Courageous Bus Driver Improves Route For Safety
Bonnie Bindel, a Libertytown school bus driver, adjusted her route after a tragic accident to keep students from crossing the highway. She faced no bureaucratic delays, improving safety for two families and earning supervisor support. Her decisive action contrasts with standard practice and shows everyday courage.
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U.S
Bonnie Bindel
Libertytown
Green Valley Road
Ms. Bindel
School Board
Ms. Binder
Gun ban debates in Maryland House Judiciary Committee
Maryland House Judiciary Committee voted narrowly to advance a bill from Gov. Schaefer to ban assault weapons including rifles like the Uzi and AK-47. Chairman John Arnick explains weapons history and firepower, while opponents warn the measure could spark a broader gun-control struggle and trigger a constitutional backlash.
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John Arnick
Maryland
House of Delegates
House Judiciary Committee
William Donald Schaefer
Arnick
California
San Diego
Handgun Board
Frederick
James E. “Doc
McClellan
Doc
House
Del
Michael H. Weir
Baltimore County
Prince George’s County
Bruce Poole
Hagerstown
National Rifle Association
Soviet dissident Esketov loses citizenship in Gorbachev era crackdown
Almaz Esketov, former aide to Soviet officials, now homeless in Washington after being stripped of citizenship for leading a protest near the KGB. The piece notes Baltic bloc crackdowns, Lithuania and Latvia violence, and rising censorship as Gorbachev fights to hold the Union.
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Washington
Almaz Esketov
Supreme Soviet
Washington, D.C
Union Station
Esketov
Kazakhstan
KGB
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Glasnost
Lithuania
Latvia
Vilnius
Interior Ministry
Riga
Baltic
Soviet Union
Esketov pursues change amid exile and activism in US
Esketov, a Muslim antiwar activist and former assistant to Soviet deputies, criticizes nuclear testing and its impact in Kazakhstan. He seeks work in the United States while engaging human rights groups and recalling his expulsion by Gorbachev. A separate note describes a prominent postal chain letter signing by major editors and figures.
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Esketov
United States
Supreme Soviet
Olzhas Suleimenov
Mukhtar Shakhanov
Turkestan
U.S
Moscow
Scott Sleek
Republic
Kazakhstan
KGB
Gorbachev
America
Art Buchwald
Washington Post
Ben Bradlee
ABC
Pierre Salinger
Los Angeles Times
Shelby Coffee
The
New Yorker
Wall Street Journal
New York Times
Tip O’neill
Chicago
Hood College recital highlights Mother's Weekend
Fifty years ago the Dance Club at Hood College presented a recital in Brodbeck Hall during Mother's Weekend. Director Barbara Feike led the club with Eleanor Eichelberger of Frederick composing and playing music for three dances, joined by Emily Myers of Frederick in a single number. Dorothy Ford of Frederick chaired the ticket committee and ran publicity. Roads across Frederick County and Maryland were icy and hazardous, deterring travel. Deer were seen grazing widely, blamed on scarce food as mountains’ deer moved to lower lands. Maryland party leaders attended former Gov Harry A Nice’s funeral in Baltimore despite a snowstorm.
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Hood College
Brodbeck Hall
Barbara Feike
Eleanor Eichelberger
Frederick
Emily Myers
Dorothy Ford
Maryland
Baltimore
Harry A. Nice
Bomb in Capitol. locals condemn act amid warning
Twenty years ago a powerful bomb in the U S Capitol men’s room damaged adjacent rooms after a telephone warning claiming Laos invasion. Local residents angered by the bombing condemned it and voiced revenge. Freder ick County Commissioners named appointees to the C O Canal Historic Park Commission Community Action Board and Western Maryland Council on Criminal Justice with Gilford Bloomfield Baumgartner Barrick and Dredden serving. The State Senate approved a constitutional amendment to legalize state operated lotteries in Maryland. Commissioners granted $100 to cross country runner Elynn Cornish for the International Harrier Meet in Spain. she needed $500 total.
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U.S
Laos
Frederick County
C&o Canal Historic Park Commission
County Community Action Board
Western Maryland Council On Criminal Justice
James Gilford
Ken Bloomfield
Frederick
C&o Canal Commission
Richard Baumgartner
Community Action Agency
Samuel Barrick
George Dredden
Western Maryland Councilof Criminal Justice
Eliyn Cornish
Spain
Miss Cornish
Brake for school buses on Md 26 after tragic crash
Jody L. Breen of Frederick urges cautious driving near school buses following a fatal Md 26 crash that killed a mother and two children. She notes frequent near misses and cites new regulations requiring drivers to describe vehicles and drivers. She stresses heeding yellow warning and red stop lights.
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MD. 26
Mitten
Letter: War protesters misread fiction on Hussein
A reader critiques a letter asserting that using a fictional story to argue against war hurts protesters. Linda Spellman rederick notes the illogic of equating a deadly NYC snake tale to Saddam Hussein and warns against drawing future battles from stories.
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New York City
Hussein
Politics in the pulpit sparks church turmoil and calls for prayer
A letter to the editor laments politics invading churches, highlighting anger, envy, backbiting, and deceit among ministers and congregants. The writer urges spiritual defense through prayer, Bible study, and unity, signed Joy Renee Onley Dunson.
Environmental President Bush criticized over energy policy
Rosemary Nickerson argues that President Bush's energy policy favors oil, expands nuclear power, and opens the Arctic Wildlife Preserve to drilling. She contends this ignores conservation, worsens climate harm, and limits state and local input while urging readers to contact officials and review personal energy use.
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Bush
U.S
Arctic National Wildlife Preserve
Arctic Wildlife Preserve
Earth
Britain
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United Feature Syndicate, Inc
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Rosemary Nickerson Frederick
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