Downtown Frederick Considers Residential Parking Shift
City leaders move to ease downtown parking with longer residential parking stickers and new garage access on garbage days. A higher permit price is debated, with emphasis on prioritizing residents while balancing business and tourist needs.
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Endless summer of dim plots hurts local film season
Roy Meachum recalls Memorial Day mood for Frederick cinema, noting disappointing titles and high prices. He lists and weighs recent releases like Terminator 2 and Robin Hood, praising some and panning others while lamenting local listings that omit stars.
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Bulgarian still suspect in attempt on pope
Investigators from Bulgaria Italy and the United States review documents and question Bulgarians to determine if Sergei I Antonov directed the 1981 assassination plot against Pope John Paul II on KGB orders. The piece also notes banking PACs influence and a mini editorial on U S policy toward the Soviet Union.
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Gasoline shortage and draft woes highlighted in Maryland news
Acting defense coordinator Ralph K Davies warned September gasoline deliveries to stations would be cut 15 percent from July. Maryland officials pushed antiquated cars off highways amid debate over road safety. Selective Services reports show 60 percent of men are unfit for service with faulty teeth as chief rejection cause. Milk prices rise from 25 to 30 cents a gallon. Hiltner's Furniture Store fire on East Street causes estimated losses over 450000 with four firefighters injured. The comic Freckles and His Friends is dropped from the Freder ick News Post after 1915 creation.
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Meachum Challenged Over Private Ambulance Facts
Kenneth L. Kebefe r, president of Frederick's Ambulance Service Inc., charges Roy Meachum with lax facts in a column about private ambulances. Kebefe r asserts Maryland private ambulances, including Baltimore City, are staffed by properly trained Emergency Medical Technicians and demands an apology.
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Letters on council action and war ethics raise questions
The writer disputes a tax and spend council and warns against empowering government without voter oversight. The letter then debates the naming of Free State Recycling and critiques wartime ethics after the Persian Gulf War, citing public health harms in Iraq and questioning the war’s supposed victory. Carroll A. Doggett signs as retired United Methodist pastor from Myersville.
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Camp Jamie highlighted as meaningful Hospice effort
The Frederick News-Post notes Hospice of Frederick and Camp Jamie as exciting and meaningful, praising the idea that children learn to live with life after death. Readers are reminded how to submit letters to the editor, including signature, address, and phone for verification.
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Taxing issues in the proposed home rule charter
A proponent reads the proposed charter and finds balanced budget language but fears it requires tax increases to balance spending. Section 511(c) pushes budget balancing via levies, while 20(b) allows inflated current expense appropriations, with citizens having no recourse except a potential charter referendum.
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