Montgomery growth plan boosts schools and roads in upper county
Montgomery County Executive Sidney Kramer proposes a capital budget focusing on modernizing and adding 107 classrooms, funding over 500 million for transportation, and Ride-on buses linking Poolesville to Silver Spring with a Metro hub. He also mentions a Test At Permit approach to curb growth where infrastructure is stressed.
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Montgomery County
Sidney Kramer
Maryland
Kramer
Poolesville
Silver Spring
Washington Metro
Germantown
Damascus
Evils of the weed in Annapolis press room union
Robert C. Reid reflects on the Maryland Legislative Correspondents Association meeting and confirms a new ban on smoking in the press room. He notes improved quarters, party plans, and a push toward smoke free zones, while sharing personal experiences with quitting and social impacts. He observes federal buildings also going smoke free and predicts more venues will follow.
Counterfeit bolts found in nuclear plants spark safety scare
Substandard bolts from Taiwan Korea and Japan discovered or suspected in U.S. nuclear plants. NRC accused of lax oversight while experts warn counterfeit fasteners could fail under high temperature or vibration. Tests on bolts from three to five plants planned. one batch already removed from storage. Industry figures label the situation frightening and dangerous.
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U.S
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Taiwan
Korea
Japan
Commission
Bill Windt
Texas Bolt
Houston
Windt
PostSeal International
Connecticut
PosiSeal
Tommy Grant
Grant Fasteners
Frank Akstens
Fastener Technology International Magazine
John Cole
Product Risk Reduction Inc
Westlake
Ohio
Charles Wilson
Industrial Fastener Institute
Cleveland
Rabbits distributed to Maryland counties by state commission
More than 12,000 Western cottontail rabbits were received by the Maryland State Conservation Commission for eventual distribution to 23 counties in Maryland. Frederick County's allotment of 744 rabbits was set for release the following week under district game warden Benjamin F. Phebus. A brief fire scare occurred at Peoples Liquidating Corporation when a short circuit prompted a precautionary call for a fire extinguisher, which was supplied but unused. Production at Kelly-Springfield Fire Company in Cumberland halted, leaving 1,200 workers idle after a sit down strike in the drum tire department.
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Maryland State Conservation Commission
Maryland
Frederick County
Benjamin F. Phebus
Peoples Liquidating Corporation
Market
Church Streets
United Fire Company
Kelly-Springfield Fire Company
Cumberland
Drum Tire
Frederick Organization For Rehabilitation
FDR
Maryland Delegation Backs Sixes Bridge Dam Plan
Twenty years ago Maryland lawmakers supported a dam project to supply water for metropolitan and industrial use in Frederick County. A meeting with three county commissioners and state representatives included officials from planning zoning, the Metropolitan Sanitary Commission, and the Chamber of Commerce. Russell Z. Horman said Sen. Joseph Tydings and Rep. Charles Mathias vowed to push to reinstate the dam in the Army Corps Potomac Basin Plan. Dr Dorothy Elliott spoke to Future Nurses Club at West Frederick Junior High, noting her new role as Director of Nursing Education at Frederick Community College and outlining FCCs two year Associate Degree nursing program starting in fall. Mayor John A. Derr told about 50 residents that 23 landlords were warned to fix dilapidated rentals or face legal action, urging rapid housing-code adoption via NAACP housing chair Gladys Boyer.
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Maryland
Sixes Bridge
Frederick County
Goodloe Byron
Charles Smelser
Dorothy Elliott
Nurses Club
West Frederick
Elliott
Frederick Community College
Anne W. Baker
Michigan
Army Nurse Corps
Teachers College
Columbia University
Eliott
FCC
Frederick
John A. Derr
Gladys Boyer
Naacp Housing Committee
Letters to the editor on dogs and race issues ignite debate
A reader recounts buying a poodle named Pepper from a suspected puppy mill and describes years of illness and ultimate euthanasia. She warns readers to inspect breeders, check references, and verify parents. The letter also includes reactions to a prior editor’s piece and a separate public remarks about a Klan rally and civil rights case.
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Humane Society of
Frederick County
Pepper
The
Humane Society
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