Chamorro Victory Ends Ortega Rule in Nicaragua
Faith in freedom candidate Violeta Chamorro defeated Marxist leader Daniel Ortega as Sandinistas protest the outcome. Observers logged 3,000 foreign monitors while Nicaragua faces a fragile transition amid economic collapse, mass protests, and concerns of internal resistance. The people cast a peaceful ballot to reject communism and pursue democracy.
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Violeta Barrios de Chamorro
Daniel Ortega
Nicaragua
Ortega
Central America
Free World
Maryland absorbs Washington DC rumor stirs debate
A columnist notes Governor Schaefer playful remark at a National Governors Association event suggesting DC could join Maryland if statehood fails. The piece mocks the idea, cites Washington Post coverage, and jokes about Maryland hosting DC residents and a possible Redskins address.
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Don Schaefer
District of Columbia
Maryland
William Donald Schaefer
National Governor’s Association
Washington
Schaefer
Annapolis
Mike
Mike Miller
Maryland Senate
Baltimore
D.C
Montgomery County
Prince George’s County
Washington Post
Don
Willie Don
Sen. Jackson
Sen
Fauntroy
Louis Goldstein
Prince George’s
Montgomery
Berlin Wall
Maryland General Assembly
Virginia
Free
Redskins
Perks for Diplomats Include Sky-High Education Stipend
Washington report finds the State Department offers 84 allowances to diplomats totaling about 1.3 billion dollars annually. Education stipends worth 14,900 dollars per child appear well above domestic education costs and above military dependents’ funding.
U.S. diplomats face audit over hardship pay and school stipends
Auditors question 127 of 145 hardship posts qualify for extra pay and note a $58 million yearly hardship bonus cost. The State Department’s $14,900 school stipend funds elite overseas boarding, while Defense Department schools cost about $5,000 per pupil. Irving Hicks calls the audit insulting to employees. AID’s Front Line newsletter misdelivery leads to a six month backlog of 10 tons of issues found in a mail distribution raid by investigators.
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Pentagon
Defense Department
State Department
Irving Hicks
U.S. Agency For International Development
Front Line
Washington
AID
Powers That Be At Aid
Housing Authority buys 19 Frederick City properties
On March 1 1949 the Frederick City Housing Authority purchased 19 properties in the northwestern area for about 16900 dollars, covering 40 percent of land needed for a housing project with options on the remaining 60 percent.
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the Housing Authority of
Frederick City
City
Elm Street School Destruction Sparks Local Outcry
A letter from Austin P. Renn of Adamstown laments the 1912 Elm Street School’s demolition and asks why the Historic Preservation Commission did not intervene. He notes the building was sturdy, could have housed needy families, and fears Frederick Memorial Hospital cannot meet rising demand for beds and rooms as the city grows.
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John Greenleaf Whittier
Maude Muller
Frederick Boys’ High School
Elm Street
Frederick County
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Reich’s Ford
Historic Preservation Commission
Town
Frederick Memorial
Accident-prone Md 26 stretch prompts stir on fixes
A reader-column letter laments frequent crashes on Md 26 between Routzahn's Way and Md 194 near Walkersville. Two crashes occurred the evening of Wednesday Feb 21, urging action beyond pending Dearbought widening. The writer suggests interim safety steps such as temporary closures of the cut-over to improve commuter safety.
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MD. 26
Routzahn’s Way
MD. 194
Walkersville
Traffic plan asks for left turn arrow at Md 26 intersection
A Frederick letter argues for a left turn signal at Md 26 near Trading Lane Routzahn’s Lane and a light at Waterside Drive Md 25 to ease peak hour traffic. The writer notes left turns currently require risky maneuvers and cites rising Trading Lane traffic as worsening conditions.
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North Market Street
MD. 26
Trading Lane
Routzahn’s
Waterside Drive
MD. 25
Routzahn's
Wormans Mill
Save the Schroder Farm Committee presses landfill concerns
The Save the Schroder Farm Committee states severe environmental problems at Reichs Ford Road landfill and warns the county’s non systematic site search risks creating no landfill. The group pledges to present documented facts to civic groups and governments, naming TIM TAVENER as the contact.
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Reich
Ford Road
Frederick County
Thomas Hattery
George Littrell
Boyd Smith
Save the Schroder Farm Committee
Reich’s
Chicago case parents of Lattie McGee questioned
Letter writer Edward B. Jenkins protests a Chicago Criminal Court case about Lattie McGee a four year old tortured and murdered. He questions punishment proposing prison terms with parole or harsh methods and urges protecting children.
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Chicago
Lattie McGee
Lattie
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Ime
Berit
Diplomatic Corps
Congress
Jim Lynch
Jack Anderson
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Kasco Feed Service
Carroll Street
Oliver H. Keefer
Thurmont Area
Fredericktown Bank & Trust Company
N. Market St
W. Meredith S. Young
Citizens Volunteer
Chester Stevens
South Market Street
Stevens
Wachter Brothers Inc. of
Frederick
Maryland Confectioners Association
Charles R
Dick” Wachter
Ray Foley
NCWA
Marion D. Johnson Jr
Marion D. Johnson
Buckeystown
Elizabeth Randolph
U.S. Navy
Johnson
Norfolk, Va
Ruby
Marion III
Michael
Ann Pyne Frederick
Nazi Germany
Nancy E. Hanel Tramsville
Carolyn Marshall-Green
Tim Tavener
Tramsville
Edward B. Jenkins Frederick
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