Frederick County Grants Break on Water Bills for Eastalco
Frederick County commissioners approve a 20 year old water contract change that lowers bills for Eastalco Aluminum, saving the plant about 2.3 million dollars but shifting the cost to other water users. The move reflects rising industry incentives and debates on supporting existing employers versus attracting new business.
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Frederick County
Bastalco Aluminum Co
Eastalco
Frederick
Eustalco
Adamstown
Eustako
Maryland
William Donald Schaefer
Allegany County
Washington County
Debate over Pit Bulls and a possible breed ban in society
Robert C. Reid questions if pit bulls should be eradicated due to violence or if blame lies with breeders and owners. He notes dogs’ mixed breed nature, historic use in fighting, and rising human attacks while urging careful consideration of training and legislation rather than panic.
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United States
England
Evening News
Los Angeles
ABC
Nightline
James E.doc McClellan
Frederick
Maryland General Assembly
McClellan
Doc
Anti billboard law stumbles amid stretched highway funds
The 22 year old Highway Beautification Act remains weakly enforced as only 488 of 108,975 billboards were removed last year and current funding shortages deter further actions. The FHWA redirected $40,000 to a history study, while critics fear it will justify loopholes that aid billboard interests over visual pollution.
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Ashington
Federal Highway Administration
Highway Administration
Joseph O'Connor
Stewart Harris
First Steel Work Begins On Potomac Bridge At Point of Rocks
The George F. Hazelwood Company of Cumberland completed the first steel work for the new Potomac River bridge at Point of Rocks. Girders were laid across Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks and more steel was unloaded for a further span over the old Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Evengelical Lutheran Union Vesper Service held in Baker Park with Rev Dr Amos J Traver and Rev P H Gleichman assisting. The sermon Are We Really Christ's Witnesses was given by Rev Harold L Hann, who came from Fairmont West Virginia. State police seek thief who stole seven tents worth 100 dollars from a Girl Scout storage building on Harp Road. The Ketterman Annual Family Reunion was at Cold Springs Park Waynesboro with about 170 attendees and plans for next year set.
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Associate Consultants Inc
Congress
O'Connor
George McInturff
Myron
Outdoor Advertising Association of America
Federal Highway Administration
Highway Agency
Capitol Hill
Highway Administration
Missouri River
Wiobrara
Neb
Springfield
Intercoastal Waterway
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Buffalo
Arkansas
Shreveport
Kansas City
Potomac River
Point of Rocks
George F. Hazelwood Company of
Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Baker Park
Amos J. Traver
P.H. Gleichman
Harold L. Hann
Hann
Frederick
Fairmont
W. Va
National Girl Scout Association
Harp Road
Ketterman
Cold Springs Park
Waynesboro
Grace
Steve Pearson
James Trace
James Carey
Frederick dentist planned to open new office
Dr Arnold G McGreevy born in Cumberland attended LaSalle High and Mount St Marys earned University of Maryland dental degree finishing a Navy hitch at Bethesda expected discharge Friday July 28. office to open the following Monday. Joseph R Bachter named director of University of Maryland Fire Service Extension department starting in 1962 as senior instructor. Army Pvt Harold E Long of Frederick fired expert with M 14 at Ft Bragg NC highest weapon test. Dinner for Alton Twenty marking 20 years with the city Botce. John Big Tree Onondaga chief died near Syracuse at 102 claimed, 92 found by association.
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Arnold G. McGreevy
Frederick City
McGreevy
Cumberland
LaSalle High
Mount St. Mary’s
University of Maryland Dentistry Department
U.S. Navy
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Joseph R. Bachter
University of Maryland Fire Service Extension Department
University
ARMY
Harold E. Long
Frederick
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Troquois
John Big Tree
Onondaga
Syracuse
N.Y
Onondaga County
Letters on Sunday shopping and accountability
A reader argues for Sunday store openings to aid working families and questions the ethics of restricting shopping. The letter from Linda Fitzgerald of Frederick is paired with a column comparing Iran-Contra hearings to the Pearl Harbor era, asserting responsibility rests at the top and praising liberal Democrats for upholding that view.
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United States Pacific
Congressional
Edward H. Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
Admiral Kimmel
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gauthier seeks materials on H and F trolley line in Maryland
Carroll S James Jr of Silver Spring thanks colleagues for efforts to return R and F trolley bodies to Frederick. He notes Nancy Luse’s article on the National Capital Trolley Museum and asks for footage and photos of the Frederick to Middletown to Hagerstown route. He plans a sound slide show film and appeals for grants and material from readers.
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R&f
Frederick
Nancy Luse
National Capital Trolley Museum
Virginia Byerly
Strine
H&f
Maryland Humanities Council
Tom
Hagerstown
Censorship debate on radio songs and rights
James Gayfield argues that thousands of songs are censored daily by radio stations. He questions constitutional guarantees to play any record, cites past announcer experience, and suggests tuning to other stations or visiting record stores to avoid censorship.
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Jennifer Lynne Clarke
News-Post
Michael
Clarke
George Ess
Chris Jagger
Bakker
Tammy Faye Ged Cross
James Gayfield Thurmont
Mathey Crue
Frederick News-Post Letters Policy Requires Signatures
The Frederick News-Post invites letters signed by writers. Each submission must include a home address and two phone numbers for verification. Addresses and phones are used to confirm authorship. poetry or religious verse is not printed as letters.
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Frederick
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