Hughes Aims Record 6.9 Billion Budget for FY 85
Gov Harry Hughes plans a 6.9 billion fiscal year budget with no personal tax hikes. He calls it tight and well balanced and seeks 44 billion for a 6 percent pay raise, 60 billion to boost education, and 16 million for Chesapeake Bay cleanup. The supplemental budget totals 93 million, including aid to education and retraining stipends. Frederick County benefits include 1.66 million in added per pupil aid and state support rising to over 55 million, about 425 per resident.
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Robert C. Reid
Annapolis
Harry R. Hughes
General Assembly
Chesapeake Bay
Frederick County
Frederick Community College
U S pilot Schwab buried after Nicaraguan gunfire
Plainfield Illinois mourns Army helicopter pilot Jeffry Schwab killed January 11 on the Nicaragua Honduras border. About 500 mourners attend the burial at St Mary Immaculate Church with wife Karen and two young children present. Schwab’s death is portrayed as a sacrifice for country amid U S backed guerrilla clashes with the Bandit regime.
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Plainfield, I
Jeffry. Schwab
U.S
Schwab
St. Mary Immaculate Roman Catholic Church
Plainfield
Chicago
Karen
Brandon
Jason
Missing Air Force officer linked to new system access
An Air Force officer who worked with a new plan system and had access to secret data vanished five months ago and is the subject of an ongoing investigation. Capt William Hughes Jr., 33, from Seattle, failed to report Aug 1 after a Netherlands mission and was later declared missing Aug 10 and a deserter Dec 9.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Imeas
Air Force
New Olan Systema
Fee
AM Af
Carol Northrup
Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center
Kirtland Air Force ‘Base
William Howard Hughes Jr
Seattle
Kirtland
Netherlands
Ms. Northrup
Hughes
Ma. Northrup
New Blood Protein May Signal Heart Disease Risk
Study suggests apolipoprotein B levels can identify high risk for heart disease even in people with normal cholesterol and no symptoms. Dr Allan Sniderman of McGill University said this blood protein helps explain why some live long despite cholesterol, as genetic insights advance. The finding was presented at an American Heart Association seminar in St. Petersburg Florida.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Twenday
Anaanohier
Allan Sniderman
McGill University
Montreal
Canada
The
American Heart Association
Sniderman
Storm Tracks Toward New Orleans With Snow Likely
A developing storm near New Orleans on Wednesday morning moves across the Carolinas by night, bringing a major winter snowstorm. Western Maryland forecasts say 6 inches or more of snow possible with high near 32 this afternoon, then 20s tonight. Northwestern Maryland shows 4 inches or more, with highs in the mid 20s and teens by Thursday as conditions clear and windy. Continuous cold, drifting snow and mixed precipitation possible in Frederick, Cumberland, Rogerstown, Oakland, Westminster areas.
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New Orleans
Geneward
Carolinas
Maryland
Careen
Frederick
Reward
I. Stamperatures
Cumberland
Rogerstown
Oakland
Westminster
Frederick Memorial Hospital tops Maryland for low charges
Frederick Memorial Hospital was ranked the lowest in Maryland for hospital charges by the HSCRC study. FMH averaged 1087 dollars per admission, 41 percent below the state average, with St Marys Hospital in Leonardtown slightly lower but not by enough to beat FMH. University of Maryland Hospital was the most expensive at 5871 dollars. FMH attributes savings to shorter stays, about six days versus one to two more days elsewhere, and a county-wide efficiency mindset.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Maryland
FMH
Health Services Cost Review Commission
HSCRC
Commission
Baltimore
St. Mary's Hospital
Leonardtown
Frederick Memorial
University of Maryland Hospital
Brian Bowman
Frederick County
Bowman
Rain conference canceled due to heavy East snow
Heavy snow pummels the East forcing cancellation of the Acid Rain Conference set to open in Harrisburg. Frederick writer Saneea Gutard of The Drumming Leg notes the storm halted travel as Harrisburg forecasts up to 16 inches of snow and the event sponsored by the Pennsylvania Fish Commission is postponed.
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Harrisburg
Saneea Gutard
Frederick
Micro
Frederick News
Gillard
Pesmaylvania Fish Commission
Snow blankets Frederick County forcing school closures
Heavy snowfall blanketed the area with up to six inches expected as roads became slick. Frederick County schools canceled after buses were already en route, nursery schools and programs halted, and the Snow emergency plan activated at 7:30 am. County, city and state crews worked to salt and plow, with officials noting widespread slick conditions and planning ongoing work to clear streets and intersections.
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Frederick County
Maryland
Frederick
Ronald C. Linton
Linton
State Highway Administration
SHA
Ed Feeser
Presidential motorcade accused of ignoring school bus stop law
Thurmont Elementary School bus riders say Reagan motorcade passed through town to Camp David while bus flashed signals. Driver Denton Twigg and parent Donald Waster describe near-miss as several cars ignored stop rules, risking children crossing. state law imposes fines for failing to stop 10 feet from a stopped bus.
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Thurmont
Ronald Reagan
Camp David
Maryland
Donald Waster
Denny
West Main Street
Denton Twigg
Frederick County
Frederick judges back 40 bed work release center plan
Frederick County four judges endorsed a 40 bed work release center near the Ballenger Creek jail in a Jan 13 letter to Sen. Smelser. They warned delays harm sentencing for non-violent offenders and cited crowded facilities as a major problem. County commissioners faced criticism from lawmakers over funding moves, while the panel stressed the project could proceed with state matching funds.
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Charles H. Smeloer
Frederick County
Annapolis
Ballenger Creek
Clicuit
District Court
Smelser
Frederick
Carroll
Howard Counties
Galen R. Clagett
Food column preview and local profiles in paper
A digest of readable items notes Nanci Bross starting a new food column about Bagiith foods, a piece on a new book about Uniontown, and Aveline V. Aten interviewing recently relocated residents of Preprint County to gauge impressions of the area.
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Nanci Bross
Uniontown
Aveline V. Aten
Preprint County
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