Hyattsville Police Chief Convicted of Improper Conduct
Hyattsville retired police chief John J. Downs was found guilty by a city hearing board led by Maj. Richard J. Ashton of Frederick City. The verdict cites charges of improper conduct including using a city vehicle for his girlfriend, pressuring staff to babysit, and fondling a subordinate while on duty.
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Hyattsville
John J. Downs
Richard J. Ashton
Frederick City
Maryland
Ashton
Chief Downs
Downs
Marie Action
Officer Action
Barbara Brady
Brady
Lippy reelected to Carroll County board duties
Carroll County Board of Education re elected chairman T Edward Lippy and vice chair Elizabeth B Gehr to one year terms at a meeting held at Francis Scott Key High School. Lippy 48, a Hampstead farmer, has served since 1973 and outlined goals achieved in 1977 including improved communication, environmental education and policy updates. The board also approved library recovery actions, a $92 000 housing project for Vo Tech and South Carroll High School, Vocational Education Week, budget transfers for gifted and handicapped programs, and transferred two portable classrooms to Hampstead Elementary to ease overcrowding.
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Ellyn Hess
Carroll County
Uniontown
Carroll County Board of Education
Francis Scott Key High School
T. Edward Lippy
Lippy
Hampstead
Marjorie
Elizabeth B. Gehr
Gehr
Samuel
Eldersburg
Richard Dixon
Four County
Sykesville Middle School
Sabra Kittner
Lea Kuhn
Board of Education
Vo-Tech
South Carroll High School
IAC
North Carroll High School
Karsten Schulz
Westminster High School
Maryland Public Secondary School Athletic Association
Freedom District
Sykesville
Combating alcoholism named top priority in county plan
Montgomery County Health Systems Planning drafts an 800 page report urging strong detection and prevention strategies to combat widespread alcohol abuse. About 40,000 residents are problem drinkers, with 12 percent of youths affected, and auto crashes and liver disease tied to drinking. The plan targets adolescents women elderly poor and public inebriates for rehabilitation needs and prevention outreach.
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Rockville
Montgomery
Department of Health Systems Planning
Gaithersburg
Bethesda
Health Systems
National Institute On Mental Health
Walt Whitman High School
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Carroll
Olin L. Adams
Edward Gutman
Robert Scott
Carroll County Dental Association
North Carroll Middle School
Lester Lurber
State Interagency Committee
Frederick Shade & Awning
Palitay
Nederick
Kehne
Lee's
Lee’s
Kehne's
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