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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1992
Page
3
The front page notes rising enrollments add 1375 students yearly, warning overcrowding, boundary changes, and the need for more teachers, desks, books, and classrooms. Portable classrooms fill side yards, new schools take time, and budgets must rise with continued growth.
A reminiscence recounts Corsican born Jean Louis later John Lewis, a 1981 Frederick mayoral candidate and longtime Republican, detailing his wartime service with Free French Forces, his Corsican origins, name changes, and vivid personal charisma as observed by a close acquaintance.
Congressional investigators documented multiple security gaps at the Drug Enforcement Administration. Unattended sensitive documents in a fax tray exposed undercover agent details and ongoing operations. Passwords, shared access, and weak controls allowed unauthorized disclosures from NADDIS and other systems.
Forty years ago Western and Southern Maryland returned to normal operations after floods. Brunswick welcomed about 300 extra railroad workers and officials to resume traffic after a two day lull. Reports told of property losses in Harpers Ferry and a Knoxville family losing their home and belongings. A Frederick Memorial Hospital board member questioned nurses complaints about Dow administration, with no action until doctors meet. The Carroll Manor Civic Association pressed for a county wide civic federation to improve public information. Frederick County Commissioners toured Leisure Technology developments in Lakewood WV and endorsed plans for similar projects locally. Public hearing battles over water and sewer zoning near Adamstown prevailed with no change to the master plan. General Hershey spoke at Sertoma Club of Frederick dinner.
Richard Bowers writes in a blunt critique of Bill Clinton, accusing him of lying and calling him a coward in a provocative public letter.
The Frederick County Association of Realtors articulates its mission through its board and committees. It pledges property owners rights, integrity, and community contribution while supporting the county commissioners original decision on the sign ordinance and proposed temporary real estate directional signs. FCAR includes 800 professionals and links with state and national bodies. Debbie J. Warfield, executive vice president.
Reader queries why The News-Post did not cover the International Display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in Washington DC during Oct 10 11 weekend. Questioners note no front page coverage and claim a large turnout and significance.
A reader notes AIDS education and prevention information appeared lacking in The Frederick News-Post during the Oct 11 12 1992 weekend while Ryan White is cited as a case. The letter covers awareness, services and global infection figures, and ends with taxpayer and hostage ransom remarks tied to Maryland politics.
A letter by Eileen Cahill Hickey laments 28 health care department firings and the loss of prenatal care for Medicaid funded pregnant women in Frederick County. The piece argues reduced prenatal care raises infant mortality and prematurity risks and increases long term costs borne by taxpayers, urging support for timely prenatal services over later neonatal costs.
In a partisan tax competition, the Maryland Democratic team led by Mayor Schaefer aims for top status while facing aggressive campaigning, threats of service reductions, and claims of deception and fear tactics to sway voters. The piece portrays the pursuit of No 1 as a high stakes battle with the risk of public backlash.
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