Preserving Farms Acknowledge Paul Coblentz in Frederick County
Local residents thank Paul Coblentz for preserving Middletown Valley farmland. His two farms are now agricultural preservation districts ensuring at least five years as farmland. Nearby Donald and Greta Huffer also protect land. Community urges officials to follow Coblentz as growth pressures rise across counties.
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Paul Coblentz
Frederick County
Mr. Coblentz
Middletown Valley
Fountaindale
Coblentz
Virginia
Donald
Greta Huffer
Huffers
Carroll
Washington
Montgomery County
Frederick drug arrest surge sparks cautious interpretation
Frederick's 1984 53 drug arrests rose to 120 in 1985 and mid-year projections suggest a continued rise. Analysts caution that higher arrests reflect police effort as well as drug activity, not a simple rise in use. The challenge remains to reduce illegal drug markets while avoiding complacency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Opinion Piece on Letters and Arrogance in Public Life
A columnist reflects on receiving little hate mail and contrasts his safer tone with a fellow writer who gets frequent criticism. He discusses biases, journalism ethics, and the role of editors, then muses on public figures, royal wedding chatter, and the dangers of arrogance in politics and society.
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Tom
Maryland
Roy
United Kingdom
Prince Andrew
Falkland Islands
Secret Service probes misused leave and beach stakeout
Secret Service personnel filmed a 34-year-old officer on a beach in Ocean City, Maryland while he was on unpaid leave. The agency later fired him for falsification and insubordination after a lengthy investigation that raised questions about the motives of higher officials. The piece also notes wasteful exchange-rate errors at the Agency for International Development and a crackdown on gray-market car dealers by the EPA.
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Washington
Secret Service
Ocean City
Sana Dunes
Robert Hambschir
Uniformed Secret Service
Beach
Hambsch
Washington, D.C
Annapolis
Cape St. Clair
Hambsech
Merit System Protection Board
The
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Jim Lynch
Hambisch
Tur
Federal Appeals Court
Agency For International Development
Guatemala
el Salvador
Ecuador
Egypt
Environmental Protection Agency
Rolls-Royce
Daimler Benz
California
First Prize Handcraft Exhibit at Baker Park
Fifty years ago the Baker Park handcraft show awarded Kenneth Fogie a Tower bowl while winners included Mary Jane Loeg Mary Engabeth Wells and Betty Alexander under judges Mrs Elmer Mussbower Mrs Charles Wells Edward Albaugh and Mrs Laurens Bowers. Also noted an foreclosing notice related to property valued at 286.18 and a truck detention of ten tons of unroasted peanuts in Urbana Maryland. Spiro Agnew campaigned in Frederick staying overnight at Holiday Inn with visits to Mathias Derr and others.
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Baker Park
Geraldine Kren
Kenneth Fogie
Mary Jane Loeg
Mary Engabeth Wells
Betty Alexander
Elmer F. Mussbower
Charles Wells
Edward Albaugh
Laurens Bowers
Court House
Sherman P. Bowers
Knot
Urbana
Virginia
Akron
Ohio
Sgt
D.R. Peterson
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
Holiday Inn Frederick
U.S
Charles McC. Mathias
Rmd
John A. Derr
Frederick
Del
Charles 0. Bresser
Rmontgomery
Agnéw
William ©. Doub
Agnew
Middletown
Hagerstown
Local business and the 1986 election outlook
The piece argues off year 1966 style politics shape Senate and House races with local economies driving votes. It notes stagflation risks, Fed rate moves, and potential nationwide recessions affecting housing and auto sectors, while foreign events likely have limited local electoral impact.
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Tip” O'Neill
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Senate
Robert Dole
Kansas
Mediterranean
Hussein
Jordan
Zia
Pakistan
Arafat
PLO
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Iran
Iraq
Fed
News-Post
Tax talk and reader letters spark tax debate and opinion
Readers criticize taxes on industry and profits, noting tax loopholes and foundations favor the rich. A letter from Hilton Urler in Westminster questions Roy Meachum’s column and asks for more national sports coverage, praising local sport pages and lamenting over church hymns and comics.
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Frederick
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Joseph Spear
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Pate
Wes
Migi
Anna May Hughes
Thomas Johnson High School
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the Good Witch
Betsy Meitzler
Dorothy
Kim Parks
the Cowardly Lion
Emily Putman
Toto the Dog
Farm Bureau
Mt. Tabor Park
Rocky Ridge
Young People’s Committee
Bureau
Theresa Duvall
Cornelius Dwyer
Federal Reserve Board
Reagan
United States
Hilton
Urler
Westminster
Roy Meachum
G.R. Brownfield
Meachum
W.C. Austin
Boyds
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