Senator urges governor to keep PSC fuel cost bill intact
Maryland state senator Edward P. Thomas pressed acting Gov Blair Lee to oppose any amendments to a bill restricting utilitys automatic cost pass through. The measure, approved 37 to 2, would require proof of costs and grant PSC power to delay or block hikes beyond five percent fuel costs, impacting Potomac Edison and other firms.
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Edward P. Thomas
Frederick Washington
Public Service Commission
PSC
Senate
Thomas
House
Blair Lee Ts
Baltimore Gas & Electric Company
Potomac Edison
Lee
Maryland
Annapolis
Weekend heat and sleet mix. warmest Apr 2 in seven years
The weekend brought near heat on Saturday with a high of 85 in Frederick, the warmest since 1972, followed by rain and sleet late Sunday. Sunday ranged 59 to 39 degrees with .04 inches of precipitation. Sleet fell around 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. as cold air atop a shallow warm layer lingered, marking the warmest April 2 in years. Local observers noted it was the first hint of spring dry enough to plow.
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Frederick
David Lesher
Braddock Heights
Richard Schwerdt
Damascus
Lesher
Schwerdt
Emmitsburg
Lucile Beale
Dies of prominent Baltimore area businessman Sanner
Charles S V Sanner 61 a leading Frederick County born entrepreneur died early Sunday April 2 at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore after a long illness He was husband to Patricia Felser Sanner of 22 Kline Blvd Sanner born Feb 6 1917 to Emmons C Sanner and the late Ave Ramsburg Sanner A Gettysburg College graduate summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa He served in the US Army from 1940 rising to lieutenant colonel commanding the 32nd Quartermaster Battalion on Okinawa and was discharged in 1946 He later worked at Fort Detrick until 1955 and then became president of Sanner Really Inc and Stoffer Sanner Insurance Agency Inc
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Charles Steiner Vincent Sanner
Stoffer-Sanner Insurance Agency, Inc
Sanner Really, Inc
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Patricia Felser Sanner
Kline Blvd
Mr. Sanner
Frederick County
Emmons C. Sanner
Frederick
Ave Ramsburg Sanner
Carter ends trip with South Africa warning
President Carter wrapped up a weeklong Africa tour with a warning that South Africa may face sharper U S pressure if it rejects a Namibia settlement. He urged an Africa free of outside military influence and discussed Cuba's role with Nigerian leader Obasanjo. In Monrovia he met Tolbert, toured a Peace Corps center, and noted strong Liberian welcomes as he prepared to fly home.
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Liberia
Carter
Black Africa
Namibia
United States
Air Force One
Olusegun Obasanjo
Cuba
William R. Tolbert Jr
Africa
Angola
Horn of Africa
Soviet Union
Tolbert
Peace Corps
Lagos
Washington
Obasanjo
Rhodesia
South Africa
Latin America
Nigeria
Venezuela
Braz
Robertsheld International
William Tolbert
Logeria
Watc
Crum resigns from city police after controversy
Veteran officer Wiliam Crum has tendered his resignation from the city police force effective Friday April 28. Police Chief Major Richard J. Ashton declined to comment beyond acknowledging the resignation. The discord began after Crum accused unfair treatment in a promotion exam and alleged unrest in the department during a February 16 Board of Aldermen meeting.
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Wiliam Crum
Richard J. Ashton
Ashton
Crum
Board of Aldermen
News-Post
Barbara Mello
American Civil Liberties Union
Baltimore
County check on library site ends with three-way tie
County commissioners face a potential deadlock as they vote today on a site for the new public library. Dorsey Crum back Key Chevrolet East Patrick Street, Wirts and Lewis insist on the old courthouse, Bollinger hints at a third site and a possible merger with Frederick Community College library to lower costs. A sealed bid from Weinberg parking lot owners is promised Monday.
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Lawrence A. Dorsey
Paul L. Crum Jr
East Patrick Street
Board of County Commissioners
Edgar C. Wirts Jr
Donald L. Lewis
Sterling E. Bollinger
Bullinger
Frederick Community College
Chevrolet
Weinberg
Local prices rise in Chesapeake Market basket survey report
The March market basket shows Frederick rising above the nine-city average of 18.40 to 18.80, with gains in sugar five pounds and detergent. Ground beef up 26 cents per pound, hog dogs six cents, and coffee still 30 cents below last month’s price though overall costs climb. Washington posted the highest city total at 20.28, while Dover remained the cheapest at 1.78 last month.
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Frederick
Chesapeake Associated Press
Joe
Washington
Dover
Pare faces public quiz on payoffs and space colonies
Inside The News notes public quiz on payoffs featuring SOVIETS eye space colonies and MIDEAST talks opening in Romania A2. A drug offers hope in cancer fight. Renner forecasts warmer with possible Tuesday rain. Highs mid to upper 60s, lows mid 40s, Tuesday cloudy and warmer. Emerson quote about anger and happiness ends.
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