Farm policy blamed for high food costs and subsidies
The article blasts farm policy, accusing government and Congress of allowing grain export subsidies to Marc Rich’s Richco Grain, which received 65 million dollars over four years. Rich, a fugitive residing in Switzerland, faces 65 counts of tax evasion, while critics call for reform to curb taxpayer funded subsidies benefiting large agribusinesses.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Congress
Marc Rich
Rich
Agricultural Department
Richco Grain
Stamford
The Flag and a Call for a Constitutional Amendment
A patriotic op ed discusses the Star Spangled Banner as a symbol and flags rights after the Supreme Court ruling on flag desecration. It urges a constitutional amendment to criminalize flag desecration and cites Maryland and national responses, including a 1990 legislative push.
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Grand Union
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St.Andrew
Prospect
Somerville
Mass
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Continental Congress
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Union
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Iwo Jima
Supreme Court
Gregory Johnson
Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade
Dallas
America
Bush
Congress
Senate
Maryland
House
Corruption shadows Hussein regime in Jordan
In Amman a security guard at the airport intercepted at least 2 million dollars hidden in a couple’s baggage en route to Switzerland. The incident fuels public anger over austerity and corruption. Prime Minister Zaid Rifai resigned on April 24 amid growing unrest.
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Amman
Jordan
Switzerland
Hussein
America
United States
Zaid Rifai
Rifai corruption rumors rock Jordan amid riots and resignation
In Jordan, allegations that Rifai sold a farm to his government at inflated prices and steered subsidies through a cousin stain ministries. Riots over price hikes kill eight and injure 89 as Hussein accepts Rifai's resignation. Quayle uses pressure to move Haiti aid amid Senate opposition.
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Jordanian Central Bank
Ministry of Industry
Jordan
Hussein
Rifal
Quayle
Bush
Dan Quayle
Senate
Haiti
State Department
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Robert Kasten
R-Wis
United States
Frederick works project ends as passenger plane tours start
A $40,000 Works Progress Administration sewer project begun in December 1937 was completed with $5,000-94,000 from a bond issue. About 0 workers started, 25 remained at completion, laying 8,000 feet of sewer pipe and building a disposal plant. A passenger airplane en route to the World’s Fair stopped at Frederick Airport to offer rides over the city. The ad promotes air tours at the government airport with specific hourly rates. The airliner used Sinclair HC gasoline and Sinclair motor oil, agent G Raymond Shipley, Frederick.
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Agwer System
Florida
Frederick
Detrick Field
Government Airport
Sinclair HC
Sinclair Pennsylvania Motor Oil
G. Raymond Shipley
Telephone 118
Frederick County Real Estate MLS Firms Highlight 20 Years Ago
The Frederick County Board of Realtors MLS listed John N Bowers Realty William H Hamilton Lanner Realty Baker Kefauver Howard Kelly Skyline Realty Poss Berstein James S P Trout Hoffman Agency Tim Economides Emmett R Bowlus Ralph W Boyer Ruth Fischer. The CAC board urged county commissioners to keep CAC as is or reclassify as a private non profit amid Greene Amendment powers grant final approval over programs and budgets. A July 10 hearing was planned to decide CAC designation amid power struggles.
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Frederick County
Frederick County Community Action Committee
CAC
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Critique of Frederick County drug strategy report critique
Reader faults a 32 page Frederick County Commissioners anti drug plan as old fashioned and light on new ideas. Focuses on four officials including Lawrence Dorsey Kathleen Edwards Noel Farmer and Robert Snyder with calls for tougher prosecutions and better police coordination.
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Frederick County Commissioners
Lawrence Dorsey
Kathleen Edwards
Health Department
Noel Farmer
Robert Snyder
Frederick County
D.C
Marion Barry
Superintendent of Schools
Citizens urged to reexamine politicians’ work in Frederick
Letters to the editor call Frederick County residents to scrutinize elected officials and send them back to the drawing board for their actions.
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Frederick County
Frederick residents urged to oppose KKK rally and join unity service
A letter by NOW Frederick County president Carol Antoniewicz calls citizens to oppose the Ku Klux Klan rally in Frederick under the banner Support Your Local Police. The piece promotes July 1 interfaith service at Asbury United Methodist Church, then a unity walk to Baker Park with NOW members wearing black and white. The same page includes Frederick Keys Fan Club president Thomas M. Barle praising Grove Stadium progress and civic benefits, urging continued support for the team and local charities.
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Frederick
Frederick County
National Organization For Women
KKK
Asbury United Methodist Church
All Saints and
Court Streets
Baker Park
Frederick Keys
Grove Stadium
Leats Park
Keys
Stepler
Frederick County Historical Society Hosts Loats Home Garden Party
Julia E. Hanna, a Frederick High School contemporary, recounts how 16 of 18 Loats Home residents attended the society's June garden party. Rita Simon Gordon guided the author to greet other students and praise for the influence on a young woman.
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Frederick County Historical Society
Loats
Rita Simon Gordon
Frederick High School
Leais
Remembering Judy Ken- Gro and Carroll Manor Teachers
A parent letter recalls Judy Ken-Gro from Carroll Manor Elementary School and notes her caring teaching style. The writer laments five teachers leaving the school, including Judy, as she moves to a new position, thanking her for sharing love with Amanda, Robert, and Doris Nyere.
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Judy Ken- Gro
Carroll Manor
Judy
Jack
Amanda
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