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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1984
Page
1
East Patrick Street postal supervisor Richard Frye says peak mail load may be delayed this year with volumes about 8 percent below last year and two days behind. He notes Christmas falls midweek shifting mail patterns and overtime usage remaining low as businesses pull back on promotional mail.
A six party Democratic Alliance in Chile backs away from resignations and urges new talks with the four man junta on a reasonable timetable for democracy. Ricardo Lagos says letters were sent to the junta with no response yet, seeking talks via armed forces representatives rather than the government.
President Reagan proposed a defense spending reduction totaling 28.1 billion dollars over three years, with 8.7 billion cut next year, a figure short of the larger domestic cut favored by budget aides. White House spokesman Larry Speakes noted the plan falls short of Stockman’s recommendations and may upset senior Republicans in Congress.
SHA officials quietly opened U S 15 as a dual highway to the Pennsylvania line after years of debate and funding problems. District Engineer Wayne Clingan said the road is safer but work remains on shoulders and lighting with full completion expected by next summer at the latest.
A new breed of astronaut, military engineers, will handle a classified satellite on the next shuttle flight with a secret countdown. Air Force Maj. Gary Payton is the first MSF Engineer Corps flyer, joining four NASA astronauts aboard Discovery. Defense restrictions will bar advance launch-time disclosure and limit all reporting on payload details, with investigations for speculating. Media access to countdown is banned for the first time in 46 U.S. space missions, though liftoff viewing remains at KSC. Payton, 36, hails from Rock Island, joined 1980 in Los Angeles.
Frederick Cablevision Inc purchases the old A and P at 438 W Patrick St Frederick for sales service and general office use. The site will be remodeled with a local origination studio and space for future expansion two traffic signals from US 15 08 interchange near downtown. The firm operates C R TV Cable Inc and GS Communications serving Charles Town Rawson and areas in Maryland Pennsylvania and Manchester with 22 089 subscribers.
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev told British MPs in London that the Soviet Union is prepared to take the most radical measures to limit and end nuclear weapons. He urged the United States to move toward effective negotiations and cited nonmilitarization of space and reductions in strategic and medium range arms as priorities.
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