Final sprint in NH Dem debate centers on taxes and crime
Democratic hopefuls opened the final month of the New Hampshire primary with a two hour debate focusing on taxes crime and the economy. Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton led in a new poll while contenders Harkin Kerrey Brown Tsongas and others argued their paths to beating Bush.
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Manchester
N.H
New Hampshire
Bush
Arkansas
Bill Clinton
Tom Harkin
Harkin
California
Jerry Brown
Brown
Washington
Nebraska
Bob Kerrey
Toral
Massachusetts
Paul Tsongas
Clinton
Coalition For Change
Mr. Bush
Lberal
Jesse Jackson
Tsongas
Kerrey
King's widow calls for help for poor
Coretta Scott King urged erasing poverty and expanding jobs health care and training in her annual State of the Dream speech on King Day. Winnie Mandela and others planned marches as New York Governor Cuomo attended events in Albany. A 4000 rider Freedom Train was to start in California and a Watts sculpture was to be unveiled in Los Angeles. Daisy Bates was to be honored in Arkansas.
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Atlanta
Martin Luther King Jr
Oakland
Calif
New York
Coretta Scott King
Bush
King
Winnie Mandela
African National Congress
Nelson Mandela
California
San Jose
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Watts
Arkansas
Daisy Bates
Little Rock
Central High
Mentors sought for Big Brothers Big Sisters program
Frederick County invites volunteers as tutors turned mentors for students falling behind. Coordinated by VISTA worker Jo Ostby, mentors meet weekly for six months two hours at a time to help with academics and homework while offering support and a listening presence. Mentors help with math, attend school events, and serve as positive role models.
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Big Brothers
Big Sisters
Frederick County
Jo Ostby
VISTA
Ms. Toms
Kimberly Pickett
Sarah
Ms. Pickett
Controversial nude Bush painting draws crowds at Delaplaine
Hundreds braved cold to view Josef Schutzenhofer's 6 by 8 foot piece titled A Peace Treaty and the New World Order. Critics call it filth while supporters say art not pornography. The exhibit drew media crews from Baltimore and Washington with 400+ visitors queuing for up to 45 minutes.
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Delaplaine Arts Center
President Bush
John Norman
Frederick
Pennsylvania
Josef Schutzenhofer
National Lampoon
Baltimore
Delaplaine Visual Arts Center
Williamsport
Toni Shrader
Saddam Hussein
Ms. Shrader
Mr. Bush
Norman Schwartzkopf
Adolph Hitler
Jesse Helms
Dolly Parton
East Patrick Street
Melinda Wimner
Ms. Wimner
Washington, D.C
King drum major for peace remembered at MLK ceremony
Rev Luke J Robinson praised Martin Luther King Jr as a drum major for peace at a Sunday service at Quinn Chapel AME Church attended by about 75. He lamented a national loss of morality since 1968, urging commitment to values worth dying for while citing crime and a Christmas Eve mother-killing case.
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Martin Luther King, Jr
America
Martin Luther King Jr
Luke J. Robinson
Robinson
Quinn Chapel Ame
East Third Street
Frederick County
King
Rev. Robinson
Frederick News-Post fashion notes spring changes
Seepage aside, the Frederick News-Post notes fashion in spring trends and thrifted looks as prices ease. The piece highlights toned down styles and recession cautious wardrobes reflected in local shoppers and retailers.
Weisberg Claims Ray Framed In King Assassination
Local author Harold Weisberg argues James Earl Ray was framed for the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Weisberg contends a criminal gang framed Ray to suppress the truth, asserting the crime remains unsolved and King deserved a fair trial. Ray, who pleaded guilty in 1969, maintains his innocence and seeks fuller court review.
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Harold Weisberg
Martin Luther King Jr
Weisberg
Old Receiver Road
King
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King
Ray
Martin Earl Ray
John F. Kennedy
Memphis
Tenne
Lorraine
London
McClellan undecided on funding for arts center
Frederick County Del. James E. McClellan said he has not decided whether to back state funding for the Delaplaine Visual Arts Center after a controversy over a nude painting of President Bush. He plans to gauge public reaction before deciding on a proposed $500,000 bill to finish renovating Mountain City Mill on South Carroll Street for the center.
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Del
James E. McClellan
Delaplaine Visual Arts Center
Bush
Mountain City
South Carroll Street
Art Center
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