Drug Abuse Awareness Week Sparks Home Front War on Drugs
The piece argues for a national and local push against illegal drugs and organized crime led by President Reagan. It highlights confiscations, increased drug arrests, and a call for cabinet and regional hearings while urging communities to fund prevention programs, school involvement, and coordinated enforcement to protect youth from drug exposure.
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George Bush
Hoe Plepade
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Commission On Organized Crime
Frederick County
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Board of Education
Health Department
Ineal
Alamine
Tom Folks About Religion and a Daughter of Atheism
Tom Murray speaks about growing up as the son of Madalyn Murray O’Hair, describing a life of drugs, crime, and near breakdown before converting to Christianity. He chronicles his mother’s anti prayer stance and his effort to promote his book My Life Without God and counter the atheist movement.
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Murray reveals motives behind O'Hair anti prayer crusade
In his book, Murray portrays his mother Madalyn O Hair as driven by a need to prove herself to the Soviet Union and disrupt American society. He links her attempts to emigrate and her later activism to an atheistic, anti religious agenda that culminated in the Supreme Court prayer ruling.
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Soviet Union
Supreme Court
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O'Hair
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Garth
Paris
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Baltimore
Russia
Reagan
Open letter urges free ambulance service for all residents
A Junior Fire Company's letter to citizens states emergency and routine ambulance service is free of charge. It emphasizes no payment is required for service and notes partial city funding with donations needed to cover remaining costs. The letter clarifies it is not a bill and mentions accompanying statements.
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Frederick
Ambulance bills and public safety response debate
A letter from Montgomery County emergency responders defends ambulance billing practices amid questions about payment methods. It urges readers to call an ambulance without hesitation and invites questions to junior fire company representatives. The reply letter counters a prior article on a KKK rally at Needwood Park, urging restraint and noting potential danger from clashes and police actions. It cites Todd Johnson and several Montgomery County officers.
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Walleye
Dorsey
Critics clash over Foster Grandparent program funding
Ronald and Nancy Reagan face continued pressures as ACTION moves to privatize the Foster Grandparent Program. New York's funding ends this month, risking hundreds of volunteers and disabled children. Officials cite admin costs while parents defend the program's impact and request Mrs Reagan's support.
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Uncle Sam
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Betty Brake
Blake
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Sinatra
Joan Bowden
Atlantic County
N.J
Labor Department
Thomas McBride
Bowden
Memories From Frederick Mews Post November 1932
A collage of local notes including Fredricks memories of drummer boy times, a prize goat death from laurel poisoning, Lions Club Ladies Night at Hotel Frederick, and 4-H Poultry judging honors. Also reports upcoming Dulles Airport dedication, snow removal plans, and Frederick High Cadets’ seventh straight loss.
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