Urbana High School proposal drops auditorium to save costs
The Urbana project plans a budget cut by omitting a 1.5 million auditorium and delaying it to a later date. Alternatives include finishing under budget or seeking county funding, while athletic fields landscaping and parking also shrink. A swimming pool appears unlikely amid the cuts.
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Urbana High School
Clinton's record and critics clash over alleged deals
A polemical critique lists supposed Clinton victories and costs, from NAFTA and deficit bills to foreign policy, taxes, and appointments. The piece questions whether shifts in policy and personnel were bought, cites draft era concerns, health care chaos, and executive changes, and hints at ongoing debate.
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Berry’s World views on Whitewatergate and Hillary Clinton
A Frederick reader letter discusses Whitewater related figures Madison Guaranty Webster Hubbell and James McDougal with references to the Rose law firm and a special counsel. It questions leading counsel on the case and Hillary Clinton’s moral character amid ongoing Bosnia Haiti Somalia Cuba issues. The writer notes January 1995 and 1996 sentiments and foresees costs to the American people.
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Managed competition in health care sparks debate
The piece criticizes Clinton’s plan and other reform proposals for expanding insurer power through managed competition. It notes think tanks and major insurers backing the approach, with quotes from a Prudential executive praising managed competition as a preferable reform to the status quo.
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Hightower warns on health reform and insurance power
National radio commentator Jim Hightower argues that HMOs owned by insurers distort reform plans. He cites costs, lobbying, and executive pay while praising Canada's single payer as cheaper and more democratic. He urges residents to support the American Health Security Act over pro-insurer bills.
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Jim Hightower
Texas
Unusually Large Snowfall and Sleet Hit Frederick Area
Weather across Frederick brings unusually large snowflakes then sleet and rain with minor temperature change expected. Maryland game officials brace for opening day Feb 15 of the 1944 fishing season for suckers catfish carp eels and gudgeon drawing hundreds of anglers. Fire department aids Boonsboro blaze destroying three autos a truck a garage and a stable. Fifteen Frederick youths take mental tests for Army Cadet Flying program. Local group calls on county to halt subdivi sions for two years and study growth south east Frederick County. City weighs unionization for employees as Labor Department organizers seek election while mayor pledges to honor a wage offer above prior terms.
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Science as God's Creation Letter to the editor
Mandy Wultsch argues in reply to a Jan 29 Frederick Post letter that science studies God's creation and reveals its awesomeness. The writer, Walter J Schmidt of Monrovia, frames science as a devotional pursuit rather than a secular conflict.
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Mandy Wultsch
Thanks to those who battled the winter weather
Norman W Birzer of Frederick thanks road crews utility workers mail carriers newspaper deliverers bus drivers police fire and ambulance personnel pizza drivers and all others who labored to keep society functioning during a severe winter with record ice storms and ongoing hardship.
Seventh Grade Orchestral Program Fears at Frederick County
A seventh grade orchestra student from Ballenger Creek Middle School voices concern over Frederick County Board of Education plans to eliminate the orchestra program. The note highlights student impact and asks officials to reconsider cuts.
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Frederick County
Letters to the Editor: Save the orchestra program
Judith Bowles argues against cutting the school orchestra due to high budget costs. She notes many students cannot afford instruments or private lessons and fears job losses for string teachers. She urges music education to be valued as math and English and calls for fuller newspaper coverage.
Letter to the motorist who hit my car on North Market Street
Wendy Eacho writes to the driver who struck her maroon 1990 Corsica while she shopped with her baby on February 2 at 10 15 am. A witness saw a white commercial truck hit the car and the truck driver drove away after cursing. Police charges may follow and the witness will identify the culprit in a lineup.
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Health care issue rates back page in Frederick Post
Letter to the editor laments front page neglect of a Jan 31 Roscoe Bartlett health care meeting. It criticizes missing panelist names and omits the eight of ten panel members who opposed the Clinton plan, while praising the Jim Singleton story.
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Jim Singleton
Fragmentary letter to editor to Frederick News Paper
A damaged OCR fragment shows a letter to the Frederick News Paper mentioning a P O Box and a phone/fax contact. It notes publication limits due to high volume and includes an address line in Frederick Maryland with a postal box and a local telephone reference.
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