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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1987
Page
3
FREI proposes raising downtown Frederick parking fines to ten dollars to curb violations. Police Chief Richard Ashton notes current small fines fail to deter parking in no parking zones, near alleys, double parking, and handicapped spots, and argues higher penalties could reduce illegal parking even if not guaranteed.
A legislative correspondent's day unfolds from the State House press room with reporters pursuing enterprise stories. Governor Schaefer weighs a cabinet pick, likely Baltimore aide Richard Trainor, as Charles County proposes a shared emergency center with the Maryland State Police. The Board of Public Works debates projects, Medevac helicopters, and Camden Yards developments while officials clash over stadium plans and a no smoking executive order for state facilities.
Americans hold about 185 million credit cards while top issuers charge an average 18.1 percent. Lawmakers push disclosure bills and rate caps face state regulation and banking lobby opposition. Beer lobbying, ITC lunches, Social Security overpayments, and Soviet Afghan ties are also noted in the same feature.
May 9 1937 items report at St John’s Church a three day Archdiocesan Catholic Students Missionary Crusade conference opening with a high mass celebrated by Rev Louis Waeth and a sermon by Rev Edward Frecking. A second day Mass in Baker Park and a parade of 52 crusade units drew about 10 000 attendees. Archbishop McNicholas and Apostolic Delegate Arleta Giovanni Cirognini attended. Bishop Pierre Fallaire the Arctic missionary was noted. Local musician Winston C Shipley gave a recital at St John’s Lutheran Creagerstown on the Muhlenberg organ featuring Wagner Nevin Mendelssohn and Dvorak.
Francis Scott Key Hotel announces a new management change with Michael Brett, former Tidewater Inc manager, and Miss Jackie Harrion as executives. Edwin Jacobsen Jr. notes ongoing negotiations and aims to secure resources for a first class operation. Sperry and Hutchinson ink Everedy chrome houseware supply contract. Everedy expects significant 1967 volume after $175,000 1966 sales. Sperry and Hutchinson has long been Everedy’s major customer.
A reader urges action on Western banks funding communist regimes, arguing bankers influence Congress and media. The letter cites Soviet debt, Eurobond loans, and a Moscow bank front, urging readers to contact lawmakers. In Frederick City a resident complains of local government alleged mismanagement and calls for investigations, and New Market Middle School eighth graders defend their school against a recent front page article.
The Frederick News Post accepts signed letters with the writer’s address and phone number for verification. Letters may be edited for space. Poetry and religious verse are not published as Letters to the Editor.
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