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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1989
Page
5
Local voters face a sharpened contest in Frederick as heated campaigning and nationwide echoes color the municipal race. With 16 349 residents registered, turnout trails past levels, though renewed citizen duty could lift participation. Theodore Roosevelt's call to pull your weight anchors a plea for voting tomorrow.
Roy Meachum chronicles a late campaign in Frederick where incumbent Ronald Young and challenger Paul Gordon duel in a tight mayoral race. A Mason-Dixon poll shows 20 percent indecisive voters while group campaigns and funding patterns reveal Gordon’s stronger local donor base and Young’s limited disclosure raising questions about openness ahead of Election Day.
President Bush criticizes a new horse hair mattress in the Lincoln Bedroom during a televised tour with Diane Sawyer on Prime Time Live. He calls the old bed terrible and notes the purchase order had already been placed with Stearns and Foster in Cleveland.
A quirky history centers on the Lincoln Bed at the White House and a Regency Inspiration mattress ordered for 63 by 94 inches at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for 500 dollars. Tales of Lincoln era ghosts, Roosevelt, Churchill, Truman, and Reagan era sightings mingle with each owner’s links to the bed and its storied room.
The letter argues African American residents view police expansion and drug epidemics as key issues in Frederick's upcoming city election. It critiques lack of minority police representation, urges treatment over strict enforcement for drugs, and notes scant minority influence in budget decisions despite greater board participation. It cites a 1984 public records request showing substantial external contracting with limited minority benefit.
Letter writers criticize minority contracting inclusion and the ethics of public officials. They urge accounting of contractor demographics, condemn racist clubs, recall opposition to MLK birthday recognition, and call for personal responsibility and individual courage after a desecration at Mount Moriah Church Cemetery.
Norma Thompson received backing from the Rockville Chamber of Commerce for her one woman campaign against murals deemed offensive. She pledged in a Chamber letter to offer her garage to house any mural if government spending to prevent marving is required, avoiding public display.
The Frederick city election saw Democrat victory with a mayoral win, treasurer, and three of five alderman seats. Former mayor E. Paul Magaha defeated incumbent John A. Derr, while Louis E. Ejchelberger ousted by 35-year veteran challenger Austin F. Angleberger. Republicans claimed two alderman seats. A fraud suit questioned J Homer Remsberg as adverse witness. A card game scam netted a 70-year-old victim $20,000. The local Vietnam Moratorium Committee outlined plans for the November protest and critiqued President Nixon’s Vietnam speech.
Dennis M Buckley treasurer of the Paul Gordon for Mayor Committee criticizes The News-Post for a Nov 2 article on campaign contributions. He disputes a Fay donation figure, calls for full listing of Young campaign contributions, and questions ad purchases and transparency ahead of the Nov 7 election.
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