Unemployment Figures Prompt Push for Public Works
Momentum grows in Congress for a large public works program. White House signals Reagan weighing accelerated military and civilian construction to ease unemployment. BLS analyst Deborah Klein cautions against reading the latest data as a peak, noting seasonal and weak January hiring effects.
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Senators use personal privilege in Annapolis session
In Maryland the Senate featured two personal privilege moments this week. A Howard County senator cleared up rumors about NCPAC backing his campaign while Baltimore City senator discussed his mother's purse robbery. The tale touched on crime policy debates as Mitchell urged compassion amid rising crime concerns.
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NCPAC
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Paul A. Sarbanes
Lawrence Hogan
Sarbanes
John Cade
Anne Arundel
Clarence M. Mitchell III
Mitchell
Baltimore
House
Weather Forecast Sees Rain Snow Across Regions
The National Weather Service expects rain Saturday for the Gulf Coast region and snow from Oklahoma to northern Georgia. Rain is forecast for the northcentral Pacific coast, and snow is forecast for the northern Plains. Western areas are expected to be dry.
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Maryland State Police suspend DUI roadblocks amid trucking strike
Maryland State Police said they will cancel drunken driving road blocks until the trucking strike ends to keep patrols on highways. By Thursday there were at least 33 confirmed violence or vandalism incidents since Monday, including seven shooting events. Incidents included nails scattered on a road near Edgemere, a firebombed tractor-trailer in Essex, and nail spread on U S Route 48 near Frostburg and Grantsville with a tractor-trailer suffering two blowouts.
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Dan McCarthy
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Edgemere
Essex
D. Muddiman
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Grantsville
Baltimore mayor tours Antwerp sludge plant visiting disposal plans
Mayor William Donald Schaefer travels to Belgium for a four day study of sludge disposal at an Antwerp plant. He is joined by two aides and Willard Hackerman to review operations and potential odor or community impact as part of evaluating a waste treatment and energy project for Baltimore’s Back River facility.
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Schaefer
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Pulaski Highway
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