Frederick County Zoning Scrutiny Calls for Consistency
Local column highlights three county concerns over buffers at Maryland Clay Products in Hopeland, unpermitted dirt extraction by Eyler Excavating near Libertytown, and illegal septic dumping despite revoked permits with residents urging stricter enforcement. It notes prior boards acting on helicopter storage limits and a house setback error, urging serious, consistent action.
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Frederick County
Hopeland
Maryland Clay Products
Board of Appeals
Libertytown
Richard Masser
Public Works
Masser
State Health Department
Kathleen Edwards
Dr. Edwards
Shookstown Road
Frederick House
E. 16Th Street
Public stance on school holidays sparks interfaith critique
Roy Meachum argues the Frederick County Board of Education overreached by banning Christmas carols and failing to acknowledge diverse faiths. He credits Jewish, Catholic, and Muslim communities for America's cultural growth and urges rescinding the policy from Hanukah through other celebrations to reflect a plural national life.
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County Board of Education
Boe
United States
America
Baptist Sunday School
Hanuka
Asia
Middle East
Khomeini
Iran
Frederick County
Citizens Committee For Education
CIA AIDS report predicts heterosexuals to outnumber gay victims
A CIA medical memo argues AIDS cases among heterosexuals will rise in the 1990s while homosexual cases decline as high risk behaviors lessen. It cites global patterns, transmission routes, and projected hospital costs, noting no airborne spread and downplaying insect transmission.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
United States
CLA
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
Nativity displays in schools spark editor letters clash
A reader letters page in The Post criticizes school nativity display policies and defends Christmas traditions. The missive denounces secular objections, defends religious expression, and questions motives, urging respect for faith in public spaces.
Equity Council member calls out created issue in schools
Elizabeth W. West of Clarksburg argues the Frederick County Equity Council sees progress in curriculum inclusion of cultural traditions and human rights. She urges public involvement through local and central equity committees and questions Dec 4 newspaper framing.
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Frederick
St. Lucia
BOE
Equity Council
Equity Committee
Central Equity Committee
Bok
Push for harsher penalties on intoxicated vehicular manslaughter
Reader urges tougher laws for drunken driving fatalities. He cites current fines of 1000 dollars and up to five years, notes many sentences end early, and calls legislators in Winchester Hall to enact felony murder charges with a 20 year term and mandatory maximums. Hugh Sweadner signs the appeal.
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Winchester Hall
Hugh Sweadner
Frederick
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Corazon Aquino
Cory
Philippines
Aquino
United Feature Syndicate, Fre
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Lily Pons
Clarence C. C. Thomas
Boston
Lily Ponds
Boston and Maine Railway Co
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W.H. Knode
Shepherdstown
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TFC
Charles Fowler
U.S. 15
West Seventh Street
Lafayette Park
White House
Lynda Johnson
Charles Robb
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Montevue Auxiliary
Montevue
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Clarksburg
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