Senate honorsand payoffs spark ethics reform push
A Common Cause report criticizes honoraria paid to senators in 1987 and 1988, citing Sen. Paul Sarbanes and Sen. Barbara Mikulski. It notes charity gifts by Mikulski and calls for abolishing honoraria as part of a broader ethics bill backed by House leaders, while Senate action lags.
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Common Cause
Capitol Hill
Maryland
Paul Sarbanes
National Association of Home Builders
Anti- Defamation League of B'nai B'rith
International Council of Shopping Centers
American Public Transit Association
United States Fidelity & Guaranty
Barbara Mikulski
House
Senate
Quayle Uses GOP Fundraising as Main Duty
A Washington profile portrays Vice President Quayle as a top fundraiser for the Republican Party while spending little time on policy tasks. He works with the National Republican Senatorial Committee, tours for money, and underscores his role as a preferred fundraiser for GOP elites.
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Dan Quayle
Robert Redford
Jerry Lewis
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Sen
Don Nickles
R-Okla
Nickles
White House
Bush
Jim Lynch
Brent Scowcroft
New Jersey
Tennessee
California
Nevada
Ohio
Williamsburg
Maryland
Rainy Day Zoo at Home with Houdini and Susie
Robert C Reid catalogs mayhem as two pets, Houdini the cat and Susie the poodle, unleash chaos indoors on rainy days. The cat hunts, climbs, and causes desk chaos while the dog hides from water and the pair spar over space and toys, turning a dreary spell into comic domestic drama.
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Houdini
Susie
Dini
Terra Firma
Matey
Corinne
Everedy buys graveyard as plant expansion planned
The Everedy Company pur chased the old Lutheran graveyard on East Church Street to expand its plant. The cemetery, owned by Bowers Lumber since 1807 after a 1906 General Assembly act, had not been used for years. Everedy plans construction on new grounds soon.
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Everedy Company
East Church Street
Bowers Lumber Company
General Assembly
Lancers Eye Maryland State Title Says Mount Airy Reader
A Mount Airy reader urges the Frederick News-Post to better cover the Frederick County Singapore Lancer varsity football team. He notes the Lancers have a strong shot at the Maryland state championship and deserves more credit for their competitive play.
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Tom
Singapore Lancer
Frederick
Frederick County
Lancers
Maryland
Frederick News-Post
Wake up to impact fees in Frederick County roads
A citizen letter criticizes impact fees and road repairs, naming Indian Springs Road Yellow Springs Road and Rocky Springs Road. It argues contractors dig up surfaces and leave poor patches, condemns county planners and highlights traffic congestion near expanded housing west of a nursing home.
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Frederick County
Indian Springs Road
Yellow Springs Road
Clover Hill
Rocky Springs Road
Flair Armory
Nursing Home
Rosemont Avenue
Road growth spark in Yellow Springs area prompts tax concerns
Roy Linton of Frederick voices fear over planned subdivision expansion. He warns of traffic from 2,000 homes and 3,000 to 4,000 vehicles on Yellow Springs and Rocky Springs roads. He urges impact fees of 5,000 to 10,000 per lot for road and school costs.
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Yellow Springs
Nursing Home
Rocky Springs Road
Not Forever Young: Letter on Gordon and Young in Mount Airy
Edward C. Connors questions Mayor Young and supports Paul Gordon as a higher plane candidate. He cites Gordon’s columns, his own criticisms of the Patrick Center project and handicapped access failures, and calls for environmental audits before land acquisitions and better city oversight.
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Paul Gordon
Ronald Young
Mr. Gordon
Gordon
Mount Airy Weekly
Mayor Young
Mr. Young
Patrick Center
South Court
West Patrick Streets
Young
Frederick Mayor Ronald Young and the 1973 election
Ellen H. Vache argues that Frederick Mayor Ronald Young should leave politics, citing President Truman's advice about heat and getting out of the kitchen and noting that 1973 is history in a blunt opinion column.
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Frederick
Ronald Young
Harry Truman
Meeting feet to face ad sparks reader backlash in Frederick
James Pearl criticizes Frederick News-Post for featuring an image of candidate Jon Kreissig on page 3 of the Oct 31 issue. He argues the feet display reflects poorly on the Republican Party and questions whether Ron Young approved the ad.
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Frederick
Jon Kreissig
Frederick News-Post
Republican Party
Ron Young
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