Nude Bush painting draws community backlash at Delaplaine Center
A local newspaper defends its publication of a nude Bush artwork while addressing public anger in Frederick. Readers object to the exhibit, and politicians fear funding cuts tied to the Delaplaine Visual Arts Center. The paper notes the Delaplaine name and separation from center operations.
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President Bush
Delaplaine Visual Arts Center
Frederick
Bush
Camp David
Frederick County
Maryland Arts Council
National Endowment For the Arts
Maryland
General Assembly
Greater Frederick
Delaplaine
Lighthearted column rounds up oddities and policy bits
In a breezy miscellany, State Sen. Ida Rubin proposes HIV disclosure for rape cases, while fiscal notes threaten bills. Other items mock gendered divine references, tax quirks, capital gains policy, jokes from David Letterman, a Tuscan jailbreak via fax, a Philadelphia purse theft tale, and a Penn State professor removing a Goya painting over alleged sexual offense concerns.
Ocean Springs ban of Silence of the Lambs stirs school row
Ocean Springs Mississippi high school fired a teacher after he showed the film Silence of the Lambs in class prompting outrage. ACLU official Deidre Janney denounces it as McCarthyism while the district cites pending litigation. The fired teacher Jim Harris expects new work while the district defends its decision amid legal action.
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Ocean Springs
Miss
Washington
Live Oaks
Silence of the Lambs
American Civil Liberties Union
Jackson
Deidre Janney
Jim Harris
Mississippi Hills
Dewey Herring
Harris
Pascagoula
ACLU
Mississippi
Herring
Ocean Springs High
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Jodie Foster
Frederick High School gym exhibit draws crowd and returns cadets
Yesterday and 50 years ago report notes a Frederick High School gym exhibit with five hundred participants. Four Frederick area students Pennel Traver James McClellan Raymond Ford Jr and Harry Emigh of Westminster return to Massanutten Military Academy after furloughs. Col Amos Koontz Maryland draft chief says local examinations will be lighter and men previously disqualified due to physical defects will be sent to Baltimore.
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Frederick High School
Frederick and
Massanutten Military Academy
Woodstock
Pennel Traver
James McClellan
Raymond Ford Jr
Frederick
Harry Emigh
Westminster
Col
Amos Koontz
Maryland
Draft Board
Frederick County
Winchester Hall
County Draft Board
Baltimore
Residents object to church bells on Carrollton Drive
Nearby residents voiced complaints to city officials about loud bells from the South End Baptist Church steeple while pastor Rev. Allen M. Mullen said only two neighbors complained and most area residents did not object. The weather forecast predicted a rebound from a sub-zero snap affecting local facilities and businesses. The Frederick County Health Department blamed state and federal governments for unfunded laws. David DeLauder, 73, retired after 10 years as Circuit Court bailiff, was replaced by Nancy Cramer, formerly the secretary to Frederick City Police chief.
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South End Baptist Church
Carrollton Drive
Allen M. Mullen
David DeLauder
Nancy Cramer
Frederick City
Frederick County
Remember Our Troops and Yellow Ribbons
A family farewell as Capt. James T. Conklin and his wife bid him goodbye for a six month tour aboard ship. The writer urges continued support and prayers for all service members still deployed, noting a prior Saudi Arabia departure and the ongoing sacrifices of their families.
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James T. Conklin
United States Marine Corps
Thomas
Saudi Arabia
Remembering '91 Reflect on a year of pride and fault
A retrospective on 1991 notes American pride during Gulf service, then economic decline. It highlights job losses, reduced benefits, refinancing gains for some, and widespread blame across parties and government. The piece argues the public, as voters, bears responsibility for elected leaders.
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Gulf Region
United States of America
Congress
House of Representatives
John Q
Letters to the Editor Urge Voting Power and Registration
Charles W. Eyler argues that Frederick County voters show chronic low turnout and registration rates. He urges citizens to register and vote, warning that nonvoters concede power to a minority and allow representatives to govern without broad consent. Brunswick.
Surf tax proposed to fund Ocean City beach repairs
A reader from Myersville urges funding beach replenishment through a surf tax but argues tax dollars should back education instead. The letter critiques using 45 million dollars washed out to restore dunes and proposes a motel tax to cover beach restoration, asserting education provides lasting value for all.
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Ocean City
Maryland
D.C
America
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Rheta Grimsley Johnson
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Ernie Pyle
Charles M. Schulz
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Seventh Street
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Prospect
Betty Farley
Charles W. Eyler
Brunswick
Sandra L. Ricker
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