School buses recalled over fuel tank danger concerns
Frederick County officials removed at risk Navistar school buses and arranged repairs before the new term. Navistar announced a nationwide recall with modifications. Superintendent Dr. Noel Farmer prioritized safety, delaying gasoline fueled buses while diesel buses remained in use, reflecting shared concern for students.
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Citizen Cohn and McCarthyism through a veteran's lens
A veteran columnist reflects on the HBO film Citizen Cohn and the McCarthy era. He recalls personal encounters with McCarthyism, the fear in Washington, and the era’s targeting of homosexuals, interwoven with memories of 1950s anticommunist fervor and his own wartime security checks.
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Sharing into key to winning drug war
Bush’s anti drug push at the Republican National Convention failed to adopt a single coordinated command for the drug fight. A GAO report lists 102 computer programs across 33 agencies supporting counter drug work, with data on people vehicles vessels aircraft and locations. Secrecy and interagency friction hinder reform while NSA and CIA are noted as highly classified or expanding efforts.
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GAO cites chaotic anti drug computer networks across agencies
The GAO report shows overlapping systems and poor sharing among DEA Customs and Defense Department networks. It highlights mislinked flight data, unreliable information and weak security risking agents and informants and notes the Defense Department runs more anti drug systems than the DEA. The Jack Anderson column is distributed by United Feature Syndicate.
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Construction contract awarded for Camp Ritchie project
Fifty years ago a $1.5 million Army construction contract went to Wickersham Moyer Woeffel Associates for Camp Ritchie under U S Army Engineers. The same firms had built Detrick Field near Frederick. Over 1,000 workers were being recruited by the U S Employment Service in Frederick. Physicians in Mount Airy Damascus New Market and Brunswick were asked to extend services into southern Frederick and northern Montgomery counties where rural areas from Frederick to Poolesville and Brunswick to Damascus lacked resident doctors. Many young physicians had joined the military and navy.
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Political rally urges action at Jefferson chicken barbecues
Republican party leaders at the Jefferson event urged overcoming complacency ahead of the November election. State Senator Edward Mason and Edward F. Thomas Jr. echoed the call, stressing urgency in campaigning. Anderson resigns from Frederick County Human Relations Council after two years. major achievement was drafting affirmative action plans for four local agencies. A snake in Talbot Run pantry at Laughlin residence reportedly gave birth to six snakes at Catoctin Mountain Zoo. four survived, one dead, one unfertilized embryo. couple commented on the unlikely birth.
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Bartlett praised as reformer in Maryland political critique
An unsigned letter endorses Roscoe Bartlett as a reforming figure who would challenge waste and fraud in Annapolis. It urges voters from all sides to back Bartlett to counter entrenched incumbents and push for campaign finance accountability and real reform in Maryland politics.
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Bartlett Out of Touch Not Fit for Congress
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Readers urge Bartlett to address family needs in government
A letter from SHAMNA L LAWRENCE and ROBERT HESS criticizes Dr Bartlett for ignoring middle class family concerns amid major readjustment and military burdens. They praise opponent De Tom Hattery and question ongoing U.S. military bases in Okinawa, urging reduction and accountability.
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Free parking idea echoed by Lancaster shoppers
A reader from Lancaster says reciprocation between customers and merchants could ease downtown parking frustrations. They describe buying items, receiving stamps on receipts, and showing them to attendants to negate parking fees, noting similar informal practice in Lancaster and proposing it for Frederick.
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We no longer need Okinawa military bases
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