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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1984
Page
1
Washington reports the start of tax season with over 2 million income tax packages arriving by mail, aiming to outpace post-holiday mail delays. Most taxpayers expect refunds, while debate over the simplified tax and the final phase of 1981 cuts looms for the upcoming filing season.
Americans shared time and resources with the needy and celebrated with family as President Reagan and Mrs. Reagan spent Christmas Day at the White House. Artificial heart recipient William Schroeder in Louisville marked the day with family, while Marine Corps veteran Thomas Miller in Madison kept a vigil for missing Vietnam War servicemen. Volunteers in Los Angeles aided those in need as coverage continued on Page A-2.
On Christmas Tuesday Frederick Memorial Hospital ER stayed busy with patients. Edna Ward, a nurse, worked 12:30 to 9 p.m. for the eighth straight Christmas, saying the routine work must get done daily. Nursing homes and the hospital ran full shifts, with police and fire squads also operating.
An 11 year old boy, Paul Jewell, was critically burned when a homemade nail bomb attached to an air compressor exploded while he tried to inflate a bicycle tire outside a Florida store. He underwent surgery for third degree burns over about 60 percent of his body and remains in critical condition.
Gorton B. Hinckley was slated to lead part of the memorial for 27 miners and one worker killed in the Wilberg Mine fire. Officials say the blaze, started by an overheated bearing, continues to burn as families grieve and Emery Mining Co. analyzes safety. Workers from Wilberg and sister mines Little Dove and Deer Creek will return to work January 2. no layoffs have occurred.
Teresa Bell Steckman examines how holiday revelry leads to impaired driving, detailing risk factors and public safety tips. The piece highlights common behaviors, legal consequences, and prevention strategies to reduce alcohol related accidents during festive seasons.
A Frederick contractor, Paul M. Fox of Moxie Machine & Tool, argues that defense procurement imposes heavy post bid qualification and documentation burdens. He cites costly paperwork, pre bid research, and delayed qualification as inflating contract costs, noting bids from 38 bidders that redistributed items across 11 vendors and the risk of bankruptcy for unrealistically low offers. Robert Laughlin of Digital Systems adds that documentation consumed about 10 percent of an $806,008 contract, illustrating the extra cost of compliance and prequalification in military sourcing.
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