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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1981
Page
1
Voter registration for Frederick city closes at 4 p.m. Monday August 17. Registrar Ms Powell notes slow turnout despite a rise in total registrations this year. Census shows 29,847 residents in the city, with candidates announced for mayor and a five-member aldermen board.
Potomac Edison requests a 5.7 percent fuel rate increase following an 8.2 percent rise approved and awaiting PSC review. Combined with October 1980 adjustment, the company seeks a total 14.3 percent hike due to June purchased power costs amid United Mine Workers strikes. The one time price shock reflects higher coal costs to prevent depleting stock.
Frederick County contains thirty of the 110 potential sites for two new Potomac Edison power units. A public hearing on the project is set for 7 30 p m Wednesday Sept 16 at North Frederick Elementary School. DNR will take questions at 2 800 492 6559 toll free. James R Shaw Frederick County planning director says reviews will ensure consistency with the county master plan, noting industrial zoning and plant size may constrain site choice. Reservoir areas for coal washing and storage number seventeen, with site areas ranging from 380 to 1 18 acres depending on capacity. Howard Mueller of the state Power Plant Siting Program says sites are preliminary.
Frederick County Board of Education will appeal hearing officer Patricia Heeney's decision allowing Faith Norris, a deaf 16 year old, to attend Linganore High School. Superintendent Stuart D Berger notes potential cost implications and appeals to higher level ruling. Faith has attended the Maryland School for the Deaf since age four and is daughter of Mr and Mrs David Norris of Ijamsville.
A brief, reflective line cites Francis Eaton, an English writer philosopher, pairing ideas about alliances and certainty as a literary aside. The fragment hints at a puzzle of loyalty and consequence across viewpoints.
A weather summary shows an approaching cold front bringing showers today with clearing this evening and a return to sunny warm conditions Sunday. Regional forecasts note highs around 80 in western Maryland and nearby mountains with cooler nights and possible showers early in the week. Daytime winds remain light and drying improves Sunday through Tuesday. Temperature readings from yesterday show Frederick 83 46 and Westminster 84 58.
Washington reports growing use of military air traffic controllers as civilian strife continues. Officials say 521 in towers plus 200 more next week and up to 1,200 eventually will be phased in to rebuild the system. Labor leader Poli accuses the move of being unsafe. Lewis counters that veterans are needed until civilians return.
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland backed strikers and promised labor support after a week of jailings court orders and dismissals. In Alabama a cabbies union vowed to stay away from Birmingham airport while PATCO sought broader union backing and warned O Hare could be shut down if picketers are honored.
AP reports hostages freed and demonstrators arrested after a brief takeover of Iran's U.S. diplomatic outpost at the Algerian Embassy. At least three injured, including a man shot and in serious condition at Georgetown University Hospital.
In its sharpest blast at Poland's independent labor movement the government criticized strikes that crippled the Silesian industrial heartland. Authorities offered renewed talks if Solidarity takes first step as union plans more walkouts after Friday's four hour warning strike that nearly a million unionists halted steel and coal production and threatened Poland's hard currency exports.
News Post highlights the Pitanan recount and the expansion of the C Burr Ariz Library in Frederick. Other views discuss terrorist threat potential in the US, rising marijuana use, anteater features, musical phrasing, and sports notes.
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