Frederick arrests mark start of extended drug prosecution effort
Police conducted rapid Thursday and Friday raids in Frederick charging individuals with drug dealing and possession. The community is urged to focus on the courts where prosecutions will determine guilt and punishment. A federal official called the arrests significant, underscoring that drug issues hit local neighborhoods and are not confined to distant cities.
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Frederick
Baltimore
Washington
Ex-Nazis and the Waldheim figure in a Catskills diary
Roy Meachum recalls summer 1961 at Jennie Grossinger’s Catskills resort. He details discussions about Adolph Eichmann and other Nazi figures, the Jewish staff table conversations, and views on show trials, with reflections on Kurt Waldheim and the UN.
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Jack Kennedy
White House
Jennie Grossinger
Catskills
Grossinger
Eddie Fisher
Jennie
Adolph Eichman
New York
Jerusalem
Eichman
Ike
Israel
NBC
Reagan era deception blamed for Iran arms scandal
The piece argues the Reagan administration used disinformation, portraying Gaddafi as the main threat while secretly negotiating with Iran and selling arms to Tehran. It claims reporters, including the authors, knew of back channel talks linked to the CIA and edwin Wilson, and details pressures to withhold the story until hostages were safe. It notes related state department moves and a mini editorial on Wimbledon.
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Washington
Reagan
Libya
Muammar Gaddafi
Iran
Ayatollah Khomeini
White House
Vienna
Rome
Muammar Gadhafi
Abu Nidal
Khomeini
Administration
George Bush
George Shultz
United States
Gaddafi
U.S
West Berlin
Middle East
CIA
Edwin Wilson
Pentagon
Noel Koch
Dale van Atta
Terry Anderson
Associated Press
G-men
FBI
Two County Men Nabbed in Liquor Still Raid 1937
Sheriff Roy Hiltner and George Sanford found two operating stills off Reel's Mill road near Frederick Junction. Stills held 250 and 150 gallons. 49 gallons of whiskey and 7500 gallons of mash were seized. most destroyed except evidence samples.
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Roy M. Hiltner
George G. Sanford
Frederick Junction
Reel’s Mill Road
County leaders oppose Montevue Home nursing upgrade
Frederick County Commissioners president Charles E. Collins told health and welfare officials the board favors keeping Montevue Home as a facility for indigent elderly with no family. Upgrading would require charging for services. Nearby residents oppose a proposed shopping center plan to rezone Catoctin Avenue West Patrick James and Mary streets and will seek action from the mayor and Board of Aldermen next week. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara said 25,000 more troops would be needed in Vietnam to regain momentum, adding no reserves would be called. General Westmoreland flew to Washington to press for more troops at a National Security Council meeting.
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Hitler
Eichman
Martin Bormann
Josef Mengele
Klaus Barbie
Lyons
Barbie
France
Nazidam
Kurt Waldheim
United Nations
U.N
Waldheim
Austria
Hapsburg
Charles E. Collins
Frederick County
Brigadoon
Catoctin Avenue
West Patrick, James and Mary Streets
Robert S. McNamara
Vietnam
McNamara
Southeast Asia
Therr
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Washington D.C
National Security Council
Westmoreland
Letters to the editor and community notices in Frederick
A mix of letters thanks donors for the 5K Run Against Cancer benefiting the American Cancer Society with rising participation and age range of runners. Other items include call for next year’s event, a broad patriotic pledge letter, a German correspondent seeking pen pals, concerns over oil prices, and a sighting description of an unusual animal near Route 180 prompting a seek of sightings.
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The
American Cancer Society
Frederick
Tate
Ray Raedy
Frederick Medical Supplies
Tim O'Keefe
Mid- Atlantic
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Watson's Family Restaurant
ACS
Fred W. Broadrup
D.D.S
Sally Broadrup
Byron's Gulf analysis earns praise for clear reasoning
Rep Beverly Byron deserves congratulation for a well thought out article on the Persian Gulf. The piece analyzes U S policy from a national interests perspective, praising calm, unemotional reasoning and avoiding melodrama while critiquing partisan grandstanding.
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Byron
Gulf
Beverly Byron
Persian Gulf
U.S
Middle East
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Berlin
Jack Anderson
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
News-Post
Elmer Max Well
Carrol Creek
F.W. Springer
WRA
GeoRge S. Allnut
Frederick Fair Board
Soil Conservation Commission
Carl Snook
Leo Colliflower
Bedford
Penn
Nathaniel F. Forsyth
Board of Education
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hood College
United States of America
Democratic
Republic
Congress
America
God
Ame
Robert E. Kennedy Frederick
Schifferstadt
Ludwig
Ofer
Sisserstrabe
Dudenhofen
West Germany
Ursula Heberger
Rep. Byron
Leo Sperling
Route 180
McNaughe
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