Byron to christen cruiser Antietam in Pascagoula ceremony
Rep. Byron will christen the seventh ship in the Aegis guided missile cruiser series, the Antietam, during a Pascagoula ceremony. The event marks the ship’s preparation for service as the third U S vessel named Antietam, honoring Civil War battle history and reflecting ongoing Navy security concerns amid Middle East tensions.
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Antietam
Washington
Bevery B. Byron
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Pascagoula
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Antietam Creek
Sharpschorch
Maryland
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Navy
Millard E. Tydings
Freditch
Robert E. Lee
Virginia
Frederick
Goodloe Byron Jr
Mary McComas Byron
Sharpsburg
Gerard Winn
Maxine Campbell
Page Otto
American Legion
Middle East
Ingalls Shipbuilding Division
Litton
Beverly B. Byron
Subcommittee backs curbs on new monuments in DC
A House subcommittee approved legislation to ban news memorials on the National Mall and sharply restrict monuments citywide. With 108 existing monuments and 30 suitable spaces left, the bill aims to halt new requests by limiting memorials to specific wars or deceased individuals at least 25 years dead, sending the measure to the full House.
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Washington
House
National Mall
National Park Service
Bruce Vento D-Minn
National Parks and Recreation
Interior and Insular Affairs
Free health screenings offered in Gaithersburg on April 24
Gaithersburg residents can attend free screenings for high blood pressure anemia oral cancer and vision and hearing problems on April 24 at the Upper County Community Center Emory Grove Road from 2 to 5 p.m. The event, sponsored by the county health department, invites adults in the Md 124 corridor and other upper county areas to participate.
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Gaithersburg
Welre
Upper County
Emory Grove Road
County Health Department
MD. 124
Red Cross and Frederick City sponsor summer swim classes
Registration for Red Cross and Frederick City Recreation Commission swimming classes will be held May 12 from 9 to 2 and May 13 from 9 to noon at the Adult Recreation Center. In-person registration only. no mail or phone signup. A $1 homefundable processing fee and a $5 first-session fee apply, with eligibility for children entering first grade.
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American Red Cross
Frederick City Recreation Commission
Old National Guard Armory
West Second
Bentz Streets
Frederick
Mass mailings curbed by Senate rules panel plan
The Senate Rules Committee approved a seven day moratorium on mass mailings for the remainder of the fiscal year to review spending. Senators Mathias and Ford sponsor a plan dividing funds between the Senate and House, with distribution based on population after essential costs. The measure urges the House to act similarly to curb congressional junk mail amid looming shortfalls and Gramm Rudman Hollings limits.
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Senate Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Charlies McC Mathias, Jr
R-Md
Wendell H Ford
D-Ky
Senate
House of Representatives
Committees
House
Mathias
Postal Service
Congressional
Congress
Gramm-Rudman- Hollings
Frederick
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