City board splits over traffic lights and fire engine
Aldermen divided Thursday night over re installing traffic lights at All Saints and South Market avenues and about bidding for a new city fire engine. Key speakers argued traffic studies urged removal while others cited safety and neighborhood pressure. Mayor warned many lights may be eliminated under new conditions.
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Board of Aldermen
All Saints
South Market Aiveats
James §. Grimes
NAACP protests traffic light decision at All Saints junction
NAACP President Lord D. Nickens blasted a Thursday vote by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to halt traffic lights at the All Saints and South Market streets intersection. He demanded an immediate hearing to review why the project was revived and killed, and rejected being labeled a pressure group.
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South Market Street
Calvin S. Bartgis
Claude R. DeLauter Jr
United Fire Company
Grimes
Board of Aldermen
All Saints
South Market Streets
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Lord D. Nickens
Nickens
FCC Artz boards to discuss joint library plan
Frederick Community College and C Burr Artz Library boards will meet to weigh pros and cons of a joint county and college library on campus. The gathering followed a request by County Commissioner Sterling E Bollinger after a stalled county vote on the Key Chevrolet site. Bollinger aims to study a totally integrated library with shared materials and facilities.
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Frederick Community College
C. Burr
Chevrolet
East Patrick Street
Old County
Bollinger
Drug dealer jailed for cocaine charges in Frederick County
Judge Samuel W. Barrick sentenced Jeffery Neal Oranczak to jail after a guilty verdict on possession and distribution of cocaine. The court did not continue bond for sentencing and called the defendant a danger to the community, citing ongoing drug activity in the county. Oranczak pleaded guilty to two counts of distribution of amphetamines and not guilty to four counts of cocaine possession and distribution, opting for a bench trial.
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Samuel W. Barrick
Jeffery Neal Oranczak
Oranczak
Barrick
Frederick County
William R. Leckemby Jr
William L. Alhas
Old Town Tavern
N. Market St
County jail escapee captured in Frederick City
Caudill 19 fled during a presentencing interview at Frederick County Jail. He was traced to a North Market Street telephone booth and captured by city police and the sheriff after a public call alerted authorities. He is back in maximum security, charged with jail escape.
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Frederick County
Charles William Caudill
Correctional Officers Quarters
Caudill
North Market Street
Paul W. Gray
Robert L. Strong II
Donald Barnes
Rupli enters race for 6th District Congress seat
Dan Rupli a Burkittsville Democrat and former Justice Department attorney announces campaign for Maryland's 6th District seat held by Rep. Goodloe Byron. He will disclose at Tyrconnel Farm Md 17 near Petersville at 1 p.m. Saturday with wife Brenda and children Andrew Erika. He previously lost to Byron 56 to 44 in 1976 and later a Burkittsville mayoral bid. Rupli helped organize the Organization for Consumer Justice to oppose utility costs in Western Maryland.
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Dan Rupli
Burkittsville
Goodloe E. Byron
Rupli
Byron
Frederick County
Tyrconnel Farm
MD. 17
Petersville
Brenda
Andrew
Erika
Rup
U.S. Justice Department
Organization For Consumer Justice
Uaswlnn
Maryland
Carter delays decision on neutron bomb
President Carter defers production of neutron warheads awaiting Soviet restraint in conventional and nuclear arms. Defense will modernize Lance missiles and 88 inch artillery while keeping open the option to add enhanced radiation elements later. NATO talks, Moscow visit, and Ford remarks frame the strategic debate.
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Washington
Carter
White House
Soviet Union
United States
Europe
Defense Department
NATO
Los Angeles
Gerald Ford
Ford
Delegation Opposes Fuel Bill Amendments In House
Delegates faced opposition as eight amendments were added to House Bill 1169 giving the Public Service Commission authority over fuel adjustment charges. Frederick county officials and local residents sent more than 500 letters protesting high electric charges while the Frederick delegation largely opposed the amendments in attendance.
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Public Service Commission
Walkersville
Frederick
del. Julien P. Delphey
Wash
Delphey
Senate
House
DeAnn Spangler
Martha Hale
Carol Dyke
Organization For Consumer Justice
Potomac Edison
Frederick Ethnic Festival sets Oct 7 date
Frederick steering committee selects Saturday Oct 7 for the second annual Ethnic Festival to feature local groups. Event returns to Evangelical Lutheran Church grounds on East Patrick Street after a successful, rain-soaked debut last Oct 15. Co-Chairmen Lord D. Nickens and Kenneth Schaefer invite all groups to participate. next planning meeting May 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the church.
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Frederick
Evangelical Lutheran Church
East Patrick Street
Lord D. Nickens
Nickens
Kenneth Schaefer
Torrijos Opposes Treaty Amendment
Israel to withdraw troops from Lebanon amid regional tensions while opposition figures press for changes. A separate briefing notes a suspect captured in the Girl Scout killings. Weather outlook predicts clear, cool tonight with low 40s and Saturday sun. highs in the 60s.
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Carlos Rivera
CETA
Baker Park
Parke
Russell Castle
C. Kurt Holter
Department of Transportation
State Highway Administration
Richard J. Ashton
South Street
Sanford G. Blum
Merchants’ Association
Ashton
Bartgis
Maryland School For the Deaf
Ronald N. Young
FCC
Artz
William E. Graffam
Cyrus R. Vance
Moscow
Delegation
Henry Lechner
Eulalia Mooney
Bob Thompson
Carmen E. Lee
Lowell Hattery
Lord Nickens
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