Prospective USDA Secretary Choices Split on Access and Reform
Capitol Hill sources see Lyng as the front runner if he gains direct Reagan access and can install top aides, with others like Norton Til and Clayton Yeutter considered. Critics blame Jack Block for agriculture’s woes under Reagan, citing export losses, low farmland values, and weak advocacy, while senators praise Black’s difficult tenure and urge stronger farming support.
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Jaspar Weinberger
Capitol Hill
Lyng
USDA
Washington
Reagan
John R. Norton Til
Arizona
Clayton Yeutter
US Trade
Jack Black
Senate
Robert Dole Ryan
Jesse Unims Rvc
Senate Agriculture Committee
Fort Ritchie Cigarette Privilege Sparks Debate
Comissary manager Larry Hadaway notes cigarettes are a major sale at Fort Ritchie and priced at 30 and 9655 per carton with a 35 percent discount. Residents and veterans discuss benefits erosion and health concerns as lawmakers pressure the defense department to curb perks. Some shoppers praise discounts while others argue the government should not dictate choices.
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Fort Ritchie
Larry Hadaway
Cartan
Hadaway
Sheth Sey Wueh Con Serene
Congress
Defense Department
Charles Liles
Waynesboro
Wirth
Fort Ritchue
Schaefer Praises Campaign Organization Amid Gov Candidacy Talk
Baltimore Mayor William Donald Schaefer, undecided on running for governor, praised a newly formed group Marylanders for Schaefer in Laurel while in Frederick for a Kiwanis Club luncheon. He noted he hadn’t chosen a head or office location, and discussed strategic campaign considerations including support in Montgomery County and potential fundraising plans for April 9.
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William Donald Schaefer
Frederick
Marylanders For
Schaefer
Governor Schaefer
Laurel
Doris John
Robert J DiPietro
Co Usicbers
Stephen H. Sachs
Montgomery County
Washington
Independent Campaign Committee
Porter
DiPietro
Kiwanis Club
Suspect Baumgardner linked to multiple crimes in Maryland
Police identify Baumgardner as a suspect in car theft abduction and attempted abductions at Columbia Mall Howard County and Francis Scott Key Mall. He faces charges from a first degree rape conviction and was paroled in 1984. The victim in the latest case survived by swimming to safety near Md 2 and a motorist helped. Baumgardner has ties to Highland near T Howard Duckett Reservoir.
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Baumgardner
Jompson
Patuxent Institution
Thompson
Patuxent
Maryland Correctional Training Center
Montgomery
Wheaton Plaza
Columbia
Howard County
Jane
Highland
T. Howard Duckett
Rocky Gorge
Western Europeans balk at Reagan Libya sanctions move
Western European nations with large Libya ties resist President Reagan’s plan to halt direct trade with Libya. Italy and West Germany, Libya’s top partners, signaled they would not follow the US ban, limiting the long term impact of the action amid cited IMF figures showing Libya’s 1984 exports heavily favored Europe.
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Reagan
Libya
Associated Press
London
Col
Muammar Khadafy
Italy
Westermany
West Germany
U.S
Khadaty
Labya
Rome
Vienna
International Monetary Fund
United States
Reagan calls Khadafy flaky in sharp press session
President Reagan rejects elaboration while defending polygraph tests as a tool in espionage probes and opposing a tax hike to curb the deficit. He plans a 3 percent rise in President spending after inflation and more than 50 billion in domestic cuts under Gramm-Rudman, amid Libyan issues and a pending second summit with Gorbachev.
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Reagan
George P Shultz
Congress
Mikhail Gorbachev
White House
Sarah McClendon
General Assembly opens with broad agenda and fiscal plans
The General Assembly debates teenage pregnancy prevention juvenile justice and school construction amid a $100 million revenue lift and a 114 million surplus. Hughes aims to fund housing and a 166 million Baltimore area stadium with possible 59 million from instant lotteries while shore shoreline rules threaten Eastern Shore land use.
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Skl
Hughes
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Emer Johnson
Sports Authority
Leosen
House
Cardin
General Assembly
Delaware hospital weighs charging for DOA patients
Doctors at Kent General Hospital urge charging for care of patients dead on arrival arguing they receive the same attention as living emergency cases. Spokeswoman Delores Solberg says staff spend equal time with DOA patients but receive no reimbursement.
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Kent General Hospital
Delores Solberg
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