School board appointments spark statewide watching brief
An Annapolis debate centers on whether Baltimore County should shift from gubernatorial to executive appointments for school board members. Frederick County remains with appointment choices, lawmakers weigh risks of politicization, while counties with elected boards show varied results. The piece argues for focus on children’s education over partisan control.
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Annapolis
Frederick County
Baltimore County
Dennis Rasmussen
Washington
Montgomery
Howard
Rasmussen
Parody Proofing the Newsroom Becomes National Plot
A satirical column accuses a secret Trilateral Commission style plot of shielding public officials from satire by preempting comedians and commentators. It traces figures like Gary Hart Pat Robertson Tammy Faye Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart through a cascade of alleged schemes, media skimming, and political campaigns, arguing the public is distracted while humor fades.
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U.S Supreme Court
Trilateral Commission
New York
Commission
Gary Hart
Jim
Tammy
Jimmy Swaggart
George Bush
Swaggart
Cuba
Iowa
Christian Broadcasting Network
Lebannon
Jack Kemp
The
Beast
Council On Foreign Relations
State Department
Soviet Empire
U.S. Army War College
Robertson
Pat
Virginia Beach University
America
Bakkers
Abc-Tv
CBS
Star Wars era ends as SDI faces congressional threat
Reagan era protection for the Strategic Defense Initiative wanes as Congress weighs curbing SDI linked programs. BSTS and SSTS face scrutiny under ABM treaty concerns while Air Force shifts $1 billion of strategic work. BSTS seen as SDI disguise. BSTS, SSTS projects push on amid uncertainty.
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Washington
Strategic Defense Initiative
Pentagon
SDI
Congress
Air Force
Reagan
Grumman Space Systems
Lockheed Missile and Space Co
BSTS
SSTS
BORK
Supreme Court
Robert Hork
Common Cause
Judge Bork
Camp Crippled Children’s Camp Near Top of Catoctin Mountain
Yesterday items report progress at a crippled children’s camp atop Catoctin Mountain in the government recreation area. The project, 95 percent complete, employed 250 workers from northern Frederick County across the winter season.
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Catoctin Mountain
Frederick County
Frederick County Young Republicans Presidents Dinner recollection
Twenty years ago the Frederick County Young Republicans held a Presidents Dinner at Hotel Frederick with 100 guests. Milby Shepley led pictured guests Ed Mason Ed Thomas John Derr and Gilmore Rice. Music by the TARs and a Washington County satire skit preceded speeches by three American Field Service students and David Leatherwood of Buckeystown. Sixteen hospital employees were newly hired at Frederick Memorial Hospital across nursing housekeeping laundry operating room psychiatric day unit dietary roles.
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Frederick County
Young Republicans
Hotel
Frederick
Milby Shepley
Ed Mason
Ed Thomas
Central Committee
John Derr
Gilmore Rice
Washington County
American Field Service Foreign Exchange
David Leatherwood
Buckeystown
Peru
Frederick Woman's Civic Club
Steiner House
Eria Lamroth
Helsinki
Finland
Massimo Antonioli
Milan
Italy
Ileana Dollagary
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Imogene Hunter
Deborah Ann Heffner
Helena Holt
Marie B. Crummitt
Frances Poiko
Bonnie Huffan
Dorothy Hackey
Jack Davie
Stephen Fogie
William Holzapple
David Watts
John Diggs
Raymond Root
Elizabeth Naylor
Virginia Bruchey
Anita Bruchey
Letters to the editor on Lefty's death and pet safety in Frederick County
Humane educator Betty Mitchell Rosfeld urges owners to prevent pet loss through proper identification, immediate missing pet reports, neighbor and shelter outreach, and broad alert campaigns. She notes FCHS's euthanization policy for unidentifiable stray cats and reports the Trawick family adopted a new cat after Lefty.
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FCHS
Lefty
Frederick County
Fredericksonians
Trawick Family
Trawicks
Remembering a Friday tragedy and the Girl Scouts
A Frederick troop notes Think Day events honoring Juliette Low and the Girl Scout movement. Daisy Troop 1602 members Sara Dixon Amanda Chapman Heather Baker Amber Moore Kristen Snead Jessica Summers Jennifer Jachowski Shannon Parker create Nag pins and raised funds for the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund while reflecting on unity and service.
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Frederick
Juliette Low
Daisy Troop
Sara Dixon
Amanda Chapman
Heather Baker
Amber Moore
Kristen Snead
Jessica Summers
Jennifer Jachowski
Shannon Parker
World Association
Juliette Low World Friendship Fund
Daisy Girl Scouts
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Anderson
Rome
Japan
Washington, D.C
United States
E Inc
Gore
Iene
Stauler
Cincinnati
News-Post
Baltimore
House of Correction
George $. Langford
University of Maryland
Henry R. Shoemaker
Langford
Brunswick
Emmitsburg
New Market
Point of Rocks
Thurmont
G. Wagaman
Hagerstown
Betty Mitchell
Rosfeld
Frederick County Humane Society
Hayes
Marydon Ford
Mount Air
Dwiette Gordon Low
Daisy
England
Lord
Baden Powell
Savannah
Georgia
Daisy Low
U.S.A
Girl Scouts
Terry Moore
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