Frederick County Bridges Seen Safe but Replacements Needed
Frederick County maintains 180 spans through an active inspection program while 74 percent of Maryland county roads’ 1,038 bridges require repairs or replacements. Officials say aging bridges require updated weight limits and widths, not structural failure, contrasting state trends.
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Bridges Over Water Department
Frederick County
Maryland
National Association of Counties
London
Pruning Letter From Arbor Day Foundation Sparks D former Town Desk
The editor notes receiving 17 copies of a one page letter from the National Arbor Day Foundation Nebraska City Nebraska offering a free booklet How to Prune. The piece jokes the nonprofit should include a chapter on cutting wasteful press releases to save forests from publicity hungry PR people.
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Bush
National Arbor Day Foundation
Nebraska City
Nebraska
Ridding America of the Miranda Mentality on Drugs
A columnist argues for sweeping drug policy shifts, endorsing zero tolerance, severe penalties, and domestic prison expansion while condemning the Miranda rights framework as hindering the war on drugs. The piece cites crack cocaine, Medellin cartel violence, and calls for drastic measures to eradicate drug crime.
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America
United States
William Donald Schaefer
Intifada Fueled by Rumors and Backlash in West Bank
The piece links rumors to the uprising in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, noting Arafat and Palestinian leaders abroad waited decades for a spark. It details incidents from mid to late 1987 including a deadly Gaza high school shooting, a hang glider raid by Ahmed Jibril's group, and a Dec 8 1987 truck crash rumor that intensified protests and rioting. It also covers comments on the investigation into meat grade enforcement by the Agricultural Marketing Service and its lax oversight in Chicago.
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West Bank
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasir Arafat
Jordan
Israel
Jeader
Gaza
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Ahmed Jibril
Jibril
USDA
Agricultural Marketing Sera
Chicago
Agricultural Marketing Service
Usda Inspector General
Five men plead guilty in night court trespass case
On June 17 fifty years ago five transients were ordered to leave Frederick within two hours while one faced an additional truck theft charge and another for entering a grand jury inquiry. All pleaded guilty to trespassing on Baltimore and Ohio Railroad property. Temperatures peaked at 97 degrees, with unofficial readings hitting the century mark. ARCTICAIRE announced a new frozen food locker plant on Wisner Street near South Street. Edward D. Storm became president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, succeeding Ernest Berger after a brief interim term.
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Suburbia
George
The
National Review
Medellin
Colombia
U.S
Medellin Cartel
Supreme Court
Peru
Manuel Weinberg
Baltimore and Ohio
Frederick County
Frederick
Arcticaire Incorporated
Petroleum Corporation
Wisner Street
South Street
Frederick and Carroll County education row heats public turnout
Frederick County Teachers Association president Octavia Zimmerman said the group would not pursue action against the county school board, urging funding for the entire contract. Carroll County Commissioner Scott Bair told 450 attendees that education and the press were main governance problems, accusing teachers of pushing personal ideals and two reporters of backing salary hikes for teachers with family ties in education.
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Frederick County Teachers Association
Octavia Zimmerman
County School Board
Carroll County
Scott Bair
Frederick County and City Taxpayers League
Baseball stadium in Frederick County gains mother’s support
A Frederick County resident argues youth access to baseball stadiums benefits teens and young adults amid alcohol concerns. She urges approval of the stadium, stating alcohol presence is minor and values learned at home guide youths’ choices.
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Louis Park
Frederick County
Reading of Fort Dettick tests stirs defense debate in Frederick
In Frederick readers discuss Maj Gen Russell's remarks and a Frederick High yearbook note about Fort Dettick chemical and biological tests. A local commentator endorses The Killing Winds by Jeanne McDermott, warning of shocking details about defense experiments.
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Russell
Frederick High Yearbook
Fort Dettick
Frederick
Jeanne McDermott
Letter on Fort Detrick secrecy and disease centers
Mary Ann Putman of Frederick expresses belief that the public is unaware of actions at Fort Detrick and other disease control facilities nationwide. She cautions that the adage what you don't know won't hurt you may not apply in this case.
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Fort Detrick
Legacy of Gandhi King must continue in China
The Peace Resource Center mourns Tiananmen Square deaths where unarmed students and workers were shot by 27th PLA units. It condemns the brutality and urges China to end house raids, release detainees, and recognize students and workers’ democratic demands, honoring Gandhi and King in peaceful struggle.
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Peace Resource Center
Tiananmen Square
27Th People’s Liberation Army
Santiago
Chile
Gandhi
King
Save the African elephant from poaching menace
The editor urges global action as ivory demand drives poaching, shrinking elephant herds in Tanzania and across Africa. The letter notes price spikes from 2.50 to 100 per pound, calls for stronger laws, and appeals to readers to refrain from buying ivory products to protect elephants.
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Tanzania
Selous
Kenya
Uganda
Africa
Nairobi Weekly Review
World Wildlife Fund
U.S
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Peer Peleres
Eae News
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United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Edward D. Storm
Chamber of Commerce
Ernest Berger
Mary Cannette ‘Thurmont
Mary Ann Putman Frederick
China
Yvonne Small
Calc Peace Resource Center
Trudy Johnson
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