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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1989
Page
7
Maryland imposes a .02 blood alcohol limit for underage drivers and requires breath tests after moving violations. Police and MADD say awareness is low, with 873 under 21 arrests in the first quarter, up from 603 the prior year. Licenses will note the restriction, but enforcement rests on schools and parents.
Annapolis Bureau Chief Bob Reid reports on the Governor’s Mansion tree removal tied to a $251,000 landscaping contract and a $275,000 private fund funded bronze fountain. Critics blame Governor Schaefer and Mrs. Snoops for eroding historic character while calls grow for stronger legislative oversight by the General Assembly.
Thousands of olive and fruit trees have been bulldozed or burned by Israeli forces to undermine Palestinian life and economy amid the intifada. The piece cites specific tree losses, land disputes under Jordanian law, and reactions from Palestinian leaders while noting competing Israeli explanations and a separate political outrage segment.
More than 100 Boy Scouts and leaders from Frederick County gathered for a two week encampment at Camp Ribble, Cas cade. Represented groups include Grace Reformed Church North Market Street School Methodist Church Church of the Brethren Lutheran Frederick Walkersville Thurmont New Market Emmitsburg Woodsboro Sabillasville and Knights of Pythise. A committee led by George B Douglas Jr H Jewett Orth and W Springer organized the event amid the fiscal year end deficit due to federal projects such as the sewerage system fire hall and housing. Six months into a new marriage license law with a 48 hour waiting period Frederick County records show business down 55 percent.
Twenty years ago trustees rejected a faculty censure of the administration while the college named John J. Dillon Jr. acting executive vice president. Dillon was said to be charged by the board with managing internal affairs to free President Hugh J. Phillips for external duties. Separately, three-year-old Anne Gouker near Yeagerstown Road neared recovery after successful April open heart surgery at Johns Hopkins to repair congenital heart defects.
A May 17 Frederick County advisory council meeting opposed selling alcohol at McCurdy Leatsfields and Grove Stadiums. The 20 member panel argues alcohol is a gateway drug increasing relapse risk and harms youth, urging parks and events ban mind altering substances. They stress law enforcement limits and oppose sensational sports sponsorships.
A letter writer urges law adjustments for the substance abuse crisis while critiquing a newspaper fight to glamorize beer sales at sports events. The piece shares personal walking anecdotes, notes reaction to letters about local issues, and questions about land use and baseball access in Frederick.
Isabel Boone Tanner cites Publisher George B. Delaplaine on name spelling from the June 2 Frederick News. She corrects Glisan Mill Road, honoring Baail Glisen, with evidence tying to the grain mill on Singapore Creek and its stone wheels now in the Henry Ford Museum. Samuel Gilsan corroborates the area.
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