City Cab Offers Free Rides Home On St Patrick's Day In Frederick
Frederick City Cab Company announces free rides home from 6 p.m. to 3 a.m. for revelers within five miles and in local bars, restaurants, and clubs. Call 662-2250 to arrange. Police acknowledge potential drunken driving risks but expect a peaceful night.
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Frederick
City Cab Company
City Cab
Curt King
Frederick City
St. Paddy’s
Pierce C. Stine Jr
Emerald Isle
Abortion Debate Frays Maryland Senate On St Patrick Day
The Maryland Senate battles over abortion rights as filibusters loom amid a crowded session. Pro life and pro choice forces jockey for votes, with cloture rules and possible refer to committee decisions shaping a high stakes endgame before the session deadline.
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St. Patrick’s
Cade
Free State of
Maryland
Senate
Judicial Proceedings Committee
Supreme Court
House
Mike Miler
Castro Uses Kids to Punish Defectors in Cuba
A 14-year-old Cuban boy, Alexander Menendez, is kept from leaving Cuba to join his US-based parents due to his father Jose Alberto Menendez’s defection. He has been expelled from school, placed in reform school, and detained after attempts to contact the US Interest Section in Havana. Human rights groups describe this as a Castro tactic to punish dissidents by targeting their children.
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Fidel Castro
Alexander Menendez
Cuba
United States
Jose Alberto Menendez
Menendez
Panama
Alexander
Castro
Scott Sleek
U.S
Havana
Sebastian Arcos Cazabon
Miami
Areos
Sebastian Areas
Gustavo Areos
Capitol Hill
Robert Dole
Nancy Kassebaum
R-Kan
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Frederick County faces census push and water woes in 1940s
Polluted wells persist in Adamstown as residents demand action while the 1940 census could grant Frederick County a sixth House of Delegates seat in 1941. State Health Board backs a town water system, but residents doubt feasibility. Roads crews battle snow in Sabillasville and neighboring areas as blizzard conditions hit. Hugh W. Gittinger announces Republican bid for mayor against incumbent Lloyd C. Culler, who seeks a sixth term.
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Maryland
House of Delegates
Adamstown
State Board of Health
Hugh W. Gittinger
Frederick
Lloyd C. Culler
Mr. Gittinger
Maryland Editor Opposes News Source Shield Bill in Annapolis
George B. Delaplaine Sr publisher of The Frederick News Post urged the House Judiciary Committee to preserve confidential sources. He warned the measure could bar newsmen from publishing vital public information, stressing the law protects the people's right to know. Also pictured are Just We Three quartet members Charles Lehmann Karl Olson Dave Spiner and Bob Lawson rehearsing for the Springtime Harmony Show.
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Senate
Jong Committee
House
House Judiciary
Clay Mitchell
Miller
General Assembly
Maryland
Supreme Court
George
Charles Lehmann
Karl Olson
Dave Spiner
Bob Lawson
Reid’s column on recycling misleads readers
Readers rebut Robert Reid’s Saturday column arguing that Newsprint Recycling bills miss key facts. The letter asserts Maryland landfill waste at Frederick County equals 12 percent and 17 percent in Montgomery and Prince George’s, with mills operating at 98 percent capacity and 1988 Recycling Act details clarified.
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Robert Reid
Mr. Reid
Maryland
Montgomery County
Prince George’s County
Reid
Frederick News-Post
Stance
Conservation group backs recycled newsprint bill in Maryland
Pete Givan of the Sierra Club Potomac Chapter urges state action to require publishers to use recycled stock. He argues the bill ends excuses about cost and quality, shifts accountability, and reduces landfill waste while cutting pollution by mandating recycled content.
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Reid
Maryland
Pete Givan
Potomac Chapter
The
Sierra Club
Year round schooling faces budget strain and fatigue
Erin Brown of Walkersville argues against year round school, outlining concerns about insufficient funds for supplies and repairs, rising wages, student and teacher tiredness, reduced family time, and higher dropout risk, urging readers to oppose year round calendars.
Controversy Over Dog Adoption Process At Local Shelter
Betty Miller of Frederick recounts a 1989 adoption at the Humane Society where a hold system failed. She questions shelter procedures, recounting delays, miscommunications, and a second potential holder, yet notes Red Dog is well now. She questions tax-funded public treatment.
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Dennis Norris
Humane Society
Mount Airy letter calls for ending abortion killings
A reader, Jane M Flores, writes from Mount Airy urging Maryland to stop abortions and protect unborn children. She questions state action, advocates giving babies to those who want them, and condemns abortion without endorsing killing. DAVID F McCORMICK signs the letter.
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Jane M. Flores
Mount Airy
Maryland
United States
Lask
God
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