Support for directional signs on Frederick County roads
A local editorial argues for allowing builders and realtors to place directional signs in median highway strips while weighing visual pollution and fairness. It notes the signs could boost housing development while urging responsible policing and maintenance of county beauty.
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Frederick County
Maryland
A Nap at Noon Reflects on Summer Siestas and Home Trade
Rheta Grimsley Johnson recalls childhood summers on a hard farmscape. Heat, no air conditioning, porch porches, melon carving, and the rhythm of work and rest shape love, memory, and identity as she questions modern comfort. The piece notes Johnson's column distribution by Scripps Howard News Service.
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Ted Turner
Rheta Grimsley Johnson
Scripps Howard News Service
Postgrad grit and stubborn cheer amid job market woes
Dave Shiflett urges new graduates to embrace humble early years, reject corporate shortcuts, and persist through hardship. He cites copy boy wages, cold rooms, and hostile environments as lessons in resilience, urging steadfastness and self reliance while lampooning conventional career paths. The essay ends noting Shiflett’s Scripps Howard distribution.
Frederick chooses three new policemen in 1942 meeting
In a June 6 1942 special meeting Frederick Mayor Lloyd Culler and the Board of Aldermen named Harry D. Stup Harry P. Phillips and Martin L. Kanode as new policemen. They also abandoned the Fourth of July fireworks in Baker Park and appointed a supervisor for the municipal golf course and swimming pool for the summer.
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Frederick
Lloyd C. Culler
Board of Aldermen
Baker Park
Harry D. Stup
Harry P. Phillips
Martin L. Kanode
G. Horton Peace
Chamber of Commerce
Maryland tax clash over silos and downtown plan stalled
Eastalco Aluminum appealed a 360000 assessment on two storage silos exempt as manufacturing equipment until removed from the list. The tax would have yielded about 9000 in county revenue. Bowers protested a 7515 assessment on an East Patrick Street house bought for 8500, arguing overvaluation. Downtown Merchants push Marcou O Leary plan amid delays.
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Eastalco Aluminum Company
State Tax Assessment Department
William Burgee
Maryland
Lawrence Dorsey
G. Hunter Bowers Jr
East
Patrick Street
Frederick County
Carlton Molesworth
Downtown Merchants Association
Marcou-O’leary
Government response to aid cuts leaves workers hungry and homeless
PAT MILLER of Frederick laments state funding cuts by Gov. Schaefer that ended her job aiding recovering women. She describes months of delays and red tape in accessing basic resources like food, housing, and utilities, warning she may be evicted or starve before help arrives.
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Frederick
William Donald Schaefer
TV Roundtable notes Clinton, Murphy Brown, Perot themes
On May 22 I watched C-SPAN Journalist's Roundtable with two main ideas. The hosts discussed Murphy Brown and Ross Perot, noting Clinton's polling drop and limited TV exposure. The segment suggested Bush and Perot trailed by about ten points with no mention of broader U.S. change.
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C-Span
Murphy Brown
Ross Perot
Clinton
L.A
U.S
Letters on education and arms shape a wary view of Japan
Readers debate Japan's rising role, education and industrial capabilities, questioning if the U S should build domestically, and defending gun ownership as a constitutional right while criticizing perceived indoctrination and political agendas. The correspondence contrasts global power, technology, and societal controls.
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Hamilton
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Jefferson
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Gibson
Unjust Rodney King beating sparks debate on justice
Valerie Bowers of Walkersville condemns the Rodney King incident as unfair and biased, blaming white police officers for excessive violence and criticizing the not guilty verdict by a white-dominated court. She supports civil unrest as a misguided attempt for justice.
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Rodney King
Rodney
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