Frederick County Fair notes and new arrivals at state fair
Frederick County farm queen Vivian Stottlemyer and a visiting queen spoke with fairgoers about farming and fun. Ed and Diane Dwyer of Brunswick named Frederick County's Most Beautiful Parents. Steve Swadley welcomed his newborn daughter Amanda with help from John Knipple. 103-year-old Lillian Grumbine quips she feels no different after turning 103.
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Frederick County
Vivian Stottlemyer
Vivian
Maryland
Timonium
Diane Dwyer
Brunswick
Steve Swadley
John Knipple
Mr. Swadley
Carole Swadley
Amanda
Quayle Attack On Lawyers Sparks ABA Speech Backlash
Vice President Dan Quayle addressed the American Bar Association warning there are too many lawyers and too much litigation. He urged pre suit negotiations, limits on damages, and making the loser bear legal costs to curb rising civil cases and insurance costs.
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Dan Quayle
American Bar Association
Huntington
Ind
Indiana University School of Law
Mr. Quayle
ABA
Henry
Thomas Jefferson
Congress
America
Maryland General Assembly
House of Ale Gera
BATRA
Quayie
Quayle
Bulgarian environmental revolt fuels East Europe's upheaval
Bulgarian greens lead a revolution that toppled a 35 year ruler as pollution from a Romanian chemical plant across the Danube drags Bulgaria into crisis. In Ruse, 1975 to 1987 saw chlorine emissions 3 to 14 times above safety levels and soil acidity 40 times normal, triggering respiratory illnesses and rural protests before the upheaval reached Sofia.
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Washington
Greens
Perestroika
Bulgaria
Ruse
Danube
Giurgiu
Evgeni Nazarov
Todor Zhivkov
Sofia
Pollution protests spark Bulgarian eco movement in 1989
In September 1987 a gas cloud at a Ruse youth ceremony sickened hundreds of children. Mass demonstrations followed as residents formed the Eco-Glasnost movement, pressuring Zhivkov and spurring environmental reforms that culminated in his resignation during the 1989 upheaval alongside the Berlin Wall’s fall.
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Young Pioneer Movement
Young Pioneer
Ruse
Bulgaria
Committee For the Ecological Protection of
Zhivkov
Romania
Nicolae Ceausescu
Ceausescu
Communist Party
Eco-Glasnost
Environmental Movement
Berlin Wall
Freight truck crash scatters produce near Unionville Md
A Roman Trucking Co. vehicle from Baltimore and Winchester, Va., overturned on Md 28 east of Unionville, dumping cabbage, potatoes, beans and other produce. The driver had a small finger cut but was otherwise fine. The incidents list includes a memorial sermon in Baker Park and other county news.
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Roman Trucking Co
Baltimore
Winchester
Unionville
MD. 28
Frederick County
FRED pushes for safer site over Site B landfill plan
Frederick residents group FRED argues Site B landfill is unsafe and unhealthy for the county. They urge election of a more economical, environmentally sound site and dispute local media characterization while highlighting public support for a search for alternatives.
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Frederick News-Post
Frederick County
Frederick Residents For Environmental Defense
FRED
Maryland Department of the Environment
MDE
Free State
South Frederick
Reich
Ford Road
Sue Ann Yingling
Maplien
County
Frederick News
Letters on eggs and humane farming clash with Reid column
ANNETTE HISHMEH of Clarksberg argues against inhumane egg production and praises the Humane Society in response to Robert Reid's Aug. 20 column. She condemns battery cages, drugged feed, and salmonella risk, favors free range, and defends lecithin as cholesterol aid.
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Robert Reid
Crar
Humane Society
Trimming Trees in Frederick Provokes Community Debate
Melissa Twentey of Frederick protests Potomac Edison tree trimming to run power lines. She argues trimming harms birds and the ozone, destroys neighborhoods, and urges burying lines. She recalls losing seven front yard trees, including grandfatherly plantings, and calls for alternatives.
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Frederick
Potomac Edison
Speeding Police Above the Law In Sharp Letter
Carol Tressler voices concern that off duty police officers exceed speed limits and brake suddenly to avoid collisions, doubting their enforcement role and warning about teaching children to obey laws. She urges law enforcement to model safe driving for the public.
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Michael Powell
Frederick, MD
Lillian Grumbine
Mrs. Grumbine
Robert C. Reid
State Senate
Judiciary
Bint
Neg
Jack Anderson
Yeltsin
Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev
Boris Yeltsin
Gorbachev
Moscow
Don Quixote
Carl Dillinger
Maryland State Police Barracks
Walter E. May
May
Roy M. Mumford
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
E.A. Soucy
J. Edgar Hoover
Bert Pelissier
FBI National Police Academy
Washington, D.C
Moose Lodge
South Street
West South Street
Howard Stewart
PEP
Lawrence Dorsey
John Derr
Donald Lewis
Herbert
Mildred Gordon
Burkittsville
Joan T. Wade
Reid
Annette Hishmeh Clarksberg
Melissa Twentey
Carol Tressler Frederick
Newspaper
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