Overcrowded Frederick County schools prompt redistricting plan
Dr. Farmer warns that growth outpaces capacity and new schools arrive late. Parents should expect busing, reassignment, temporary classrooms, and crowded buildings. He urges builders and real estate agents to inform buyers that attendance areas may shift and no longer match home proximity.
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Frederick County
Farmer
Dr. Farmer
Howard County
Meachum recalls fence dispute and permit confusion
Roy Meachum reflects on the dispute over a front-yard fence for the old Frederick farm house. He details contractor choices, permit responsibilities, utility notices, and a misread city warning that led to a 15 day tear down deadline, amid In the Streets encounters and municipal friction.
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John Felton
Bob Waltz
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Tom Ritter
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Jon Kreissig
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Jim Schmersahl
Columbus
Pennsylvania
David Whittaker
Mr. Schmersahl
City Hall
Cuba defector alleges CIA fed false Havana intel
A Cuban defector Maj. Florentino Aspillaga Lombard charges the CIA relied on double agents for decades in Cuba. He implicates Gen. Noriega in Cuban arms runs and says the CIA pushed risky ties to Havana for agent access. The piece labels the CIA’s judgment as poor and notes broader U.S. policy consequences.
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Washington
United States
Central Intelligence Agency
Latin America
Florentino Aspillaga Lombard
CIA
Maj
Aspillaga
General Directorate of Intelligence
U.S
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Manuel Antonio Noriega
Gen. Noriega
State Department
Noriega
el Salvador
Honduras
Colombia
Carter
Havana
CLA
Reagan
Castro
Maj. Aspillaga
Mr. Castro
Fidelito
Raul
Vilma Espin
DGI
Department of Energy
General Accounting Office
DOE
George Bush
Mr. Bush
George
Baby found on Taneytown inn steps in paper bag
A 10 day old baby girl, neatly dressed, was discovered on the Sauble’s Inn step in Taneytown at 9 p m. by a hotel guest after stepping outside to his car. Mrs. Sauble identified the infant, placed in a paper bag, as she and her husband run the inn.
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At & P.m
Sauble’s Inn
Taneytown
George R. Sauble
Reconditioned P-51 Lands Belly First at Frederick Airport
A WWII era P-51 flown by civilian Army worker Charles F. Faulkner II belly landed at Frederick Airport due to landing gear failure. The uninjured pilot learned of the malfunction only after the crash. Damages totaled about $15,000. Separately, a revised Open Housing ordinance created a Fair Housing Commission, but NAACP charges say real estate agents remain largely free to discriminate. Frederick Community College agreed to use Frederick County YMCA facilities for 1968-69 physical education, with the YMCA to rent space and provide instructors totaling $7,000. the college had used West Frederick Junior High facilities for $5,000.
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Charles F. Faulkner II
Army
Fort Detrick
Frederick
Frederick City
Fair Housing Commission
NAACP
Frederick Community College Board of Trustees
Frederick County
YMCA
West Frederick Junior High School
Lewis W. Stephens
FCC
Readers defend Mary D Amores story and war memorial stance
A sequence of letters voices reader reactions to a front page piece about Mary D Amores and Kenny Edmonds, a citizen asking for a small family anniversary feature, praise for a nurse's memory, and debate over a Vietnam Women’s Memorial proposal with objections to Canine Corps implications.
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Curtis C. Boteler
Mary D'Amores
Kenny Edmonds
Fort Detrick
USA
Canine Corps
United States
Senator Proxmire
Jack Anderson
Box
Eleventh Avenue South
Minneapolis
Min
Letter writers clash over policing and civil rights bills
Frederick News Post readers address policing brutality and gun culture, criticizing a letter by Lewis T. Whipp that unites concern for officers with a callous tone. Sylvia Bealer argues against Grove City civil rights reform, warning of government overreach. letters require name address and phone for verification.
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Frederick
Frederick News-Post
Lewis T. Whipp
Mr. Whipp
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