Woods cleared to curb drugs near Sagner Court
Residents celebrate removal of the overgrown lot nicknamed the weeds after armed incidents near a school bus and drugs. Mayor Gordon and D. Willard Chemical Co. cleared the site last week for a park and plus lighting, with surveillance by citizens to report activity.
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Sagner
Frederick City
Caildren
Sagner Court
Sagner Drive
Paul Gordon
D. Willard Chemical Co
South Street
Stop the pandering to the panhandlers
A reflective critique traces decades of attitudes toward the homeless from a San Francisco backdrop. It links early empathy and aid to a current climate of hostility, cites Mitch Snyder’s census stance, and notes policy shifts in New York Washington and Atlanta, arguing most street people are not involuntary and many refuse help.
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Mission Street
Third
Chronicle
Examiner
Panhandlers
Mitch Snyder
Snyder
Washington, D.C
Washington
Martin Sheen
New York
Atlanta
America
United States Supreme Court
Iran uses diplomats as extremist actors in Swiss assassination
Washington sources say Iran approved a hit on Kazem Rajavi in Switzerland using diplomats as extremist actors. An air getaway via Tran Air was arranged, with Geneva officials named and other suspected conspirators including envoys to the UN Geneva and Switzerland. The report notes Tehran officials and a broader list of suspected accomplices, while US remarks on a separate banking regulator resignation add a political backdrop.
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Washington
Switzerland
Iran
U.S
Kazem Rajavi
Ayatollah
Khomeini
Hashemi Rafsanjani
Tran Air
Geneva
Tehran
Yadollah Samadi
Mohammed Rezvani
Siroos Nasseri
United Nations
Rajavi
Mohammed Hossein Malack
U.S. State Department
Malaek
Ahadi Najafabadi
United Arab Emirates
Rafsanjani
Najafabadi
Karim Abadi
Awassan Mashadi Ghahvechi
U.N. Disarmament Committee
Ghahreci
William Seidman
Bush
Seidman
White House
John Sununu
Treasury
Nicholas Brady
Maryland Health Dept urges garden prep for national emergency
Dr. R H Riley cited the international situation as a factor in releasing a health bulletin urging preparedness through vegetable gardens. The message urged planning and planting to make gardens a main source of protective foods all year. WPA divisions in Frederick County opened a local observance week with church dinners attended by over 600. Plans advanced for an 80 foot monument at Mount St. Mary's Cottage titled Mary Mother of Mankind with a powerful light. Nine Frederick Community College nursing graduates received AA degrees at First Baptist Church with Dr. Lewis W. Stephens delivering the address. Cemetery workers at Old Fairview Methodist Church in Boyer's Mill Road cleared trees, removed brush, and planned to relocate and clean tombstones.
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Maryland
Health Department
R.H. Riley
Works Progress Administration
Frederick County
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Asbury Methodist Church
Frederick
Mount St. Wary's Cottage
Hugh J. Phillips
Mary Mother of
Frederick Community College
First Baptist Church
Lewis W. Stephens
FCC
Dorothy V. Elliott
Alice Darner
Dorothy Gay Brown
Rose Ann Linda Chwastyk
Mary Christine Marshall
Marilyn Kay Martin
Carol Ann McKimmy
Ruth Eleanor Stiller
Marietta Smith Thompson
Fairview Methodist Church
Boyer’s Mill Road
Ociuase Rippeon
Carl Thompson
Met
Drop-off points urged for county recycling program
Kathy Bridges of Middletown urges Frederick County officials to add convenient recycling drop-offs near towns to reduce landfill strain. She suggests staffed pickups, material separation, and newspaper binding, plus reuse programs at grocery stores for bags to boost participation.
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Frederick County
Middletown
Walkersville
Urbana
Reich
Ford Road
Day care bills spark debate on who pays and who should fund
Congress weighs tax dollar support for working mothers in day care plans but critics argue employers should bear the cost. Proposals fuel concern over secular versus church tied day care, noting groups from Catholics to lesser known faiths could receive public funds.
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Congress
Washington
Maharishi School
Chevy Chase
Religious groups and tax funded day care debate
The letter discusses religious groups asserting practices as part of faith and questions whether TV evangelists could exploit tax dollars through secular day care camps. It urges citizens to contact Rep Byron and Senators Mukulski and Sarbanes, and President Bush, about using tax dollars for secular purposes. The author opposes secular day care financed by taxes and demands nonsecular, religion free alternatives.
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West Virginia
Beverly Byron
Barbara Mukulski
Paul Sarbanes
Bush
White House
Fluoride controversy voices distrust of water fluoridation
Mary Ann Putman warns readers about sodium fluoride in drinking water and consumer products, alleging health risks and government promotion. She cites EPA materials and safety data sheets describing fluoride’s toxicity and industrial uses, urging independent research and caution.
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Maryland
Department of the Environment
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Voter apathy cited amid Puca briefings calls for fuller reporting
Louis Fe Willhauck argues in a May edition letter that limited coverage of Tony Puca's press briefings skews election information. He urges unbiased reporting and complete issue coverage, warning that apathy harms governance and voter turnout.
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Tony Puca
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Stephen R. Bauman Frederick
Fluoride
Mary Ann Putman Frederick
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