Building Permits Slip Decline May Continue
The Frederick County building permit picture shows a drop from 1989 to 1990 with 5,544 permits issued in 1990 down from 5,755 in 1989 and total construction spending at 266.5 million versus 294.6 million in 1989. City permits hit a record 1,464 in 1989. Officials note cycles and potential rebound despite ongoing slowdowns.
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Frederick County
Monica Robertson
Frederick City
Paul Gordon
County Planning Commission
Sue Ann Yingling
Ray Barnes
King's Determination Remembered at Fort Detrick Ceremony
The Persian Gulf war cast a shadow over a commemorative service honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Fort Detrick on Friday. The ceremony opened and closed with prayers for U.S. troops and honored King's life and ideals, with Major General Richard T. Travis noting King's willingness to die for his cause.
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Persian Gulf
Martin Luther King Jr
Fort Detrick
U.S
Dr. King
Richard T. Travis
U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command
Gen. Travis
Travis
Clara Adams-Ender
U.S. Army Nurse Corps
South
Montgomery
Alabama
Gen Travis
United States
Masonic Temple
Memphis
Tenn
Atlanta
Ronald Reagan
Maryland growth plan sparks local fears at Freder ick briefing
Frederick County residents charged that the 2020 Growth Commission proposal would politicize planning and shift local land use authority to the state. Walter Frey defended the plan as necessary for rapid growth, outlining four growth areas and a 20 year inventory.
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Frederick County
Commission On Growth In the
Chesapeake Region
Frey
Maryland
Insurance chief seeks stronger powers for Maryland regulators
Annapolis Md House panel hears Maryland insurance commissioner John Donoho press for tougher laws to police the industry as the Gov Schaefer commission studies auto insurance. Donoho compares enforcement to digging with a feather duster and says current authority is inadequate without broader statutes. Delaware lawmakers caution against misreading the message while noting possible inclusion of proposals in this session’s legislation.
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Annapolis
House
General Assembly
Maryland
John Donoho
House Committee On Economic Matters
Donoho
del. Casper Taylor
Washington County
Wiliam Donald Schaefer
Special Commission On Insurance
Frederick
K. Don Waskom
State Farm Insurance Companies
George Littrell
D-Frederick
Schaefer
Montgomery County King Day observances across venues
Montgomery County schedules King Day tributes from morning to evening with four programs. Main address by Donald F. McHeary at 7 p.m. in the Rockville Campus Performing Arts Center, plus harpist Kym Bennett and flutist Claude McKenzie performances. Awards ceremony honors Michael L. Gudis. Earlier events include an 8 a.m. Alpha Phi Alpha breakfast with Delano Lewis and an IBM luncheon with Roscoe Nix at Bethesda. Rockville hosts a noon program at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre.
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Rockville
Martin Luther King Jr
Montgomery County
Donald F. McHeary
U.S
United Nations
Montgomery College
Martin Luther King
Kym Bennett
Claude McKenzie
Martin Luther Kang Jr
Michael L. Gudis
Alpha Phi Alpha
Indian Spring Country Club
Silver Spring
Delano Lewis
C&p Telephone Co
D.C
Washington Board of Trade
Roscoe R. Nix
NAACP
IBM
Holiday Inn
Bethesda
City of
Baltimore Road
Edmonston Drive
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