School board reviews five year plan progress and costs
Frederick County school board members discussed the five year plan update at Monocacy Middle School noting 21 objectives from library services to building maintenance. Chairman Robert Smariga urged earlier timelines and staff collaboration. The media center goal requires about 4.5 million dollars plus 800 thousand for staffing.
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Robert Smariga
Bok
Smariga
Mainten
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Monocacy Middle School
Ron Nase
Boe
NASA
Sue Ann Yingling
Donna diGrazia
Gunmen kill ESCael diplomat in Cairo
Two gunmen in a red Fiat sprayed an Israeli diplomat's car with bullets in Maadi Cairo killing the diplomat and wounding his wife and another embassy employee. The attack sparked condemnations from Israel and Egypt as authorities pursue those responsible.
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Egypt
Isaac Bar- Moshe
Bar-Moshe
Israel
Foreign Ministry
Mideast
Jordan
Shimon Peres
Hosni Mubarak
al-Salaam
Maadi
Mokattam Hills
Esmat Abdul-Meguid
Yitshak Shamir
Jerusalem
Ehud Gol
Japan Air Lines probe into crash aims to calm public fear
The Transport Ministry announced a broad inquiry into Japan Airlines after last week’s jumbo jet disaster killed 520. A Diet committee summoned Transport Minister Tokyo Yamashita amid the crash fallout. Recovery at the Osaka area crash site was delayed by rain with 488 bodies recovered and 395 identified.
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Transport Minnistry
Japan Air Lines
Diet
Tokyo Yamashita
Yamashita
Osaka
Gunma Prefecture
Yoshinobu Shibakawa
Transport Ministry
Don't feed meters in Frederick sparks law clarification
Frederick City Police Chief Richard Ashton explains a long standing ordinance prohibits extending parking time by inserting more coins. The rule aims to ensure turnover and keep spaces available for shoppers. Downtown meters vary from 30 minutes to an hour with longer limits in lots and decks.
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Frederick City
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Rotorex Talks Set After Strike Impasse
Striking Rotorex workers and company officials are scheduled to meet on Wednesday to discuss the impasse as weather forecasts forecast hot conditions and a thunderstorm risk. Meanwhile Frederick advances in the Babe Ruth World Series at McCurdy Field and Susan Gosling previews first time events at the Maryland State Fair opening Saturday, with a Paul Valery quotation on changing times.
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John Pauli I
Africa
Morocco
John Paul
Vatican
Joaquin Navarro
Hassan I
Frederick
McCurdy Field
Susan Gosling
Maryland
Saaeeavnee Ag
Frederick Worker Fired Over Unionization Push
Frederick public works electrician Steve Utterback, a union organizer, was dismissed for incompetency and insubordination. He plans to appeal to the city personnel commission within 30 days. City officials deny the firing targets the union, noting preexisting performance issues and ongoing organizing efforts by AFSCME locals.
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City Public Works Department
Steve Utterback
Glenn G. Guyton
Light and Signal Department
Utterback
City Personnel Commission
Personnel Commission
Robert J. Strine
Strine
Ronald N. Young
Douglas W. Magaha
Magaha
American Federation of State
Public Works Department
Public Works Yard
Young
Fox
City Hall
Public Works
Afscme
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Keller qualifies as candidate for Frederick Aldermen seat
Real estate broker Otho J. Keller IV is the last of eight Democrats to announce for Frederick's Board of Aldermen. At 43 he cites orderly city growth, downtown revitalization, and attention to average citizens. A Frederick native, Keller is married with a son, served in the U S Army 1966-68, and holds a Hood College degree in financial management.
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City Board of Aldermen
Otho J. Keller IV
Frederick
Keller
U.S. Army
Hood College
Policeman in Soweto fires on mob amid unrest
In Soweto near Bethal, a black policeman fired on a black mob accusing him of collaboration with white rule, killing one man and arresting a woman. Army and police with attack dogs conducted house to house searches as armored carriers ringed Diepkloof Zone One.
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South Africa
Soweto
Bethal
Pretoria
P.W. Botha
Cape
Diepkloof
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