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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1991
Page
6
In Maryland ice and sleet complicate travel while northern drivers boast about tougher winters. The News-Post commends its delivery staff who risk late night road dangers to bring the paper to readers, noting their dedication with gratitude and a reminder not to panic if delays occur.
Robert C. Reid notes Maryland faces a 90 day session as legislators search for new revenue amid a weakened economy. Governor Schaefer trims spend while transportation advocates seek a five percent gasoline tax to fund DOT projects, despite past surpluses and mixed results from the Transportation Trust Fund. Citizens are urged to contact delegates and senators with their views.
Energy Secretary James Watkins reshapes the nuclear safety effort by creating an Office of Nuclear Safety led by Steve Blush. Investigations uncover 13 years of ignored hydrogen buildup at Hanford and ongoing safety failures at 17 plants. Critics say oversight is weak and information sharing poor while the public remains at risk. Texas economy benefits from higher oil prices amid Persian Gulf crisis, with potential 17,000 new jobs per $1 rise in sustained oil prices.
Calvin Orems 35 of South Bentz Street was buried to his neck in wet clay after trench walls caved in in a 15 foot pipe trench near Lindbergh Avenue and West Second Street. He escaped after an hour, suffering only a sprained ankle. Deputy Horace M. Alexander to replace Sheriff Guy Anders who goes to National Guard training. Ice on Culler Lake prompts skating pause as a low of 14 degrees returns. President Nixon signs bill to create Chesapeake and Ohio National Historic Park per Mathias. Frederick City closes Culler Lake after one day due to dangerous ice. County agrees with Mandel on burning crop-killing materials at Fort Detrick, cites water-supply concerns. Clifford Crum foils masked robber at Babe's Liquor Store after drawing his own pistol.
BILL CHURNEY of Tramsville attacks Robert Reid’s January 5 column Foreign Trade for racist implications and factual errors. He argues the decline of the trade deficit ties to a weaker dollar, defends concession sales in Yosemite, and accuses the piece of stoking intolerance and misinformation.
Pat Quynn accuses Police Chief Richard Ashton of failing to read traffic devices on Shookstown Road causing violations. She notes 88 people faced $45 fines for a left turn between 3 and 6 pm and criticizes cluttered signs as inadequate and costly to the public.
A writer with 25 years in science condemns a Dec 28 paper feature by Robert L. Cooperman for pseudoscience. The letter argues evolutionary theory means change over time, not dogs turning into cats or apes into humans, and challenges misrepresentations.
The writer argues that evolution shows common ancestry among species and that evolutionary theory does not deny God’s existence. He questions Cooperman’s claim that one species has never evolved from another and praises the diversity of life as evidence of a divine presence. Walkersville.
H Keith Figgatt of Woodsboro lodges a taxpayer protest accusing Maryland officials of approving a red ink settlement of one million dollars or more in a racial hiring quota matter involving black troopers. He questions who sanctioned the deal and demands public disclosure and moral accountability.
Michael J. Lawson writes in a Dec 29 Letters to the Editor that the poor and homeless are “leprous eyesores” and calls for ridding streets of homeless people while arguing wealth distribution and rights. He asserts the poor are mentally ill and degraded by society.
The notice invites readers to submit legible signed letters with the writer’s water address and phone for verification. It states letters may be edited for length and content and that not all may be published due to volume. Concise letters on public interest topics have the best chance of appearing.
Anthony F Conte of Tharmont lambasts Ski College Mountain as a fictional resort, recounting decades of county and state opposition, land purchases, an Information Center, and brochures. He urges local new commissioners to ignore the revived push and forget the matter as a fable from the past.
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