Board and Teachers Enter Impasse Over 1985-86 Salaries
In a Wednesday night meeting Frederick County Teachers Association and the school board agreed to seek an impasse on salaries for the 1985-86 contract year. Assistant to the superintendent Donald Koons said the board proposes a 4 percent raise on base pay while the union now asks for 12 percent. The board also proposed a probationary salary schedule for new teachers.
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Frederick County Teachers Association
Donald Koons
Boe
Koons
FCTA
Snow Forces School Closures Across Frederick County
A winter storm blanketed Frederick County with 2 to 3 inches of snow forcing the Frederick County Board of Education to cancel schools. Phase One of the snow emergency was in effect statewide, with 18 counties under alert and all Maryland school systems closed Thursday to protect students and motorists. Police reported only a few fender-bender accidents as drivers were urged to stay off roads.
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Frederick County
Maryland
Snowy Morning Walks and Quick Snow Cleanup
Residents braved a fresh snow, including Lewis and Audrey Whipp, who walked to feed park ducks with a homemade tickshaw. Frances Staub from Country Hills Apartments released a flower photo, while others cleared windshields and began daily chores. Photos by Richard T. Meagher.
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Lewis
Audrey Whipp
Frances Staub Flower
Country Hills
Richard T. Meagher
City officials deny police being shorthanded in downtown
Frederick mayor Ronald Young and Public Safety head Matty refute unnamed officers’ claims that the city police are regularly short staffed. They note seven officers per shift with overlaps and a foot patrol on North Market Street, while a seven member task force previously patrolled downtown at night to curb vandalism and loitering.
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Frederick
Matty
North Market Street
Ronald N. Young
Richard J. Ashton
Ashton
Maryland lawmakers weigh Hughes budget and capital plan
Annapolis lawmakers praise the operating budget's elder and youth programs while criticizing the capital budget for being tight. Governor Hughes faces a depleted 220 million dollar capital fund, leaving little room for legislators to support local projects and pork-barrel requests.
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Annapolis
Harry Hughes
General Assembly
Hughes
Robert Neall
Anne Arundel
Benjamin Cardin
Baltimore
Cardin
Major reform of Polish police under way after priest's killing
In Warsaw, government moderates push the widest police overhaul since the Stalinist era after the death of Father Jerzy Popieluszka. The Interior Ministry shakeup follows arrests of secret police officers and moves by Wojciech Jaruzelski to seize control of political matters in the ministry. The reform aims to match the 1950s purges in scale and impact.
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Warsaw
Poland
Interior Ministry
Jerzy Popieluszka
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Politburo
Miroslaw Milewski
Moscow
Teen-ager to take over city cab company
Marion Smith Sr., owner of AB's Cab Co., will hand the firm to his son on the teen’s 18th birthday September 1. AB's recently expanded hours, now 24 seven, and a growing daily fare count show the business expanding beyond its former Abe's identity.
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City Cab Company
Marion Smith Sr
Marion Jr
Ab’s Cab Co
Smith
Cab Co
Frederick
Ab’s
Abe's
Henry Wolfe
A-1
Wolfe
Ab's
Abe’s
Best gym he did nothing in particular and did it vary well
S. Gilbert notes a laconic approach and modest achievement in a playful, unclear historical snippet. The remark contrasts effort with outcome, hinting at variation in performance without specifics, reflecting a whimsical tone rather than a concrete event or date.
Controversy Over Church Move Sparks Zoning Debate
Residents of Bridal Path Circle object to Charity Missionary Baptist Church planned in an old barn at Bridal Path Circle and Old Annapolis Road. They fear parking and neighborhood impact while Frederick County considers a zoning text amendment to require places of worship as special exceptions in residential zones.
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Bridal Path Circle
Frederick County
Old Annapolis Road
Horseshoe Farm Estates
Frederick County Planning Commission
County
Charity Missionary Baptist Church
County Board of Appeals
Commission
Franklin S. Gladhill
Planning Commission
Kathy
Lertora
Charity
Planning Staff
Conserva
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