Few citizens speak at Frederick County delegation forum
Frederick County's General Assembly delegation met to hear public views on legislative needs but only 14 of the county's citizen-voters attended. Nine speakers included Frederick City's Mayor Ronald W. Young defending flood report handling and stressing transparency. Other speakers urged farm land protection, solar energy, school board elections, land conservancy, and local planning harmony. Delegation members and local officials attended, with discussion of a potential gambling bill and other local issues for the coming session.
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Frederick County
Maryland
General Assembly
Del. Raymond Beck
Frederick City
Ronald W. Young
Young
Dewberry, Nealon & Davis
Annapolis
Lewis W. Stephens
Frederick
board of land surveyors
Mary Cantwell
Brunswick
Del
Charles Smith
Brunswick Fire Company
Bruce Schwertz
Adamstown
Renn
City Hall
Julien P. Delphey
Edward P. Thomas
Charles H. Smelser
C. Clifton Wirts
Lanny Hardenholm
Beck
Delphey
Rural housing costs rise. Az CARTER cabinet meeting hoped
Weather report notes mild conditions with occasional rain in Arizona turning colder, with snow possible by evening. Temperatures reach upper 50s to low 60s today and drop to mid 20s to around 30 tonight. Tuesday brings variable clouds and possible snow flurries, with highs in the 30s. An anonymous line mocks politicians and farmers alike.
Winter season arrives as solstice cold dampens outlook
After weeks of cold weather the official winter season starts Tuesday at 12 36 p m with the solstice, the shortest day of the year, promising a long cold spell and higher fuel bills. Forecasters warn of colder rain and possible snow today and tomorrow while temperatures vary across regions from Alaska to Hawaii. The extended forecast calls for lingering chill with highs in the upper 30s and lows in the teens through Friday, and stock prices slipped with the Dow down 83 points at 978.22 at 10 30 a m.
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Emmitsburg
Frederick County
Fairbanks
Alaska
Honolulu
Frederick
NEW YORK
Carter to name first black cabinet member among picks
President elect Carter reportedly plans to appoint Newark mayor Kenneth Gibson as housing and urban development secretary, Atlanta lawyer Griffin Bell as attorney general, Minnesota farmer Robert Bergland as agriculture secretary, and Duke economist Juanita Kreps to a top cabinet post. Carter announced a news conference at 1 am to disclose two or three new appointees.
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Charles Kirbo
Duke University
Juanita Kreps
Commerce and
Labor departments
U.S
Robert Bergland
D-Minn
St. Paul
Inn
Pioneer Press
Bergland
Mondale
Atlanta
Newark
Kenneth Gibson
CBS News
Gibson
Carter
FBI
Bell
Mixed downtown sales as South Market project drags on
Downtown merchants report varying impacts from the delayed South Market Street rebuild. Officials had eyed a Dec 10 finish to restore normal traffic for the Christmas season. Some shopkeepers say business is down, while others note little effect and even a stronger holiday period, as weather delays push completion uncertainties.
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South Market Street
State Highway Administration
Carl Raith
Ronald N. Young
Clarke Place
Square Corner
South Market
West South Street
West South
Harry J. Boniface
R.F. Kline
Boniface
Kline
Richard Kessler
King’s Means Wear
LeRoy Lowell
Lowell Tire and Battery
Arkansas woman 19th traffic victim in county
An Arkansas woman died in Frederick County Maryland as the 19th traffic victim this year. She perished at MIEM after injuries from a single vehicle crash on I 70 near South Mountain. Manorie A Gentry of Benton Ark died Saturday morning after being taken from the scene to Washington County Hospital and then transferred for care.
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Arkansas
Frederick County
Maryland Institute for Emergency Medicine
South Mountain
Manorie A. Gentry
Benton Ark
Gentry
Myersville
Washington County
wee
herapier
MIEM
Tax protest meetings target rising property assessments
Urbana and Burkittsville homeowners plan meetings tonight and tomorrow to challenge 35 to 50 percent reassessment hikes. Delphey and local leaders urge action to curb tax increases, push reform of the state tax system, and press lawmakers for controls and spending cuts.
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Burkittsville
Urbana
Del
Julien P. Deiphes
Deishey
Orchard Estates
vic
Mayor Way
Prince Georges
Montgomery
Delphey
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Austin P. Renn
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AL WEINBERG
John W Gentry Jr
ROLLIE ATKINSON
Old Orchard Estates
Sugarloaf Estates
Green Valley civic associations
Urbana Elementary School
Burkitsville
St. Paul's Lutheran Parish Hall
Wiliam Sroemaker
Lawrence A. Wat
Lumen F. Norris
Way
Shoemaker
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House
John H. Briscoe
Ways and Means Committee
Benjamin L. Card
Shapiro
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