Beals enters Frederick alderman race in key Democratic primary
Suzanne Beals, a 32 year old homemaker and campaign worker, files to run for alderman in Frederick as the sixth Democrat seeking a seat on the five member board. She faces Sally Murphy Norman Quist Paul Magaha Thomas Summers and incumbent Allen Merchant in the September 12 primary. Republicans have no primary opposition. Registration shows 16 101 voters with 8341 Democrats. 1985 primary had 14 127 total with 8 701 Democrats. Beals calls for civic duty and urges registration before the November 7 general election.
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Frederick
Sally Murphy
Norman Quist
Paul Magaha
Thomas Summers
Allen Merchant
Ms. Beals
Suzanne Beals
Curiouser Wonderland of Local Politics Grows More Curio
County planning commission heated debate over ethics disclosure reveals fault lines between elected and appointed officials. David Gray's motion to require full financial disclosures stalls as Anita Stup and others resist broadening rules beyond themselves. The article notes tensions, past campaigns, and ongoing pushes for higher standards amid a scrupulous local board.
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Alice
White Rabbit
County Planning Commission
David Gray
Ethics Commission
Winchester Hall
Anita Stup
NES
Stup
Jane
Planning Commission
Wilbur Ford
George Dredden
Gray
Ford
Mr. Gray
Mr. Dreddee
League of Women Voters
News-Post
Dredden
Sommasini
Mr. Dredden
Planner
John $. Mathias
Mr. Ford
United Democrats
PUG
Commission
Sue Ann Yingting
William Fout
Richard Grossnickle
Franklin Gladhill
Gorby vs the Bureaucrats in a Soviet Power Struggle
In Moscow Gorbachev narrows his Kremlin foes while facing the impersonal bureau of faceless clerks. The piece traces a historical line from czarist revolutionaries to modern commissars who expand state control, surveil citizens, and profit from workers’ labor, culminating in a vast 1% million bureaucrats.
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Moscow
Mikhail Gorbachev
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Perestroika debates and nuclear policy critique
The piece contrasts Gorbachev's limited success against the Soviet bureaucracy with American parallels, arguing a U S perestroika is needed. It also criticizes nuclear power oversight after Three Mile Island and examines Rep Bill Dannemeyer's push to remove licensing hearings, noting that financial costs, not public input, hinder plant construction.
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Soviet Union
Gorbachev
America
Three Mile Island
The
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Bill Dannemeyer
R-Calif
Dannemeyer
Aerial Demonstra tion Thrills 4000 At Detrick Field 1949
A crowd estimated over 4000 watched the 2d Division Aviation Corps display at Detrick Field led by Major Charles A. Masson who steered nine planes via radio from the lead pit. The event climaxed with a parachute jump by Sergeant Paul Diehl of Baltimore and featured formations and timing across the sky. Meanwhile local tennis action saw Frederick team McCardell Radcliffe reach Cumberland Valley final after beating Ramsburg McCardell and Palmer Creager. Ramsburg continued singles play, set to face Frank Thompson next. An August heat wave, the strongest since 1937, persisted with seven straight 90 degree days.
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2D Division Aviation Corps
Detrick Field
Charles A. Masson
Paul Diehl
Balmore
Frederick
Max McCardell
Buddy Radcliffe
Cumberland Valley
Richard Ramsburg
Adrian McCardell
Edgar Palmer
John Creager
Thurmont
Mr. Ramsburg
Frank Thompson
Martinsburg
W.va
Frederick County landfills and housing plans outlined
Twenty years ago Frederick County Engineer William Font said the new sanitary landfill would operate on a trial basis for commercial trucks. Attorney J Edward Davis said opponents including about 200 members awaited Maryland Court of Appeals results. Governor Mandel announced no link between Rocky Mountain Spotted fever and Fort Detrick testing. Marie Rice led a fair housing council forming to address local housing access and movement. Richard Burgee announced Montecito Development plans for an 8171 unit town along the Frederick Montgomery County line on 1400 acres.
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Frederick County
William Font
J. Edward Davis
Maryland Court of Appeals
Marvin Mandel
Fort Detrick
State Health Department
Maryland
Marie Rice
Richard Burgee
Montecito Development
Frederick
Montgomery County
Israeli raid cited as tactical victory in hostage crisis
An opinion piece praises Israel’s July 28 raid that captured Abdel Karim Obeid, arguing it upends terrorists holding Americans in Lebanon. The author criticizes US critics and asserts the operation aligns with American policy, urging continued resolve in the war on terrorism.
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Col. Higgins
America
Israel
Ronaid Reagan
United States
Lebanon
Abdel Karim Opeld
Abdel Karim Obeid
Frederick County Planning Update Prompts Public Call to Action
Madelle Gott Tolbert urges Frederick County residents to engage with the 1984 Comprehensive Plan update. She outlines the planning process from draft to adoption, warns of rapid growth and traffic, school crowding, and staffed police and fire strains, and calls for public participation to shape future development. The letter emphasizes democracy, informs readers of public meetings, and stresses informed civic involvement.
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Frederick County
Frederick County Planning Commission
Planning Commission
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