Schools open late as winds and ice hit Frederick County
A cold front brought ice and snow to Frederick County roads and caused a string of accidents as weather worsened. All county schools opened at least one hour late, Sabillasville and Wolfsville stayed closed, and crews salted roads while power and phone lines faced scattered outages from 50 mph gusts.
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Daysville Road
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Walkersville
Israel’s Creek
Ceresville
Lawton
Carl Y. Weakley
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Weakley
George Martin
Potomac Edison Company line department
Martin
Maryland
Legislators Cool on Frederick Charter Government
Frederick County lawmakers and residents debated charter government at a League of Women Voters event. Senators Smelser and Thomas and delegates Delphey Smith Hardenhorn voiced caution, noting public appetite for practical change and preferring to keep existing structures. The discussion cited recent charter votes in Washington and Charles counties as precedents.
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League of Women Voters
Frederick
Charles H. Smelser
Frederick Carroll
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General Assembly
Washington County
Thomas
Charles County
Baltimore City
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Lee's tax plan triggers varied local reaction in Maryland
Gov Blair Lee III proposes immediate 10 percent cut in assessments for all homes dropping from 50 to 45 percent of market value and annual reassessment every three years. In addition a 5 000 dollar exemption is sought and annual assessment increases capped at six percent. The plan faces mixed support as General Assembly session opens.
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Blair Lee III
Lee
Maryland General Assembly
Edward P. Thomas
Frederick Washington
News-Post
Elvis draws bigger crowd than Sex Pistols report
Northwest winds reach 35 mph with gusts to 50 as snow showers threaten all day and tonight. Temperatures fall to the teens and single digits with bitter cold air. Tuesday brings diminishing winds and sun with highs in the low to mid 20s.
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ELVIS
Sex Pistols
Carter renews threat for oil import fees in energy dispute
President Carter pressed for a new congressional push to break the energy impasse as he renewed the threat of oil import fees. Energy Secretary Schlesinger met with Carter and later with House and Senate energy leaders, who pledged a whole new effort to end the deadlock over natural gas price ceilings and the broader energy package.
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State drops Garmatz charges against Edward Garmatz
The government in Baltimore dropped its case against former Rep. Edward A Garmatz, citing a key witness lying about material facts. Prosecutors said Edward Heine, president of United States Lines, fabricated documents to support false testimony and withheld details. Garmatz, 73, had pleaded innocent to conspiring to take about 15000 in bribes for sponsoring pro MBM legislation benefiting Moore McCormack Lines and United States Lines.
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BALTIMORE
Edward A Garmatz
Maryland
Russell T. Baker Jr
Criminal Division
Justice Department
Garmatz
Alexander Harvey II
Baker
New Jersey
Edward Heine
United States Lines, Inc
Heine
House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
Anderson backs Junie Moon Grendel books in Frederick County
Frederick County schools may keep Tell Me That You Love Me Junie Moon and Grendel with no blanket ban. Dr. Gordon M. Anderson releases a 17 page report relaxing prior limits and allowing optional alternate readings while affirming classroom material choice in a pluralistic system.
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Middletown Valley
Frederick County
Dr. Anderson
Junie Moon
Grendel
State Board of Education
Frances W Ashbury
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