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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1984
Page
3
The article foresees a breakup of American Telephone & Telegraph into local units in 1984. It describes expected public unhappiness from fragmented service, potential multi billings, and consumer choice amid deregulation and bigness backlash.
The piece argues that AT&T's breakup will raise rates for most users, with demand for subsidies for low income residents. It laments repair delays and distant contact centers, cites Kilpatrick's horror story, and warns against ideology over deregulation, noting 1984 bills and the need to weigh real costs.
Popular Mechanics reports a just-commissioned USS Ticonderoga and the Central Command rapid deployment concept are being tested as part of a new method to handle sudden wars. The plan includes a 200 mph surface-skimming landing vessel and other ships due by 1990. The Central Command, under Defense Department, coordinates all services with the Navy leading the test.
Margaret Trudeau filed for divorce from Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau last month. She lives in Ottawa, hosts a TV show, and writes a column for a Canadian magazine. Also noted is Joan Jett discussing defiant career resolve amid rock fame and a forthcoming album nearing gold status.
A Secretive alliance coordinates assassination and kidnapping to crush leftist movements across Central America. The White Hand network, CAL-Latin American Anti-Communist Confederation, and affiliations to the World Anti-Communist League are cited, with El Lobo claiming 406 operatives in Honduras and 16 confirmed killings.
The January 13 items recount 1934 church elections at a Frederick Evangelical Lutheran meeting with John L Shaw and Robert L Smyth chosen elders and James H Falk and Austin W Howard as deacons. A bridge supper and shower honored Miss Catherine Craigmile before her marriage to Russell Michael. An unrelated 1964 entry notes Frederick County meetings about Gov. Thomas Johnson High School with architects and school board officials invited. Chamber of Commerce seeks a local chairman for the Constitutional Prayer Foundation to press school prayer via a constitutional amendment. Christian Women's Club to meet at the Francis Scott Key Hotel with a tea and speaker Wilda Clif village missionary.
In a reader letter, Dickcy Boutelle recalls joining Frederick Pony Club at nine, teaching for years, and a summer horse show that raised 2000 toward his Spring Open Selection Trials after a fall. Flying Cohoes earned Horse of the Year and other honors as Boutelle vows to compete again, thanking supporters.
Frederick County history project seeks information on secular vocal or instrumental groups from the 18th or 19th centuries. People with data are asked to contact Carroll H. Hendrickson Jr at 405 Magnolia Ave Frederick MD 21701 or call 662 4907 evenings.
A year marked by joblessness and rising international tension ends with New York City highlighting urban blight in the South Bronx. Abandoned apartment blocks along a major highway symbolize poverty and disintegration, with limited funds and reduced federal housing programs hindering renovation efforts for revitalization.
A Coply News Service analysis laments cosmetic fixes masking poverty and urban neglect. It cites 1983 battles over the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, cuts to job training and food stamps, and attacks on affirmative action, arguing real solutions require bold policy changes and inclusive growth.
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