Frederick County and City Flags Shine on Flag Day
The piece notes Frederick County and Frederick city flags, with Francis Scott Key linked to a county map flag portrait, and mentions designer James Pearl for the county flag and Jose Rosapepe for the city flag. It recalls Barbara Fritchie and the Stars and Stripes for Flag Day on June 14.
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Francis Scott Key
Baltimore
Mount Olivet
Frederick County
City Hall
Ohio
Mr. Key
James Pearl
Jose Rosapepe
Frederick City
Foreign aid debate and biased attack in columnist column
Leo Sperling argues foreign aid barely affects the budget yet demands careful, fact based discussion on who funds and how distribution occurs. He defends continued Israel and Egypt aid as vital national interests amid accusations of bias in Leonard Larsen's May 19 column. Sperling names Israel as a key stable ally and criticizes anti Israel rhetoric while highlighting regional security and economic concerns in the Middle East. Sperling writes from Frederick to inform taxpayers about this contentious issue.
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Oreign
Leonard Larsen
Israel
Larsen
Clinton
Republicans
House
Newt Gingrich
Senate
Bob Dole
Christian TV
Pat Robertson
Christian Coalition
Ralph Deed
B'nai Brrith
Fat Robertson
Egypt
Ohnhae
Middle East
America
Washington Post
Rhamzi Ahmed Yousef
New York World Trade Center
Iraq
Hussein
Leo Sperling
Frederick
Welfare reform debates reveal costs and failed orphanage proposal
The House and GOP critics floated moving welfare children to orphanages, a plan scrapped due to public backlash and high costs. It costs about 15000 dollars yearly for a three person family to receive aid, while placing one child in an institution runs at least 30000 dollars annually. The debate noted welfare work requirements as popular but challenging in practice and infrastructure.
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House of Representatives
Welfare reform warns against harm to children and poor families
Writer argues that work-for-welfare can aid recipients but cost more if jobs are scarce or unpaid. Calls for reforms to move recipients into work without cutting benefits that ensure basic needs. Opposes state care for children of poor parents and warns against harsher welfare cuts.
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Newspaper Enterprise Association
Revitalizing church life emphasized at Potomac Synod session
Two speakers at Hood College campus urged renewal for Evangelical and Reformed Church members from 106 churches across four states. Dr John Lentz and Rev Harold H Wilke addressed ministers and lay leaders on future challenges facing the denomination. Temperatures soared to 87 degrees as storms cooled the area.
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Potomac Synod of the
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Hood College
Potomac Area
John Lentz
Collegeville
Harold H. Wilke
Lansdale
Self diagnosing legal problems in Frederick
The Frederick News-Post front page story on do it yourself legal forms shows a client who filed a Petition for Contempt without a wage attachment. She later hired a lawyer, who will seek the wage attachment at the contempt hearing, underscoring the need for professional legal help.
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Frederick News-Post
Wrong direction for environment with bill changes
A state voice denounces House changes to the Clean Water Act calling the bill the dirty water bill and accusing industry lobbyists of writing it. The speaker warns wetlands, stormwater treatment, and sewage standards would weaken protections and larger discharges would follow, urging lawmakers to protect rivers, lakes, and Chesapeake Bay for future generations.
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House of Representatives
Chesapeake Bay
Roscoe Bartlett
Congress
Letter Topics on Clean Water Standards and Juries
Stephen A. Jones argues for fixing Clean Water law with incentives for farmers and wetlands holders rather than rolling back protections, praising current gains including Chesapeake Bay. Richard Bowers criticizes racially diverse juries, cites LA riots and Simpson trial, questions impartiality and suggests professional magistrates for trials.
Juries and the Sixth Amendment in a divided history
The piece argues that impartial juries under the Sixth Amendment have long been shaped by racial bias. It traces continuity from emancipation era amendments to modern trials, noting white and black jurors' prejudices and the ongoing influence of racial animus in jury selections and deliberations.
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L.A
Simi Valley
King
America
Los Angeles
Lance Ito
O.J
Simpson
Madison
Mason
Jefferson
Henry
Letters to the Editor policy at The Frederick News-Post
The Frederick News-Post invites letters from readers and requires name address and phone number for verification. Not all letters are published due to space and volume, with some letters edited for taste. Poetry religious verse or letters addressed to others are not published. use Address Patrick St Frederick MD or fax 662-8299.
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Frederick News-Post
Frederick Newsett
Patrick
P.O
Frederick
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