Family friendly benefits face Senate hurdles in overtime plan
A Republican proposal to permit comp time for overtime at 1.5 hours per hour and flex schedules aims to ease family strain. Democrats warn of loopholes and 40 hour week tampering, arguing government mandates may burden business. Columnist Sara Eckel notes parental stress and limited quality time, debating whether Congress can deliver real family friendly policy without overreach.
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Senate
Sara Eckel
Congress
Line drawn by defense secretary on sexual conduct rules
The piece derides a double standard in military adultery cases from Kelly Flinn to Maj. Gen. John Longhouser and Gen. Joseph Ralston. It argues Ralston’s alleged affair was handled with more leniency, notes others punished, and laments Rank Has Its Privileges in the armed forces.
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Efense
Williams
Dee
Maine
News-Post
Kelly Flinn
Cohen
Air Force
Sheila Widnall
Joseph W. Ralston
Defense
John Shalikashvili
United States
CIA
War College
Ralston
Flinn
Ms. Flinn
John Longhouser
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Couna
Bhckiven
Deadly red tides threaten coastal waters and climate links
A Scripps Howard News Service report notes harmful algal blooms or red tides threaten marine life and humans. It cites rising intensity and spread, links to nitrogen pollution and wetlands loss, and urges stronger pollution controls, climate action, and an early warning system with satellite monitoring and rapid public health response. Joshua Reichert of the Pew Charitable Trusts is quoted.
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Paul Epstein
Harvard Medical School
Cape Cod Bay
North Carolina
Canada
Epstein
Joshua Reichert
Pew Charitable Trusts
Scripps Howard News Service
Hood College president announces retirement at 54th commencement
Hood College at the 54th commencement in the Hudson Outdoor Theater saw President Henry Irvin Stahr announce his retirement effective July 1 1948. A destructive storm caused over 4500000 in damage across Hagerstown and Frederick County with wind hail and rain. The Rippeon home near Libertytown lost its roof but was quickly tarped by five workers. Alderman Burker failed to secure a 2 1 2 percent county contribution to the Frederick airport project in a tie vote. Mayor Young said expansion would proceed despite the setback. Frederick County Commissioner Dorsey hinted at directing changes at the Metropolitan Commission if he had more support. High School Reporting winners honored Karen Bowman Betsy Read Cindi Jacobs and Sharon Holt.
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Hood College
Hudson
Henry Irvin Stahr
Hagerstown
Frederick County
Elmer Rippeon
John F. Gross
Libertytown
Rippeon
Gross
C. Elizabeth Burker
Frederick
Lawrence A. Dorsey
Paul L. Crum
Donald L. Lewis
Edgar C. Wirts Jr
Sterling E. Bollinger
Ronald N. Young
Frederick News-Post
Karen Bowman
Maryland School For the Deaf
Betsy Read
Frederick High School
Cindi Jacobs
Brunswick High
Sharon Holt
Walkersville High
Calls for safety lights at crossing near Woodsboro
Letter writer describes a near collision on Gravelhill Road Woodsboro with a train approaching 12 feet away due to obstructed view and inaudible whistle. He cites another sighting on old Md 550 and notes Barrick and Sons Stone Quarry traffic after a new company bought them. Calls for flashing red lights to prevent fatalities.
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Woodsboro
Iron Post
N.Z. Cramer
Barrick and Sons Stone Quarry
Pitiful column attacks military officers and fails journalism
The column by Roy Meachum is denounced as pitiful and based on innuendo. It stereotypes all senior officers as adulterous hypocrites, insults current Air Force personnel, and suggests World War II pilots lied, with no proof. The writer argues taxpayers paid to train an officer who admitted adultery should not be discharged, praising higher standards.
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Roy Meachum
Meachum
Air Force
Annapolis
Mr. Meachum
News
The
Post
Letter to the Editor from Jim McIlvaine
A reader from Frederick requests cancellation of his subscription and signs his name as Jim McIlvaine. The brief note voices dissatisfaction with the publication's standards.
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Jim McIlvaine Frederick
Letter praises radar on Mother's Day safety
A reader thanks Janet Owens for her letter about radar use on Mother's Day and credits police with potentially saving a life by stopping a careless driver. The writer, PAM MARSHALL, notes the radar presence could be a necessary safety measure.
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Janet Owens
Premium hike sparks retirement medical benefits protest
A retired Maryland teacher from Frederick County laments rising medical premium costs. She notes decades of low premiums paid by the school system, now amounting to 256 dollars monthly, far exceeding state cost of living adjustments. She cites age 49 retirement, out-of-state residence, and under 65 status as unfair, forecasting total payments around 30 thousand dollars by age 65 and asking if the system is fair for a 25 year teaching veteran.
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Frederick County
Maryland
Retirement under medical premiums shrinks my fixed check
Kathleen Mislan of Palm Coast Florida laments a $256 monthly deduction from her retirement for medical premiums. She notes one fourth of her pension is eaten by premiums, currently about six times her cost of living increase, and asks what can be done to help retirees as benefits shrink and more deductions rise. She seeks suggestions.
Sabillasville fifth graders win national Readers Cup trophy
George Wilhide of Sabillasville Elementary voices pride in 127 students who earned national honors from Reading is Fundamental, noting the win was small in coverage on May 22 on page A-8 of The Post alongside Thomas Johnson computer piece and Spring Ridge Elementary career day.
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Iam
Sabillasville
Post
Thomas Johnson
Spring Ridge
Letters to the Frederick News-Post for Letters
The Frederick News-Post invites exclusive letters from readers. Include writer name, home address, home phone, and business phone for verification. Abbreviated letters may appear. poetry and form letters are not published. Mail or email options are provided for submissions.
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Cmd
Frederick News-Post
Patrick St. PO
Bow
Frederick
Fredericknewspost.com
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