenge to clarify the role of the planning body and protect property rights amid a recession.
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Essroc
Frederick County
Planning Commission
Responsible Planning Commission
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Frederick, MD
HIVE
Tran
Jack Anderson
Heritage Foundation
Boris Yeltsin
Michael Dukakis
Clarence Myers
Charles Metz
Johnsville
Richard Harrison
Robert Kinsey
Henry R. Shoemaker
Margaret Thomas Frederick
Joseph C. Zengerle Jr
Tjamsville
Brett and
Eileen Hunt
Mosrovia
John C. Laughland Frederick
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