Frederick County Teachers Seek Higher Starting Pay
Frederick County educators urged a substantial raise earlier this year to remain competitive with Maryland counties. The dispute led to job action, followed by a return to normal, though the pay remains insufficient. Starting salaries at $19,500 lag behind neighboring counties such as Montgomery, Howard, and Carroll, suggesting Frederick should raise offers to attract top teachers.
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Arlier
Frederick County
Frederick
Maryland
Montgomery County
Howard
Carroll
Washington County
Winchester Hall
Reid argues tougher penalties not gun control in Maryland
Robert Reid advocates harsher criminal justice measures to curb crime, opposing private handgun sales registration and stricter gun laws. He cites studies on firearms sources for criminals, urges more executions in capital cases, and pins rising crime on lenient court rulings and weak enforcement. He argues the courts and criminals bear blame alongside looser penalties.
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Raymond Beck
Carroll County
Beck
Maryland
Maryland Court of Appeals
General Assembly
Tepgal
Justice Department
University of Massachusetts Social and Demographic Research Institute
Bob Reid
Annapolis
Uhlman case shows Saudi custody clash over children
Kristine Uhlman, a Denver mother, fled Saudi Arabia with her two children in 1981. A Saudi court awarded custody to her ex-husband, and the State Department warned but did not secure return. She was jailed for days, then married a Canadian to stay near her kids, now 10 and 4. The case highlights international kidnapping risks and Senate proposals to make abduction a felony.
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Washington
Kristine Uhlman
State Department
Ms. Uhman
Saudi Arabia
Ohio State University
Massoon
Hani
Ms. Uhlman
Denver
Uhiman
Colorado
U.S
United States
Uhlman
Tanya Isch
Holly Planelli
Grub stake saves Legion card in Bernies Arena fight
A man calling himself Jimmy Burns from Johnstown, Pennsylvania talked his way into a grub stake at Bernie's Arena after other scheduled fighters failed to appear, then beat Robert Robey of Baltimore by decision to save the American Legion November fight card. Opera star Lily Pons announced plans to quit singing in five years to tend her garden, milk cows, and travel, aiming to perform Lakme's Bell Song on a Connecticut farm with cow bell accompaniment. The government closed the 10,000 acre Catoctin Recreational Area to upland game hunters in two days, with 1,800 acres owned by former Hoover secretary Lawrence Richey and Washington attorney Kingman Brewster also shut. the only large remaining hunting ground was the 7,300 acre city watershed.
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Jimmy Burns
Johnstown
Bernie's Arena
American Legion
Robert Robey
Baltimore
OPERA
Lily Pons
Ms. Pons
Lakme
Connecticut
Catoctin
Lawrence Richey
Herbert Hoover
Kingman Brewster
Washington
City
Frederick High cheerleaders lead homecoming nostalgia gathering
Twenty years later the PAST Cheerleaders of Frederick High School staged a homecoming game against Martinsburg High School with the class of 1957 58 members Taddie Keyser Garver Dawn Kemp Howard Cecelia Baer Kehne Eileen Claybaugh Gerst and Jaime Meadows Daiger joining the afternoon events Protests marked a nine hour hearing at the Frederick Armory over the Hunting Creek Dam plans to flood Cunningham Falls State Park creating a 40 acre lake for boating and fishing Opinion from William Hart a planner and Sierra Club member cited adverse recreation impact and four petitioners pressed the issue At Winchester Hall about 150 Bartonsville residents protested a county plan to operate a sanitary landfill on Reichs Ford Road near their 104 acre Boyer farm property County planners argued limited density growth elsewhere while opponents warned of lowered property values and asked for project reconsideration
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Frederick High School
Martinsburg High School
Taddie Keyser Garver
Dawn Kemp Howard
Cecelia Baer Kehne
Eileen Claybaugh Gerst
Jaime Meadows Daiger
Hunting Creek
Frederick Armory
William Hart
Hart
Atlantic Charter
Sierra Club
State Department of Forests and Parks
Cunningham Falls State Park
Bartonsville
Winchester Hall
Ford Road
Richard Crombie
County Planning Department
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Richard Burgee
Parking spaces rights and public duty to respect permits
Letter discusses parking spaces reserved for disabled persons with permits, urging public awareness of the laws. It suggests clearer signage and public service reminders, urging people to avoid using these spaces when not authorized.
Protection for Women Through Stronger Laws
A letter argues that women require legal protection from spousal abuse. The writer, Morris F. Baton Jr., urges lawmakers to outlaw wife beating and create enforceable penalties without spousal consent to reduce suffering and curb the growing problem.
AIDS Education Urged For Schools By Concerned Citizen
Debora Dayhoff argues that AIDS danger must be taught in schools. She states studies show anyone can get AIDS and warns that ignorance could threaten the future.
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