Community urged to support youth programs at William O. Lee Center
Frederick residents call for ongoing support for Project 2000 and Just Say No to Drugs at the William O. Lee Community Center near McCurdy Field. At a July 18 open house, 14 supporting businesses were praised for aiding about 80 youths, with a local computer shop pledging 1000 and challenging others to match it.
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Frederick Housing Authority
William O. Lee
McCurdy Field
United Way
William 0. Lee Community Center
Pitching horseshoes on a Blue Ridge Summit lawn tale
A summer family horseshoe gathering at a rock cropped lawn near Blue Ridge Summit stirs memories of childhood, cousins, and a Pennsylvania resort era. The narrator recalls barefoot drills, memory-tinged days, and kinship rituals amid heat, tea, and talk of poets, professors, and distant relatives.
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Blue Ridge
Sabillasville
Pennsylvania
Deep South
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
South Lousiana
New Orleans
Maryland
Baker Park
Whitewater Hearings Spotlight Clinton Press Accountability
Senate Whitewater hearings reveal old news to readers while exposing complacency in the press corps. House Waco probes revisit known cult and fed errors, but the White House coverage prompts questions about investigative rigor and follow ups in prior reporting.
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Capitol
Senate
House
Clinton
Janet Reno
Clinton Press Corps
The
New York Times
Whitewater
White House
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Washington Post
Hillary Clinton
White House papers and the Foster death cover up
Scripps Howard notes that Mrs Clinton reportedly sought limits on police searches of Foster's office after his death and recalls prior searches and removals of documents. It questions who ordered the office search and whether a second note was destroyed, arguing the cover up harms republicans and presidents alike.
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Foster
Clinton
White House
Vincent Foster
Whitewater Committee
Steven Neuwirth
Bernard Nussbaum
Susan Thomases
Margaret Williams
Mrs. Clinton
Clintons
Nussbaum
Yale Law School
Old
Perry Mason College
Lt. Tragg
Williams
Washington
Whitewater
Scripps Howard News Service
Round table proposes joint city county hall for Winchester
A July 28, 1945 round table of city and county officials and civic group reps proposed converting Winchester Hall into a combined city county hall housing offices and records of both governments. Forecasters had noted persistent cloudiness and heat with possible afternoon storms. Virginia Van Sant, 20, named Miss Fort Meade after 1,200 soldier judges weighed in eight contestants.
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Winchester Hall
Virginia van Sant
Cumberland
Fort Meade
Helen Neal
Glen Burnie
Peggy McDuffie
Respite care a vacation for the caregiver
A caregiver laments lack of support after eight years of tending to a mother and the planned September milestone. The writer recalls attempts to access help, hospitalizations, and the perception that aid is uneven, with many feeling abandoned and unsupported.
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Daddy
Death penalty humane and practical stance debated
A reader disputes Nat Hentoff on capital punishment citing horrendous murders in Potomac and arguing Americans support the death penalty. The letter contends judges and technicalities free dangerous killers, while armed forces and law enforcement justify lethal force. It notes rare innocence in death row cases and mentions South Africa abolishing the death penalty.
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Potomac
Nat Hentoff
South Africa
Hentoff
Letter argues capital punishment as humane and practical
Leo Sperling contends that courts should tackle tribal violence and large-scale killings rather than focusing on a few murderers. He asserts habeas corpus and lengthy appeals restrain decisions, and that capital punishment is humane and practical because it prevents future harm and saves resources for those in need.
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South Africa
Bartlett and NRA Loyalty Spark Reader Letter
A Maryland reader questions Rep Roscoe Bartlett s ties to the NRA citing a larger donation to his 1994 reelection and a high pro NRA rating while suggesting he serve his district, not a single organization. The letter references two front page Post articles about Clinton and BATF.
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The
Post
Roscoe Bartlett
Bartlett
National Rifle Association
NRA
Maryland
Clinton
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Majority backs school prayer in public education letter
A May 30 letter from PAUL WARRENFELTZ argues the public favors prayer in schools. He contrasts John Ditman of Adamstown and Madalyn Murray O’Hair with President Clinton’s July 13 guidelines allowing voluntary prayer and Bible study while opposing mandated graduation prayer. He insists the country’s Christian heritage supports religious expression in schools and calls Supreme Court support unlikely to reverse this sentiment.
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News-Post
John Ditman
Adamstown
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Ditman
Clinton
Supreme Court
Letters to the Editor Policy at The Frederick News-Post
The Frederick News-Post invites letters from readers with name address and phone for verification. Publication is not guaranteed due to high volume and limited space. some letters are edited. Poetry, religious verse, or letters to others are not published.
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Frederick
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Martin Schram
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Wallace M. Dow
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Hagerstown
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New Windsor
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Sykesville
Patricia Dougherty
Pylesville
Susan E. Snyder
Gaithersburg
Pamela M. Clark
Centreville
Emma Jean Saathoff
Easton
Melissa Dutrow
Lime Kiln
John Zufall
Washington County Hospital
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