Extended school days blamed for wasted time and boredom
Students reported longer breaks and repetitive film strips as the extra hours failed to add value. Critics argue alternatives like home assignments or reading would better utilize snow day makeups. Despite calls for change, rules required hours to be made up, yet issues such as late starts and cancellations remained.
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Clintons Furies Echo Orestes in White House Scandal Debate
Roy Meachum weighs a White House sex scandal and the media’s attack on Bill Clinton. He likens the ongoing push to Orestes and the Furies, arguing bipartisan motives, shifting public focus, and the president's resilience amid renewed controversy. He notes polls downplaying the issue and GOP resistance to legitimacy debates.
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Limbaugh Seen as GOP King Maker in 1996 Race
The piece notes three political signs as time moves toward the 1996 election. Delegations from San Antonio to New York meet the Republican National Committee to pitch for the nominating convention. Dan Quayle tours 36 cities promoting a presidential bid. Rush Limbaugh, author of The Way Things Ought to Be, broadcasts to millions on radio and TV, shaping conservative views without indicating a run himself.
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Rush Limbaugh as a political factor in the 1990s
The piece weighs Rush Limbaugh's influence in GOP politics with praise from Bennett and Buckley and notes Gallup poll momentum for Dole Powell and Perot. It cites experts at Brookings and Syracuse on media driven politics and questions whether Limbaugh can alter the party’s field or save it from game players.
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Frederick items cover airport funding and flood study
Senator Millard E. Tydings proposed a 150000 appropriation for a Frederick airport as part of a 79151000 Commerce Department bill for 1945. Mayor Hugh V. Gittinger outlined Camp Detrick sale and steps toward a new airport site behind the fairgrounds, awaiting federal funds. Governor O Conor joined an interstate labor plan in Raleigh to address a 14000 worker shortage in food plants. A flood study of Carroll Creek was approved, costing 65760 and to be done by Dewberry Nealen and Davis. May 17 marked 20 years since the Supreme Court ruled school segregation unconstitutional, with Frederick County moving swiftly to integration. FCC honored Duval Sneadner at a faculty dinner as he prepared to retire in June.
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Senators Mikulski Sarbanes Rated Poor on Spending
The National Taxpayers Union released a study rating voting records on spending and taxes. Barbara Mikulski scored 16 percent and Paul Sarbanes 18 percent, while Roscoe Bartlett earned 78 percent, signaling fiscal restraint and strong reelection support.
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Liberal definitions and the drift of our nation
The writer defines liberal and conservative per World Book, contrasts liberalism as a mind free to seek spiritual needs and religion’s ethics with reform, and argues the nation’s change lies in people’s hearts. It notes the founders were Christians fleeing liberalism and believing in Bible absolutes.
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Letters on faith duty and abstinence from Monrovia pair
Randy and Cindy Simpson argue that the nation and family should cling to religious foundations. They claim God created the world and that modern liberalism harms virtue. They condemn instant gratification and promote abstinence as parenting duty.
Honest about AIDS and safe sex in a faith context
The author questions condom “safety” as a solution for youth and urges that sex be moral and emotionally, spiritually, and temporally committed. They argue true protection comes from time, commitment, and God’s design for marriage, not contraception, to save children for eternity.
Cliff Snyder Blasts Airport Noise In Mount Airy Letter
John K. Bales reports from Mount Airy that Cliff Snyder writes to complain about long running airport noise and danger near his home. He questions why Snyder moved close to the airport and argues residents should accept noise from decades of operation.
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Letters to the Editor at The Frederick News-Post
The Frederick News-Post invites readers to submit letters with full name address and phone number. Letters may be faxed to 662-3299 or mailed to 200 E Patrick St Box 578 Frederick MD 21705 for consideration.
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