Traffic bottleneck as South Market Street closes in Frederick
Downtown Frederick faces severe delays as South Market Street and the Carroll Creek bridge close for Carroll Creek project work. Drivers are urged to use Carroll Street or South Court Street or detour around the area. City may add signals or traffic officers temporarily to manage jams. The bridge closure is temporary and patience is advised as work continues.
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Frederick
South Market Street
Carroll Creek
Patrick Street
Arroll Street
South Court Street
Carroll
South Court
South Market Street Bridge
Those itty bitty spare tires and the compact spare
Robert C. Reid laments the rise of the compact spare tire on modern cars. He recalls how space saving led to flat inflator spares, questions their practicality, and jokes about future junkyard surplus as drivers overlook regular tire maintenance.
Failing S&L faces probe over lavish holdings and favors
A confidential bank board document questions Vernon Savings and Loan Assoc owned by Don Dixon. It cites lavish assets and perquisites since 1982, including luxury cars, a yacht, airplanes, a Del Mar beach house, and excessive bonuses. The piece notes the potential FSLIC losses if Vernon fails and Wright's push to shield the thrift from enforcement.
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Washington
Jim Wright
Texas
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
House Banking Committee
Vernon Savings and Loan Associaion
Donald R. Dixon
S&l
Wright
Treasury
Vernon Sél
Southwest
Vernon
Bank Board
Vernon S&l
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp
FSLIC
Vernor
Fslic Reserve Fund
Michael Einstein
Dixon
del Mar
Calif
Don Dixon
Weathered roads solved by mail carver turned horseback aid
RAYMUND Owings, substitute mail carver for Westminster rural route 6, used a horse when mud blocked his 17 mile daily route, hitching a trailer to his car. A newspaper banquet was held by One Fredmont Union of SMU youths in Frederick and Montgomery counties, the eighth annual event and first in Frederick since 1833, with a tabloid menu and a front page news program. The Hot Rod Club at Middletown High announced model car contest winners led by Mike Kefauver in the 11th and 12th grade division. others followed in multiple divisions. Congress was asked to fund 2.1 million for a new Fort Detrick research facility, first phase of germ warfare research. Industry teachers and Maryland legislators agreed on an air pollution control bill creating an 11 member advisory council, with appointments by the Commission of Health to avoid political influence. enforcement rests with the Maryland Attorney General.
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Raymund Owings
Westminster
Owings
Ebert
Fredmont Union
Southern Methodist
Frederick
Montgomery
Ube Udira
John W. Rosenberger
Rockville
Virginia Murphy
Union
HOT Rod Club
Middletown High School
Mike Kefauver
Harold Routzahn
Falkenstein
David Bittle
Mark Draper
John Sexton
Congress
Fort Detrick
The
Post
Oliver J. Cejka
Maryland
Commission of Health
Clemens W. Gains
State Department of
Heath
Letters to the Editor On Planned Parenthood condom debate
A reader panel argues that Planned Parenthood distribution of free condoms educates the public despite morality concerns. They contend condoms curb AIDS and unwanted pregnancies, refute claims they promote promiscuity, and call for responsible sexual education over abstinence alone.
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Planned Parenthood
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General Assembly
Fay
Monte Carlo
Unetrath
General Motors
Denny
Denny Morgan
Pot Jong
Uying
Bob Reid
Annapolis
Frederick News-Post
Dee
Erie
Anderson
S&L’s “Aviation Department
Aviation Department
S&L’s
State Department
Office of Foreign Missions
Warsaw
Ma Bell
Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary
Pulaski
Wis
David Meade
Green Bay News-Chronicle
United Feature Syndica
Ee News
Fes
Karen R. Gonya Frederick
Messrs
Breeden
Petman
Weisberg
Meachum
Roy Meachum
Roy
John C. Laughland Frederick
Laura Phelps
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