Senate votes to end 55 mph limit for highways nationwide
The Senate approved removing the 55 mph cap on federally funded roads while preserving the 55 mph limit for commercial trucks and buses and maintaining the seatbelt law. States gain power over open container rules and helmet requirements for riders. Safety experts fear more deaths if limits are rolled back. A separate issue calls for 72 hour round-the-clock inspections of heavy commercial vehicles to verify brakes and log books.
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U.S. Senate
Miers
Community calls for safety upgrades on U S 15
Donna Thomas of Point of Rocks writes a public appeal urging Maryland and local officials to install safety measures on U S 15 at Md 464 Mountville Road. She cites fatal crashes and asks for flashing lights speed indicators reflectors and a memorial sign to reduce future deaths.
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Mountville Road
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Frederick News-Post
Donna Thomas
Point of Rocks
U.N. Fifty Years In Review As Reform Talks Begin
The piece marks fifty years since the U.N. charter was signed in 1945 and urges reform. It notes growth to 185 members, ongoing conflicts and human rights issues, and debates whether the U.N. can lead a post Cold War world. A rebalance proposal calls for an expanded Security Council and new global governance bodies.
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Harry Truman
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Somalia
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Haris Silajdzic
NATO
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Ford Foundation
Richard von Weizacker
Moeen Qureshi
Just Out
Security Council
Holger Jensen
Rocky Mountain News
Denver
Scripps Howard News Service
Starlings in Frederick stirred by SPCA and warden
City leaders debated how to address the starlings in shade trees as Julia Yount of the Frederick County SPCA pledged involvement. Regional Game Warden Phebus called the birds an opportunity to ease a meat shortage while condemning lethal methods. Maryland weather warnings rose as a tropical hurricane neared the coast. Frederick eyed a proposed airport two miles east, likely a class two field, per MD aviation officials. Mayor Young pressed PSC to reconsider a one time assessment for the South Market Street underground wiring project. Fire crews battled a two hour dumpster fire at Everedy plant on Monroe Street as thick smoke poured from the blaze.
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Julia C. Yount
Frederick County Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Washington
SPCA
Benjamin F. Phebus
Ronald N. Young
Robert L. Sullivan Jr
Maryland Public Service Commission
PSC
South Market Street
Independent Hose Company
United Fire Company
Cascade
Citizens Truck Company
Everedy
Monroe Street
Frederick News-Post
News-Post
Frederick County
Frederick Post
Skip Lawrence
City Hall
Skip
News- Post
Frederick News-Post praised for community photography
A reader from Ijamsville commends The Frederick News-Post for balancing news with community focus. He highlights photographer Skip Lawrence and the City Hall fountain cover image from June 6, praising the paper’s talented staff.
Reaction to Oklahoma bombing fuels debate on civil liberties
The critique cites Saul Alinsky on reaction versus action and condemns the Omnibus Counter-Terrorism Act as enabling broad wiretaps and surveillance of alleged anti abortion extremists and other labels. The piece argues a double standard in government eavesdropping and questions civil liberties under wartime rhetoric.
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Saul Alinsky
Clinton
Oklahoma
American Civil Liberties Union
New World Order
Feds
Congress
Nixon
Hoover
Janet Reno
Beware the leaven of the Pharisees, a warning from Tim Ferguson
State Senator Timothy R. Ferguson argues that public figures and policies show hypocrisy and a climate of hatred. He condemns Clintonian double standards, calls out leftist rhetoric, and warns that attacks on conservative values threaten the U.S. Constitution and free government.
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IRS
National Rifle Association
George Bush
Democratic Party
Supreme Court
Clinton
Janet Reno
George Stephanopoulos
Randall Terry
Operation Rescue
Oklahoma
White House
Gerry Adams
Irish Republican Army
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Oklahoma City
Federal
United States
Songs of the road speed limit note from Thurmont
Pat Bishop of Thurmont muses on raising the speed limit with a song sequence tied to speeds from 45 to 85 mph. The verses referenced include familiar hymn titles as audible cues for each milestone while urging safer driving perspectives.
Boy burned by homemade bomb shocks local reader near Bamburg Court
A 14 year old boy was walking with a friend when a homemade bomb exploded. The incident caused fear in the writer who urges restraint and consideration of consequences to reduce youth violence in the community.
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Bamburg Court
14 year old wins U S spelling bee headline echo
The Frederick Post reports Justin Carroll describing his victory as like a dream after winning the U S spelling bee. Ronald Govans notes the moment in a concise recap of the event.
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U.S
Frederick Post
Justin Carroll
Frederick News-Post Letters to the Editor policy
The Frederick News-Post invites letters with name address and phone for verification. Due to high volume not all letters are published. some are edited for space and taste. Poems or letters to other people are not published. Address and fax details provided.
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