Mount Airy to Get a $16 Million Shopping Center
Mount Airy plans a 150,000 square foot shopping center on the town center to anchor two large stores. The project aims to handle new residential growth near the Frederick Carroll county border, creating construction and post opening jobs and boosting local tax revenue. Opposition is reportedly minimal as the town reshapes its image.
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Mount Airy
Francis Scott Key
Frederick Towne
Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
Carroll County
Paris Lessons on Frederick's Traffic Future From Europe
Roy Meachum reflects on driving in the United Kingdom and Paris to contrast urban traffic handling with Frederick. He notes curbside parking absence in English towns, Paris’s evolving streetscapes, and the aim to balance auto growth with livable downtowns. His wife Sharon contributes analyses from a dealer’s view, shaping a shared forecast.
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Paris
France
England
Frederick
Britain
English Channel
Dover-Calais
United Kingdom
America
Italy
Spain
Morocco
Rue de Richelieu
Sharon
Sharon Delight Jones Meachum
East Pat Tick Street
Champs Elysees
Poindexter admits Reagan transcripts show Iran initiative
Admiral Poindexter testified that he was nervous and alarmed when Reagan confirmed the Iran initiative. The remarks came during questions by Rep. Courter about the Oval Office interview and its timing, revealing the president’s strategic aims beyond hostages for weapons.
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Washington
Adm
John Poindexter
Reagan
Poindexter
James Courter
R-N.j
Peace Corps
House
Courter
Iran
Courter Sneap
United States
Dale van Atta
Jack Anderson
Oval Office
Tehran
van Atta
Anderson
Sen
Sam Nuon
D-Ga
Vanita
White House
U.S
Libya
Tower Commission
Board approves sale of remaining Frederick sewage bonds
The Frederick city board authorized selling the last 50 000 of sewage bonds after earlier 200 000 issues, with bids opened at the city registrar and lowest interest rate winning. Public Works Administrator G F Sykes reviewed a federal funds request by the Board of Education for 245 000 to build a new high school, add a seven room elementary at Lincoln High, and four gymnasiums for Liberty High.
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National Security Council
CSA
General Accounting Office
GAO
Navy
Senate
Board OF Aldermen
City Register
Public Work
G.F. Sykes
Board of Education
Frederick
City
Lincoln High
Liberty High
Pity the poor British and Iran Contra voices clash
A letter bundle blasts British pride and Roy Meachum’s controversial actions while weighing Contra hearings and US policy. Writers include Sylvia Bealer, James Alexander, Janus Reggio, Peter Goodwin, and Barry McNeill, offering views on politics, religion, and governance.
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Carroll Creek
Republic
U.K
Grafeite
Medicar
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United Feature Syndicate, Tac
Grantare Eyden Standandi-Barninee Ner
News-Post
Rotary Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
J.D. Dave
R. Ames Hendrickson
Clyde M. Roney
J. Walker Carty
Carty
Eugene W. Pruitt
Baker Park
W.C. Royal
G. Hunter Brown
Robert Smith
Helen Bennett
Albertine Hodgson
Martha Lee Mille
Loretta Shewbridge
Wilma Reese
Mary Lowe
County Commission On the
Commission
Calvary United Methodist Church
Helen Nussear
Jeanne Bussard
West South Street
Nussear
C.L. Beason
Fort Lauderdale, Fla
Frederick and
Glade Valley
Elder Beason
Arkansas
Southern Missionary College
Tennesse
Florida
South Carolina
Alabama
Iowa
Fredericksonians
Roy
Mel
North Market Street
Rome
Attila the Hun
Beirut
North
Contra
Congressional Committee
God
Sylvia Bealer Gapland
James Alexander Frederick
Frederick Post
Janus
Reggio
Monrovia
Uncle Sam
Oliver North
Soviet Russia
Gary Powers
Gary
High Seas
Lloyd Bucher
Peter Goodwin Frederick
CIA
NSC
Tran
George Shultz
Congress
Persian Gulf
Lebanon
Barry McNeill Frederick
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