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Local politics and crackdowns on ward signs amid 1980 race talk
The piece surveys campaign signs in Frederick area politics with mentions of Hughes as a potential candidate, billboard strategy by Shirley Happ and Byron to Congress, and Gov. Blair Lee. It notes police activity arrests, a Baltimore arson inquiry into a prison fire, and political jockeying around Sen. Edward Thomas and Sen. Charles Smelser amid redistricting, with local observers questioning Beall’s governor prospects.
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Hughes
Subway
U.S. 15
Frederick
Elizabeth
Harvard
Ussr
Baltimore
Washington Post
Tre
Sett
Shirley Happ
Happ
West Patrick Street
A&p
Happs
Blair Lee
Evergreen Point
Steve Sachs
Patrick
Jefferson Street
Byron
Congress
V. Greene Jr
Biggs Avenue
Red Light
Frank H. Welty
Catoctin Avenue
Clayton L. Campbell
J. Jefferson
Harold C. Brode
Shawnee Drive
Sharon A. Kliff
Middletown
Randy E. Weddle
Motter Avenue
Frederick Man
Lee's Men's Wear
S. Market St
Thomas Mark Smith
Pennsylvania Avenue
Frederick City
Chase and Boyer
Smith
Kathryn Mae Wilcom
Jefferson
James Edwin Norris
Bt. 1
Michael Wayne
Edward P. Thomas
Charles H. Smelser
Wally Hutton
Adnapoli
WAO
Thomas
Smelser