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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1985
Page
4
In a veterans era review the film Battleground stars James Whitmore and John Hodiak, praised for frontline humor scenes that resonate with ex GIs. The column contrasts past campfire memory with a Fort Detrick medical inspection controversy aimed at troop protection and disease prevention.
Letter writers debate Reagan’s Bitburg visit and race voting patterns, praising European reconciliation while noting minority votes. The writer also commends Fort Detrick drug abuse prevention efforts and cites the film Battleground as a memory and caution.
Readers urge continued anti litter action after county commissioners halted a coordinator. The writer recalls creating the Keep Frederick The Clean Scene slogan in 1984 and distributing bumper stickers donated by Giant Food and local businesses. Private citizens are urged to continue efforts countywide and involve schools and merchants.
A letter to Dr. Stuart Berger highlights inequities in the work study and open campus programs at Walkersville High School. It contrasts Jane a top student in AP and advanced classes with GPA 3.4 and John who attends half day with a 4.0, noting only 11 academic courses over four years. The writer argues seniors and juniors still in half day programs skew college scholarship prospects and calls for system reform.
A Walkersville High student ardently argues for uniform academic standards, seeking three years of math science and history and four years of English, with two senior-year electives. The piece also includes letters criticizing local historic preservation decisions and urging respectful civic engagement.
Washington writes that Congress robs the poor to fund government benefits, warning the national debt could reach 13 trillion by 2000 with annual deficits of 2 trillion. Peter Grace and Citizens Against Waste urge action to trim waste, avoid tax hikes, and protect benefits.
Frederick High School seniors presided as city officials for a day led by Mayor James Myers and aldermen James Schwartz James Thomas Lloyd Seller Lloyd Herbert and William McKee plus City Register James Stoner and City Attorney John ialey. Ward and committee roles noted for Glade Circle class and a Quilt Pageant planned by Lewistown Women’s Club.
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