Maryland's sprawling network of state committees and task forces
The piece surveys Maryland's numerous commissions and interim panels, noting about 125 formal inquiries plus dozens of governor and legislative groups. It discusses their costs, year round meetings, and impact on policy, urging balance between oversight and practicality.
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Maryland
General Assembly
State Permit Coordinating Council
Office On
Joe Curran
Curran
Annapolis
Senate
House
Corrections Department
Naton
Department of Legislative Services
Department of Fiscal Services
Office of the Attorney General
General Assembly of Maryland
Southern Maryland Agricultural Commission
Friedrich Engels
Albert Einstein
U S tries to spot Yakuza in United States
Immigration officials warn of Yakuza entering the United States to invest launder and set up new operations with a reported annual takings over 5 billion dollars. The strategic assessment describes fingers tattoos and hair styles used to identify suspected members at ports of entry.
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Washington
United States
Yakuza
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Underworld
Donald Goldberg
Immigration Service
Parris Island
Japan
Yakuza styles and Coast Guard duty collide in headlines
The text notes upper-echelon Yakuza blend with businessmen in appearance while flaunting luxury jewelry. It also criticizes Coast Guard resource strain from drug enforcement, pressuring other duties like pollution control and cruise-ship safety. It calls for accountability for anti Arab-American discrimination attacks.
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Japan
Coast Guard
Miami
Harvest Is Ripe cantata by Snecker at All Saints Church
The All Saints Church choir presented the cantata The Harvest Is Ripe by P.A. Snecker with choir members listed and Marshall L. Etchison as organist and choirmaster. A birthday party for Woodrow Beaver was held at Beaver's Lunch Room with music by Spencer Chaney and Edgar Shipley and many attendees named. The 107 acre Hemp farm near Jefferson sold at public auction to Mary K Hemp and Elizabeth A Hemp for 5500 dollars. the farm featured a 12 room brick and stone dwelling. Jacob Rohrback solicitor and A Grant Hooper auctioneer.
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All Saints Church
P.A. Snecker
J.T. Pyles
Frank Griffin
J.D. Dave
Elizabeth Pyles
Carroll H. Kendrickson
Francis G. Sappington
James Derker
Marshall L. Etchison
Woodrow Beaver
Beaver
Bartholows
Spencer Chaney
Harrisville
Edgar Shipley
Mt. Olive
Evelyn
Charles
George
Claude
Mae
Samuel Tregoning
Carlton
Ethel
Earl
Charles Burdette
Maxine
Frances Snyder
Mary
George Chaney
Jasper Lease
Harry
Elmer
Albert Summers
Gladys
Lacy Beaver
Carie Devilbiss
Frank Carroll
Henry
Sally Gamber
Ann Gillin
Mary Tuesday
Isabel Winebrenner
Lester Watkins
John Lawson
Phyllis Broadhurst
Clarence E. Hemp
Jefferson Pike
Catoctin Creek
Jefferson
Mary K. Hemp
Elizabeth A. Hemp
Jacob Rohrback
A. Grant Hooper
Emmitsburg plans early release to aid water crisis
Twenty years ago, Saint Joseph's College in Emmitsburg aimed to release its 700 students early for Christmas to ease a worsening water shortage. Commissioner J Norman Flax said Civil Defense help was expected, with experts on hydrostatics and promised equipment arriving soon. Thurmont High pep rally previews season opener versus Taneytown with mountaineer mascot dog on display. The Leaders Bible Class at Calvary Methodist Church met, with several members leading prayers, songs, and readings as Curtis Bowen spoke on Aton, justice in Amos.
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ST. Joseph’s College
Emmitsburg
J. Norman Flax
Thurmont High School
Taneytown
Thurmont
Calvary Methodist Church
Charles L. Mycas yAsanuing
Inieery Cindikot
Thelma Mantz
Charles A. Dixon
Richard Smith
Olive Engle
Anna May Young
Curtis Bowen
Aton
Champion of Justice
Amos
Friends of Frederick Charitable Works Highlighted
Readers learn how Friends of Frederick, started in 1983 by Charles Jackson, aids senior citizens with rent, food, and fuel, runs free dinners via local restaurants, and plans a van service. The organization is independent, funded by dues and donations, with meetings every second Monday at Citizen’s Nursing Home.
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Friends of Frederick
William Hill
Citizen’s Nursing
Ijamsvile
Frederick
Montevue
Point of Rocks
Jug Bridge
Gate Way
Antietam
Dan-Dee
Citizen’s Nursing Home
Friends of Frederick Inc
N. Court St
Charles Jackson
The
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Pentagon
Air Force Brass
U.S. Army Air Forces and Intelligence
FBI
Hook
United Feature Syndicate Inc
Reagan
Princess Diana
John Derr
Friends of Frederick Citizen’s Nursing Home
Diabetes
Frederick County
American Diabetes Association
Linda Gregory
Frederick News-Post
C. Kurt Holter
Rich Fulton
WFMD
Kathy Hovermale
Frederick Towne Mall
Anne Lyon Gross
Donald B. Rice Tire Co
Connie’s
Remsberg's
Becky's Country Nook
Frederick Vo Tech
FFA
Virginia Brower
Ruth Goudnauer
Marriott
H.L. Hartz & Sons
Eyerly’s
Bell's Men’s Wear
Golden Mac
Manayunk Tavern
Routzahn’s
Record Town
Colonial Jewelers
Sunderland Chevrolet
Sherry E. Kemp
Lee Cox
Charles Barker
Walkersville
Diabetes Association
S. Market Street
Robert L. Kaufmann M.D
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