End of Maryland General Assembly session nears midnight
The 1978 Maryland General Assembly faces a last day scramble as conferees seek to wrap unfinished business. A prevailing wage bill looms, with rural opposition. filibuster threats threaten to derail much of the day’s work. Local measures include jail funding, library plans, and winery sales provisions.
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Edward Thomas
Maryland
Frederick County
Frederick
Carroll
Thomas
Ed Mason
General Assembly
Third Maryland Legislature trip to Frederick planned
Fifty years ago the Maryland Legislature plans a third trip to Frederick late next month revealed by Delegate Daniel C. Joseph. Ignatius Bjerlee spoke on the Rotary Club duties at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. M. P. Moller Sr. of Hagerstown received the Order of a Knight of Danneborg from King Christian I. The Tawasi Campfire Girls hiked to the Monocacy River and cooked bacon and eggs on flat stones. Snow and cold rain touched higher elevations in a winterlike April. Elizabeth Lewis Peters hosts dinner for Reginald V. Truitt of Great Neck Farm who spoke to the Historical Society. Manuel M. Weinberg and Ernest Hirsch won the Frederick Bridge Club duplicate. DAR members plan a National Congress trip.
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Daniel C. Joseph
Baltimore
Ignatius Bjerlee
Church Street
Monocacy River
J. S. Derr
Elizabeth Lewis Peters
Reginald V. Truitt
Great Neck Farm
Stevensville
Mr. Truitt
The
Historical Society
Manuel M. Weinberg
Ernest Hirsch
Frederick Bridge Club
Philip G. Pearson
Walter Snow
M. Bernard Goetz
Benjamin Warshowsky
Raymond F. Newell
Readers urge library site not blocked by old courthouse use
Letters to the editor urge prioritizing a county library headquarters over deciding what to do with the old courthouse. They question why reports on library sites were solicited if not used and propose forming a committee to explore courthouse uses while moving ahead with a library decision. The tone is local and urgent about serving the entire county.
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Frederick County
Applegate
Nickens
Sanford G. Blum
Frederick, Md
Save Drivered Faces House and Senate Show of Support
In Annapolis hearings advocates urge repeal of last year’s sunset driver education law. House Ways and Means opposes repeal, while the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee hears from groups led by PTA AAA MSTA and insurers urging continuation. Debate centers on funding cuts and classroom use of simulators versus in car training.
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PTA
Senate
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AAA
Maryland State Teachers Association
MSTA
House
Michael Sprague
St. Mary's
Charles
Daryl Shaw
Montgomery County Board of Education
Shaw
Sprague
Richmond Scandal Tests Trust of New York Congressman
Washington report details Rep. Fred Richmond's alleged sexual advances toward young males in his D C home before a undercover officer, with police tapes and Justice Department scrutiny. The case, under consideration for possible charges or resignation, highlights public life pressures and Richmond's broader political actions.
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New York
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Cuba
Rick Nolan
D« Minn
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