County school impasse goes to arbitration
Frederick County teachers and the Board of Education reached impasse in wage negotiations. Arbitrator Warren Taylor will study both sides and issue nonbinding recommendations within 7 to 10 days. The eight percent offer from the board versus about 19 percent urged by the FCTA remains the core dispute.
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Frederick County Teachers Association
Board of Education
Allen T. Robertson
FCTA
Jack Groch
Maryland State Teachers Association
Richard Neel
Educational Service Bureau
Warren Taylor
American Arbitration Association
Holiday Inn
Robertson
Taylor
Frederick County Led by 202 Tax Returns in 1973
Frederick County's 1973 tax data show 202 returns with AGI of $50,000 or more, totaling $12,982,039 in net taxable income and $628,086 in state tax plus $315,700 in county piggyback taxes. The top earners include 133 returns from $50,000 to $74,999 and 41 from $75,000 to $99,999, with six over $150,000. The county's overall net taxable income neared $250 million with most filers in the $10,000 to $30,000 range.
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Frederick County
Maryland
Louis L. Goldstein
Montgomery County
Prince Georges
Harford County
Howard County
Talbot County
Washington County
Carroll County
AGI
Ford seeks more Indochina aid in major address
President Ford plans a joint session speech to urge Congress for broader humanitarian and military aid to Indochina. He aims for bipartisanship on foreign policy and a strong working relationship with lawmakers as broadcast coverage begins at 9 p.m. EDT.
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WASHINGTON
Ford
Congress
Indochina
House
Democratic
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
South Vietnam
Fighting for Xuan Loc as South Vietnamese defend provincial capital
Fighting raged around Xuan Loc, 40 miles east of Saigon, with officials claiming another North Vietnamese attack was repulsed. Analysts warn it is too early to tell if attacks signal a push toward Saigon. The report also notes Buddhist youths protesting Thieu and a planned airlift of 219 Vietnamese orphans to the United States, along with regional war developments in Cambodia and Thailand.
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Vietnam
Nixon
Nessen
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
SAIGON
South Vietnam
Xuan Loc
Long Khan
Gia Dinh
Nguyen Van Thieu
Indochina
Betty Tisdale
Columbus
Vuong Van Bac
Saudi Arabia
Thieu
Khaled
Phnom Penh
Bangkok
Gulf of Thailand
Lon Nol
Bali
Hawaii
Khmer Rouge
Long Boret
Thailand
PSC schedules public hearing on proposed C&P rate increase
The Maryland Public Service Commission set a May 7 public hearing at Gov. Thomas Johnson High School to collect comments on Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. rate hikes 15 percent for basic local service. The Frederick hearing is one of 11 statewide with 6:30 p.m. registration and 7:30 p.m. start.
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BALTIMORE
Maryland Public Service Commission
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company
Maryland
Frederick
C&P
PSC
Carl V. Weakley
Weakley
People's
Gary R. Alexander
Alexander
Maryland PSC hearings weigh electric rate structure changes
The People’s Counsel says Maryland hearings will explore rate structure alternatives with expert input. Proposals include discounts for reduced consumption, inverted and phased in block pricing, peak time charges, seasonal surcharges, marginal cost pricing, and metering changes to shift charges by when electricity is used.
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BALTIMORE
Gary R. Alexander
PSC
Maryland
Eustalco
Kline Firm Apparent Low Bidder on Ballenger Plant
The R F Kline Company of Frederick led bids for initial Ballenger Creek sewage treatment work with $4 476 872 total. Hetzer of Hagerstown bid $4 499 600 and Green Construction of Baltimore $4 688 826 with seven firms bidding.
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Kline
Ballenger
R. F. Kline Company
Frederick
Ballenger Creek
C. William Hetzer Company
Hagerstown
Hetzer
Green Construction Company
Baltimore
Kline Company
law
Rahmann Construction
Rouse Industries
Richmond
Frank L. Black Inc
Carlisle
Mechanical Construction Company
Alexandria
Ingleside Construction Inc
Green
Kunkoski
Baker - Wibberly engineering
Fpepecalinis
irms
Energy proposal nears final vote amid union wage concerns
A2 unions warn of high wage demands as the energy plan moves toward a near final vote. The item also notes a call to address housing for orphans amid ongoing global unrest. Cloudy today with mid 50s to near 60 highs and possibility of rain Friday.
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Senate Foreign Relations
Armed Services Committee
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Nelsen
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Portugal
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