Darra Pakistan Boomtown Fueled by CIA Arms Funding
Millions from the CIA have boosted Darra in Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province. Guns flood the market as Afghan rebels buy arms, with shipments routed through Karachi and intermediaries. Local tribesmen produce Kalashnikovs and even weaponized pens while heroin deals lurk nearby.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Pakistan
Northwest Frontier
Darra
Peshawar
Dale van Atta
Foreign Ministry
van Atta
Afghanistan
CIA
Japan
CLA
Mujaheddin
Egypt
Israel
People’s Republic of China
Karachi
Minjaheddin
Teast
U.S
Moscow
Lawrence E. Walsh
Congress
Sen
Warren Rudman
R-N.h
Walsh
Overvote issue highlighted in Frederick County election
The piece explains overvotes occur when voters select more candidates than allowed, causing all selections to be discarded. It cites about 2,000 overvotes and 400 uncounted ballots in Frederick County's last general election, notes a County Voting Procedure Task Force meeting in Winchester Hall, and urges voter education to prevent lost ballots.
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Frederick County
Election Board
Maryland
Winchester Hall
Frederick
Bonnie Bailey-Baker
League of Women Voters
Schaefer’s power play in Maryland politics exposed
Roy Meachum critiques Governor William Donald Schaefer as he packs Annapolis with City Hall cronies after adjourning. The piece accuses Schaefer of manipulating the General Assembly to grant supersalaries for allies, while undermining rivals and fueling a widening rift with Baltimore. It notes Trainor Evans and Robinson as examples of Schaefer’s “Baltimore boys” circle and questions the governor’s statewide support as he tours in a $7,000 monthly rolling throne room.
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William Donald Schaefer
Maryland
Annapolis
City Council
General Assembly
Schaefer
Govenor
Hellmann
Bill Hellmann
Randall Evans
Baltimore
Virginia
Bishop Robinson
Richard Trainor
Robinson
Trainor
State Highway Administration
Reagan
Dick Trainor
Evans
Montgomery County
Frederick
Baltimore City
Stadium
Clarence du" Burns
Burns
Ohio
Melvin Steinberg
Frederick Memorial Hospital
State House
Match cover collection shown by Mrs. Mask of Hagerstown
Foreigner bound exhibit displays pearly 16608 match covers from around the world. Each country’s state and capital represented by six covers with many monogrammed by stars and movie figures. Also notes thieves raid on Walter Pittinger’s farm near Liberytown.
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Charles R. Mask Jr
Hagerstown
Frederick
Mask
United Sustes
Peace Voices Honor Linder and Studebaker Legacies
In a letter David Braune honors Benjamin Linder and Ted Studebaker as peacemakers who served others in Vietnam and Nicaragua. He condemns the Contras and CIA backing, urging a shift in U.S. foreign policy to end Nicaragua’s conflict and honor the dead.
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Benjamin Linder
Nicaragua
Ted Studebaker
Church of the Brethren
Ted
Brethren Volunteer Services
BVS
Vietnam
Contras
CIA
Letters on education funding and Camp Greentop
Readers argue for funding of Frederick County education highlighting Camp Greentop as vital to outdoor education. Contributors stress county schools deserve equal newspaper coverage and caution against organ donation debates driven by money.
Outraged residents oppose Frederick County budget cuts in education
Michele C. Waalkes urges Frederick County residents to contact county commissioners over April 20 proposed school funding reductions. She argues cuts threaten teachers pay, retirement benefits, driver education, and overall morale, risking future workforce quality and student care.
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Berger
Frederick County
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Jack Anderson
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
WER
TV Euaneel TS
Roy Meachum
Walter Pittinger
Liberytown
Pittinger
Pitinger
Tobbers
Glenmore Y. Rice
Frederick Lions Club
Francis Scott Key
Nelson R. Bohn
W. Norman Baim
Edwin H. Sears
G. William Trout Sr
L. Rayhu Specht
Ronald L. House
Earl H. Howard
Kenneth H. Barncord
Thurmont
C. Ray Weddle Jr
Hotel Frederick
Thomas G. Puller
Puller
University of Baltimore
Board of Education
David Braune Peate
Louise Hansch
Mount Airy
Camp Greentop
Harford Counties
Frederick News-Post
Ellsworth Boyd
Towson State University
Middletown High Band
Florida
Middletown High School
Frederick High School
Nancy E. Hanel Trasnsville
Michele C. Waalkes Frederick
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