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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1990
Page
4
A Mother’s Day tribute notes the many roles moms play from cook and nurse to chauffeur and financier. It invites readers to honor mothers with a home‑cooked meal, a card, a day out, or a simple act of care, acknowledging all she has done.
A Washington group HALT stands for Help Abolish Legal Tyranny campaigns for legal reform arguing lawyers dominate the system. The column links historic distrust of lawyers to HALT proposals to allow nonlawyers for simple tasks, curb overbilling, and end perceived legal tyranny. The piece notes high costs, DWI fees, and calls for curbing self regulation while acknowledging honest attorneys exist.
Washington discusses global dolphin protection amid foreign driftnets. Starkist and US tuna firms pledge safer fishing methods while lawmakers push sanctions against Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan for ongoing dolphin deaths. Bush officials cite insufficient science, amid broader environmental critique.
The piece argues the U S and Japan signed a North Pacific driftnet monitoring pact with limited checks, accusing it of loopholes and inadequate enforcement amid UN goals. It contrasts U S inaction with Eastern Europe’s openness, noting Japanese investment and German civilian roles raise wartime readiness concerns. It ends warning of Western laxity as the Cold War shifts.
A Fox Movietone crew filmed six people demonstrating fly fishing from Paul Townsend’s mountain retreat near Thurmont in Otter Valley, as Townsend, a noted angler, appeared to show track water trout fishing with artificial lures to Ed Thorgerson.
A parent vents that Monocacy Middle PTA meetings ignore parental opinions, noting low attendance and a system seen as unopen to input. The writer compares public and private schools, urges direct parent voting on course plans, and recalls a hot orientation with 400 parents left uncomfortable.
Terra Alta resident Thomas J. Allen defends West Virginia officials including Delegate James McClellan and rebuts Roy Meachum. He urges voters to judge by records and accomplishments, not political vendetta in Frederick's letters page.
JAN MCCULLY writes from Clarksburg praising Linda Bisaccia for her May 1 letter about parent absenteeism at PTA meetings. She notes the same few parents carry the burden, despite efforts like coffee chats and night meetings at Urbana and Frederick High School. Dr. Noel Farmer rounds tables to hear concerns, but attendance remains low.
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