Maryland's 1981 Assembly starts retrenchment but debates linger
The 1981 General Assembly began cutting government spending with no new tax hikes passing. Gov. Hughes and officials approved a 1 cent per $100 property tax increase to fund bond costs. Proposals to raise gasoline tax, tax trucking, and sales tax on laundry were rejected, keeping spending capped and warning voters that further cuts are needed to curb inflation and boost welfare, education, and infrastructure.
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General Assembly
Harry R. Hughes
Board of Public Works
Louis L. Goldstein
William S. James
Frederick County
Frederick
Edward P. Thomas
Charles H. Smelser
Hughes
Maryland
Reagan
Letters to the editor fault Maryland MVA reform and a correction
Dennis P Leatherman of Frederick calls Maryland a perennial April Fool as vehicle registration peaks flood the MVA yearly and urges staggered renewal dates to ease lines. A correction notes Frances Morrissey wrote the earlier piece about Attic of the Wind in last Friday's paper.
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Maryland
Motor Vehicle Administration
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey
MVA
Frances Morrissey
Easter Hope and a Teen Driver’s Plea
A readers letter urges Christian renewal through Jesus story and service to others, urging daily acts of kindness and prayer. It criticizes apathy and calls for visiting lonely seniors and helping those in need as Easter exhortation. The second piece, by George Prior, recounts a fatal car crash from a teen perspective, begging for one more chance and warning others to drive safely.
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Jesus
God
William Brown
Lehigh Portland Cement Plant Reopens After Overhaul
Better business conditions arose as the Union Bridge plant resumed operations after a three month idle period and overcapacity. To ease layoffs, workers were rehired to overhaul and recondition machinery. Mary land Delaware Council hosts a Young People's Conference at Hotel Frederick with faculty from Hood College and local churches. Frederick Rotary elects Hendrickson president, succeeding Dr. Apple. YWCA girls place sixth in the Central Atlantic meet,VB.Grove shines in butterfly, senior medley relay sets a new Frederick mark. Spring zone meeting of Women’s Society of Christian Service slated at Central Methodist Church near New London with Gladys Oberlin as speaker. Delta Kappa Gamma hosts Alpha Beta State meeting with Gamma, Omicron, and Pi chapters in Frederick, Carroll, and Washington counties, at Francis Scott Key Hotel.
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Union Bridge
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Maryland-Delaware Council of Religious Education
Hotel Frederick
Pauline Albertson
State Councilor of Young People
Baltimore
Amos John Traver
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Frederck
William L Barnhart
Hood College
Felix B. Peck
St. Mary's Reformed Church
Silver Run
Frederick “Y
Central Atlantic
Virginia Grove
Frederick
Mary Ellen Hiteshew
Susan Leichert
Peggy Motter
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Central Methodist Church
New London
Gladys M Oberlin
Frederick Zone
Frederick County
Howard Nash
Delta Kappa Gamma Society
Gamma Chapter
Omocron
Carroll County
Washington County
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Justice Dept covered up chiefs' misbehavior say critics
Washington argued that top Justice Department reform stalls undermine the agency. Allegations target DEA chief Peter Bensinger's use of agents for personal favors and misused travel funds. Sources say investigations were perfunctory and not pursued vigorously.
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Washington
William French Smith
Justice Department
Smith
Peter Bensiager
Drug Enforcement Administration
Bensinger
Jack Mitchell
Indy Badhwar
Reagan
DEA
Expur
Additom
Tae
Seale
Bensagee
TPA
Ment
Beasinger
New York
National Airport
Public Integrity Section
FBI
Michael Shaheen
Office of Professional Responsibility
O Wpaler
Shabern S
Bentinger
Poland
Fd Praveh Preméen
Paul Kitrhen
Phildelphna
Piarek
Oreste
Abe Podek
Perris
Pisrek
Lech
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Ore
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Nancy Lee Rhoderick
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Hagerstown
Mom
George Prior SK Box
Burkittsville
News-Post
R. Ames Hendrickson
Jack Anderson
Justice Dept
Stanislaw Kanis
John Paul
Piszek
Campbell's Soup Co
Pistek
Freedom
Senate
Robert Byrd
Polly
Aera
Sda
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