Open covenants and open government in Frederick County
Citizens demand open meetings and accountability from Frederick County commissioners. The piece criticizes repeated use of personnel and acquisition exemptions to conceal decisions from the public eye, urging transparency before trust erodes and incumbents fail. It cites concerns over new industry, building purchases, staff hires, sewer and water plans, and library architecture.
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Frederick County
Winchester Hall
League of Women Voters
Maryland
Trapping debate prompts petition to halt steel traps
A Frederick County reader denounces the winter trapping fad after a Burkittsville family cat was caught in a steel jaw trap and injured. The letter urges support for a petition at the Animal Control Center to stop using steel jaw leg traps and appeals to residents to back animal welfare efforts.
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Frederick County
Burkittsville
Animal Control Center
Washington diary on Afghan leadership and Middle East risk
The Carter administration pursues a US backed Afghan government in exile to unseat the Soviet aligned regime, while experts warn kingmaking risks a split Afghan society. Separate notes argue for patient diplomacy with Iran, caution on Soviet expansion, and a push for bottle deposit laws to curb waste. Also included are betting odds on the 1980 presidential race and FTC battles with medical groups.
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United States
Carter
Howard Rosenberg
U.S
Middle East
Russia
Mideast
Ussr
Soviet Union
Iran
America
Afghanistan
United Nations
U.N
White House
Sebghaoullah Mojadidi
Said Ahmed Gelani
Mawlawi Abdul Hai
Hassan
Jimmy
President Carter
Iowa
Teddy Kennedy
Jerry Brown
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
Howard Baker
John Connally
Jerry Ford
John Anderson
Phil Crane
Bob Dole
Fee Fie FO
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
James McClure
Idaho
Changes in Frederick Post Office Sunday lobby hours
Yesterday items from the News-Post files cover a Frederick Post Office schedule change reducing lobby hours from 15 to 8, with Treasury Department approval and no weekend lobby impact. Postmaster Irving S. Biser denounces the shift, citing negligible past lobby use and noting the move mirrors business competition. Emory L. Coblentz addresses the Frederick Lions Club about the local economic climate. The recap mentions attendees from various towns and organizations and notes a silver spoon gift to Ralph G. Kline from Excelsior Sanitary Dairy.
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Frederick
Irving S. Biser
Treasury Department
Emory L. Coblentz
Frederick Lions Club
Francis Scott Key
Roger B. Wolfe
D. Ralph Zimmerman
Ralph G. Kline
Excelsior Sanitary
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Braddock Heights
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James E. McClellan
Department of Natural Resources
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Opin
Washington
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Cyrus Vance
Moscow
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Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Howard County
Alcoa
Leeds
Celine Ubetteo
Kathy Ellett
Mary Ann Ford
LWV
Frederick Co
News-Post
Frederick High School
YMCA
A. L. Leary
Louis L. Wilson
Harry MacDonald
Fenton Harris
Max Fisher
Winston Shipley
Sterling Stull
Kenneth Mantz
Incee
Washington and Lee Unit No. 5
Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary
American Legion Home
Virginia Anders
Irene Lantz
Grace Stull
Margaret Lewis
Ethel Morningstar
Edna Yelton
Alice Spencer
Anna Wastler
Charlotte Main
National Guard
William Merval Weaver
United Presbyterian Church
Boy Scouts
National Capital Area Council
Frederick County Association For Retarded Children
Harmony Grove School
Edwin Alexander
Thorton Pratt
Mervin Griffith
Cyril Uncan
Fred Bower
Robert Marsh
Robert E. Kennedy
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