Public notice feud over Frederick charter changes and access
A Frederick newspaper laments the city aldermen and mayor for not publishing the full legal notice of proposed charter changes in a local newspaper. The paper argues the public deserves transparent access to government actions and condemns reliance on a new arts weekly. It recalls past cooperation and a donated Mountain City Mill, now valued higher after city purchases nearby property.
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Rederick
Frederick City
Frederick
City Hall
Carroll Creek
Mountain City Mill
Delaplaine Visual Arts Center
Goodwin
Mountain City
Elevators Bring Discomfort and Tiny Tensions
Mike Royko surveys urban life aboard automatic elevators noting the silent ride, strangers’ necks, and awkward small talk. He jokes that the only common feature is the pinging progress meter and suggests elevator conversation te breakers as a cure.
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Sidney Smith
George
Express Chronicle backs glasnost era press reform in USSR
Vladimir Korsunsky, once a state journalist, helped launch Express Chronicle in August 1987 to publish facts without state commentary. The paper grew to four pages weekly with 100 staffers but faced KGB confiscations and reporter detentions. Korsunsky recalls arrests, psychiatric evaluations, beatings, and hunger strikes in attempts to report human rights.
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Moscow
Vladimir Korsunsky
Korsunsky
Mikhail Gorbachev
Korsun
Gorbachev
KGB
Sverdnovsk
Soviet Samizdat Press Faces Intimidation and Survival
Report on independent Soviet journalists led by Sergei Grigoryants facing KGB pressure. About Glasnost and Express Chronicle, their exile of printers, and bans on charging for papers. Donor-funded survival amid restrictive laws. Also notes Japan bashing trend and titles popular in Japan.
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Korsunsky
Express Chronicle
Soviet Union
Glasnost
Sergei Grigoryants
Grigoryants
KGB
Tamara
Moscow
Samizdats
Samizdat
Tamara Grigoryants
Center For Democracy In the
Ussr
30Th St
New York
Boonsboro CCC Builds Long Road to New Site West of Frederick
About 100 CCC members spent a week constructing a one mile long eighteen foot wide road from the Hagerstown Frederick highway to the Klein farm three miles west of Frederick. The corps hopes to relocate in barracks by October first. Market Street white way restored after two day outage due to burned cable and a tree stump near 223 North Market Street. Woodsboro Liberty Road opening creates new hazard at Liberty Pike intersection with stop sign removed at Diller's store. officials plan to replace it.
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Boonsboro Civilian Conservation Camp
Hagerstown- Frederick
Charles E. Klein
Frederick
Woodsboro
Libertytown
Diller's
Four Frederick County Attorneys Nominated for Circuit Judge Post
The Frederick County bar association submitted the names of Samuel Barrick James McSherry Robert Rothenhoefer and Byron Thompson for the circuit court judgeship to Maryland Governor Mandel Senator Goodloe Byron planned a seven mile Appalachian Trail hike from Weverton to Gathland Park as part of the Brunswick Potomac River Festival Frederick city crews spent four days repairing a blocked sewer main on North Court Street amid line difficulties Judith King Boughton Smith and Marilyn Mundy were named counselors in Hood College admissions office under Robert A Doyle
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Frederick County
Maryland
Meryin Mandel
County Bar Association
Circuit Court
Samuel Barrick
James McSherry
Robert 5. Rothenhoefer
Byron Thompson
Goodloe Byron
Weverton
Gathland Park
Prederick City
North Court Street
East Patrick
Church Streets
Judith King Boughton Smith
Frederick
Marilyn Mundy
Ellicott City
Hood College
Robert A. Doyle
Abortion views spark heated letter from Anita Gill
Anita Gill of Monrovia laments abortion, arguing against killing unborn babies by citing prenatal guide text. She describes pregnancy as a humane issue, questions legal allowances, and urges recognition of the developing fetus as a human being.
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Ms. Whiting
George E. Verrilli MD
Facog
Anne Marie Mueger
Carroll Creek parking deck cost sparks alarm and questions
Front page excerpt details high land price for a third Carroll Creek parking deck. City leases land back to buyers, questions arise over who pays taxes and whether blockers knew the seller’s willingness. Officials admit gaps in knowledge and standard lease tax practice.
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Carroll Creek
Town Creek
Goodwins
Szabu
State Property Division
Carroll Creek project questioned over land deals and costs
Kathryn E. Miller of Frederick blasts city officials and their consultants for mismanaging Carroll Creek Linear Park funding. She warns taxpayers may bear costs from questionable land deals and asks for fiscal restraint and accountability.
Abortion Debate Sparks Letter to the Editor
Norah Whiting challenges Angela Martin’s August 16 letter on abortion, noting open discussion with children and the low physical risk of legal abortion per Surgeon General Koop. She argues crisis pregnancies have varied outcomes, warning against imposing personal beliefs on others and urging thoughtful choices for families.
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Angela Martin
Martin
Ms. Martin
Right To
Call for fact based proof of park alcohol ban
Letter from Brian F Blood of Libertytown urging Frederick County commissioners to obtain hard data from the Sheriff and City Police on 1988 alcohol related arrests. He questions park related use and suggests evaluating bans on cigarettes if alcohol is shown to be unwise. He invites readers to submit signed letters with full contact details to the Easter Frederick News-Post.
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Frederick County
Sheriff's Department
Frederick
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