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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1988
Page
6
Mike Royko recounts a moment in a restaurant directory where a couple debates the term prix fixe. A blonde questions the price and pronunciation, suggesting pree feeks, while Royko insists the correct French spelling sounds like prix fixe, highlighting the comic clash of language and culture.
A Chicago columnist laments the use of prix fixe in American restaurant listings arguing many readers mispronounce it and that fixed price would be clearer. He notes inconsistencies across cuisines and jokes about German and Chinese equivalents while bemoaning evolving language tastes in media.
Dan Weinberg voices alarm at Frederick City planning and executives as Arnold and Briggs Inc and Sunoco join in plans for a new downtown office retail residential project. He recalls the Patrick Center land sale at 140 000 and warns of further taxpayer burdens from a proposed 45 million bond for a third parking deck. He urges outside appraisers and underground parking to protect taxpayers while criticizing past giveaways and current ambitions.
The Frederick News-Post distorts facts by alleging a recent conflict of interest charge against the city planning commission chair and the ethics commission. The ethics panel only determines complaints and is not bound to answer every assertion by Mr Meachum, who appears not to have publicly charged any official with law violations.
The piece defends the city ethics commission against claims of law violations by editors who omit a key exception in the ethics statute. It notes officials disqualify themselves from matters involving entities doing business with the city and highlights commission members Frederick Wenner Margaret Brown Lucier Winegar as appointees, asserting adherence to the law.
A columnist critiques the drift toward government by litigation, tracing it from post Civil War contracts for ex slaves to 1976 Supreme Court rulings on race in private and public life. He notes activist lawyers pressuring courts, risk of sweeping reinterpretations, and calls for reform by representation rather than litigation. The piece ends with the San Francisco famine reference.
The incident aboard an American warship in the Persian Gulf raises calls to end the Iran Iran-Iraq conflict. President Reagan expressed regret over the USS Vincennes shooting down of Iran Air 655 near the Strait of Hormuz. The U S should offer compensation to Tehran and to victims families.
Witnessing the Vincennes clash, Iran Air flight over Gulf waters drew seven warnings before a crash near US ships. Reagan called the destroyer action defensive as Iran and Iraq press to halt fighting. The piece urges international pressure to end the war and prevent further casualties.
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