Engineer to Oversee City Projects and Airport Work
The city appoints an engineer from the Engineering Department to coordinate multiple projects including wastewater treatment, road system upgrades, and airport work. The appointee, a licensed civil engineer with education at South Hagerstown High University of Maryland Frostburg State College, also leads drafting, inspection, and construction crews. He previously worked at General Electric as a foreman in metal fabrication.
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Parks
South Hagerstown High
University of Maryland
College Park
Frostburg State College
Frostburg College
General Electric
Secbog
Chessie fires two crew members in fatal wreck
In Cumberland the Chessie System dismissed a conductor and a brakeman after a Feb 12 head on collision 30 miles from Cumberland WV killing an engineer and injuring six. A flagman was suspended 90 days without pay. Investigators of the National Transportation Safety Board pursue cause details. Barbara Jean Hopkins 25 of Cumberland died. Robert Cavanaugh 61 suffered amnesia.
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Cumberland
Chessie
West Virginia
John M. Emmett
Maryland
B&o
National Transportation Safety Board
Barbara Jean Hopkins
Cumberland Company
Robert Cavanaugh
Eastalco Maryland hits over one billion in a year and maintains triple A rating
Maryland reports over one billion dollars in annual revenue for Eastalco and holds a perfect triple A general obligation bond rating. Comptroller Goldstein says the rating signals strong investor confidence, while cautioning about economic uncertainties and the need to plan for energy and industry growth. Eastalco president Harvey Armintrout forecasts continued production and profits amid rising world aluminum demand.
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Maryland
Goldstein
Allegany
Garrett
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Eastalea
Frederick County
Harvey P. Armintrout
Eastaleo
Eastalco
Armintrout
Eustalco
Iran’s Bani-Sadr faction faces voting, rift nears
The first round of parliamentary voting in Iran is under review as a government panel probes vote-rigging claims. A second round is slated in about a month, with Ayatollah Khomeini’s supporters and hardliners shaping the outcome. The embassy standoff complicates any resolution as the Islamic Republican Party seeks a parliamentary majority while militants demand the shah’s return in exchange for hostages.
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Setood
Ban Sadr
Islamic Republican Party
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Shah
Feud over sign surfaces in court
A three year feud between Beckley’s Motel Restaurant and the Maryland State Highway Administration over commercial signs on U S 15 surfaced in district court. Richard Perry Beckley was convicted for parking an illegal commercial sign on the highway right of way in front of Beckley’s along U S 15 north of Frederick. The judge imposed a $20 fine after Beckley refused a probation offer and said he would appeal.
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Beckley
Maryland State Highway Administration
U.S 15
Richard Perry Beckley
U.S. 15
Frederick
Stanley Y. Bennett
Charles Wachter
Stein
Feeser
MD. 606
Bennett
Frederick County
Ted Salisbury
MD. 806
George Dorsey
District Court Dockets Charge Dismissals And Stet Placements
A series of bad check charges and a zoning violation were placed on the stet docket or dropped by the State's Attorney before Judge Stanley Y. Bennett. Cases include John T. Griffin Sr zoning compliance. David Wayne Elder pleading guilty to resisting arrest and destruction of property with fines and six months probation. John Courtney Doll's bad check dropped due to restitution. William J Ferguson and Leo Scott Naill charges dropped after drugs misidentified as caffeine. Philip A. Diggs restitution for car keys. Genevieve Welty assault charge dropped as witness declined prosecution.
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Stanley Y. Bennett
James Clapp
David Soucy
Georgetown Law School
John T. Griffin
Ridge Road
Griffin
William Haugh
David Wayne Elder
Old Swimming Pool Road
Maryland
Elder
John Courtney Doll
Hooper Road
New Windsor
Foreign Car Parts Co
William J Ferguson
Twin Ridge Drive
Richmond
Leo Scott Naill
Applegate
Taney Ave
State Laboratory
U.S. 30
Mt. Zion Road
Philip A. Diggs
John Hanson
Roland Forder
Magnolia Ave
Klinehart's Alley
Genevieve Welty
Waverley Gardens
Carter signs windfall tax amid energy policy push
President Carter signed a compromise 227.7 billion windfall profits tax in the East Room, aiming to fund poor energy relief and transit upgrades. The measure, retroactive to March 1, would raise prices toward world levels, with 60 percent of receipts to income tax relief and 25 percent to aid the poor’s rising energy costs.
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Washington
Congress
Carter
U.S
Brown Concedes Wisconsin Primary After Low Vote Share
Brown concentrated on Wisconsin for a month but secured only 12 percent, short of the 20 percent needed to avoid federal subsidy loss. He conceded the election and the campaign, saying the 1980 bid ends with his Milwaukee pledge. Carter’s Midwest wins followed Kennedy’s New York and Connecticut primaries.
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Wisconsin
Kansas
Brown
Milwaukee
Carter
Kennedy
New York
Connecticut
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Russell Long
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Insulatoy
Universa
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