No Funds for Thomas Johnson Middle School in Annapolis
Maryland officials reject the Frederick County request to build a new Thomas Johnson Middle School citing countywide desk capacity. They say upheaval from overcrowding elsewhere justifies delaying funding for years. The piece notes growing local enrollment and potential boundary changes as pressure shifts to county leaders to fund a $12 million project.
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Thomas Johnson
Annapolis
Frederick County
Maryland
Winchester Hall
Pollard Spying Case Seen As U.S. Israeli rift test
Roy Meachum frames Jonathan Jay Pollard as a victim of a complex espionage case linking U S and Israel. Pollard faces life in federal prison for passing U S secrets to Israel while his wife received five year terms. The piece compares Pollard to Klaus Fuchs and notes Israeli officials publicly distanced themselves amid a broader U S Israeli policy shift following the Tower Commission findings.
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Middle East
Jonathan Jay Pollard
U.S
Caspar Weinberger
Pollard
Weinberger
Walker Family
Soviet Union
Pollards
Klaus Fuchs
Fuchs
United States
England
Israel
Washington
Jerusalem
Navy
Abba Eban
America
Tower Commission
White House
Iran
Reagan
Tower Panel
Army says fake bolts not a problem for soldiers
Army Tank Command fears counterfeit Grade 8 bolts may fail under heat though tests show 25 percent weaker at room temp. Four contractors FMC Oshkosh BMW Emerson faced waivers to use stock fakes until Feb 1, with Oshkosh discarding stock and others defending testing limits. Industry experts call for stricter verification amid reports of bolts’ heads popping off and possible improper tempering.
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Washington
Army Tank Command
National Bureau of Standards
Army
Stewart Harris
Carl W. Tipton
FMC Corp
BMW Corp
Emerson Electric
Oshkosh
Tommy Grant
Grant
Asia
Charles Wilson
Industrial Fastener Institute
Cleveland
San Jose
Calif
FMC
Wilson
Tank Command
BMW
Frederick post office project gets 1 million authorization
Twenty years ago on March 11 1967 the U S Post Office Department approved a 1 million extension and modernization plan for Frederick’s post office with a 390 000 increase over earlier requests. Rep Charles McC Mathias Daniel B Brewster and Joseph D Tydings announced the funding and authorization to proceed after meetings with Postmaster General Lawrence O'Brien. Meanwhile a plane crash that killed 26 near Urbana Ohio unsettled Mount St Mary’s College basketball players en route for a tournament against Akron. The 11th Walkersville High School Science Fair crowned winners in senior physical science and biological divisions with top honors going to Gary Clayton Linda Gaspar and others.
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Frederick
U.S. Post Office Department
Washington
Charles McC. Mathias
R. Md
Daniel B. Brewster
Joseph D. Tydings
Lawrence O’brien
Urbana
Ohio
Mount St. Mary’s
University of Akron
TWA Flight 553
Pittsburgh
Akron
Walkersville High School
James Johnson
Fort Detrick
Paul Hummer
Thomas Johnson High School
Ivan Shanholz
Frederick High School
Edward Yurkovich Jr
South Frederick
Wendell Shanholtz
Gary Clayton
Fred Miller
Rebecca Sue Nicodemus
Linda Gaspar
Yvonne Young
Debbie Plunkert
Woman found guilty of keeping bawdy house in Frederick
After a 55 minute deliberation a 12 man jury convicted a West Sixth Street woman of maintaining a bawdy house. Her husband and another indicted woman were acquitted. State witnesses testified to an organized prostitution operation aided by cards and telephone. six defense witnesses faltered. The woman was fined 300 dollars and given two one year terms in the house of corrections by Judge Charles W. Woodward. Three runaway boys from Luray Virginia aged roughly 12 to 15 were picked up by Frederick Police Chief Allen Bartgis en route to Hagerstown, admitting a two day walk and use of a rope lariat.
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West Sixth Street
Frederick
House of Corrections
Charles W. Woodward
Allen Bartgis
Ellis L. Alger
Charles E. Price
Page D. Campbell
Luray
Hagerstown
Letters Echo Theaters and Provinces In Maryland
A volley of letters criticizes abortion gender testing and fetal brain cell research, questions Planned Parenthood ads, blasts condom promotion as Valentine gift, and calls for moral education. Readers Angela Martin Kathleen and Helen Denney weigh in on ethics and public policy. Marshall B. Dupute praises county snow plow repairs after damaged mailboxes.
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Karen Gardner
Planned Parenthood
P.P
Ms. Gardner
Helen Denney
Frederick
Cloverhill
Department of Public Works
Mt Airy Scouts grateful for help with fund raiser
Troops 266 and 622 of Mount Airy thank all who bought tickets and attended their February 20 and 21 spaghetti dinner. They credit the Frederick News Post for helping publicize the event, calling it one of their most successful fund raisers to date. PHIL TAYLOR Scout Committee Chairman Mount Airy
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Boy Scouts
Mount Airy
Frederick News Post
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Jack Anderson
Hollywood
Writers Guild of America
Nepal
House
Katmandu
Civil Service
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Vay
Beirut
Enery Boy
Sur
Ruse
Shites
Thre
Acim
News-Post
Baltimore City
Sensefer
Baltimore
Kathleen
SIER
Walkersville
Angela Martin
Angie
Mt. Airy
Phil Taylor
Scout Committee
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