Work to rule in Frederick County teachers action ends
Frederick County teachers have halted the work to rule dispute as the new school year approaches. The change follows promises by new Superintendent Noel Farmer and school board president Sue Rovin to fully consider teacher salary requests. Parents are urged to remember teachers' unseen efforts and dedication beyond classroom hours.
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Frederick County Public Schools
Jack Patterson
Frederick County Teachers Association
Frederick County
Noel Farmer
Teachers’ Union
Sue Rovin
Farmer
Condominiums in cars shock Maryland columnist
A humorous column recounts a prankish misunderstanding about condoms, recounting calls to a Maryland high school and a governor’s AIDS related materials. The piece jokes about condominiums in cars, color varieties, and a principal's reaction, ending with a quip about the governor's pamphlets being plain.
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Irene
FBI film critics review Warhol’s Lonesome Cowboys
A satirical account of two FBI agents previewing Lonesome Cowboys at the 1983 San Francisco Film Festival. The report cites disjointed plotting, alleged onscreen sexuality, and criticized soundtrack while noting the FBI’s pursuit of Warhol’s project and the Phoenix office tip. Prosecution was declined.
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Washington
Siskel and Ebert
Rex Reed
Pauline Kael
PBI
FBI
Andy Warhol
San Francisco
J. Edgar Hoover
Stewart Harris
Warhol
Bureau
Phoenix
Aip
Rancho Dinda
Oracle
Ariz
Taylor Meade
Arizona Dude Ranch
New York City
Atlanta
Letter critiques midwives and local governance in Frederick County
Readers question Dr. Rausch’s stance on midwifery and accuse physicians of limiting independent midwives. The letters discuss horseshoe pitching publicity, 1984 documents, city hall processes, environmental concerns, and praise a theater production of A Chorus Line. The mix reflects local civic discourse and arts feedback from multiple towns including Burkittsville Myersville Thurmont.
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Rausch
News-Post
Dr. Rausch
Frederick County
Martin BR. Paule
Burkittsville
Frederick
Rocky Ridge Carnival Thanks Community Effort
Rocky Ridge Volunteer Fire Company credits community support for a successful annual carnival. President Charles W. Mumma thanks officers, members, and donors for making the event a success.
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Rocky Ridge
Rocky Ridge Volunteer Fire Company
Charles W. Mumma
The
Vol. Fire Co
Wet August ends with above normal rainfall and heat
The news note reports August ending warm and wet with 6.37 inches of rain versus 3.65 inches normal, a wet year trend near 10 inches excess. September begins foggy, with a warm day expected again. A letter to City Attorney Edward J. Smith from George R. Hardesty announces special plumbing master and journeyman exams, tying sewer work permits to current code and registered plumbers in Frederick.
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Edward J. Smith
George R. Hardesty
Maryland State Board of Commissioners of Plumbing
Frederick
Labor Day Weekend Reflections and Local Library Gift
Frederick County residents faced the last summer holiday as offices closed and mail delivery paused. Weather opened September cool with 50 degrees in Frederick and 32 at Accident, signaling mid September highs in the upper 60s. The Girls High School Alumnae Association marked 75 years by presenting C Burr Arte Library with 570 to transfer a student loan fund established in 1940 to support reference books for students.
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Frederick County
Mercury
Frederick
Maryland
Girls High School Alumnae Association
C. Burr Arte Library
Mary Ott
Frederick councilman pressures home signer on 1984 deed
Winston A Holmes objects to being asked to sign a 1984 deed easement. Martin's Creek has drawn attention as Frederick Post front page news. On Aug 25 at 10 30 a m Councilman Jessie Thompson visited Holmes urging signing, notarizing, and return to City Hall while directing ignore gabion contents in bids for a trough project.
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Ernestine Wenner
Jessie Orndorff
William Roelke
Pat Smith
City Hall
Campbell
Thompson
Mey
Orndorff
Chesapeake Bay
Martin’s Creek
Frederick Post
Brunswick
Jessie Thompson
Reinstate funding for National Peace Institute urged
Gretchen Rollison argues the United States Institute of Peace should be funded and functional, noting 3,000 peace groups and urging Maryland citizens to contact Senator Mikulski to reinstate $10 million in appropriations after Congressman Walker cut funding as of Sept. 30.
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United States Institute of Peace
Robert Walker
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Barbara Mikulski
Senate Appropriations Committee
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