Buttons tell tales of hope and failed dreams
Hood College displays about 75 presidential campaign buttons in Beneficial Hudson Library lobby. Red, white and blue badges range from Coolidge and Dawes to a large 1992 Clinton Gore button with an eagle. Dole Kemp also show an eagle. McGovern’s button uses a women’s liberation symbol. Stevenson’s button looks optimistic though Nixon won big.
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Women’s Liberation Movement
Richard Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
Ex-congressman monitors Montenegro elections from Podgorica
Larry Hogan leads an American delegation to observe Montenegro parliamentary elections in a small European republic nicknamed Black Mountain. Gregg Hilton of the National Security Caucus Foundation says observers will ensure a free fair vote and prevent fraud while coordinating with international representatives. The Montenegrin government has not been told observer locations and five parties participate, with the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists holding 41 seats.
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Larry Hogan
Frederick
Montenegro
Black Mountain
Podgorica
Gregg Hilton
National Security Caucus Foundation
U.S
Hilton
Peoples
Liberal
Social Democratic
Democratic Party of Socialists
Middletown and Poolesville win as TJ and Urbana fall in field hockey
In a field hockey roundup from Middletown and Poolesville, the hosts defeated rivals while TJ and Urbana were beaten. ReadRoyon and Meachum contributed on target plays as scoring details appear on the B section. The Frederick News Post notes the paper is printed on recycled stock.
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Middletown
Poolesville
Urbana
Frederick News Post
Carmody Runs as Natural Law Write-In Candidate
Kevin Carmody promotes the Natural Law Party as a write-in candidate for the 6th Congressional District. He notes voters often lack knowledge of the party and his candidacy, with continuation promised on Page A-5.
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Carmody
Kevin Carmody
Natural Law Party
Mr Carmody
Legislators See Frederick County Wish List Progress
Frederick County Commissioners presented 11 item legislative wish list to the Frederick County delegation at the City Club. While most items received preliminary support, several proposals face wrangling, notably two innovative taxing authority measures that sparked pause among lawmakers.
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Frederick County
General Assembly
City Club
Frederick
Computers ease substitute teaching at Liberty Elementary
Liberty Elementary uses a $35,000 substitute calling system, online since Sept. 4, to match teachers with substitutes. Teachers input missed days, the computer dials from a list, reducing duplication. Since launch it has filled about 2,400 absences, averaging 110 per day, with a peak of 204.
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Liberty Elementary
Retta Barkley
Nelson McLeod Jr
McLeod
The Center at Monocacy Breaks Ground in Frederick
Ground was broken Wednesday morning at The Center at Monocacy a 4 acre site planned for office research and development and flex space The project aims to preserve up to 1700 local jobs and includes space for two hotel developments per Howard C Brown director of leasing
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Frederick
Frederick County
Monocacy
Howard C Brown
Leas
Collecting history in print portraits a Frederick antiquarian
Jeffery Jones, 40, restores old buildings in Frederick and curates a rare history collection. He bought a Civil War clipping book in 1978 for 275 dollars and preserves a framed discharge paper signed by George Washington for Benjamin Taylor. The bound ledger holds maps and newspaper fragments from the era, with Jones emphasizing careful study of printed truth versus fact.
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Jeffery Jones
Everedy Square
Shab Row
Mr. Jones
Yesteryear
Frederick
Jones
Rhode Island
Benjamin Taylor
George Washington
Maryland
B&o
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Matthew Barreat
Krista Brick
Douglas Tallman
ED Waters JR
Bruce Hamilton
Sam Yu
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