Mayor Gordon’s First Year Proves Active and Steady
A year into Frederick mayor Paul Gordon’s term, his hands on style draws praise. He focuses on people and neighborhoods, tackling a tough drug problem and a tight budget with direction to police and a no tolerance attitude. The budget was reined in, prioritizing basic citizen needs over new gizmos, and despite bumps, the city remains well managed.
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Paul Gordon
Frederick
Maryland
Gordon
US trade policy slammed as wimpish and hostile to imports
Robert C. Reid rails against foreign trade deals and says 1991 is the time for the United States to stand up to South Korea and Japan. He cites a Korean comic book campaign against U.S. imports, Japan’s barriers on goods and semiconductors, and a MCA Yosemite deal as examples of economic pressure. He warns of losses in manufacturing, a shrinking trade surplus, and urges national action including possible nationalization to protect national treasures.
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Big Bertha
United States
America
South Korea
U.S
Japan
Congress
Toshiba
MCA Entertainment
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite
MCA
Senate
Howard Baker
Robert S. Strauss
Manuel Lujan Jr
GAO finds double waste and fraud vs 1989 in 1990
The General Accounting Office reports that fraud waste and abuse in federal agencies doubled from 1989 to 1990 and predicts further increases in 1991. It logged 1649 recommendations in 1990 up from 1172 in 1989 and saved about 15.2 billion in potential budget waste, nearly double the prior year.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
GAO
Congress
GAO findings yield billions in savings across agencies
The GAO report cites savings from scrapping the Bigeye bomb system saving 560 million dollars and 1.1 billion in SSA staff cuts in 1990. It credits audits for trimming 165 million from defense electronic warfare, 65 million from Somalia aid, 1 billion from federal computer systems, 88 million and 70.4 million from the Rolling Airframe Missile program, and over 1.2 billion in Medicare reductions without service loss. The piece ends with a market warning line about war and stock rallies.
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GAO
Congress
Social Security Administration
U.S
Somalia
White House
Frederick area notes and events from mid century
Fifty years ago Frederick composer W L O Fisher issued three patriotic songs The National Guards Are With You Uncle Sam The Stars and Stripes Will Ever Wave and We Are For National Defense. Elien Ridgely paid city taxes first at City Hall marking a long memory. Jack Croghan hosted 40 friends at Hotel Frederick during a Girl Reserves dance with an electrical display. County delegate Charles Houck Jr proposed a General Assembly resolution to shift gasoline tax funds to farm to market road improvements. Snow and rain caused hazardous driving including a crash on U S 40 near South Street. Citizens opposed Burning of the Greens as air pollution. Sheriff Baumgartner outlined four deputy classes with distinct cards for different duties.
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Frederick
W.L.O. Fisher
National Guards
Uncle Sam
Stars and Stripes
Elien Ridgely
S. Market Street
City Register
Louis E. Eichelberger
Jack Croghan
Hotel Frederick
Girl Reserves
Frederick County
Charles §. Houck Jr
General Assembly
Peace of mind and soul in a winter editorial
Margaret M Harless from West Friendship congratulates the December 24 editorial In A Winters Stillness for conveying a universal wish for peace of mind and soul during Christmas. She notes the Oberndorf church fire in Austria and recalls the hymn’s simple beauty as a symbol of quiet nights.
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Austria
Oberndorf
Insults Aim at Quayle as Desert Visit Sparks Debate
A reader letter condemns Dan Quayle visiting Saudi Arabia as insulting to American soldiers. The writer, John Mayfield of Frederick, blasts Quayle as a hypocrite for dodging military duties and questions his suitability as vice president despite supporting George Bush’s policies.
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Saudi Arabian
Dan Quayle
Daddy
George Bush
Letter on science teaching and Darwin in school
John L. Ditman argues schooling should teach thinking and methods, not enforce belief across disciplines. He praises Darwin as a great thinker and questions why biology challenges theology, noting modern American conflicts over textbooks.
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Darwin
America
Hell
Patriotism and Bush policy in the Middle East debate
Ruth Shriver argues the United States should defend its own safety, not police the world, and questions Bush administration motives in Kuwait. She urges Congress to reclaim war powers, critiquing UN involvement and Soviet influence while urging public accountability and nonwar for most citizens.
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Bush
Middle East
U.S
United States
Hussein
Kuwait
Afghanistan
Kama River
United Nations
Congress
Security Council of the
Royko and the homeless critique of do-gooders stance
A reader questions Mike Royko’s column blaming do-gooders for homelessness and urges consistency with The Frederick News-Post’s editorial on homelessness. The letter argues that family housing and dignity are key, condemns dehumanizing terms, and calls for humane solutions and adequate safe housing.
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Mike Royko
Frederick News- Post
News-Post
Frederick News-Post
Maryland
Royko
Saudi Arabia
Remembering Gov. Thomas Johnson High Cooling Plan Stirs Debate
James R. Previti of Mt. Airy urges thermostat reductions in schools to save money and backs proposed cuts to what he calls sacred instructional funds for music and dance. He questions board leadership and defends music programs as essential and funded by student efforts, not taxpayers.
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Richard Kerns
Gov. Thomas Johnson High
Board of Education
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