State of the Union frames duty to lead and aid at home
In his wartime State of the Union address President Bush urged Americans to accept responsibility to lead the world from tyranny and to volunteer at home against homelessness crime drugs and illiteracy. He argued freedom requires hard work abroad and at home.
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Vietnam
George Bush
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Israel
Persian Gulf
Bush
America
Gulf
Maryland Legislators Defer 2000 Pay Raise Show of Civic Duty
Maryland General Assembly members consider forgoing a $2,000 annual raise from 25,000 to 27,000 amid budget strains. Leaders weigh returning funds to the state or charity while per diem and lobbyist spending draw scrutiny. Governor Schaefer receives 120,000 salary, with critics noting the optics of self sacrifice.
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Maryland General Assembly
House
del. Bruce Poole
D-Washington
Clay Mitchell
Chesapeake Bay
Senate
Mike Miller
Albert Wynn
Prince George’s County
Louis Goldstein
Louis
William Donald Schaefer
New York
Mario Cuomo
Maryland
Schaefer
Paul Schurick
Willie Don
Capitol Hill incident involves Speaker Foley's wife
On a quiet pre Christmas weekend Capitol police found Heather Foley, wife of House Speaker Tom Foley, in the Capitol first aid station after she had self administered an allergy shot. She sought a staffer with a key to the station, bypassing the nurse and lock. No arrest or report was filed.
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Washington
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Capitol Building
Heather Foley
Tom Foley
Capitol Hill
Architect of
Robert Krasner
Congressional
D-Wash
Mr. Foley
Congress
Foley
Tip O'Neill
Mrs. Foley
Heather Foley Capitol Hill power broker noted for blunt style
Heather Foley wields unprecedented influence on Capitol Hill as the speaker’s gatekeeper and adviser. She bypasses formal channels, commands access, and shapes office space while maintaining a casual dress and a blunt, no-nonsense approach.
Fifty Years of Taxpayers Form Frederick County Group
Fifty taxpayers organized the permanent Frederick County Taxpayer Association electing Charles H. Feete as president with Mrs. Raymond R. Shank and Louis L. Wilson as officers. A fire at the Hammaker farm near Libertytown destroyed a barn shed and hogpen, with James Reynolds saving stock and local fire company preventing further damage. The mayor backed statewide police teletype plans as a new age of law enforcement, while a Frederick News-Post ex-employee appeared in Niagara Hudson News for 25 years service. The Frederick County Teachers Association urged an impasse in 1971-72 negotiations, and a MSD groundbreaking plus campus building plans were announced. Democratic Sen Mitchell accused Gov Mandel of appointing a lily-white cabinet, calling it hypocrisy.
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Frederick County
Hammaker
Libertytown
James Reynolds
Union Bridge Fire Company
Frederick News-Post Business Office
Walter McDonnell
Niagara Hudson News
The
Niagara Light and Power Company
Frederick County Teachers Association
James A. Sensenbaugh
FCTA
Frederick County Board of Education
Reese S. Poffenbarger
A Tale of Two States Amid Budget Strains
In Maine and Maryland the governors take contrasting actions amid a harsh recession. Maine Governor McKernan orders salary cuts for himself and department heads to show sacrifice, while Maryland Governor Schaefer boosts his own pay by thirty five thousand dollars and secures a large pension increase. The commissions he appointed also raise department head salaries, challenging economic realism. Questions arise about Linowes the attorney’s fees exemption from sales tax while other services are taxed. Richard Plantier Mount Airy.
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Maine
Maryland
McKernan
Schaefer
Linowes
Support for Half-Day Teacher Inservices at Walkersville Middle
A Frederick County reader endorses the boards half-day inservice days for teachers. The author cites prep work and voluntary afterschool time by staff at Walkersville Middle to implement demonstrations of new teaching strategies, goal planning, and progress evaluation, arguing the sessions unify staff and improve teaching outcomes.
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Kate Powell
Board of Education of
Frederick County
Powell
Walkersville Middle
Frederick County Educators Strengthen Teaching for All Students
Karen K Cochran from Walkersville commends Frederick County for promoting public support and pride in guiding every student to quality learning. She emphasizes ongoing professional development through central office cadre led in services and in-service days helping both new and veteran teachers adapt to student needs.
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Frederick County
Charter Home Rule Support From Frederick County League
Nadine Heusser and Mary Ellen Rhoderick note the Frederick County League of Women Voters has backed Charter Home Rule since 1963. The Frederick County Coalition for Charter Home Rule formed with Young Republicans and others to monitor the charter writing committee and push for passage with informed media coverage.
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Louis Lyons
News-Post
Frederick County League of Women
League
Young Republicans
United Democrats
Future
Frederick County
Nadine Heusser
League of Women Voters
Mary Ellen Rhoderick
Charter Coalition
Maryland helmet law urged to save taxpayer money
PAM FOX urges a public safety motorcycle helmet law citing a 1990 EMS study showing 1.2 million annual acute care savings and $365,000 yearly rehab costs per head injury. With over 2,000 Maryland motorcyclist injuries yearly, the budget strain affects dialysis and infant care funding.
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Maryland Institute of Emergency Medical Services Systems
Maryland
Moral courage in Kuwait war debate letter to editor
Michael L. Kolbay argues for intervention to stop the Kuwait crisis, condemning apathy and urging the nation to act. He warns war as a symptom of a larger disease, calls for international effort and a just peace in the Middle East, and invites readers to submit legible signed letters.
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Congress
Kuwait
Iam
U.N
Frederick
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