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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1992
Page
3
Residents urge parking rules near the restaurant nightclub City Limits while city officials declined action. Alderman Kreissig noted no support for restrictions at a residents meeting. Both sides feel neglected as the dispute continues, with mediation urged to protect each group’s rights.
L Burgess Beana argues the Frederick County School Board should not expand a 90 minute class period leveling program yet. He cites inadequate testing at Gov Thomas Johnson High and Brunswick, student opposition, and fears of slower students dragging advanced ones down. He urges public input and warns of possible budget cuts and teacher reductions.
A writer recalls drafting what he considers his best column, describing the ease of creation on a new computer after abandoning an Underwood typewriter. He rejects mysticism and paranormal ideas, dismisses phony horoscopes, and notes a nagging morning feeling of having forgotten something without knowing its source.
Andy Rooney recalls forgetting a draft, fearing rational thought alone guides life. He describes losing a beautifully written column after shutting the computer and not saving it, likening it to a Great American Novel burned. He searches for today’s piece and contemplates saving a rainy day column.
Fifty years earlier on December 5 1942 the State Office of Price Administration announced a temporary one cent per quart ceiling milk price increase for Washington and Frederick counties amid producer distributor pressure. The day also noted blood donor shortages at the Red Cross plasma bank with 200 pints collected from a 280 pint goal and a late clinic closure. Frederick High School Victory Corps planned a Pearl Harbor War Bond sale, while the City Planning Commission narrowly declined rezoning the Krantz property near Rock Creek Estates. County officials visited a New Jersey plant slated for Frederick County and steel framing progressed for Micro Associates buildings in Walkersville ahead of a spring completion.
Fran Moffitt urges unity behind the Clinton administration after voting out George Bush, criticizing Cold War rhetoric and urging citizens to demand ethics, accountability, and action from Congress to address the nation’s economic troubles.
Letter respondent objects to the November Curfew editorial claiming it hides its opinion and cites a recent court decision striking down the curfew law. The writer argues the piece distorts the issue and presents a pointed stance rather than balanced analysis.
An editor defends the Rainbow Club raid and 1978 curfew law as crime control while detailing the Oct 21 1990 police action that rounded up 28 youths in Frederick. The letter criticizes racial bias, recalls historic curfew abuse, and argues for parental ethics over school prayers. Louis E Willhauk signs.
The passage questions the value of prayer without accompanying moral values and argues that public displays of prayer are pointless if inner ethics are absent. It notes that prayer is an individual conversation with the divine and rejects the need for public demonstrations of piety.
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