Education letters and the future of schooling policy
The column discusses ongoing education debates from both ends of the spectrum, praising and criticizing public schools and OBE, while inviting reader participation. It notes the newspaper’s editorial emphasis on education and the balance with news reporting, urging continued dialogue. The July 1 item references a full-page editorial comment on education.
Disestablishment themes in church state debate and Kiryas Joel ruling
Roy Meachum analyzes two last week events on church state roles. Prince Charles favors disestablishment and a royal protector role for all faiths while the US Supreme Court rules New York’s Kiryas Joel School District unconstitutional for handicapped Satmar students.
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Prince Charles
Prince of Wales
United States
Charles
Henry VII
Rome
Britain
England
US Supreme Court
New York
Kiryas Joel
Satmar
Frederick
Republic
Jerry Falwell
Pat Robertson
Simpson Case Defense Probes Police Actions At Estate
The defense questions how police handled the night of the double murder at O J Simpson's home. They argue investigators should have avoided the property or missed key evidence. An officer spotted a white Bronco near another entry and saw what appeared to be bloodstains and an envelope inside.
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Dr. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
Simpson
Simpson Estate
Royko on Simpson case and police overreach
Mike Royko weighs in on the police search of O J Simpson’s property arguing a warrant should have been obtained before entering. He notes detectives imagined blood connections and questions the impact of the bloody glove, concluding innocence claimed by Simpson and his lawyers could keep the case from a hopeless verdict.
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Simpson
Remembering a Friend and Father at Sugarloaf Mountain
A narrator recalls a trip to Sugarloaf Mountain and misses memorials for their father William Warfield who worked there from 1909 to 1940. A carpenter by trade, he built stone steps to the summit, stone walls along roads, remodeled the mansion dining room, and laid tile in bathrooms, earning praise as a jack of all trades.
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Sugarloaf Mountain
William Warfield
Local News Briefs From Frederick Area Highlights
Sergeant Dorsey helped locate a lost pocketbook on College Avenue arriving as Mrs. Cline placed the ad. A B and O Railroad worker James Spencer hospitalized for heat prostration after a 95 degree day. Community leaders elected new officers at Frederick Towne Mall Merchant's Association. County planning chief denies landfill rumours near Sabillasville. Maryland youths attend the National Youth Science Camp in California.
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Frank Dorsey
Frederick
Frederick News Post
Casper E. Cline Jr
Third St
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
James Spencer
Point of Rocks
Frederick City Hospital
Brock wrong on gun issues in Maryland letter
A Maryland reader criticizes senatorial candidate Bill Brock for backing an instant gun check system, arguing it echoes backdoor registration and lacks mental health data. The letter questions the accuracy of equating credit checks for purchases with firearm ownership and calls for clearer stance on semiautomatic weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Bill Brock
Maryland
Brock
Letter praises gun rights and backs Delegate Ron Franks
John Bales of Mount Airy says the writer uses gun ban language to trivialize legal firearm ownership. He declares support for Delegate Ron Franks as a committed friend of the Second Amendment.
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Ates
Ron Franks
Survival and smoke screens over Cold War budgets
Joseph Balbi of Martinsburg West Virginia criticizes CIA claims on Soviet missile capability and argues that U.S. military spending remains a Cold War relic. He contends political leaders mislead the public to justify a $261 billion 1994 budget and warns against arms race escalation and lack of allied support. He also discusses carbon monoxide dangers and public ignorance of science.
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CIA
Soviet Union
Letter to the Editor on Smoking in Malls
Bruce Wierks published a June 3 letter arguing against smoking in malls and asserting he can enforce a no smoking rule while shopping. He derides non smokers as brainwashed and neurotic and questions what smokers inhale on drives between New Market and the mall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Wierks
New Market
Lily of the Valley
Call for Stronger Clean Water Act to Guard Health
Nathan R. Hyde urges a reauthorized Clean Water Act with stricter enforcement, reduced toxic chemicals, and prevented runoff. He criticizes the Senate bill for lacking mandatory penalties and failing to curb chlorine dioxin pollution from industries such as pulp and paper. He calls for leadership from Senators Sarbanes and Mikulski and action before the Fourth of July recess.
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Senate
Sarbanes and
and Mikulski
Congress
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Roy Meachum
Mike Royko
Los Angeles
Tribune Media
Bob Ahrens
Radio Shack
Frederick Towne Mall
Larry Johnson
Frederick County
Sabinasville
Sabillasville
Randy Weishaar
Detour
Daniel Hunt
Cumberland
State of
California
Edna Stowers
Dickerson
John Bales
Mount Airy
Wierks
Joseph Balbi
Martinsburg
W.va
Barry J.C, Kissin Frederick
Nathan R. Hyde