Summer fire safety tips from state offices urge caution
The State Fire Marshal and State Fire Prevention Commission offer summer grilling and outdoor fire safety guidance. Advice includes wearing long oven mitts, keeping grills away from combustibles, never leaving grills unattended, using approved lighter fluids, soaking coals after use, checking propane leaks, storing cylinders outside, and avoiding parking on dry vegetation to prevent catalytic converter fires. For more tips, call the State Fire Marshal’s toll free number.
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Health Administration
State Fire Marshal's Office
State Fire Prevention Commission
Maryland
Summer's siren call from an old Louisiana summer
A reflective personal essay recalls lifelong ties to heat and humidity in Louisiana. The author contrasts warm weather joys with nostalgia for preair conditioning days, bicycles, porch life, and simple pleasures like fresh summer meals, while acknowledging aging, memory, and the lingering allure of summer evenings and Mardi Gras seasons.
Bipartisan senators push to shield foreign policy from domestic politics
A 20-senator group led by Sen. Baucus and Sen. Hagel seeks to depoliticize U.S. foreign policy amid labor pressure on Clinton trade deals. Critics warn that Congress and the Senate’s chaotic dynamics distort diplomacy, with sanctions and NATO issues showing the friction between domestic calculus and international aims.
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Congress
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D-Mont
Chuck Hagel
R-Neb
Associated Press
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Jesse Helms
Rn.c
State Department
Helms
Baucus-Hagel
Baucus
Hagel
Senate
London
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Trent Lott
NATO
Europe
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Washington
India
Pakistan
Lott
China
Russia
John Kerry
Dmass
Scripps Howard News Service
Prizes to Feature Presidential Autographs at Carrollton Manor Picnic
Dr Joseph F Thorning rector of St Josephs Church Carrollton Manor says several currency pieces personally signed by President Harry Truman will be used as prizes at the Carrollton Manor picnic The best of three series between the Frederick Hustlers and the Charles Town WV American Legion ball club opened with a night game at McCurdy Fields arc lit ball park in Frederick KEHNE S at 69 Market St advertised a pint of orange gin or straight whiskey for 98 cents and ice cold beer delivered by the case in its Whiskey Department Furniture dept specials include 9x12 linoleum rug 4 99 double bed spring 12 and double utility cabinet 15 A COMPROMISE settlement was reached at Eastatco Aluminum worker cancer risk hearings in Baltimore which allowed management to avoid formal citation and fines while letting the state Department of Labor and Industry set out new measures to protect worker health Thousands visited Francis Scott Key Mall on opening day and were unhappy that none of the 14 open stores sold food or drink The Frederick County Commissioners urged the County Board of Appeals to exercise caution in granting variances in Evergreen Point to minimize traffic hazards on Md 85 and 355 Members of CETA summer theater performed Thats Entertainment 3 in Harmon Park A Mennonite family the Smucker Brothers dismantled a county barn on Montevue Lane to move to Rose Hill Manor
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Kehne’s
Market St
Case
Furniture Department
Eastatco Aluminum
Baltimore
State Department of Labor
Editorial Ardent Call to Unhitch Starr from Grand Jury Case
The Frederick Post lauds the grand jury system while criticizing U S Attorney General Janet Reno and special prosecutor Ken Starr for illegal tapes and overreach. The letter demands Starr’s firing and replacement by a qualified prosecutor, and also calls for the Maryland state attorney to be fired for malfeasance.
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Frederick Post
U.S
Janet Reno
Ken Starr
Maryland
Ms. Tripp
Clinton
Starr
Goats Seek Milking Parlor Fair Access at Frederick
A Frederick farmer and goat exhibitor argues goats deserve a milking stand at the Great Frederick Fair. She cites unfair treatment, limited premiums, and space conflicts as the new milking parlor progresses, urging a dairy goat section akin to cows and sheep.
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Tom
Frederick
Open season on wildlife spurs debate in local papers
Readers express concern over perceived open season rhetoric as newspapers highlight wildlife policy critiques and community responses. Opinions range from stricter controls to balanced harvest approaches, with officials urging calm and data driven discourse.
Letters compare wildlife nuisance to human flaws in Frederick fight
A reader from Waynesboro, PA laments wildlife versus human noise and pollution, urges Frederick residents to unite against Rotorex contamination. The letter condemns loud parties, litter, and disposable culture while defending deer and other wildlife as biogradable compared to human disturbances. It ends urging support for UE Local 133 and a boycott of Fedders products.
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Frederick
Rotorex
Fedders
Frederick County race letter endorses Adams for state's attorney
Sherry Norwood urges voters to back Terry Adams in Frederick County. She criticizes opponent Scott Rolle for plea bargaining in violent crime cases and argues for a prosecutor in court daily to seek longer sentences for criminals, especially in cases involving children.
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Scott Rolle
Frederick County
Terry Adams
Long labor dispute ends with bottled water concerns at Rotorex
A locked out Rotorex employee voices stress over contaminated drinking water during the dispute. He describes working through heat, drinking many waters, and awaiting resolution, pledging to stay until the end of the lengthy conflict.
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Shelie McCown
Rotorex
Talking the Talk on PAC Money and Campaign Debts
Timothy D McCown argues that State Senator Tim Ferguson and State Senate President Thomas Mike Miller use PAC funds to aid Democratic candidates and that Ferguson pressed businesses to donate after quitting his job to run full time. He labels Ferguson’s actions as hollow rhetoric and criticizes campaign finance and PAC influence, drawing a contrast with his own stance against Roscoe Bartlett.
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PAC Money
Tim Ferguson
State Senate
Thomas Mike Miller
Ferguson
Political Action Committee
Roscoe G. Bartlett
Letters to the Editor at The Frederick News-Post
The Frederick News-Post invites signed exclusive letters with full writer contact details. Space constraints, no poetry or form letters, and not all letters guaranteed publication. Send to the editor by mail fax or email with required identifying information.
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News-Post
Frederick News-Post
E. Patrick St
P.O
Frederick
Fredericknewspost.com
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