Governor Schaefer Avoids Deep Cuts Amid Budget Shortfall
The piece argues Governor William Donald Schaefer resists deep reductions in a 423 million shortfall. It portrays him as compassionate but indecisive, filtering proposed cuts through political pressure. It predicts reliance on bookkeeping and spending restraint rather than cutting programs for the needy.
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Tas Pedereale Theorete
William Donald Schaefer
Maryland
Schaefer
City Hall boosts yearlong youth program plan
Mayor Gordon proposes a new city department and a youth program director to organize and expand teen activities. Commissioners seek county matching effort. The piece reflects on past attempts, calls for action before warm weather, and praises the mayor's optimism despite past limited takeup and ongoing drug issues.
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City Hall
Paul Gordon
Frederick's
Frederick’s
Frederick
Market Street
Gordon
Air Force eyes A-10 replacement with F-16 upgrade
The Air Force plans to retire its A-10 Warthog fleet and replace them with modified F-16s in Saudi service. Army critics warn the switch could undermine close air support, arguing the F-16 would be stretched beyond its design. Congress faces a $1 billion remake cost and potential performance gaps.
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Washington
Air Force
Saudi Arabia
Pentagon
Congress
Army
Debate over A 10 attack aircraft and F 16 replaceability
Veterans and defense experts clash over close air support needs and plane choices. Air Force pilots favor upgrading the F 16 for speed and agility while critics warn the A 10 is being sidelined despite cost and mission fit. Congress resists dumping the A 10 and seeks objective testing in a tense Capitol Hill debate. China faces a drug crackdown as heroin routes through Southeast Asia raise AIDS risks and push cooperation with U S narcotics agents.
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House Armed Services Committee
Capitol Hill
Congress
Air Force
Joe Ralston
Jim Lynch
Ralston
China
United States
Southeast Asia
U.S
Emmitsburg betting house raids funded returns ordered in 1940 case
Associate Judge Arthur D. Willard in Frederick County Circuit Court ordered that money and equipment seized by state and county police in raids on an Emmitsburg horse race betting establishment on May 16 be returned to the owners. Rain and air quality measures appear in Frederick area updates with development notes on sewer connections and new McDonald's opening.
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Arthur D. Willard
Frederick County
Emmitsburg
Education's evolution in biology and textbooks debate
In a letter to The News-Post, a reader argues education should reflect evolving biology truth including DNA and genetics, but challenges teaching evolution as dogmatic. The writer contrasts microevolution with macroevolution, accuses textbooks of bait and switch, and warns against portraying evolution as unchallengeable fact.
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Kenneth R. Miller
News- Post
Miller
Darwin
Mr. Miller
Debate over evolution and school teaching sparks reader letters
A Frederick News-Post reader letters section discusses macroevolution, spontaneous generation, and the role of religion in science. It cites changes proposed by Frederick officials, warns against random drug testing as constitutional violation, and calls for teaching biology without promoting specific models while preserving constitutional rights. The piece quotes Robert L. Cooperman and Michael Crosby and references the Frederick Creation Society.
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Frederick Creation Society
Frederick
Paul Gordon
Frederick News-Post
Gordon
Uus
America
U.S
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