Frederick Commission Studies Police Trust and Morale
The Frederick City commission, independent and impartial, will study the police department and public perception. It aims to address 18 items, with priority on morale, recruitment of minority officers, and restoring public trust amid rising drug crimes and a recent unsolved teen murder and a downtown shooting near the library. Public safety and hope depend on the commission’s findings.
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Frederick City
Frederick
Maj
Richard Ashton
Ronald Young
Chief Ashton
Paul Gordon
Ashton
Gordon
Commission
Election year drama heats Frederick County politics
Roy Meachum reports on a Frederick County board dinner with the Annapolis delegation. Endorsements from the builders association and Chamber of Commerce cloud the push for impact fees. A Schroder farm landfill controversy sparks a heated exchange over proposed emergency legislation and on site tests, signaling ongoing election year tempers.
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Board of County Commissioners
Annapolis
Winchester Hall
Hide
Builders Association
Chamber of Commerce
East
Chambers
Anita Stup
Schraders
Hattery
Charlie Smelser
Tom Hattery
Schroder
Frederick County
Union Manufacturing Company dinner marks sixth annual meeting
The Union Manufacturing Company Relief and Benefit Association held its sixth annual dinner at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. About 250 members and guests attended. retiring president Martin L. Wachter Jr. presided. Louis L. Wilson introduced guests and talks were given by New York firm representatives. Fires burned 800 pullets in a chicken house on Charles Ritter’s property, with 150 pullets saved nearby. Insurance covered the blaze. T.P. Jones reported fundraising for the Joseph D. Baker Memorial Carillon fund surpassed the $13,000 goal with donations reaching $13,185.50 for a Baker Park landmark in Frederick.
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Union Manufacturing Company Relief and Benefit Association
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Martin L. Wachter Jr
Byrap Rice
Louis L. Wilson
Union Manucturing Company
New York
Harry Bridges
John Cooper
Earl Rhoderick
Charles Ritter
Hremen
T.P. Jones
Joseph D. Baker
Baker Park
Frederick
Navy inquiry on USS Iowa blast draws sharp critique
A naval investigative service report alleged a gunners mate caused the USS Iowa explosion amid alleged homosexual melancholy. Critics label the NIS method coercive and cowboy, citing prior flawed conclusions and congressional push to abolish the agency. The FBI and Navy dispute the finding, suggesting training lapses may have caused the disaster that killed 47 sailors.
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Washington
Naval Investigative Service
Iowa
NIS
Columbus
Jim Lynch
Miami Vice
Jim Bates
Dcalif
Congress
Uss Town
Clayton Hartwig
FBI
Navy
NIS Interrogation Tactics and Soviet Glasnost Review
The piece cites NIS interrogations alleged to coerce statements at Marine boot camps and in the USS Iowa case, with quotes from a spokesman and excerpts from a manual. It contrasts Soviet Defense and State Security Committee veterans with reform-minded youths on a 44 member panel, noting the panel’s government, KGB, military, and party mix.
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NIS
South Carolina
Uss Iowa
ENNIS
Soviet Union
White House
KGB
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Frederick County hearing on kennels draws crowd at Ladiesburg farm
About 15 Ladiesburg area residents opposed a kennel plan to house up to 12 dogs on a 0.436 acre farm. Ten residents testified during a nearly three hour Frederick County Planning and Zoning hearing. County planner Larry Johnson noted the turnout phenomenon when dogs are involved. The Frederick Jaycees named Richard C. Brady Frederick’s Outstanding Young Man at Red Horse Steak House ceremonies. Mayor E Paul Magaba proclaimed the week of Feb 17 as Children’s Dental Health Week with Dr. Gene Camp and Dr. Eugene Krupt collaborating. Miss Claire Wachter, daughter of Charles and Mrs Wachter, sang as soloist at Governor Thomas Johnson High School concerts.
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Ladiesburg
Frederick County
Frederick Jaycees
Richard C. Brady
Baker-Kefauver Inc
Frederick
Red Horse Steak House
E. Paul Magaba
Gene E. Camp
Eugene L. Krupt
Claire Wachter
Charles R. Wachter
Governor Thomas Johnson High School
Frederick County Educators Back Ms Smythe Letter
Stacy Barrett responds to Elizabeth Smythe's January letter arguing Frederick County has qualified teachers and administrators. Barrett defends local schools as advanced, urges parent support for discipline and high expectations to boost student achievement.
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Elizabeth Smythe
Frederick County
Landfill controversy and county news criticism
A local letter criticizes Frederick County coverage by the News-Post. It cites delayed landfill lachete treatment news and cites county commissioner Sterling Bollinger. The writer questions motives behind Bollinger’s candidacy remarks and references prior condemnations tied to Schroder farm.
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Frederick
Det
Thomas H. Hattery
Schroder Farm
News- Post
Schroder
Bollinger
Pro life reflections and local government debate in Frederick
A reader urges accountability for environmental cleanup costs and favors Home Rule for a county executive. He praises News-Post reporting and contrasts five-commissioner governance with a proposed elected county executive. He also interprets the film Steel Magnolias as pro life, sharing a personal family narrative of faith, sacrifice, and loss.
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Bollinger
News-Post
Frederick County
Frederick News-Post
Steel Magnolias
Against All Counsel
Frederick
Welfare woes and the human cost in public aid
The writer argues the welfare system destroys lives by trapping recipients between job prospects and bureaucracy. Some avoid offices or rehabilitation, while others face community hostility or vanish from sight. The piece hints at merging business and government to lift people into work, if actions follow rhetoric. BILL MAYO
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George Bush
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