Hartman and Jarboe receive prison terms for 1992 murder
Debate over Hartman 40 year sentence versus 35 year term for partner Christopher Jarboe. Hartman cooperated with prosecutors but claims antidepressant medication affected behavior. Both men strangled and stabbed an 80 year old man for money. Hartman faces parole eligibility in 2003, Jarboe's is 35 years. But victims and families suffer.
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T William Hartman
Hartman
Jarboe
Patuxent Institution
New Year Hope Amid Middle East Peace Hopes
Roy Meachum reflects on renewing faith for the new year and urges cautious optimism about Israeli Palestinian peace. He notes Rabin's government ratifying the Oslo compromise, warns of extremist violence, and emphasizes justice as the path to lasting peace from Gaza to Jericho. He ties US stakes to the outcome and envisions a hopeful, balanced future.
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Oslo
Norway
Middle East
Yitzhak Rabin
Israel
Gaza
Rabin
Hamas
West Bank
PLO
Yasser Arafat
United States
Anwar Sadat
Tie Tee Ouauun
Gray Mullegan Hills
Call for a Balanced Budget Amendment in Congress
The author argues Congress cannot curb deficits and urges a constitutional balanced budget amendment. He warns of rising spending and taxes, urges a strict spending growth cap with a five year phase in and a permanent balance once achieved, naming Clinton era policy and Reagan adviser Martin Anderson as context.
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Congress
Congress of the United States
Washington
Clinton
George Bush
Bill Clinton
Citations heard in Frederick County OPA panel tests patience
Five decades back, 22 Frederick County residents faced four state citations in the Police Court OPA panel. Former Judge Arthur D. Willard and William M. Storm heard defenses over speeding and pleasure driving under gasoline rationing bans. A Crisfield officer’s report misidentified a Frederick resident’s car in Puerto Rico, while Harold Smith Kolmer warned shell shortages could cut hunting license revenue by 30 percent, threatening a labor holiday shutdown across Frederick.
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Frederick County
OPA
Arthur D. Willard
William M. Storm
Crisfield
Frederick
Puerto Rico
Local groups join telethon for Muscular Dystrophy drive
Twenty years ago the C P Telephone Pioneers Frederick Jaycees Sertoma Club and AMVETS Post 2 organized a community contribution to the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon. Pledges amounting to 12043 were collected through Frederick Telethon Headquarters in the Frederick Shopping Center. The Weatherman warned of 90 degree heat on the first day of school as Labor Day heavy rains failed to cool the region. Two area residents were slightly injured in a thunderstorm with a hospital construction site incident near Monrovia. A wind gust flipped a house trailer near Walkersville causing minor injuries.
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C&p Telephone Pioneers
Frederick Jaycees
Sertoma Club
AMVETS Post #2
Frederick
C&p Engineering
Frederick Shopping Center
Green Valley
Monrovia
Walkersville
Hughes can do candidate for Frederick city revival
Gary Hughes in a Frederick column champions a can do agenda focused on citizen participation and quality first plans. He argues the city should remove temporary structures at South Market Street, reduce retail space emphasis, attract shoppers to the creek area, and enhance landscaping to draw people, promising shared destiny and renewed uniqueness. James Pearl notes.
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Gary Hughes
Frederick
Gary
State office building near Carroll Creek urged by Frederick Post
The Frederick Post questions siting near Carroll Creek while the Greater Frederick Development Corporation backs Carroll Street for a 62 000 square foot state office building. The plan keeps 200 downtown jobs, avoids economic impact from relocation, and aligns with the Carroll Creek Master Plan. Executive director Jerry T. Moomau notes the project will be leased, not state capital funded, to house social services for Frederick County.
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Frederick Post
Carroll Creek
Greater Frederick Development Corporation
Carroll Street
Pendarinl Paniate
Frederick
Ediurtai
Frederick County
Not all handicaps are visibly obvious
A reader letter from Mary Dudley Owen of Mount Airy discusses invisible disabilities and the misuse of handicap spaces. She describes congenital heart disease with pulmonary hypertension and shows the social stigma of parking in designated spots. She argues that many drivers lack compassion for the physically disabled and questions the fairness of enforcement.
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Daniel Moore
MVA
Readers invited to send letters to the editor
The Frederick News-Post seeks reader opinions and invites letters to the editor. Include name and address, prefer concise submissions, and note that letters may be edited or not published due to volume. Postal and fax contact details are provided for submissions.
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Llaynes
Frederick News
Post
E. Patick St
P.O. Box
Frederick, Md
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Martin Anderson
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