Frederick County coloring book sparks youth interest in local history
Elementary students drew historic Frederick sites like Barbara Fritchie Rouse and Hessian Barracks for a grant funded project. Nancy Steyers organized simple-read text while Carolyn Parker aided, aiming to educate and inspire future generations to value and protect the area's past.
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Frederick County
Barbara Fritchie Rouse
Hessian Barracks
Winchester Hall
Francis Scott Key
Nancy Steyers
Thurmont
Frederick
Carolyn Parker
Arts Council
Thatcher's England and the new British prosperity
Roy Meachum reflects on southern England in the Thatcher era, noting ruins replaced by new housing and private wealth. He discusses Labour woes, the party split, and Thatcher’s appeal to an English dream, with rising car ownership and postwar industrial shifts. He previews a discussion on traffic in historic cities.
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Labour
Margaret Thatcher
Winston Churchill
Shadowy Casey workarounds in Iran Contra revelations
The report portrays William Casey as leading a covert network within the government that bypassed checks and balances. It notes his habit of withholding sensitive details, coordinating with hard liners, and directing operations through outside groups to evade lawful oversight. It cites North, Mossad, and Ghorbanifar links and questions Reagan’s knowledge. The piece also covers underinsurance of nuclear plants and a satirical editorial on Soviet claims.
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Lran
Cantra
CIA
William Casey
Casey
Oval Office
Congress
Ashington
United States
Oliver North
North
Reagan
U.S
Bill Casey
Israel
White House
Iran
Mossad
Manucher Ghorbanifar
Heavy rainstorm floods Frederick. cow struck by lightning dies
A noon downpour drenched Frederick fifty years ago, yielding an inch of rain in two hours. A Holstein on Charles H. Klipp’s Frederick farm was killed when lightning struck a tree and ran to the animal. State Hatcheries chief Albert M. Powell said 7,300 fingerling bass hatched at Lewistown hatchery were stocked in Montgomery and Carroll counties with 3,500 released in Potomac near Seneca and River View and 3,500 more at Little Pipe Creek. about 3,500 additional fish to be released in Frederick next week. Reeves Blanford became head cashier at a bank in Upper Marlboro after leaving Farmer's Bank in Emmitsburg. The Frederick County Board of Permanent Assessors discussed individual assessment problems, finishing town work and moving to Middletown, requiring property owners to oath accuracy of answers.
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Frederick
Charles H. Klipp
Albert M. Powell
Lewistown
Montgomery
Carroll Counties
Potomac River
Seneca
River View
Montgomery County
Little Pipe Creek
Detour
Carroll County
Frederick County
Middletown
Del William Houck named to gas tax study committee
Twenty years ago Delegate William M Houck of Fredrick was named to a nine member panel to study gas tax revenue distribution and state highway financing. He was named by Senate President William James with Governor Agnew jointly appointing Robert Redding as chairman. Redding is vice president and general counsel of the Transportation Association of America. The Maryland Port Authority hosted many Frederick and Carroll officials on a tour aboard the MV Port Welcome led by James H Grove the Authority Western Maryland representative. Majorie G McKinney was named outstanding Airman at Hamilton AFB Cal. Edwards Jr Robert W was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant after OTS at Lackland and assigned to Vance AFB for training.
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Del
William M. Houck
Fred
Senate
William James
Spiro T. Agnew
Robert Redding
Redding
Transportation Association of America
Maryland
Majorie G. McKinney
Hamiltown Afb
Cal
McKinney
Air Catenen At
Air Defense Command
U.s.-Canada Air Defense Command
North America
Robert W. Edwards JR
U.S. Air Force
Edwards
Officer Training School
OTS
Lackland
Texas
Vance Afb
Okla
Myersville Mail Reflects Voter Referendum Drama and Phone Scrutiny
Letters debate new growth in Frederick County including Myersville developments, auto dialer legality, and a church recruitment pitch. Contributors voice concerns about annexation of 116 homes on 39 acres, blasting at Ballenger Creek quarry, and questions over Martin Marietta ads.
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Randy Goldenberg
Middletown Baptist Church
Myersville
Frederick County
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Roy Meachum
Maggie Thatcher
England
Southhampton
United Kingdom
Dover
Wales
Britain
Downing Street
Liberal Party
Labourites
Labour Party
Neil Kinnock
British Airways
Thatcher
Sharon
Iron Butterfly
Island Kingdom
America
Jack Anderson
PiPer Cubs
General Accounting Office
Energy Department
Los Alamos
N.M
National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories
California
Hanford
Washington State
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Ganga
Russkies
United Feature Syndicate
News-Post
Reeves Blanford
Farmer's Bank
Emmitsburg
Upper Marlboro
G. Lee Teets
Martin Marietta
Ballenger Creek
New Design Quarry
Co Play Cement Co
New Design
John and Caryn Kuster
Korea
Hungary
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Viet Nam
Afghanistan
Central America
Ollie North
Colonel North
Paul Weierbach
Mount Airy
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