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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1987
Page
3
The Frederick mayor Ren Young faces scrutiny as he opens a new restaurant with co-owners on Northmarket Street. The press urges transparency in financing and backers, while inspectors are expected to apply the same standards as for any other business, ensuring no preferential treatment.
Dick Clemons laments rising toy prices and school uniform costs as parents chase affordable outfits and fewer fashion pressures. The column notes a boom in pricey gadgets from California Raisins to Gotcha guns, remote control cars, and Talking Teddy Ruxpin, with families revisiting 1960s staples like G I Joe and Barbie amid leaner finances.
Washington column notes futurists warn of a trans industrial shift from smokestacks to information, requiring a stronger national effort and vast investment while debt restrains spending. Urban areas face displacement as rural housing and modular builds rise. brokered Democratic nominating process looms with Jesse Jackson a key player.
The Constitutional Convention voted to prohibit state lotteries in Maryland's new constitution after revising a committee recommendation to protect fundraising games. Committee chair Joseph Sherbow of Baltimore criticized lotteries as regressive, hitting the poor hardest. George E. May Jr. became The Frederick News-Post sports editor, a 1958 Frederick High School graduate who started as a proofreader in 1959 and later covered police before taking the sports desk. The Annual Job Opportunity Fair opens at the Frederick Armory with 25 industries displaying employment options for county high school students. Blue Ridge Homes advertises The Broadview on 29,800 square feet lot in Broadview Acres, priced at $22,950.
Fifty years ago Frederick County deer avoided hunting success as Benjamin F. Phebus reports no kills in the county during the first statewide season in 25 years. Three bucks were killed on day one and two more on day two while several were shot at and missed. A grain theft ring in eastern Frederick and western Howard counties leads to arrests of two Damascus youths. Grain found in the automobile used by suspects and they admit selling grain at a Farmers Cooperative plant. Middletown fire station siren caused a late night commotion when a visitor accidentally turned on a new automatic switch. The repeated on off routine produced about 15 minutes of alarm before stopping.
A July 1986 letter cites Reagan's apartheid critique and urges a strong stance on the USSR when Gorbachev visits in 1987. The writer questions U S hypocrisy, media influence, and asks who controls policy, praising Oliver North and urging patriotism, letters, and public action. The piece also includes thanks for a Frederick County Diabetes Auction and notices from the Frederick County Chapter of the American Diabetes Association.
The Frederick County chapter of the American Diabetes Association reports the 10th annual Diabetes Auction on November 7 at the Frederick Towne Mall raised 11000 dollars. Special thanks go to Laurie Bosiljevac and mall staff, auctioneer Anne-Lynn Gross, artist Sherry E. Kemp, and donors Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barker Walkersville for their ongoing support.
A reader condemns Roy Meachum's article calling it dangerous the writer argues about gun rights and press freedom while claiming Meachum's depiction reveals Aryan thoughts. The letter ridicules stereotypes about gun owners and links the piece to Holocaust-era ideas. Mount Airy reader signs as Bob Hilton.
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