Reflecting on Dr. King Day and Civil Rights Tensions
The piece recalls 1994 debates over the King memorial visitors center and a broad Civil Rights history attraction. It condemns Ku Klux Klan activity and Confederate flag controversy in Maryland, expresses hope for 1995 with less discrimination and more cross race harmony, and urges rereading Dr. King’s preached goals amid Atlanta tensions.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Dr. King
King
National Park Service
Maryland
Cumberland
New Orleans Childhood Memory And a Silent Hypocrisy
In recalling a Martin Luther King holiday, the essayist reflects on a New Orleans youth shaped by segregation and coded racism. He recalls color barriers in schools and social life, the stigma around passing for white, and a friend Hillary Chollet whose talents masked the era’s cruel scrutiny. The piece condemns racial hypocrisy exposed by King’s work and ends with a personal ache for lost potential.
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New Orleans
Darky
The
Dryades Street
Tennessee
St. Charles Avenue
Holy Cross
Hillary Chollet
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Tulane
L.S.A
Hillary
America
Cornell
New York
Chollet
California
Martin Luther King
Dr. King
Hillary Chorlet
Hollywood trashing values invites premiere critique
The author decries Hollywood for promoting violence and moral decay in films like Higher Learning, Pulp Fiction, and Natural Born Killers. He urges studios to foster uplifting, nonviolent stories with traditional values, arguing critics and industry insiders profit from sensationalism while harming society.
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John Singleton
Hollywood
College
Oliver Stone
Quentin Tarantino
Tarantino
Bill
Hillary
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Back from France First Sergeant Shaff visits Frederick
Yesterday First Sergeant Alton Shaff of Company A, 115th Infantry, on 30 day furlough, returned to his home at 140 West South Street and renewed old acquaintances in downtown Frederick. He is a former driver for Citizens Truck Company and longtime Police Department member. Harold Reeves Yarrell to direct Frederick County choir for bicentennial events with no auditions, aiming for 500 singers. NAACP leaders attended memorial services for Martin Luther King Jr. at Quinn AME Church. Carroll County Circuit Court cleared Mount Airy Mayor Dixon of assault and battery in a $15,000 damages claim by Frederick W. Stephens from a June 18, 1973 incident.
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France
Alton Shaff
Co. A
115Th Infantry
South St
Frederick
Citizens Truck Company
Police Department
NAACP
Sherman Mason
Lord Nickens
Leaven Gordon
Quinn Ame Church
Martin Luther King Jr
Westminster
Carroll County
E.O. Weant Jr
Lewis C. Dixon
Frederick W. Stephens
Get Those Butts Off The Streets Now
A reader urges residents to stop dumping cigarette ashes and butts on streets. They argue full ashtrays should be emptied into home garbage, not roadways, noting how littering creates a city dump image. They call for pride in towns and cleaner streets by using cans for waste.
Arts programs threatened by cuts in Frederick County high schools
Parents of students in the Visual and Performing Arts program express concern as budget cuts endanger in depth arts training for juniors and seniors. The program mirrors the Vocational and Technology Center with audition, references, and strong grades required. Students display long standing talent in music theater or art.
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Frederick County
VPA
Keep VPA Funded Say Critics in Thurmont Letter
A Thurmont reader urges continued funding for fine arts programs and VPA to nurture future conductors musicians and artists. The letter asks readers to contact PTA leaders and Parents for Music Education to voice support and questions election validity, endorsing Mrs Sauerbrey’s pursuit of truth.
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YPA
VPA
PTA
Ellen Sauerbrey case stirs voter opinion and media coverage
A reader questions the fairness of the campaign press against Ellen Sauerbrey, asking why polls and coverage seem biased. The writer protests media smear and asserts voters deserve a fair election environment and full confidence in the system.
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Ellen Sauerbrey
Maryland
Glendening
Cause of school shooting blamed on weapons access in judge’s remark
A Washington judge linked the 14 year old Cardoza High School student’s shooting to youths’ access to serious weapons, arguing that past disputes were settled with fists not bullets. Phillip B. Dean urges lawmakers to focus on individual responsibility and existing laws to curb violence.
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Washington, D.C
Cardoza High School
Annapolis
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Roy Meachum
Joseph Perkins
Aexico Sur
Von
Scpaner
Kouarger
B. Casey Fitzgerald Thurmont
Jane Tucker Middletown
Phillip B. Dean
Frederick News-Post
Patrick St
P.O
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