Kamikaze candidate eyed for 1992 Bush showdown
Washington reports that Democratic money men plan for a near certain Bush victory in 1992 and have considered a sacrificial candidate to be the fall guy. Possible options include Lloyd Bentsen of Texas and a fresh contender who has not run before, with a private pledge of party backing.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Bush
Jimmy Carter
Les Whitten
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Democratic 1992 1996 presidential hopes analyzed
The piece surveys potential Democratic contenders, including Bill Bradley Mario Cuomo Sam Nunn Albert Gore and Richard Gephardt. It notes Bradley’s fundraising potential if he ran, Cuomo’s broad appeal but reluctance to lose, Nunn’s regional draw yet fear of heavy odds, and the unlikely but discussed runs of Gore and Gephardt. Jesse Jackson is seen as a wildcard who could run for mayor or be a vice presidential option.
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Bill Bradley
New Jersey
Bradley
Mario Cuomo
New York
Cuomo
Sam Nunn
Georgia
South
Nunn
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Rep
Richard Gephardt
Missouri
Tsed
Bush
Jesse Jackson
Jackson
Washington D.C
Teflon
United Feature Syndicate
Loc
Frederick County Education Board Names Family Life Advisory Group
Frederick County Board of Education President Richard F. Kline announced members of a citizens advisory board on family life and sex education. The group includes Rev E O Wenck ministerium representative Rev Thomas L Brunkow alternate C Vernon Smith Petersville fact finding panel Leon Enfield alternate Faye Main PTA county council and student councils David M Baker Shane Hutton Cindy Leonard Margaret Kirk Howard E Waters Jr Dr A M Powell Jr Dr Harold A Neufeld Holmes Baker and Mrs Constance Stapleton Mrs Mehri Ramsburg. Kline hosted PTA presidents on a tour of facilities viewing Catoctin High School and Thurmont Middle School. Southern States Frederick Cooperative on East South Street held open house in a new 60 by 180 foot facility with a Unico portable dishwasher grand prize drawing and 20 treasure chest prizes with refreshments.
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Citizens Advisory Board
Frederick County
Margaret Kirk
Frederick
Howard E. Waters Jr
Urbana
A.M. Powell Jr
Harold A. Neufeld
Holmes Baker
Constance Stapleton
Mehri Ramsburg
Southern States
East South Street
Unico
Island classroom ties students to Chesapeake Bay life
Middle schoolers from Frederick County visited the Chesapeake Bay Foundation on Smith Island to learn about the bay’s delicate ecosystem and its link to watermen. They studied the watershed, noted groundwater connections to fresh water, and witnessed island life through oysters, marsh mucking, and canoeing while stressing the shared responsibility for the bay’s future welfare.
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Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Smith Island Center
Frederick County
Bay Area
Foundation
Chesapeake
New York
West Virginia
Virginia
Bay
Potomac
Smith Island
Middletown High School
Maryland Educators Clash With Commission On School Performance
Educators reject Governor Commission aims, opposing school accreditation and new oversight. Maryland State Teachers Association survey of 50 000 members drew 7 00 responses in 30 days, faulting reforms as costly and duplicative. Teachers demand more pay, clerical help, and greater classroom control while criticizing deregulation. The piece notes salaries in Garrett, Montgomery, and Frederick counties and frames education as a major state expense.
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Maryland
Commission
Litte
Maryland State Teachers Association
MSTA
Association
Mid-Atlantic
Garrett County
Montgomery
Frederick
Teachers’ Union
City weighs land for widening near graveyard site
Report from November 7 190 mentions city officials considering acquiring 8 strep of land on Church Street beside the old Lutheran graveyard for street widening. The Everedy Company had bought the cemetery, while Howard Corum of Brunswick faced a $10 fine for operating without proper permit as Magistrate Altos Y Bennett handed down the ruling. Corum had earlier assisted a snakebite victim when arrested for driving on an expired learner permit.
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Church Street
Mercy
Howard Corum
Meet Brunswick
Altos Y. Bennett
Save Schroder Farm Preserve Frederick County Heritage
Thurmont residents William and Fran Wickham urge county commissioners to find alternatives to a proposed dump, arguing the Schroder farm embodies Frederick County's heritage, topsoil value, and water quality. They recount Civil War relics found on the land and call for a petition to protect farmland for future generations.
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Frederick
Bill
Kathleen Schroder
Frederick County
9Th New York Infantry
Antietam
Ball Road
Kathleen
Schroder
SHA backs off in Libertytown road plan rethink
A week after a reader letter attacked SHA plans, state highway officials led by Hal Kasoff publicly backed away from in town property acquisitions and demolitions. They agreed to study bypass options with county and local citizens group over the next year to evaluate alternatives before further action.
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State Highway Administration
SHA
Libertytown
Hal Kasoff
Highway Administration
Plan for highway realignments to protect growth hub
Residents and officials discuss long term highway realignments as seven spokes converge on a small community hub. The meeting yielded constructive dialogue, with senior state and county officials present and a path devised by Sen. Charles Smelser and Anita Stup to balance local, county, and state taxpayer interests.
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Charles Smelser
County Commission
Anita Stup
State Highway Administration
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Richard R. Kline
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Robert C. Reid
William and
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Thurmont
Peter Samuel
Libertytown Community Civic Association
Bruce H. Hagen
Jim Bakker
Pervec
Frederick Post
Mr. Bakker
Bakker
Nancy E. Hanes Tramsville
Piney Run Nature Center
Carroll County
Charlie
Alice Nemitsas
Walkersville
Greta
Friedman Frederick
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