Unmanned flight gains favor in space program debate
Washington weighs future space policy as NASA, Pentagon debates emphasis after Challenger tragedy. A presidential commission studies three paths: unmanned heavy lifters, a next generation shuttle, and a new spaceplane concept with scramjet propulsion, aiming to balance manned and unmanned programs within tight budgets.
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Mexico urged to embrace private enterprise to avert economic collapse
Washington historian details a January meeting between President Reagan and Mexico’s Miguel de la Madrid on reforms to tackle a $97 billion foreign debt, oil exports, and austerity. Reagan urged foreign investment despite legacy laws limiting private ownership, with later signals of structural changes and further divestment announced by de la Madrid.
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Be Tot Why can't Johnny write
Texas Governor Mark White's mail yields strange objects like urine bottles from protesting teachers, amid battles over new state examinations to measure professional qualifications. Maryland educators face similar pressure as pension changes strain schools, prompting grim resolve for higher pay. The piece places these pressures in a larger arc from mid-20th century shifts to a modern mobile society and rising expert involvement in classrooms.
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Local activists rebuke overkill rules and defend local flexibility
Readers respond to a March 4 letter debating Comar 1702. They argue the health stakes require local tweaks to well and septic regulations, praising Frederick County citizens who review rules and urging local zoning alignment. Clifford S. Case adds a separate note criticizing a column on Hodel and Iacocca and urging preservation of national shrines.
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Water flood hits county roads after heavy rains
The county endured major flooding as water covered main highways and dirt roads, with the Monassey River at 16 feet above normal near Ceresville. A double wedding occurred at Harmony Grove as Helen Zoe Witter and Nellie Catherine Witter married Maynard Hawker and Joshua Adrian Strite.
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Edward Fr. Hawker
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Clear Spring
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Glade Reformed Church
Walkersville
Teen advice column questions spark teen dating clashes
A reader from Naples asks about an older married lover and statutory concerns, while another teen from Sterling seeks guidance on a boy in church who courts but avoids her. Dr. Wallace answers with cautions, urging safer choices and self-respect.
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