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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1992
Page
6
Frederick mayor Paul Gordon leads a town meeting praising common sense in handling new complaints about portable signs banners and neighborhood noise. He supports lenient approaches to signs and urges maintaining Baker Park’s duck feeding as a community charm amid mixed signs of urban renewal.
Governor William Donald Schaefer outlines a six person Maryland trade delegation trip to Slovenia and other European stops. He notes a $2 million medical supplies contract, efforts to promote Maryland tourism, and talks with shipping lines about Baltimore as a U.S. port gateway. A Slovenian Prime Minister visit is anticipated. a June 16 debriefing involved legislators and the Slovenian ambassador.
Washington observers accuse ABC CBS and NBC of slanting coverage against George Bush while portraying Bill Clinton and Ross Perot more favorably. Dr. Robert Lichter cites findings showing Bush receiving poor coverage, Perot favorable, Clinton the best this year, as he analyzes nightly sound bites.
Lichter finds Bush's TV coverage shifting from negative to positive in the months after February, correlating with rising Gallup poll scores. Clinton and Perot show different negative to positive ratios, while networks withhold live Bush coverage and strategists seek new interview and messaging tactics to regain momentum.
As the midnight deadline neared for auto operation without the $5 federal use tax stamp, Roy McK Harris organized last minute stamp sales with three clerks at two windows. OPA allowed a 2.5 cent gasoline price rise in the East, drawing Senate censure from Smith and George over impact on small stations and tourism. Frederick reports high price locally not the issue but scarce supply as many stations run dry.
Twenty years ago the Woodsboro Volunteer Fire Company parade crowned best appearing apparatus in county for Middletown VFD and best out of county for McSherrystown VFD. William Myers & Son of Westminster won best appearing senior band, and Girl Scouts of New Midway took best appearing float. Congress member Byron announced a 128000 federal grant for McCurdy Memorial Park facilities in Frederick. Maryland Historic Trust said over 100000 would fund John Hanson and Phillip Thomas house renovations if the city kept ownership until completion, avoiding razing for parking space.
A letter responding to William Brachey, arguing against compulsion to recite the Pledge. The writer cites religious and political reasons, critiques the flag as a government symbol, and defends the right not to pledge while praising West Virginia Board of Education v Barnette for protecting individual liberty. The piece emphasizes equal rights concerns, especially for women, and notes the ongoing battles over abortion, contraception, and welfare. The author urges mutual respect for differing Patriotisms and recalls the 1943 Supreme Court decision on voluntary pledge.
The letter from MELINDA SADLER cites Supreme Court civil libertarian views on the Bill of Rights. A second writer, MARSHA THOMPSON of Frederick, criticizes local coverage of a tennis tournament naming Walkersville High School athlete Dave Peters and the Jack Shockey Memorial Trophy, arguing misstatements and uneven reporting.
Richard Plantier of Mount Air complains The Frederick News Post lacks adequate tennis tourney coverage. He questions the paper's sports reporting scope given the town's smaller market and seeks more comprehensive Frederick County tennis reporting and related events.
Readers are invited to send signed letters with address and phone for verification, though only the signer is published. Letters may be edited and not all are printed due to volume. Concise submissions on newspaper topics have best chance. poetry and religious verse are not accepted.
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