Recycling curbside in Montgomery County signals waste plan shift
Montgomery County expands curbside recycling to 80,000 homes. Residents will place newspapers cans bottles and some plastics in blue containers for curbside pickup. Daily intake reaches 80 tons of recyclables plus 120 tons of newspapers, with revenue from selling materials. Government program relies on homeowners and businesses to separate items for a second life.
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Brick County
Montgomery County
Frederick County
Fred
Desert Storm remembered a year after the Gulf War
A veteran writes that Desert Storm was unnecessary and costly. He argues a negotiated settlement could have saved lives and property, cites Saddam Hussein signaling willingness to talk, and notes ongoing suffering in Kuwait and Iraq. He questions current leadership and the war's purpose.
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Saddam Hussein
U.S
Korea
Europe
Vietnam
George Bush
Kuwait
Sabah
Baghdad
Hussein
Washington
Hill and Knowlton
Iraq
Hitler
Mr. Bush
Gulf
U.S. Arab Peninsula
Middle East
America
Reagan
Libya
Gaddafi
Riyadh
Iran
United States
Gulf States
Bush
Office chatter and routine in a newsroom traffic department
A morning scene at seven in the newsroom with Charley the hands on computer expert and George in the traffic office. They discuss Army dental work while the narrator recalls a captain dentist and a new piece of equipment.
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Charley
George
Competent workers and a lasting dented memory
Andy Rooney recalls two Army colleagues George and Charley whose skill keeps a company running. He praises their competence, recounts how George recovered a lost briefcase, laments outdated tech terms, and notes how a veteran dentist left durable fillings 45 years ago. Rooney imagines coffee with them one morning.
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New York
London
George
Kennedy
Charley
Andy Rooney
Tribune Media Services
Jack Anderson
All-out drive to stock Frederick defense industry data
Fifty years ago Frederick County launched a defense push through the Chamber of Commerce asking manufacturers to list vacant and saleable buildings. The Salvage Committee urged collection of recyclable materials and scrap. The first defense training class for women began at Elm Street School, with post training pay at the Fairchild plant. John Clark Adams sought relief from a steep tax hike after reassessment, while about 430 hearings were requested countywide. Sheriff Baumgartner defended a lean deputy force, noting 23 uniformed specialists among 150-175 deputies.
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Frederick
Chamber of Commerce
Frederick County
Elm Street
Fairchild Airplane
Hagerstown
John Clark Adams
Clark
Crummell P. Jacobs
Richard O. Baumgartner
Baumgartner
Censorship Debate Over Nude Bush Painting at Center
Comments defend displaying the artwork arguing censoring offended viewers harms freedom of expression. They urge focusing on issues over the messenger, urging acts of kindness to counter upset and ugliness, and warn against guiding taste through suppression.
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Art Center
Legislators Cut Off Tax Funding for Delaplaine Art Center
Joseph Spelman argues against using taxpayer money for the Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, praising withdrawal of support amid pornographic displays. He questions half a million in state funding during deficits, urging private or donated funding for museums and theaters and suggesting budget trims to avoid tax hikes or defunding essential services.
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General Assembly
Delaplaine Visual Arts Center
Frederick
Baltimore
Washington
Readers react to nude portrait exhibit at Delaplaine Center
Letters express shock and defense of a Delaplaine Visual Arts Center exhibit showing a nude painting of the president. Citizens defend artistic expression, question funding and censorship, and compare art to satire and historical works amid national attention.
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Delaplaine Visual Arts Center
U.S.A
HBO
Raphael
Christ
National Gallery of Art
Mappelthorpe
Arts Endowment Fund
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HIVE
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Hue
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Jre
Army
Joseph Spelman Frederick
Yvonne M. Zufall
Nancy E. Hanel Tramsville
Eugene R. Jenkins Frederick
Don Stevens Frederick
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