Local Heroes and long service mark town achievements
Robert Cale named Trooper of the Year for investigative skill and lifesaving rescue. Cpl Barry Horner retires after 25 years with Frederick police. Dr. David Denton steps down after leading the Maryland School for the Deaf 25 years. Samuel St Clair funds Md 27 light. Valerie Mead aided by Blaine Schattenberg saving a child at a pool. Community notes praise positive deeds and local goodwill.
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Robert Cale
Frederick Barrack
Maryland State Police Alumni Association
Cale
Cpl
Barry Horner
Frederick City
Cpl. Horner
David Denton
Maryland School For the Deaf
Samuel
Bill” St. Clair
MD. 27
Penn Shop Road
Mount Airy
Valerie Mead
Blaine Schattenberg
Ms. Mead
Watergate plus 20 decries Hollywood portrayal and legacy
The Washington Post in a retrospective marks twenty years since Watergate and criticizes the film All the President's Men for glossing over key figures. Ben Bradlee Howard Simons and desk staff are hailed for the newsroom stakes, risk, and lasting impact on journalism and public trust.
Watergate anniversary looks back at crisis and vigilance
Twenty years after the Watergate burglary the piece reflects on the crisis, constant media pressure, and political figures like Spiro Agnew and George Bush who vilified the press. It notes CIA tailing and government plots, recalling a tense era of investigative conflict and surveillance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Winston Churchill
White House
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Republican National Committee
George Bush
Nixon
CIA
Richard Helms
Anderson
Watergate Era Chronicle of Andersons and Plumbers
A compact ledger of Watergate era events tracing Jack Anderson’s clashes with the Nixon White House. It lists dates from Oct 1970 to Apr 1972 detailing presidential anger, investigations, CIA scrutiny, plumbers threats, and the key McCord note that exposed a broader burglary scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Nixon
H.R. Haldeman
White House
Jack Caulfield
Haldeman
Caulfield
Andersons
Gene Smith
Pentagon
Daniel Ellsberg
Jack Anderson
Plumbers
Blackout test misunderstood by local SMP officials
Fifty years ago on June 19 1942 Frederick State Military Police explained their actions in a three hour blackout drill. Lieut Erwin R Kump said a grant violation cited by OCD resulted from misinterpretation of instructions. The scout rubber drive reported 18 tons collected in four days in Frederick County. The Kline repair shop fire caused about 5000 dollars in damage. An assistant mechanic was expected to recover. The Independent notes a June 19 1972 exercise by Hose Company burning a house at 111 East St. Public meeting at Cunningham Falls addressed dam filling and lake construction. A Lansing couple Chuck and Lee Durant visited Frederick on a cross country trip. About 60 people honored Gilmore Trout for 20 years as Walkersville burgess with guests including Richard Winn and Congressman Goodloe Byron.
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Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Nixon
Oval Office
Jack Anderson
John Ehrlichman
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
White House
John Dean
Anderson
Edgar
Hoover
James McCord
U.S
John Sirica
McCord
Erwin R. Kump
Frederick State Military Police
SMP
Office of Civilian Defense
OCD
Lieut. Kump
Richard F. Kline
Frederick Petroleum Transporter
Water Street
Independent Hose Company
East St
Gilmore Trout
Walkersville
Richard Winn
Goodloe Byron
What the media does and fails to report
A Frederick Post reader criticizes coverage on page A-2 for padding space with minor details in a School bus incident while ignoring broader issues. He argues television coverage fueled misunderstanding of the Rodney King trial and venue concerns, suggesting full video context might have reduced rioting and violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Post
News-Post
Singapore
Plymouth
Rodney King
Hollow Road residents rally over Middletown bypass plan
Residents along Hollow Road north of the 1-70 bridge voiced strong opposition at a meeting to the proposed Middletown bypass. The debate centered on an interchange that would adversely affect Hollow Road and the cry use Hollow Road echoed with determined urgency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollow Road
Middletown
Residents oppose Hollow Road interchange plan in Middletown
Evelyn L Kee voices strong opposition to a proposed interchange at Hollow Road, arguing it will shift traffic onto residential areas, endanger safety, reduce quality of life, and neglect local impacts while planners and officials push for easier access to I 70. She suggests rerouting to protect farms and avoid home destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Administration
Hollow Road
John Derr
Braddock Heights
Fountaindales
Rt. 17
Middletown
Gambrill Park
U.S. 40
Myersville
Keep marching bands part of curriculum
A Middletown High School student and marching concert band member urges the Frederick County Board of Education to keep marching band integrated with concert band rather than making it an extracurricular. The writer argues unity builds teamwork, school spirit, discipline, leadership and self esteem, and notes separate marching would reduce practice time and risk dropouts.
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Middletown High School
Board of Education
Middletown
Frederick County
Frederick County Board of Education
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Wilcome
Roy Meachum
Watergate Plus
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Post
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Bradlee
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Bob Woodward
Robert Redford
Dustin Hoffman
Howard Simons
Mr. Simons
Howie
Mr Bradlee
Jason Robards
Ben
Fairfax
Mr. Robards
Mr. Bradlee
Nixon White House
Katharine Graham
Simons
Woodward
Bernstein
Post Company
Fat Lady
New York Times
Watergate
United Feature Syndicate
Roger B. Wolfe
Frederick
Charles Sandy
Cunningham Falls State Park
Cunningham Falls
Big Hunting Creek
Sandy
Chuck and
Lee Durant
Lansing
Mich
Durants
East Stroudsburg
Robert P. McFarland Tramsville
Evelyn L
Kee
Sandy Norton
MHS
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