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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1993
Page
4
Frederick residents experienced a pleasant primary with five mayoral hopefuls and 14 alderman candidates discussing issues like East Street Extension Carroll Creek Park taxes policing and development. Voters were urged to participate in November and to recognize all who ran for their civic engagement.
Critic praises Robert Schenkkan’s The Kentucky Cycle at Eisenhower Theater for its Greek-scale tragedy and strong company led by Stacy Keach Jeanne Paulsen and Gregory Itzin. Notes rich portrayal of Appalachian history from Hatfields to coal conflicts and a powerful Mary Ann arc, with stellar direction and design.
The White House hosted two days of bipartisan events to back NAFTA and a Mideast peace accord, featuring ex presidents Carter Ford and Bush. Clinton, praised by both parties, faces a tough sell on Capitol Hill as Perot attacks the pact while labor concerns linger and a last minute Port of New Orleans stop underscores campaign fragility.
Fifty years ago Sheriff Horace M. Alexander received a San Francisco police reply about a detainer on George Wilson Blake. Blake escaped, was recaptured in Portland and returned to Frederick for trial on four indictments. Frederick officials blamed juvenile problems on parental neglect and planned a Sept. 22 public meeting with Mayor Hugh V. Gittinger inviting groups to submit recommendations. Francis Scott Key American Legion Post opposed a curfew, while Chief Straley and probation officer Nannie K. Roderick were urged to discuss curfew needs with ministers urged to emphasize parental influence at home.
Twenty years ago the Great Frederick Fair opened at 9 am with Farm and Garden Department judging as a major agenda item. One hundred thousand people were expected to visit the fair during the week as engineers and utility representatives discussed putting a tunnel on South Market Street, realizing funding was needed before action could proceed.
Patty Duke discusses her decision to go public with bipolar disorder. She says it was hard to reveal mental illness to large audiences and notes that manic depressive illness shares features with diabetes. The piece highlights public figures with bipolar illness and references her book A Maddening Illness.
In a discrimination case the University of the District of Columbia denied the North American Man Boy Love Association use of campus facilities for a conference. The group advocates pedophilia and abolition of age of consent laws while critics cite child vulnerability and protection.
A reader asks for LGBTQ community input on protecting sexual orientation from discrimination in work housing and adoption. The letter also rails at Connie Morella for politics and cites abortion and family planning debates in Europe, Latin America, and the United States, arguing for access to birth control and abortion rights.
During the pope's US visit he urged Americans to choose life and end abortion while reaffirming the church's ban on artificial birth control. The piece notes ongoing abstinence based sex education efforts by religious conservatives and cites the Netherlands' low abortion rate and liberal law per the International Planned Parenthood Federation.
A critic argues against the Freedom of Choice Act FOCA now in Congress, asserting it would legalize abortion without limits and erode due process. The piece portrays FOCA as anti life anti compromise and anti American, urging balanced debate and political resolution.
The Frederick News invites letters to the editor. Send correspondence to Aciress: Letters to the Editor at The Frederick News. Mail to 200 E Patrick St Frederick Md 21705 or P O Box 576.
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