New Election Coverage Expands In Frederick County
The newspaper announces expanded General Election coverage with Sound Source audio Q&A. Ten commissioner candidates and seven House of Delegates candidates will answer weekly questions on taxes, drug enforcement, growth, charter government, schooling, and roads. Voters can listen to each candidate’s unedited responses by phone.
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House of Delegates
Annapolis
Frederick County
Schroder
Welbel faces EEOC probe over hiring at Daniel Lamp Co
Chicago small business owner Welbel with 26 employees and a minority workforce faces a federal EEOC investigation after a black applicant was not hired. The agency seeks back pay to unspecified blacks and ten thousand dollars for advertising, claiming a 31.3 percent black workforce goal within a three mile radius. Welbel defends his hiring as community-based and non-discriminatory. He may be forced to close if penalties exceed his means, risking 26 minority jobs.
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Welbel
Welber
Southwest Side
Chicago
The
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Feds
EEOC
Noriega Trial Witness List Excludes Key Panama Operatives
Prosecutors in Manuel Noriega's drug trial are lining up witnesses, but sources in Panama say many with direct knowledge of Noriega's operations are excluded to avoid embarrassing the United States. One potential figure, Maj. Felipe Camargo, a former Noriega aide, is jailed in Panama facing brutality counts, and his connections could probe a Castro mediated drug dispute with the Medellin cartel in 1984.
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Washington
Manuel Noriega
Noriega
United States
Panama
Boyd
Felipe Camargo
Camargo
U.S
Lichter
Fidel Castro
Noriega witnesses spar with US prosecutors over intelligence ties
Panamanian journalist Camargo and Israeli agent Harari are cited as having deep CIA and Cuban intelligence links. US prosecutors avoid these figures while some Panamanian officers offer potentially explosive testimony. Officials say the administration shuns people with contra drug knowledge as Saddam threatens Kuwait and Gulf tensions flare.
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Camargo
Justice Department
Michael O'Kane
Miami
Noriega
Central Intelligence Agency
Mike Harari
Panama
Harari
CIA
U.S
Israel
Animanc
Bush Administration
John Mattes
Mattes
Senate
Local Detrick Field eyed for permanent base use
Maj Charles A Mason and officials inspected Detrick Field air strip once used as a summer training site for the 29th Division Aviation Maryland National Guard. Over 400 attended the rural ceremony at St Josephs Church marking the reconsecration of the town flock bell recast in 1940 after the 1849 casting. Robert Routzahn noted only 56 of Frederick County residents had volunteered for conscription and appealed for more patriots.
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Detrick Field
29Th Division Aviation
Maryland National Guard
Charles A. Mason
Taimlsburg
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Frederick County
Robert H. Routzahn
Middletown
Board of County Election Supervisors
Fire damages home as arson suspected at 311 Braddock Ave
Fire officials say kerosene was poured on lumber under a rear porch and ignited. Great Frederick Fair drew near record crowds with Governor Mandel touring an antique buggy ride. Fort Detrick to lay off 295 civilians. extra staff to resolve seniority. Governor Mandel attended Democratic Headquarters ribbon cutting with local officials and onlookers.
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Braddock Ave
Marvin Mandel
Fair Board
Glenn Trout
Fort Detrick
Charles Canterbury
New Democratic
E. Patrick St
Sue Gorlock
Hood
Leonard Latkowski
John Best
Democratic Central Committee
Blair Lee
Louis Goldstein
E. Paul Magaha
Frederick
Goodloe E Byron
Standards for Student Promotion From Early Grades to Junior High
Arthur M. Stiles Jr of New Market argues for clear promotion rules based on ability and competence. He urges parents be notified of potential failure, with extra work in grades four to six and no advance to junior high without passing grades. He insists diplomas be earned and criticizes diploma inflation amid a poorly educated workforce.
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Associated Press
Builders Coalition sweeps Frederick County primary election
In the Sept 11 primary the Builders Coalition won most commissioner seats as 7,000 voter notices were sent to up to 15,000 potential voters. With 17,227 votes cast, five endorsed by the group seem likely to become the next commissioners, leaving David Gray, Linda Boyer and Ron Sundergill as possible open election contenders. Voter apathy and fears of continued builder control loom ahead to the Nov 6 contest.
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Frederick County
Builders Coalition
Builders
David Gray
Linda Boyer
Ron Sundergill
Letter to editor blasts county ethics and election
Harold Shriver of New Midway laments the lack of investigation by Frederick County State's Attorney and criticizes ethics in government. He questions why officials did not address voters' concerns and warns that integrity of primary candidates is under fire ahead of an upcoming election.
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Diane Cossin
U.S
Noriega
Justice Department
Frederick County
Lawrence Dorsey Jr
Challenging Whiting on Abortion Beliefs and Strategy
Karen McGrath writes from Union Bridge rebutting Norah Whiting’s Sept. 4 letter. She defends life beginning at conception and argues for gradual legal change to curb abortions, noting pro life and pro choice groups seek concessions to advance limits.
Abortion debate letter challenges Right To Life views
A Sept. 4 letter by Nora Whiting, echoed by ROBERT SCOVNER of Walkersville, argues abortions end a human life. It defends a fetal right to life, rejects privacy or choice as the issue, and cites rare rape or life-threat cases as exceptional.
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Nora Whiting
Ms. Whiting
Candidates urged to address Frederick County landfill issue
Richard Kendall of Monrovia calls for Frederick County Commissioners candidates to reveal plans for resolving the landfill situation, urging new leadership to locate a new site and avoid harming farms like the Schroders. He says voter decisions will hinge on these positions.
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Daniel Lamp Co
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Rodrigo Miranda
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Saddam Hussein
Kuwait
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United Feature Syndicate, Inc
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Arthur M. Stiles JR
New Market
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Norah Whiting
Pro-Life Movement
Pro-Life
Karen McGrath
Robert Scovner
Walkersville
Schroders
Richard Kendall
Monrovia
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