Maryland approves bill to curb high fuel rate adjustments
Maryland lawmakers pass a bill to control fuel rate adjustments on electric bills. State Senator Edward P. Thomas and colleagues push the measure, requiring utilities to justify charges of 5 percent or more by proving efficiency and proper operation before the governor may sign it into law.
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Maryland
Edward P. Thomas
Frederick Washington
Public Service Commission
PSC
Thomas
Init
Senate
Baltimore Gas & Electric Company
House
Legislation to curb fuel rate hikes gains Senate approval
Sylvia Hancock of the Organization for Consumer Justice praises Western Maryland Senators Thomas and Charles Smelser for a bill to delay fuel rate increases and require PSC hearings. Thomas notes the measure would force utilities to justify costs and curb abrupt price jumps, with support amid a coal strike backdrop.
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Sylvia Hancock
Organization For Consumer Justice
Maryland
Thomas
Charles Smelser
Economic Affairs Committee
Hancock
Public Service Commission
OCJ
Potomac Edison
Winchester Hall plans win county approval
County officials approved a tentative plan to rearrange offices at Winchester Hall to keep the state Department of Assessment and Taxation from moving to a Monocacy Shopping Center. The proposed swap would move assessors to either the Second Floor or Third Floor, amid talks led by Board of County Commissioners President Lawrence A. Dorsey and objections from Administrative Assistant James L. Bryan and County Comptroller Thomas M. Fox.
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Winchester
State Department of Assessment and Taxation
Winchester Hall
Monocacy Shopping Center
James L. Bryan
Thomas M. Fox
CETA
Board of County Commissioners
Lawrence A. Dorsey
Assessment
Bryan
Fox
Dorsey
Sterling E. Bollinger
Bryan and
Carter accused of attempt to weaken Soviet defense
Moscow accuses President Carter of trying to weaken Soviet defense capability by tying the deferral of neutron warhead production to concessions on other issues. Tass says the move aims to defuse protests and push for future deployment in Western Europe, while U.S. officials note Moscow’s advances in missiles and its limited use for neutron weapons.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S
Tass
Europe
Kremlin
United States
WRA reviews Sagner jail site after NAACP push
Frederick County NAACP urged a second look at the Sagner site for a new jail as the Maryland Water Resources Administration agrees to reexamine preliminary approval. NAACP leaders cite neighborhood impact near Carroll Creek and flood concerns, while officials indicate final approval depends on building plans and pylons.
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Frederick County
NAACP
Maryland
Water Resources Administration
Sagner
Michael A. Potts
WRA
Lord D. Nickens
Nickens
State Department of Natural Resources
Carroll Creek
Sagner Avenue
Wisner Street
Ports
Lawrence W. Johnson
Johnson
del. Julien P. Delphey
Frederick Washington
Frederick
Herbert Sachs
Sachs
Blair Lee II
del. Delphey
Del
Delphey
Tanker car to be tested after March mishap
The chlorine rail tanker from a March 15 Frederick crash was returned to track and will be moved to the Brunswick Chessie yard for brake tests. Hazardous materials inspector Charles E. Kreh stated tests next Friday will check if handbrakes are defective and that inspectors will simulate the incident to confirm findings.
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Frederick
Clorox
Brunswick
Chessie
Charles E. Kreh
Federal Railroad Administration
Kreh
Brunswick Yard
Germantown man killed in Md 355 crash near Damascus
A 42 year old Germantown man died after a 1968 Ford station wagon attempted to pass on a crest of a hill on Md 355 near Md 27. Three other occupants from Gaithersburg were injured, one critically, including the driver Eugene Ricketts who is in hospital with internal injuries. The Rambler driver Robert Lupini was uninjured. Police say Ricketts sped before sideswiping Lupini and crashing into a tree. investigation continues.
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Damascus
Germantown
Aithersburg
MD. 355
MD. 27
Samuel Chester Lowe
Middlebrooke Road
Bethesda
Lowe
Ricketts
Robert Eugene Lecley
Westside Drive
Allan Bush Wilson
Topfield Road
Gaithersburg
Robert Leo Lupini
Rt. 8
Frederick
Lupini
Youths protest Panama treaties at rally note
Inside The News reports youths protesting Panama treaties in a brief bulletin. A county plans to take possession of the Ballenger plant, while tonight stays fair and cool with lows in the mid to upper 30s. Sunday brings sunny skies and mild conditions with highs near 60 and a 10 percent rainfall probability. Socrates quote appears as contrast.
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Ned Zeiler
Akries
Becky Spicer
Fort Detrick to mark 35th anniversary as active Army post
Fort Detrick will quietly observe its 35th anniversary on Monday April 10 as an active Army installation. Commanded by Colonel Robert M Shaw Jr the post is the Frederick county area’s largest employer with over 2700 military and civilian personnel. The complex includes USAMRDC USAMRID and other medical and defense tenants and traces its origins to Frederick’s first airport with a grass runway on Military Road.
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Ft. Detrick
Robert M. Shaw Jr
Frederick County
U.S. Army Health Services Command
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
Daries
U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command
Usamrdc
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
U.S. Army Medical Bioengineering Research and Development Laboratory
U.S
Detrick
Washington
Moscow
Harris Electronics Corp
Baltimore Defense Contract Administration Service
U.S Department of the Interior
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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153Rd Medical Detachment
Department of Defense Medical Materiel Board
Air Force Medical Materiel Field Office
U.S. Army Communication Command
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