Charity in Chicago prompts police evaluation for eccentric donor
Judy Kelly, a Boston woman, handed out about 5000 dollars in cash at the Carlton Midway Motor Lounge in Chicago's southwest side during a Christmas weekend. She distributed 100 and 50 and 20 dollar bills to patrons including a mother with two children and explained she was giving away money as part of a competition. Bar owners questioned the tale, police intervened, and she was taken for a mental health evaluation. Authorities noted her actions as spontaneous charity, not criminal.
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Maryland gun law a flawed first hand gun control measure
In the 1988 Maryland General Assembly session liberal delegates backed a pioneering handgun control law to regulate sale possession and transport of pistols. It created a Handgun Roster Board to approve guns for legality, but its broad scope and late list publication left most handguns legal, critics say. The measure faced NRA funding and a seven day waiting period remains the main check, while criminals still access weapons outside legal channels.
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William Donald Schaefer
Ray Beck
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Maryland
Free State
Frederick County
Is Sen Garn S&L's next victim
Washington reports the savings and loan scandal has claimed five senators and regulator M. Danny Wall. Sen Jake Garn, seen as banking expert, faces fallout from deregulation and Wall’s resignation. Pratt, pushed by Garn in 1981, lowered net worth rules enabling thrift losses.
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U.S
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Jake Garn
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Wall
Richard Pratt
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
White House
Pratt
Savings and Loan
Wall Garn saga exposes cautions over deregulation era
A retrospective on Jack Anderson and Ed Gray with Danny Wall and Garn reveals tensions in banking oversight during deregulation. Garn's 1987 rise via Wall, the insolvent deposit fund, and media blame are weighed against Reagan era politics. Also touches on Pentagon cuts and NATO shifting roles amid East-West detente.
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Wall
Garo
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Europe
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U.S
NATO
Walkersville Fire Company First Meeting Plans Pumper
Yesterday in 1938 the Walkersville Volunteer Fire Company, formed recently, debated purchasing a new pumper at its initial gathering. Frederick County experienced a sharp temperature drop into the 20s with winds rising as a 38 hour slowness and 10 mph? motion. Stella Williams, international champion typist, demonstrated at Frederick High School typing 100 wpm for 30 minutes before about 126 students and teachers, answering questions as she worked. Edwin F. Ohler, president of the Emmitsburg Water Company, announced near completion of a 1.5 million gallon reservoir three miles west of town in Hampton Valley, with spring-fed water expected to be usable by early summer.
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T.R. Saylor
Walkersville Volunteer Fire Company
Stella Williams
Frederick High School
Miss Williams
Edwin F. Ohler
Emmitsburg Water Company
Hampton Valley
Mr. Objer
Permanent appointments at Frederick post office announced
Twenty years ago on December 12 1809 three veteran officials were permanently appointed at the Frederick post office Bernard RB Baumgardner as assistant superintendent of mails John E Young as assistant postmaster and officer in charge and James S Crist as superintendent of mails. The postmaster position remained vacant. The Playground at the new Waverley School on Shookstown Road was ruined by a driver who left a maze of ruts. The County Planning and Zoning Commission approved a design for dualizing a section of US 15 N from Lewistown to Catoctin Furnace. Two residents petitioned for dusk to dawn lights in Monocacy Pinecliff Park to extend winter use and safety. Mrs James A Grove and Harold E Kanode Jr urged lights for ice skating and skiing facilities.
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Frederick Post Office
Bernard RB. Baumgardner
John E. Young
James S. Crist
James A. Grove
New Waverley School
Shookstown Road
County Planning and Zoning Commission
U.S. 15-N
Lewistown
Catoctin Furnace
Reels Mill
Harmony Hills
Monocacy
Pinecliff Park
Harold £. Kanode Jr
Education and swimming pools for Frederick County youth
Linda M. Dutrow argues in a letter that competitive swimming offers year round physical and mental benefits for children, surpassing monetary gain. She urges countywide support, grants for pools, and an integrated school aquatics program to prevent alcohol and drug abuse and boost youth fitness and discipline.
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Doc Feinberg
Frederick County
Residents urge protest of rezoning by county leaders
Jeanine P Simmons of Tjamsville warns that three Frederick County commissioners can rezone land without solid proof, pushing a development surge she calls detrimental. She cites EMSMontmott rezoning on Firetower Road, tax district risks, and TIFs, urging letters, court action, or voting to oppose the current commissioners.
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County
Frederick County
EMS/Montmott
Firetower Road
EMS
Urbana
Rockville
Frederick
Letter to the editor on postal service and local post offices
SHAWN LUPINACCI of Tramsville responds to a Wednesday editorial about the U S Postal Service. He criticizes pay, hours, and conditions at Monrovia and Ijamsville offices, notes workload at Frederick Post Office, and accuses the paper of monopoly while urging constructive change.
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U.S. Postal Service
Monrovia
Kiamsville
Postal Service
Ijamsville
Frederick
Frederick County
Historic Schroder farmhouse facing landfill threat
Arthur Stine of Fells Point laments the potential destruction of a cherished Maryland farmland near Reichs Ford Road and Sugarloaf Mountain. He urges action by the National Trust for America’s Heritage, Maryland Historic Trust, and Winchester Hall officials to resolve the issue before November 6, 1880.
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Ford Road
Sugarloaf Mountain
National Trust For America
Maryland Historic Trust
Winchester Hall
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