Choosing a Family Car A Practical Look At Safety And Style
The article weighs buying used cars against new ones, stressing family needs, color matching, and budget tricks like low monthly payments or leasing. It reviews safety factors from size to airbags, cites Consumer Reports and Jack Gillis’s Car Book, and highlights IIHS crash tests on minivans such as Ford Windstar versus Pontiac Trans Sport and twins. The IIHS data show windshields and panel shifts in crashes, with Windstar rated Good and Trans Sport Poor, and offer free crash-worthiness reports by mail.
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Consumer Reports
Jack Gillis
Insurance Institute For Highway Safety
P.O
Arlington
Peter Samuel on urban density and overdevelopment debate
Frederick writer Peter Samuel argues that state lawmakers and planners overregulate housing and sprawl restricting personal choice. He favors historical compact town design and opposes mandatory setbacks, variances, and alley restrictions, urging less government management and more diverse densities and private space.
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Frederick News-Post
Old Frederick
Old Town
Alexandria
Ths
Gingrich Ethics Case Raises Question of Removal
The House ethics subcommittee found Gingrich violated a rule by lacking adequate legal advice on tax questions and provided unreliable information. The issue centers on whether he knowingly violated IRS code and deceived colleagues, with attention to GOPAC activities and the 1992 Tax Court ruling. The outcome hinges on evidence of deliberate deception, possibly leading to censure and loss of speakership support.
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Newt Gingrich
House
Gingrich
Ethics Committee
Jim Wright
Texas
Wright
GOPAC
Progress and Freedom Foundation
Abraham Lincoln Opportunity Foundation
GOP
Say
Salvation Army
The
Sierra Club
MS Magazine
Ralph Nader
U.S
American Campaign Academy
Gopac Associates
Jan Baran
Baran
John F. Kennedy
Morton Kendracks
Bell Call
Capitol Hill
Newspaper Enterprise Assoc
New Year festivities open 1947 in Frederick region
A four inch snowfall and sleet slowed traffic as Frederick welcomed 1947 with a New Year’s Eve party by the Catoctin Club at FSK Hotel. Joe Stephens orchestra provided music from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., while Baltimore marked retirement of Dr. Victor F. Cullen, hailed as father of modern tuberculosis work in Maryland. Local arrests followed an armed robbery attempt near East Patrick Street. Maryland PSC ordered Frederick Gas Co to cut rates and refund about 300000 dollars to customers from 1976 bills. Frederick Transit began under new owners using same buses and routes. Western Auto store ads announced closure and a 25 percent statewide sale. Frederick residents joined others bound for the Cotton Bowl in Dallas to cheer on Buck Wisner and others.
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Frederick
Catoctin Club Inc
FSK Hotel
Joe Stephens
Victor F. Cullen
Baltimore
Maryland
Herbert R. O'Conor
Cullen
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Mayor Grimes Praises McCarthy Poem in Christmas Message
Frederick mayor James S Grimes thanks Mary T McCarthy for a humorous poem read at a holiday gathering. He notes dedication to city duties after holidays and mentions a small rumor about his hair while wishing McCarthy merriest holidays.
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Mary T. McCarthy
Mrs. McCarthy
Ms. McCarthy
James S. Grimes
City of Frederick
Governor's plan promises affordable spending in Maryland
Governor defends budget as affordable and responsible, arguing a $15 billion plan can fund education health care and college tuition support while cutting income taxes. He cites $30 million in new funds for children and families and outlines prioritizing Thriving by Three health benefits for working families.
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Maryland
Maryland tax cut plan funded from reserves and phased relief
Governor Glendening outlines a three year, fully paid tax cut using $200 million in reserves saved by welfare and Medicaid reforms, an early retirement program, entitlement reductions, and cigarette tax increases. The plan aims for a balanced budget, stronger education and health care funding, and long term economic growth. Dennis L. Martin Frederick raises creationist views.
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General Assembly
Maryland
Evolution debate letter from Alice Johnson
A Dec 26 letter from Alice Johnson in the Frederick News-Post argues against evolution, calling it a belief about the past formed by fallible humans and contrasting it with creation. She frames the question as whether God created humanity or humanity created God, labeling evolution a philosophy and a creation story for nonbelievers.
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Alice Johnson
Frederick
God
Letters to The News-Post Editor Address and Contact
Instructions show letters to the editor must be signed with the writer's name and home address and telephone. Space limitations cause abridgments. Send to The Frederick News-Post 200 E Patrick St Frederick MD 21705 or by fax at 662-8299.
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Ang Telsphone
Frederick News-Post
Patrick Sr
P.O
Frederick
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Richard Rinehart
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