Mount Airy Downtown Association Revitalizes City Center
Downtown Mount Airy Association formed in 1926 pursues revitalization of the business district. Led by Pat Plunkard, the group cites competition from nearby towns and plans using a March 1983 market study by Frost Ure Institute. Ten active members, monthly meetings, next Aug 16 at the VFW Building. contact Pat Plunkard at 823-0330.
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Pat Plunkard
Downtown
Mount
Association
Pat M. Plunkard
Rockville
Gaithersburg
VFW
Main Street
Gail Cissna
Banff festival draws world renowned artists to fine arts center
Banff Alberta and its Banff Center School of Fine Arts have long attracted top talent. The 1981 Banff Festival of Fine Arts features cellist Janos Starker conductor Klaus Tensstedt and pianist Menahem Pressler, as the center builds toward a five year plan including new facilities and programs while expanding funding strategies.
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Banff, Alberta
Banff Center School For Fine Arts
Rocky Mountains
National Park
Banff Festival of
Starker
Carnegie Foundation
Neil Armstrong
Banff
Alberta
Canada
Crich Hall
Wickeet Century
Postal workers split over new USPS NALC contract proposal
About 100 members of the Maryland and Washington DC State Association of Letter Carriers gathered for an interpretation meeting in Silver Spring. The group split over the proposed contract calling for annual $300 raises, a $350 productivity bonus, and a $150 one time bonus, with critics urging rejection and a return to bargaining.
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Silver Spring
Maryland
Washington, D.C
State Association of Letter Carriers
U.S. Postal Service
National Association of Letter Carriers
NALC
APWU
American Postal Workers Balen
Lawrence G. Hutchins
Delaware
Richmond
Hutchins
Vincent R. Sombrotto
AFL
APWA
USPS
Museum traces taxes through history in Jerusalem
In Jerusalem the Israel Tax Museum displays 3000 year old Phocoswian tax receipts and a Ur mosaic showing farmers paying tribute. Director Avraham Mende'el notes taxes are enduring, while highlighting Israel's tax burden at 16 percent of income. The exhibit covers Turkish, British, and early Israeli tax history and aims to educate schoolchildren amid tax evasion efforts.
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Jerusalem
Israel Tax Museum
Abraham
Avraham Mende’el
State Revenues Administration
Japan
Pacific Ocean
Holy Land
Palestine
Israel
Premer
David Ben- Gurion
Denmark
Sweden
West Germany
United States
Britain
U.N
Tax Museum
Mende’el Said
Rotterdam
Netherlands
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Mount Airy
Donald F. Plunkard
Delaine Hobbs
Gyla Brown
Robert Hilton
Elmer Singer Jeff
Citizens Nursing Home Auxiliary
Elmer Singer
CNH
Faye R. Bevard
C. Kurt Hoiter
Eastmet Foundation
Mount St. Mary's
Mount St. Mary's College
Cockeysville
Eastmet Corporation
Eastern Stainless Steel Company
Industrial Service Centers Inc
Eastmet Industrial Products Group Inc
Philipp Overseas Inc
Eastinet Foundation
George R. Walsh
Germany
League of Nations
Hiltner
Ney New Applian
East Street
Church & East Sts
Frederick Orea
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