New Market forms committee to find new revenue sources
Mayor Frank Shaw creates a revenue committee after presenting the town audit by Gordon Naegele. The panel will seek new income before spring budget talks while council weighs potential tax or fee increases to cover a reported $5,500 in remaining road repair needs and other town costs.
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New Market
Frank Shaw
Don Morley
Morley
Gordon Naegele
Terry Egan
Michael Sponseller
Sponseller
Frederick County
Shaw
Mai
Cattlemen Cut Stock as Feed Costs Drive Beef Costs Up
Western Iowa farmers Wise and White cull cattle after a harsh winter and high grain prices. They sold or reduced herds due to feed costs, while industry analysts warn hamburger will stay cheaper and prime cuts pricier as corn tops $3.25 a bushel and hay costs rise.
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Chicago
George Wise
Wise
Iowa
Woodburn
Ken White
Walkersville council debates zoning and cable charge hikes
Walkersville officials weigh zoning changes since 1972 master plan and approve CMA cable rate rises while noting reception issues. The council also funds tennis courts, delays Glade Manor improvements pending stormwater assurances, amends town code to exempt Walkersville from county laws, and considers repainting Biggs Ford Road to curb speeding after a petition.
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CMA
Home Box Office
Showtime
John O. Poole
Poole
Dennis Snyder
Snyder
Walkersville
Quicky
Richard F. Kline Inc
Glade Manor
Glade Manor II
Frederick County
J. Leonard Thompson
Biggs Ford Road
Robert Snyder
Pension reform eyed to curb state budget deficit
Lawmakers and Gov Hughes consider pension plan changes to save 40 million to 100 million annually. Senate leaders Smelser and Steinberg urge solving the pension issue before extra spending. Union opposition looms as Cardin calls the accord a reasonable compromise to be enacted.
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McClellan
Charles H. Smelser
Frederick Carroll
Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
Capital Budget
Smelser
Senate
Sieisberg
Cardin
General Assembly
Opening Day Highlights in State Legislature
The opening day featured ceremonial proceedings with leadership elections in both houses. Senator Noel Josephe addressed the Senate in French with an English interpreter, while House guests included Steny Hoyer and several state and county officials. Comptroller Lews L. Goldstein, first elected in 1987, participated as usual.
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Chhairmen
House
Senate
Noel Josephe
Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Maryland
Europe
Steny Deere
FF Lee Mayos- Wiles
Donald Schaefer
Lorainne Sheehan
Baltimore County
Don Hutchinson
Anne Arundel County
James
Two Die in Baltimore Apartment Fire Deliberately Set
In Baltimore two people died in a three alarm blaze in a northwest apartment. Fire officials said the fire started after an argument between a husband and wife and a pile of clothing was set ablaze. Fire Capt. Patrick Flyn said the fire appeared intentional. The News, Frederick, January 12, 1984.
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Baltimore
Northwest City
Patrick Flysn
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