Montgomery schools face debt and closings risk
Montgomery schools grapple with a 13 million deficit as Superintendent Charles Bernardo warns six or seven schools may close and hundreds of layoffs loom if funding is not found. He cites slipping test scores, discipline issues, and administrative cuts, while urging relief from a 3 percent budget cap.
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OLNEY
Charles Bernardo
Olney Inn
Ounty
James P. Gleason
Bernardo
Rita Hayworth in World War II memory portrait
A Life magazine piece by Robert Landry recalls a 1941 photograph of Rita Hayworth carried by soldiers in World War II. The image, now out of sequence, evokes a simpler era while acknowledging the invasion of privacy in revisiting memories of servicemen.
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Rita Hayworth
Robert Landry
Life Magazine
Dear Abby Bridge and Marriage Dilemmas
Dear Abby answers multiple reader questions about suspected flirtation during a bridge game and a daughter seeking marriage against parental approval. Advice covers whether to confront the man, how a father should respond, and handling a staff member with bad breath and odor with considerate, direct feedback.
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Abby
Clarksburg Home Damaged by Fire Leaves Two Safe
Two occupants escaped a 6 am blaze that gutted a two story frame house at 21310 Clarksburg Road. Firefighters from Hyattstown Carroll Manor Gaithersburg and Upper Montgomery battled freezing temperatures for four hours. Damages about 15000 for the structure and 5000 for contents owned by Floyd Eaton next door. Cause under investigation.
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Clarksburg
Edward J. Hamrick
Hyattstown
Carroll Manor
Frederick County
Gaithersburg
Upper Montgomery
Fhre
Floyd Eaton
Clarksburg Road
State police ID body found near New Market
State Police identified the decedent as Chopan Flouratino Byrd 16 of 541 E dist St Baltimore. Byrd lived with foster parents. An autopsy showed a gunshot wound to the chest. The body was found Dec 23 in a field off Md 75 near Md 144, east of New Market. Detective Sergeant Hubble said investigators must determine where the crime occurred.
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New Market
Chopan Flouratino Byrd
Edist St
Baltimore
Byron L. Hubble
Byrd
Hubble
MD. 73
Sgt
MD. 75
MD. 144
Hart B. Noll
Ellicott City
Robert J. Thomas
Rederick County
Marriage Trends Hint at Stabilizing Future Despite Divorce Rise
Washington AP reports that Census Bureau analysts see a more selective approach to mate choice and evolving marriage roles as key to potentially greater future marital stability. Early marriages show higher divorce rates, but postponement and economic/feminist shifts are changing dynamics. Ray Vance, Middletown, enlisted in the Air Force after high school, with training to follow.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Arthur J. Norton
Norton
Institute of Social Research
University of Michigan
Ray Vance
East Main
Hyperactive Child film at Rock Creek Center
The Hyperactive Child, a film to aid understanding of hyperactivity, will be shown Thursday at the Rock Creek Center. Sponsored by the local Council for Exceptional Children, the event will feature Robert Forder of the Scott Key Center to lead a discussion and answer questions afterward.
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Kate Hanes
Harry ©. Smith
Lang Association of Vid-Maryland
Bo Bragon
Aaron Ducker
Tony Church
Monocacy-Pinecliff Park
Cedric Smith
Eddie Prensky
Rock Creek Center
Council For
Robert Forder
Scott Key Center
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Thurmont
U.S District Court
Fraley
Country Lane
5Th St NW
Morse St NE
Bishop Markets
RAY Wachter Photo Ae
Market St
U.S. Air Force
Cleaners
Artem, Pole
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Mark Fendrick Cre Dal Tale
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Dart
Bel Tabh le Ld
Prlads
Home Delivery
Weil
Hamilton Ave
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