Frederick selects Save Inc to manage state office building
Frederick City RLFovernment will let Save Inc. manage the William Donald Schaefer State Office Building project in downtown Frederick to expedite completion. City attorney Lynn Tillery says the arrangement will facilitate faster progress, contrasting private industry speed with slower government bidding and financing procedures. The piece questions why government cannot generally match private-sector pacing and cites local business frustrations with bureaucratic delays.
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Frederick City
Baltimore
Save Inc
William Donald Schaefer
Frederick
Save
Lynn Tillery
Board of Aldermen
Miracle in the Mid East Echoed by Norway Day
Roy Meachum reflects on the December Yom designation and the 1993 Israel and PLO pact on West Bank Gaza withdrawal. He warns that violence persists from Palestinian and Israeli extremists while urging restraint, reconciliation, and a peaceful path toward a shared holy land.
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Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization
West Bank
Gaza
Middle East
America
Washington
Jerusalem
Yitzhak Rabin
Deriva
Gaza Strip
Anwar Sadat
Letters to the Editor at The Frederick News-Post
Editorial policy notes welcome local interest letters. Due to high volume, not all letters can be published. Include name, telephone, and address. no phone numbers published. No charge to publish letters.
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Suelerande Og
Ptt
Wwe Verity
The
Frederick News-Post
P.O
Frederick
Stop the Welfare Trap in Kansas City Program
Kansas City reporters quote six welfare mothers from the Futures program. They challenge the notion that teens have babies solely to receive aid, noting the women are pursuing schooling and work while discussing how benefits may influence behavior. The dialogue reflects real experiences rather than stereotypes.
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Kansas City
America
Welfare reform and teen pregnancy policy clash in Kansas City
Ben Wattenberg discusses welfare dilemmas focusing on prevention by Georgia Meyers style plan to curb teen pregnancy. Meyers proposes freezing welfare and withholding new cash grants unless both parents are over 18, while continuing food stamps Medicaid day care and related aid. President Clinton is set to weigh in on the next act in this ongoing welfare drama.
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Kansas City
Kan
Jan Meyers
Meyers
Clinton
Pro-Life Grant plan to pay women to carry to term
A letter argues for a Pro-Life Grant funded by dues to financially support pregnant women who choose to carry to term. It proposes monthly payments of 1000 until birth and 2000 until high school or college graduation, plus delivery costs, funded by a tax free bill. The author claims bipartisanship could pass this, but notes volunteers would do the work.
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America
U.S. Senate
Congress
Letter praising Letich on abortion debate prompts reader reply
A reader endorses Larry Letich’s November letter on human life and abortion, calling it real and factual. The writer shares personal experiences in waiting rooms and stores, describing concerns about family poverty and neglect.
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Larry Letich
Mr. Letich
Frederick arson suspect jailed after first floor fire
Fifty years ago a Frederick resident was jailed without bail on arson charges for a 1 am blaze in a first floor apartment that gutted a two story building in the 500 block of Klinehart Alley. Two residents on the second floor escaped via a window. 6-year-old William Goodman died from smoke, 9-year-old Joseph Goodman survived. Driver Frank Miller rescued William by lifting a ladder to the apartment.
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Frederick
Frank Miller
Citizens Truck Company
Letter on Looting Archaeology and Protecting History
In a letter from Frederick reader Clinton E. Lincoln argues against private ownership of artifacts and praises public museums. He condemns looting though acknowledges some diggers work with professionals, urges turning in artifacts to state labs, and questions who guards the hen-house in Maryland.
Archaeology and the looters clash over artifact laws
A reader praises Mary land heritage advocate Mr Geasey and his private artifact collection while noting tension between archaeology laws and private land rights. The piece cites ARPA and Abandoned Shipwreck Act, arguing legal limits on private lands conflict with the act's wording and private collecting interests.
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Geasey
Maryland
John Q
U.S
ARPA
Relic Humer
NAFTA Debate Reflections From A Personal View
ED SIEGRIST weighs the NAFTA issue in plain terms as a long treaty with potential benefits for America yet concerns about deregulation, pork and the ability of citizens to read and judge the document. He questions rushed action and calls for focus on American workers and governmental accountability.
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NAFTA
Ross Perot
America
S&L’s
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U.S. 15
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Braddock Heights
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Middletown
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Joseph Free
Garland Feaga
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Carol Larken
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