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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1987
Page
4
Frederick County residents again rally for United Way as donations approach $1 million with a $1.17 million goal. The campaign emphasizes directing gifts to agencies and neighbors in need while urging pledges and follow ups.
Roy Meachum warns that loose gun access fuels mass slaughter and serial killing scares, detailing two sobering cases from Frederick and Baltimore counties. He criticizes the NRA and gun lobby rhetoric, questions safety practices, and urges licensing and secure storage amid holiday gun culture.
The Pentagon pressed the CIA and NSA to aid Japanese police in prosecuting Toshiba Machine Co. executives for selling advanced propeller milling gear to the Soviet Union in 1984. Japanese law and new penalties were highlighted as key changes, with indictments coming for the sale and related programs, while actions against firms C Itoh and Wako Koeki remained unsettled. Powell praised as NSC leader. a mini editorial criticizes U.S. tobacco diplomacy in Asia.
A reader laments early holiday hype and rising costs as she prepares for a seven month pregnancy. She recalls taking her son to the mall to see Santa and toys, questions the timing of Santa visits, and wonders how to explain the delayed home arrival of Santa while defending the true meaning of Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Dr John Willis and Robert B Kennedy urge school officials to accept Potomac Edison donated computer labs as a boost to education and question why Frederick County schools would ignore new technology needs while noting local progress and the plight of nursing home residents during the holidays.
Jamie Grose writes a heartfelt letter describing how his miniature Schnauzer was hit on Powell Road near Mountaindale Road or U.S. 15 around 6:30 p.m. on November 22. He acknowledges the driver could have stopped and asks for accountability, sharing the family grief and Thanksgiving hurt.
A Frederick Tailoring Co proposal to add 70 workers may hinge on the legal meaning of manufacturing under zoning. The plan's fate was discussed at a busy Board of Zoning Appeals meeting at City Hall as officials weighed location on Seventh and Bentz streets near Ebert Ice Cream Co.
Twenty years ago, cooperation by Frederick and Montgomery counties and state police led to the arrest of a Germantown teenager suspected of shooting Frederick city police Pvt. William R. Hurt on East All Saints Street near South Market Street. Hurt survived after an operation to remove the bullet. A confederate of the assailant faced charges for stabbing another Frederick man with only superficial wounds.
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