Frederick County Rezoning Plan Aims To Combine Hearings
County proposes merging planning commission and county commissioners hearings to streamline rezoning, with one public meeting and single legal notices. The change could address duplication seen in quarry hearings this summer, while raising concerns about public access to opposing views and prehearing discovery. Signs on proposed rezoning sites would alert nearby property owners to changes.
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Planning Commission
Frederick County
Maryland
Frederick
Murder on South Street Drives Frederick to Action
A 20 year old Antoin Jordan was shot in a quiet Frederick street, his pockets found with cocaine. The column laments foreign drug pushers and calls for heightened policing, community vigilance, and immediate action to curb violence and drug crime in the city.
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Antoin Jordan
Frederick
Washington
South Frederick
News-Post
John Donne
South Street
Big City
West All Saints
Death ray in space could test weapon this decade
Washington reports an accelerated program under President Reagan to test a chemical laser space weapon codenamed Zenith Star. The plan envisions a 1990 LISE test using the Alpha laser to negate boosters and discriminate warheads, potentially triggering a treaty dispute with Congress and raising election-year implications.
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Washington
Reagan
White House
Congress
U.S
United States
James Abrahamson
Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
Zenith Star
Abrahamson
Pentagon
LISE
TRW Inc
San Juan Capistrano
Calif
Energy Department
Albert Gore Jr
D-Tenn
Tipper
L.A
Gores
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Ardent New Dealer Lewis contemplates Senate run in 1938
The piece notes Representative David J. Lewis of the 6th District weighing a bid for the U S Senate against Millard E. Tydings in the 1938 Democratic primary. Potential replacement cited is former State Senator William D. Byron of Washington County.
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David J. Lewis
6Th
Senate
Millard E. Tydings
Lewis
William D. Byron
State Senate
Washington County
Letters to the Editor on Kennedy and Chappaquiddick
A reader condemns Edward M Kennedy, contrasting his actions with Hart Bork and Ginsburg. It questions motives at a party tied to Mary Jo Kopechne. The letter accuses Kennedy of lies perjury and calls voters foolish for re electing him.
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Gary Hart
Robert Bork
Douglas Ginsburg
Edward Moore
Ted
Kennedy
Mary Joe Kopechne
Educating children about AIDS in Frederick County
Letters to the editor discuss early AIDS education, media coverage, and fairness in Frederick Post reporting. TED ONLEY, ROBERT CAREY, RICHARD ROBERTSON, and MARY WEDDLE from Monrovia raise concerns about parental and teacher roles, network focus, and equal treatment of county sports coverage, urging proactive public education and unbiased journalism.
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Fort Detrick
Frederick County
Jerry J Tulis
National Science Teachers Association
Baltimore
Public urged to enforce seat belt law nationwide
Police Chief Richard J. Ashton notes compliance fell from 70 percent to under 50 percent since the law’s inception. The public needs stronger enforcement and more coverage of seat belt use, as witnesses stress its safety value despite recent accidents. June Von Eiff Union Bridge
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Richard J. Ashton
Frederick area sports bias stirs reader complaint
A Frederick County resident objects to what they view as biased coverage favoring Frederick city teams. They cite a front page feature on the Frederick versus TJ game with a large photo while a Singapore versus Damascus game has no photo, expressing frustration over unequal attention to area high school sports.
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Linganore
Frederick
Andre Henry
Frederick Post
Singapore
Frederick County
Frederick City
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