Maryland Senate Gun Control Debate Faces Judicial Proceedings Chair
Gov Parris Glendening backs gun control measures including a seven day wait and private sale checks while Sen Walter Baker of Cecil County who chairs the Judicial Proceedings Committee signals openness to limit handgun sales to one per month and require a gun safety course. The fight centers on licensing and private sales restrictions amid protests.
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Sen
Walter Baker
Cecil County
Judicial Proceedings Committee
Parris Glendening
House
Senate
Sen. Baker
Goals 2000 critique by Mount St. Marys professor
Jack Campbell argues Goals 2000 must set concrete standards and measures rather than remain lofty rhetoric. He urges zero tolerance for drugs guns and violence, demands reliable assessments, and warns against equal outcomes without accountability, stressing national commitment to student achievement.
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Clinton
America
Jack Campbell
Department of Education
Mount St. Mary's College
Emmitsburg
Forbes Campaign and the Geek Like Image Clash
The piece notes Steve Forbes faces a media mythos as rich and nerdy, labeled cautious and inexperienced yet now a leading GOP hopeful. It cites initial doubters among Republicans, his flat tax plan scrutiny, and critics calling supply side theory radical while macroeconomists like Lamar Alexander deem it unity.
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Washington
Steve Forbes
Forbes
Richie Rich
America
Time
Newsweek
Fortune
Lamar Alexander
Forbes as a candidate booster and supply side debate
Ben Wattenberg critiques supply side and credits Forbes as economically literate despite lacking elected office. Glenn Hubbard defines the framework as incentives matter. The piece weighs tax cuts, deficit context, and the appeal of nonpolitician candidates in the GOP field.
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Glenn Hubbard
Columbia University
The
American Enterprise Institute
Forbes
John Connally
Morry Taylor
Jesse Jackson
Pat Buchanan
Jerry Brown
Phil Gramm
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Local Selective Service orders 37 in Frederick County
The Local Selective Service Board Two announced that 37 Frederick County residents under 26 and classified 2-C farm help were ordered to report to Baltimore within days for pre-induction physicals. Harry Meredith Mossburg USNR of Frederick wrote his mother that he acted in They Were Expendable, shown aboard PT41. A War Dads committee urged officials to secure 200 portable houses for veterans. Continuous rain flooded roads. two inches of snow possible with freezing temps. Frederick Human Relations Council feared cuts in General Assembly actions. council pressed staff accounting amid complaints of reduced attention from Community Services Agency. Emmitsburg Brownie Troop 355 grew to 14 members.
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Local Selective Service Board Two
Frederick
Harry Meredith Mossburg Usnr
N. Bentz St
PT41
Frederick City
George C. Slagle
John R. Fitzpatrick
Alton Y. Bennett
Wilbur W. Baker
Maryland General Assembly
HRC
Community Services Agency
Applause for Frederick snow crews letters say thanks
Reader defends city workers for 12 hour shifts clearing streets and aiding emergency vehicles during heavy snow. Critics are urged to check facts, note snow emergency routes blocked by parked cars, and recognize the county and city employees for their difficult, praise worthy efforts.
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Kim Scheel
Frederick
Virginia Baker
City of Frederick
Brady law sparing lives and gun violence debate
Letter to the editor defends Rep Roscoe Bartlett against the Brady Law calling it a notorious feel good measure. The writer cites eight local gun violence cases including three accidental shootings and five homicides, and recounts personal losses from 1983 and 1986 to argue against stricter background checks.
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Catherine Ditman
Roscoe Bartlett
Doug Schauer
Larer
Gunfire, ambushes, and policy clash cited in public call
A reader letter recounts violent ambushes including a gunman wounding Ryan and a sitter murder attempt in 1991. It cites 41 000 final denials under the Brady Law, argues it saves lives, and criticizes the NRA and the Contract With America as pro big business. Helen G. Alexander signs the appeal.
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Ryan
Gabriele
Wheaton
Edmund Burke
Annapolis
Jose Trias
Julie Gilbert
National Rifle Association
NRA
America
Republican Congress Attacking Social Gains and Aiding the Rich
A political critique asserts the Republican Congress erodes social and environmental gains from prior eras. It accuses Congress of targeting the poor minorities and women while rewarding the rich and powerful. It urges care for the young and the sick in the nation.
A better place in the downtown
Joanne Gordon praises the Fire Escape Coffeehouse and Juice Bar in Frederick as a pleasant venue with excellent coffee juice and food. She recalls multiple visits with positive experiences, notes a birthday celebration among pastors, and hopes the owner Lynn Dealey’s community-minded efforts continue amid possible social scrutiny.
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Frederick
Lynn Dealey
Jesus
Fire Escape
Letters to the Editor at The Frederick News-Post
The Frederick News-Post invites readers to submit letters with name address and phone for verification. Due to high volume not all letters can be published and some may be edited for space or taste.
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Frederick
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