Medicaid fear sparks anger over nursing home cuts
The editorial denounces a state plan to cut Medicaid payments for nursing home patients, warning it would create a two tier system and force 1900 to 3000 elderly residents to rely on families or pay higher costs. It argues for restoring Medicaid funds and criticizes Secretary Nelson Sabatini and budget pressures.
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Nelson Sabatini
State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
William Donald Schaefer
Sabatini
State Health Department
Frederick County
From many one culture view in modern times
Daniel Rosvold argues against a narrow Christian nation view and advocates E Pluribus Unum. He cites pagan roots of holidays, cultural pluralism, and the need for tolerance to unite Americans. He urges Clinton support, rejects scapegoating, and calls for harmony across differences in schooling and public life.
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Christ
Thor
Wodin
Julius Caesar
Dulyi
Caesar Augustus
Augusti
Janus
Wers
Cecka
Christian Monglith G
Lam
Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
Powell for Secretary of State Heir to the Nation's Short Lists
In Washington the debate over Clinton's pick for secretary of state centers on Gen Colin Powell. The piece argues Powell's exceptional qualifications as Joint Chiefs chair and former Reagan adviser, plus the historic significance of nominating the first Afro American secretary of state, as highlighted in Howard Means's book.
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Warren Christopher
Sam Nunn
Clinton
America
Colm Powell
Howard Means
Eisenhower
Colin Powell
Powell and the enduring image of American security policy
A critical, densely packed profile of Colin Powell covering his rise under Reagan and Bush, his role in restoring the national security apparatus after Iran Contra, and the Gulf War coalition. The piece weighs Powell against rival actors, notes a disputed memo on weapons to Israel or Iran, cites biographer Means, and references opinions from Abrams and Jackson about Powell’s political leanings and dignity.
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George C Marshall
Powell
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
Bush
Nixon
Ford
Kissinger
Laird Carter
Vance
Brzezinski
Reagan
Haig
Weinberger
Allen
Shultz
Diplo Rambo Olde North
NSC
Nicaragua
Defense
Israel
Iran
Elliott Abrams
Jesse Jackson
Abrams
Wylie Horton
Yesterday News-Fos Briefs Highlight Local Events
A compact summary of yesterday items from the News-Fos featuring local events, community notices, and brief updates. Names, dates, and places are drawn from the readable fragments to reflect the period tone and urgency of the source.
Armistice Day remarks and local actions mark period
Fifty years ago Armistice Day ceremonies in Memorial Park featured Walliam M Sturm urging dedication to lasting peace. The State Game and Inland Fish Commission commended wardens for seizing three men in New Market for night rabbit hunting by car headlights. The War Production Board announced a petroleum use cut on the East Coast and Frederick delays for a state police helicopter. Frederick County adopted a plumbing code authorizing inspection of plumbing septic and water systems. A Maryland State Police spokesman said full-time Western Maryland heli service scheduled for Nov 18 was delayed as a replacement was sought, with the Frederick helicopter reassigned to the Eastern Shore after a fatal crash.
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Walliam M Sturm
Francis Scott Key
American Legion
Memorial Park
THE
State Game and Inland Fish Commission
Benjamin Phebus Sr
Durward W Kettells
New Market District
Maryland
Frederick Barracks
Frederick
Pratt praises election judges amid polls strain
Frederick County Election Board administrator Maxine Pratt defends poll judges, especially Hillcrest precinct judges, praising their fortitude and loyalty under long hours. She says her News Fest remarks were misrepresented and apologizes for any impression of undervaluing judges.
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Hillcrest
News Fest
Maxine Pratt
Frederick County Election Board
Voting Mistakes Hit Middletown Students Ineligible
Report notes several Middletown students did not appear on voter rolls due to errors from registration firms and a teacher group. Some students aged 14 before the election were excluded or mailed incorrect cards, leaving them unlisted or unregistered for the general vote.
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Atnther
Tama
Tandd Nan
Elective process letters spark registration worries
Dorothy Engle from Middletown apologizes for election registration mix ups. She notes teachers and parents urged students to participate and asks affected students and families to re register for the next election, inviting reports of others who were misregistered.
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Election Board
Child asks who won election in waking moment after vote
A 10-year-old asks mom who won the election and is told Clinton won. He sighs, “Oh no! I’m going back to bed. Get me up in four years.”
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Clinton
State Prosecutor Defends Impartiality in Delegate Expenses
Stephen Montanarelli of Towson says the office found no illegal conduct in the delegate expense accounting after inquiries sparked by a complaint. He asserts the prosecutor’s independence and notes prior prosecutions of elected officials.
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del Hatters
del Hattery
Tim
Iis
Sven Page
Tennettte Todos
Monsengele
Stephen Montanarelli
Towson
Frederick News-Post praised for objective election coverage
A reader commends The Frederick News-Post for fair reporting, noting balanced coverage of candidates, no endorsements, and prompt correction of biased cartoons. Letters to the editor encouraged civic participation, with encouragement to stay engaged until the next election. Thurmont reader Rita E Downey thanks the paper.
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Frederick
Mapped Fragments From an Old News Page
A fragmented OCR sample shows partial phrases and garbled place names including a P O Box in Frederick Washington state style text. The readable bits hint at a period newspaper card with constraints on notices and dates but lack coherent story or event details.
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Roscoe Bartlett
Pat Buchanan
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Health and Human Services
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
WAR Production Board
WPD
Stephen E. Fitzgerald
Washington, DC
WPB
Donald M Nelson
Fitzgerald
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Maryland Nursing Association
Frederick Memorial
Nursing Association
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County Plumbing Office
Pratt
Middletown
Dorothy Engle
Frank P Pavlir Frederick
Rita E Downey Thurmont
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