Frederick mayor weighs insurance options for city
Mayor Ron Young of Frederick faced high liability costs and an aging policy that wouldn’t cover punitive damages or civil disobedience. He considered dropping coverage, sought cheaper terms, and explored pooling with the Maryland Municipal League, noting many Maryland towns have cut or reshaped policies to save money while keeping some protection.
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Frederick
Young
Maryland Municipal League
Maryland
Ron Young
Dirty movies and a critic’s fight over film ratings
Roy Meachum recalls taking Sharon to the PSK Mall to see Fatal Attraction and notes a preteen girl in the audience. He discusses Jack Valenti and the MPAA ratings system, the Exorcist controversy, and his view that Hollywood violence and explicit sex increasingly shape cinema, leaving youths exposed.
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Sharon
PSK
Jack Valenti
Tme
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Washington Post
Vatenti
Motion Picture Association of America
John F. Kennedy
LBJ
Ligean
Dallas
Hays Office
Hollywood
Federal Communications Commission
Capitol Hill
Valenti
MPPA
Washington
Congress
Channel 9
Brownie” Spier
William Friedkin
Friedkin
New York Times
MGM
FSK
Iran arms scandal hints from forgotten Customs memo
A 1985 Customs Intelligence memo suggests Israel supplied Iran with 408 TOW missiles in a secret arms deal, a hidden operation linked to the White House and Israeli cooperation. The DC-8 flight from Iran to Israel over Turkish airspace triggered Turkish disclosures, but U.S. press coverage was limited and State Department pressure possibly suppressed the incident.
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U.S. Customs Service
Iran
White House
CIA
United States
Israel
The
Customs Service
Office of Intelligence
George D. Heavey
Defense Ministry
U.S
Bahrain
Iraq
Customs
Brussels
Tran
Benjamin Weir
Lebanon
William von Raab
Tabriz
Tel Aviv Ben Gurion
Tel Aviv
State Department
Federal Aviation Administration
von Raab
Dale van Atta
van Atta
Reagan
John Fedders
Securities and Exchange Commission
Charlotte Fedders
SEC
Fedders
Frederick bypass would ease rights-of-way problem
Frederick officials believed the State Roads Commission by passing the city would avoid rights-of-way needs for a new dual highway between Frederick and Hagerstown. Mayor Lloyd C. Culler announced a letter from Dr. Homer E. Tabler suggested no early resurfacing on Market and Patrick streets. An Emmitsburg constitution sesquicentennial program featured a parade with bands from Fairfield Thurmont and Emmitsburg High Schools watched by over 1,000 people.
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Frederick
Hagerstown
State Roads Commission
Lloyd C. Culler
Homer E. Tabler
Market and
Patrick Streets
Herbert R. O'Connor
Maryland
Emmitsburg
Fairfield High School
Thurmont High School
Emmitsburg High School
Frederick County Feeds Into Metropolitan Life With New Directories
Twenty years ago Frederick County embraced the metropolitan shift as telephone directories moved to all-number calling. Old exchanges vanished, replaced by numeric codes like 662 and 663, marking a new era. County leaders praised the constitution model, while the mayor warned Maryland voters against a constitution that would cede control to county government.
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Frederick County
ANC
Monument
Crestview
Hillcrest
Vinewood
Tremont
Frederick
Maryland
Lkley
John Derr
Letters to the Editor Praise and Critique in Frederick News Post
Readers commend Ervin Hagg and Mary May for funding News Currents for 28 county schools through a News-Post gift totaling about 6500. A critic questions Dickerson incinerator plans, urging recycling and public health considerations, while Vietnam veterans thank Frederick for a warm welcome home at the fair.
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Ervin Hagg
Mary May
News-Post
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter
Frederick
Frederick Fair
Frederick County
Joe Rager
Vietnam Veterans of America
Elm Street residents dispute hospital district claim in News-Post
Valerie Messent protests Sept 15 News-Post reporting that Frederick Memorial area streets are densely lined with doctors offices. She notes Elm Street has only one psychiatrist with residential character and warns rezoning from Residential to Business could spur commercial encroachment on the neighborhood.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
News-Post
Toll House Avenue
Park Place
Elm Street
Frederick Memorial
Valerie Messent
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Tom Cawood
Clarksburg
Dickerson
Shady Grove
Montgomery County
EPA
John Menke
Sidney Kramer
Kramer
Michael A. Gagliardo
Northeast Maryland
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County Council
Montgomery
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Vietnam
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