Maryland higher education loses two leaders in backroom politics
A Maryland controversy ends with Gene O'Malley resigning as University of Maryland Board of Regents chair amid claims of pre decided restructures. Dr. Augustus A White quits UMAB presidency after learning plans to disassemble the system had been formed without his knowledge. Governor Schaefer backs O'Malley yet calls for open debate as Maryland's higher education system faces reform and reputational damage.
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Aryland
Maryland
Gene
University of Maryland Board of Regents
Peter O'Malley
University of Maryland At Baltimore
UMAB
Augustus A. White
White
Harvard
Mr. O'Malley
Dr. White
Board of Regents
William Donald Schaefer
O'Malley
Prince George's County
Schaefer
Frederick County
Hood
Mount St. Mary's
Baltimore
College Park
University of Maryland System
Baltimore County
University of Baltimore Law School
Prince Georges County
Law School
School of Social Work
Bowie State University
O’ Malley
Why the French came to Frederick in early settlement
George B. Delaplaine Jr recounts the St Bartholomew's Day massacre's impact on Huguenots and Swiss settlers in Frederick County. The piece notes Coligny and Henry of Navarre, Edict of Nantes history, and how many French surnames including Delaplaine persisted in the area alongside German families.
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Frederick County
Gaspard de Coligny
France
Paris
Henry of Navarre
St. Bartholomew
Coligny
Henry IV
Louis XIV
Germany
England
Netherlands
America
Calvin E. Schildtknecht
Dorothy
Ranck
Bartgis
Boyer
Brashears
Buckey
Burgee
DeGrange
Delsuter
Diller
Doub
Dutrow
Duvall
Fahrney
Forney
Fiook
Jacques
Kefauver
LeGore
LeRoy
King
Motter
Pearre
Roger
Delaplaine
Soviet space budget faces hidden subsidies and cuts
Fifty cosmonauts await launch while a cash squeeze looms as perestroika shifts Soviet priorities. Officials say the civilian space program is rummaging for rubles, with costs near 25 billion dollars after hidden subsidies. Boris Yeltsin seeks a five to seven year delay in major projects, including the space shuttle.
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Star City
Ussr
Moscow
U.S
Mikhail Gorbachev
Boris Yeltsin
United States
Marcia Smith
Space station profits and Mars dream drive Soviet plan
Congressional Research Service notes the Intercosmos program offers paid spaceflight with a current fare of 12 million per person while Mir expands with Kvant and a forthcoming T module. Soviets push to turn Mir into a space factory to fund a joint Mars mission, while U S insight suggests long duration flights remain best studied by them.
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Congressional Research Service
Intercosmos
Space
Earth
Kvant
Quantum
Mir
Mars
United States
Leonid Brezhnev
Gorbachev
Brezhnev
Manny Wall
Secret Service
Rose Garden
M. Danny Wall
American Express
Thurmont vacation school success and local events
Thurmont's first vacation school under the Ministerial Association drew steady attendance as it met Thursdays at the high school for eight weeks. Swiss visitor Opplinger toured the Fishing Creek CCC camp while studying the American CCC system. The Smith family reunion at Wildwood Park drew about 450 attendees with music by the Stup Brothers. Local fishermen pictured with 23 bass from the Potomac at Edwards Ferry. Brunswick dedicated a new 3,200 foot recreation area during the River Festival with remarks by Jerome Wolff. Frederick County Red Cross received 1657 dollars toward the hurricane Camille relief drive as Virginias death toll rose to 46 with extensive damage estimated at 87 million dollars.
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Thurmont
Ministerial Association
Brunswick
Jess Orndorff
Jerome B. Wolff
Spiro T. Agnew
Frederick County
Human Kindness Day in Frederick County Following KKK Rallies
A 1980 to 1981 period in Braddock Heights saw five Klan rallies on private property countered by ecumenical services in churches. The 1989 Human Kindness Day at the old armory drew smaller crowds, yet presented a positive civic response praised by Gary Hughes Jim Proctor and Mayor Ronald Young for promoting care and unity in Frederick.
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Braddock Heights
KKK
News-Post
Frederick County
Frederick
Gary Hughes
Jim Proctor
Ronald Young
Frederick County Community Welcome Narrative
A reader shares an anecdotal reflection on moving from Montgomery County to Frederick, praising Frederick County residents as friendly, well educated, and community minded while noting initial assumptions about geography. The piece reads as a personal observation rather than a formal report.
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Montgomery County
Frederick
Frederick County
Frederick airport shines in local life and public debate
A letter to the editor extols Frederick's community spirit and unique asset, its municipal airport, highlighting breakfast flights and WWII era aircraft as family friendly entertainment. The author contrasts local pride with criticisms of EMS Montomott development and county tax/education impacts, urging civic dialogue.
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Frederick
Montgomery County
United States
Camp David
Cosmetics
Gaithersburg
Mclean-Tyson
Virginia
Donald Date
Frederick County
EMS
Montmott
Maryland Department of Economic and Employment Development
Montgomery County Executive
Winchester Hall
E. Church St
Los Angeles
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Higher Education
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Jack Anderson
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Pierre Opplinger
Geneva
Switzerland
News- Post
J. Elmer Shultz
Fishing Creek
Civilian Conservation Corps
Mr. Opplinger
Fishi Creek
Smith
Wildwood Park
Mount Airy
Stup Brothers
Trumen Franklin
Potomac River
Edwards Ferry
Sam Gardner
Crawford Falk
Arthur Surine
Marcus Simmons
Marie Anne Erickson
John Norman Frederick
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