ten year old Crystal Chanline helps Salvation Army donations rise
Crystal Chanline, a 10 year old Middletown girl, went door to door with friends Hope Burns Shelley Tribbett to raise 24.12 dollars for the Salvation Army after seeing poverty on television. Captain Mark Satterlee called her effort heartening and a positive example for youth.
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Crystal Chanline
Middletown
Hare
Crystal
Hope Burns
Shelley
Crystal Tribbett
Salvation Army
Mark R. Satterlee
Frederick
Germany follows Bismarck eastward in new world order
The author argues modern Germany embraces eastward expansion per Bismarck’s “drang nach Osten.” He links postwar realignments, NATO, and Soviet dissolution to Germany’s push toward the East led by Bonn. He credits German financial clout with guiding Westernization of the Soviet Union while U.S. preeminence persists.
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Otto von Bismarck
Bismarck
Germany
Horace Greeley
Prussia
Robert E. Lee
Appomattox Court House
Napoleon Bonaparte
Europe
Moscow
Frederick County
Bonaparte
Rhine
Bavaria
Napoleon
France
Waterloo
Versailles
Louis Napoleon
Berlin
Russia
Hitler
Mikhail Gorbachev
East
Gorbachev
NATO
Warsaw Pact
United States
Washington
America
White House
Tokyo Bay
Wall Street
Bonn
Soviet Union
Comintern
Kremlin
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Asia
Steppes
End of Cold War shifts focus from minds to budgets
The halt of the Cold War changes the scholarship battle between the United States and the Soviet Union. U.S. AID funded Latin American and Caribbean students, aiming to foster leaders, while audits revealed politics and quotas. As glasnost shifts priorities, officials assure funding remains but fear budget cuts without continued competition.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Moscow
U.S. Agency For International Development
Eduardo Conrado
Bipartisan Commission On
Boyd
Latin America
Parking meters urged in Frederick traffic report
A traffic report presented to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen proposes installing parking meters and establishing truck detours through Frederick City. The eight page document was prepared by a joint committee of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Frederick branch Mor Mobile Club of Maryland for Mayor Lloyd C. Culler.
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Frederick City
Board of Aldermen
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Frederick
Mor Mobile Club of
Marylad
Automobile Club of Maryland
Lloyd C. Culler
Equal Access Rights and Court Support for Bible Clubs
A Frederick News-Post letter argues the Supreme Court 8-1 ruling in Board of Education v. Mergens upholds the Equal Access Act. The author counters claims of religious censorship and says safeguards in law prevent coercion, hate groups, and divisiveness while preserving First Amendment rights for student religious expression.
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Frederick News-Post
Ed Doerr
Supreme Court
Doerr
Board of Education
Justice Marshall
U.S
Mergens
America
Letters to the Editor defend free expression in schools
A reader argues that Nazi and Satanist groups should be allowed to use school facilities if they are not disruptive, citing eight equal access cases. The letter defends free marketplace of ideas and censorship opposition, mentioning defender Mr Doerr and marking support from Mark N. Trodbnick, staff attorney for Concerned Women for America.
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United States
Doerr
Roundup operation nets 36 drug users in Frederick
Under leadership of State's Attorney Lawriece A. Dorsey Jr and Sheriff Robert Snyder Operation Roundup II arrested 36 drug users at John Hanson Apartment Complex. The Frederick County Narcotics Task Force and Federal Drug Task Force aided this large joint operation praised for contributions from administrative staff and volunteers. Residents offered support with food and kind words as officers worked through hours of processing and paperwork.
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Lawriece A. Dorsey Jr
Robert Snyder
Frederick
Richard Ashton
Robert McAffee
John Hanson
Frederick County
Getting to the MVA is a real driving test
A reader warns about the Maryland MVA process and routes to Glen Burnie, detailing dangerous drives via Exit 56 I 70 East and chaotic lines inside the office. The letter ends praising the skill of anyone who can exit safely and navigate Maryland roads.
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MVA
Glen Burnie
Maryland
Charles Smith Seeks Reelect Frederick County Commissioner
In a campaign message Charles Smith touts his record as a reason to vote him back as Frederick County Commissioner. Critics note conflicts over farm lot sales on Middletown Road and Poffenberger Road and a 1989 county letter urging a judge to soften a sentence for the Allens, raising questions about his record and fitness for office.
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Charles Smith
Frederick County
Mr. Smith
Smith
Jefferson
Old Middletown Road
Poffenberger Road
Middletown Valley
Allens
Mr Smith
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United Feature Syndicate, Inc
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Walkersville
Walter K. May
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Woodsboro
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Paul Mossburg
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Joann Gillich
Evelyn Myers
Donna Crummmit
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Mark N. Trodbnick
Concerned Women For America
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