Governor Schaefer's Far East trade trip ends tiredly
Governor William Donald Schaefer led a Far East trade mission aimed at boosting Baltimore port business and Maryland's global profile. The trip, though largely successful, ended with fatigue causing him to cut short the return and miss a Taiwan welcome, prompting reflection that future outreach could be handled by other officials or ambassadors without diminishing Maryland's image.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Taiwan
Schaefer
William Donald Schaefer
AIDS education debate in Maryland House thoughtful but political
An editorial condemns two Frederick County lawmakers for opposing mandatory AIDS classes in Maryland schools. It praises the state Board of Education plan and Frederick County’s proactive approach, arguing the real danger is ignorance and fear. The piece urges age-appropriate instruction and government leadership to protect children and public health.
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Maryland
General Assembly
State Board of Education
Federal Public Health Service
Charlies Smelser
Smelser
George Littrell
Frederick County
Frederick Board of Education
Littrell
Sen. Smelser
Washington
Ayatollah Khomeini
Bekaa Valley
Lebanon
Khomeini
Barbara Newman
Bekaa
City works on new garbage collection and CCC enrollments reveal cuts
October 12 items recall Frederick County’s second day of enhanced garbage pickup, with City Engineer Maxwell noting driver adaptation and public calls to keep unburnable waste out. Enrollment caps for CCC camp limit numbers despite strong demand, per J Sheldon Turner. Extra activities resume in county schools as officers are chosen. County plans space updates with Eyler Associates for five years, amid high long term indebtedness of 307.33 per person. Frost and freezing expects lowest 30s to 32 degrees, the first since April.
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Maxwell
Frederick County
Charis
Letters to the Editor on parking signs and Reagan policy
A reader defends a handicapped parking space against a note calling them a dummy and explains their valid use of a state handicap sticker. The letter also critiques the Reagan administration’s Cold War strategy, urging restraint, a nuclear arms moratorium, and quoting Dr. Hinstein on avoiding war by war preparation.
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Khomeini
Bekaa Valley
Newman
Beka
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Soviet Union
U.S
Reagan
Byron
Albert Hinstein
Challenging Rep Byron: editorials on nuclear policy and quarrying
A Frederick News-Post letter pile argues against nuclear arms tests and Star Wars while urging Carroll County to curb further stone quarry expansion. Gerald B. Shargel in Reisterstown cites regional quarry concerns. Willard Hawkins of New Windsor and Bob Hilton of Mount Airy weigh in on politics and Supreme Court nominees with strong, pointed opinions.
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Soviet Union
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Byron
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Carroll County
Frederick County
Chamber of Commerce
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Frederick News-Post
Wakefield Bailey
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