Mandel budgets $3.6 million for court complex
Gov. Mandel’s fiscal 1977 capital improvements plan keeps a $3.6 million state share for the Frederick County courthouse complex, the project second only to a $14.8 million center for the Maryland Penitentiary in overall CIP priority. James Bryan says funds will be supported by committees and state officials, with groundbreaking hoped for by fiscal 1979. The proposed budget totals $60.6 million, down from recent years, with the Frederick project among ten major constructions funded.
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Marvin Mandel
Frederick County
Frederick
Mandel
Department of Corrections
Maryland Penitentiary
Baltimore
CIP
Annapolis
Anne Arundel County
District Court
Elkton
Centreville
Bryan
State General Assembly
Department of State Planning
Department of General Services
Charles) Smelser
Edward) Thomas
Mandell
Out-of-School Work Plan Wins Approval
The Frederick County Board of Education approved an Out-of-School Program for economically disadvantaged youth, funded at 38062 under CETA to provide work experience and education. The board also awarded Haley's Chevrolet-Oldsmobile the bid for a cargo van with hydraulic lift at 6356.64 for the Food Service program and approved two budget transfers to address issues at Frederick High and Brunswick Elementary.
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Frederick
Board of Education
Haley
Chevrolet-Oldsmobile, Inc
Brunswick
Frederick High
Frederick County
Dorothy T. Cavenee
Louise A. Weagly
Sherry Diggs
South Frederick
David W. Cline
Middletown
Florence Reed
Middletown High
Nancy W. Lewis
Singanore High
Lewis H. Carl
Thomas Johnson
Frederick News-Post
Haley Chevrolet
John E. Tritt
School Service
A. Doty Remsburg
Clement E
Sagner's eyed as temporary FHS site
Frederick High School may relocate temporarily to the Sagner Building on Wisner Street while renovation of the current school proceeds. The state IAC backs a $5 million project to upgrade classrooms, library, cafeteria, and facilities, with Jan 1977 kickoff. A 30 member task force led by Don Sullivan studies relocation options.
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City Board of Zoning Appeals
Sagner
Frederick High School
State Interagency Commission
IAC
Board of Public Works
Gilbert A. Newby
Frederick County Board of Education
Wisner Street
Board of Education
Don Sullivan
Palestinians Overrun Christian Town in Lebanon
Palestinian forces seize a predominantly Christian town in Lebanon, advancing after clashes with local militias. The capture raises regional tensions as neighboring communities brace for possible further offensives and international actors call for restraint.
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Lebanon
Weather Outlook With Snow Chance And Cold Nights
Cloudy with a chance of snow in the afternoon or evening. High around 305, partial clearing and cold tonight with a low in the upper teens to low 20s. Thursday breezy and colder with variable cloudiness, high in the low to mid s. Daniel Webster reports a cool, unsettled period.
Emergency snow plan activated in Frederick County
Snow emergency declared at 10:30 a.m. as unexpected snowfall forecasts up to three inches, the season’s largest. Afternoon kindergarten canceled. no early closures yet. Temperatures below freezing for the seventh day this month with a 27 degree low. Weekend forecast calls for clearing through Saturday then rising clouds. Five days of snow flurries this month. official county total under one inch, but New Year’s Day snow left two to three inches in outlying areas and four inches in Foxville.
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Frederick County
National Weather Service
Frederick
Foxville
Maryland faces seven straight balanced budget year with no tax rises
Gov Mandel presents a $3.52 billion Fiscal 1977 operating budget to the Maryland General Assembly. The plan stays balanced without increases in income, sales, or gasoline taxes, yet relies on one time revenue moves and modest agency boosts. It pockets a small surplus and contemplates potential property tax changes for capital construction. The plan includes $34 million from lottery revenue shifts and $34 million from advancing estimated tax payments by banks utilities and insurers. A subway rapid transit funding provision is included with a final decision due later in the week.
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Annapolis
Marvin Mandel
Maryland General Assembly
Ford
Congress
Mandel
General Assembly
Baltimore
Ford budget calls for higher defense and Social Security taxes
President Ford proposed a 1977 budget with increased defense spending and Social Security tax hikes, offset by welfare cutbacks and deeper income tax cuts. The plan forecasts a $43 billion deficit, with $394.2 billion in outlays and $351.3 billion in revenues, and aims to return to a balanced budget by 1979 while shifting program control to states for 59 federal initiatives including Medicaid.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Wile Ford
Antother
1975 inflation ends at seven percent annual pace
Washington AP reports consumer prices rose five tenths of one percent in December 1975, totaling a 7 percent inflation rate for the year. Ford officials see further improvement in 1976 as 1975’s moderation followed 1974’s 12.2 percent peak. Purchasing power of workers’ pay held steady in December, up 3.8 percent for the year amid tax cuts. Food costs up 6.5 percent, nonfood goods 6.2 percent, services 8.1 percent. CPI at 166.3 in December from a 1967 base of 100.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Labor Department
Auctioneer foils robbery in Frederick incident
Frederick police seek three white men after an attempted armed robbery of auctioneer John L. Ponton outside his Evergreen Place barn around 9 30 pm Monday. Ponton was struck with a revolver but not seriously injured as he chased two suspects who fled. one man remains at large.
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Frederick
John L. Ponton
Ponton
Evergreen Place
Panton
Porton
Keymar Man Held for Grand Jury on Murder Attempt
District Court Judge Stanley Y. Bennett ordered Robert L Mathews a Keymar resident, held for Frederick County Grand Jury consideration on attempted murder charges. Testimony said Mathews shot at Delmar Mathews with a 12 gauge shotgun after disputes over their marriage, grazing her neck and striking the car. one blast narrowly missed fatally.
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Keymar
Stanley Y. Bennett
Robert L Mathews
Frederick County
Bennett
John W Keburn
State Police
Mathews
Delmar Mathews
Mathias and McCarthy consider third-force bid for presidency
Washington reports Sen Charles McC Mathias Jr and former Sen Eugene J McCarthy are discussing a possible joint bid as a third force in the 1974 election. No agreements or platforms exist as talks focus on staff, procedure and issues while Mathias tours the country exploring possibilities.
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Washington
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
R-Md
Eugene J. McCarthy
Washington Post
McCarthy
Ronald Cocome
the Post
Mathias
Cocoine
Cocume
Republican Party
Ford
Ronald Reagan
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