Meachum fans gun debate amid fiery criticism
A reader voices strong conservative views criticizing Roy Meachum for attacking the NRA and promoting anti gun control hysteria. The letter references US gun rights, the Second Amendment, socialist critiques, and calls for repeal of the 16th Amendment and broader elite control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Meachum
National Rifle Association
Freedom
Roy
American Rifleman
The
Economist
Karl Marx
Letter to the Editor Attacks Gun Control Movement
A Frederick reader denounces liberal and socialist agendas backed by the Royal Institute for International Affairs and the Council on Foreign Relations. The author claims elites push for immigration and gun restrictions to erode freedom, praising the founding fathers and warning that disarmament leads to tyranny and a police state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dia Tribe
Royal Institute For International Affairs
Council On Foreign Relations
Spanking Banned in Frederick County Public Schools
Maryland officials push discipline reforms amid debate over corporal punishment. In 1993 state leaders and educators indicate spanking is not the answer and propose alternatives, including special schools for disruptive students and repurposing empty buildings for reform programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Maryland
Board of Education
Frederick
William Donald Schaefer
Gun control push spurs Maryland bishops and gun debate
Maryland Catholic leaders vow to defeat pro gun lawmakers and push stricter rules after a 1994 election. They want gun storage laws and accountability as polls warn armed homes raise homicide risk. Medical professionals back the Seattle study showing guns in homes increase risk, while NRA critics challenge safety claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Baltimore
National Rifle Association
William Donald Schaefer
Annault
Schaefer
Frederick
New England Journal of Medicine
Seattle
Cleveland
Memphis
John Wayne
Washington Post
NRA
Hitler
WNRA
American College of Emergency Physicians
Florida
Boy survives after swallowing safety pin in 1943
An eight month old boy, after swallowing a safety pin, was rushed by police escorted ambulance to Johns Hopkins Hospital. Baltimore doctors performed a seven hour operation to remove the pin and the child recovered, staying in the children's ward overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Let's Fight for the Living Children Fight Sexual Abuse and NAMBLA
Rosemary Thomas advocates against NAMBLA, labeling it criminal and immoral for child sexual abuse. She argues discrimination misused, urges protection of children, cites statistics on abuse victims and runaways, and calls for standing up to abuse. Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Ivins
Ivins
Nambla
Restraints cause death of mental patient headline noted
In Sept 1925 The News-Post carried an AP article from New Castle Delaware about a severely retarded person. The issue questioned restraint methods and their fatal outcome, with the headline referencing death of a mental patient.
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News-Post
New Castle
Del
Mental illness and retardation and child support reform debate
A reader lamenting mislabeling of retardation as mental illness urges correct terms and cites local jail, welfare, and paternity issues. The letter advocates Maryland child support reform, fairness, and accountability, calling for educators to assess mental age and demanding just enforcement. Lori Milburn Myersville.
Child Support Debates Across Sides of the Issue
A reader weighs in on child support, recounting years of collection and two years of paying after children moved to their father. The letter adds to prior Sept 8 discussions, arguing that stripping a father of earnings and rights to heirs amounts to persecution and injustice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.G. Everhart
Frederick County
Frederick City
Baltimore
Letter to the Editor on Grimes and derby disqualification
Edward B Jenkins discusses Hugh McAloon and Jim Grimes in a letter about the Klan themed derby car. He cites the Fair Board authority and the private nature of the fair while urging equal treatment regardless of race. He notes NaACP protestors and questions voting for Gary Hughes.
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Hugh McAloon
Grimes
Jim Grimes
Fair Board
NAACP
Citizens For Racial Justice
Gary Hughes
Hughes
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Sheppard Pratt
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