Rage over library book purges foes and tech era clash
A computer rage column laments a Los Angeles library discarding many books for computer gear and notes Gray Panthers rescuing dumped volumes. It compares modern readers’ devotion to screens with Luddites, while Frederick County Library shifts to computerized catalogs and jazz CDs alongside classical media, asserting books and print remain vital.
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Los Angeles
Gray Panther
West Coast
Frederick County
Scripps Howard News Service
Letter defending Rep. Bartlett against porn subsidy critique
Thomas G. Harrell of Ahamsville rebutts Jim Breuer of Wolfsville over MHDA and federal porn subsidies, arguing Bartlett’s wealth and career reflect real work ethics. Harrell cites INS help for his son and asserts First Amendment rights aren’t harmed, praising Bartlett’s service and calling Breuer’s mocking unworthy.
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Jim Breuer
Wolfsville
Rep
Bartlett
United States
Breuer
Maryland
Mhda
Naval Academy
Rep. Bartlett
Congress
Mr. Breuer
Immigration and Naturalization Service
INS
Roscoe Bartlett
Thomas G. Harrell
Ahamsville
Clinton aides and McDougals clash over truth in Whitewater saga
A Scripps Howard News Service digest outlines Susan McDougal's claims she was pressured to lie for life, Jim McDougal seeking leniency through cooperation, and Clinton's denials of involvement in a 1986 Hale loan meeting. Paula Jones and Hillary Clinton are cited amid broader perjury and credibility questions engulfing the Whitewater case.
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Elieve
Hillary Clint
Paula Jones
Jim McDougal
Susan McDougal
Bill Clinton
Jim
Clinton
McDougals
James B. Stewart
Susan
The
New Yorker
Kenneth Starr
NBC
Stewart
Clintons
Whitewater
Zubin Mehta
Mehtas
Ken Starr
White House
Hillary Clinton
enenLy Ucc
Little Rock
Starr
McDougal
David Hale
Hale
Elm Street School party and other local incidents
The Elm Street School auditorium hosted a party organized by dance club faculty advisers Elizabeth Shoemaker and Willie Howard with Ruth Smith Klara Smith Frances Heltzel and Angeline Sunday also helping. A large sheet of ice from a 50 000 gallon 30 year old water tower at Storer College in Harpers Ferry West Virginia crashed onto a laboratory roof and sent water down a hillside into town, but the building was empty. OCJ president Dan C Rupli announced intervention before Public Service Commission hearings on Potomac Edison 16 percent rate hike citing harsh winter and high bills. Century 21 Skyline Realty Co attended an awards banquet in Martins West with several executives and producers winning honors. Frederick County school system studied potential overstaffing and efficiency with Dr Noble J Giden and James Dudley coordinating the study.
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Elm Street School
Elizabeth Shoemaker
Willie Howard
Ruth Smith
Klara Smith
Frances Heltzel
Angeline Sunday
Storer College
Harpers Ferry
W.va
Organization For Consumer Justice
Dan C. Rupli
OCJ
Public Service Commission
Potomac Edison Co
Potomac Edison
Mr. Rupli
Beauty pageants serve community and opportunity
The letter defends beauty pageants noting the Miss America system awards over 27 million dollars in scholarships and prizes yearly, funds education, builds self esteem and teamwork, and fuels community service. It highlights local and state winners like Miss Frederick and Miss Maryland as ambassadors and role models, with past Miss Frederick founders and plans for the 20th anniversary March 22 featuring former titleholders.
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Lisa Babcock
Ramsey
Maryland
Arthur Skebeck
Frederick
Miss Frederick pageant echoes at Frederick High reunion
Letters praise Miss Frederick and Miss America legacy while urging community support. George E Shearer Wayne E Spates and Linda M Spates note Frederick High’s dedicated faculty and lasting school ties, describing the school as special with diverse traditions and strong programs. They express hope Urbana builds a similar inviting student climate.
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Frederick High
Frederick County
FHS
Urbana
UHS
Quoted misattribution over Urbana High notion of learning atmosphere
A Urbana High School interview misquotes the speaker about Frederick High School. The subject clarifies that comments concerned Urbana's new facility design and inviting atmosphere for learning. They note teaching at Frederick High for 14 years and deny claims about Frederick’s atmosphere being detrimental.
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News- Post
Urbana High School
Frederick High School
UHS
Urbana
Frederick High
FHS
Frederick
Floral protest criticizes florist and Valentine pricing
Doris Gaither of Frederick condemns Jim Blank for a Valentine protest plan by suggesting the shop close on Easter Mother’s Day Thanksgiving December and Valentine week. She notes local florists kept rose prices far lower than his proposed 85 to 100 dollars and still offered quality flowers and mood for lovers.
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Jim Blank
Frederick
Letters to the Frederick News-Post for Exclusion and Contact Rules
The Frederick News-Post invites exclusive signed letters with name address and phone for verification. Due to high volume not all letters can be published. poetry verse personal notes and copied letters are not printed.
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Frederick
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