Blackout protest in Frederick County backs OCJ bid
A 15 minute blackout organized by the Organization for Consumer Justice to protest Frederick P E rate hike drew 57 percent of 60 residents to switch off lights at 8 pm and 86 percent to support resisting a 22 percent rate increase. The PSC hearing on PE's request is set for 7 pm at Frederick High School.
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Potomac Edison Company
Organization for Consumer Justice
OCJ
News-Post
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PEs
Public Service Commission
Allegany
Garrett
Washington
Carroll
PSC
Frederick High School
Dan Rupli
Del Smith refuses fuel adjustment payment and seeks hearings
Delegate Charles E. Smith announces he will not pay the Potomac Edison fuel adjustment on his next electric bill joining other dissidents. He backs a bill with Del. Leon Green to require public hearings before fuel increases and plans biweekly press conferences and district tours. He warns of legal action if lights are cut and urges officials to stand with residents while calling for PSC reforms and financial disclosures.
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D4A
Smith
Winchester Hall
Del. Leon Green
Prince George’s
Public Service Commission
Potomac Edison Company
Frederick High School
Walkersville
Maryland Public Service Commission
commission
PSC
public service commissioners
Public hearing on Potomac Edison rate hike tonight
Frederick County residents may voice views at 7 p.m. in Frederick High School auditorium on a proposed 22 percent Potomac Edison rate increase. People’s counsel registration is 6:30 to 7 p.m. prior to the hearing led by PSC examiner Wilson B. Stringer. The PSC hearing follows rising power costs and capitalization, with expected monthly bills increasing about 8.40 dollars for electric heating users and 2.55 dollars for non heating users. Potomac Edison would gain about 11.9 million dollars annually if approved, after prior hikes and fuel charges.
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Frederick County
Potomac Edison
Maryland Public Service Commission
PSC
Wilson B. Stringer
Winchester Room
Winchester Hall
Oil exporters plan summit amid talks with consumers
Rockefeller says CIA illegal spying. Congress resumes tax cut hearings. synthetic eyes may restore sight. Mostly sunny today with highs in the 40s, tonight cloudy with upper 20s. Tuesday becomes cloudy with a 45 to 50 degree high. An anonymous line on compliments versus cost concludes the item.
Byron urges tax reform and energy bills in new Congress
Rep. Goodloe Byron advocates tax cuts and energy legislation as priorities. He has introduced oil tax restructuring and seeks to end foreign tax credits and depletion allowances to boost revenue and spur domestic energy development. He proposes immediate energy conservation measures, including a gasless driverless Sunday monthly, potentially saving 2.4 million barrels yearly. He plans a constituent questionnaire.
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Congress
Goodloe Byron
6th District
Byron
Federal Energy Administration
County trash decision promised in two weeks
Frederick County Commissioners agreed to a final decision in two weeks on county wide trash disposal after a solid waste task force presented a plan. The panel urged dropping a northern transfer station, launching a Thurmont area collection phase, acquiring a second landfill site, and using Dublin Road quarry for non organic disposal while monitoring recycling tech for future use. The task force included Lawrence Johnson, Paul Beale, James L. Bryan, Thomas Fox, and engineer William 5S.
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Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Reich's Ford Road
Frederick
Dublin Road
Woodsboro
Lawrence Johnson
Paul Beale
James L. Bryan
Thomas Fox
William 5S
Wildcat rail strike hits Midwest and South
Wildcat walkouts by shopcraft workers disrupt railroads including Burlington Northern Chesapeake & Ohio and Louisville and Nashville. A federal judge issued a temporary injunction ordering four craft unions to end the strike as operations slowly normalize and pickets appear at several yards and offices.
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Midwest
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Chesapeake & Ohio
Louisville & Nashville
St. Paul
Burlington system
Burlington
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Chessie
C&O
Tri-State
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Michigan
Baltimore & Ohio
Atlanta
Mobile
Ala
Nashville, Tenn
Louisville
US posts second largest trade deficit on record in 1974
Commerce Department reports the 1974 trade balance red ink of 3.065 billion, the biggest since 1972, driven by a tripled oil import bill to 24.6 billion. Exports rose 2 percent but imports climbed 3.5 percent, reversing 1973’s surplus. December deficit stood at 606 million as imports rose 1.7 percent while exports fell 3.7 percent.
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Commerce Department
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United States
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Frederick County School Board approves student rights plan and Middletown project
The Frederick County Board of Education approved the controversial Student Responsibilities and Rights document after amendment and sent it to the attorney for review. The board also awarded Norman Earley & Son, Inc. the Middletown Middle School addition and renovation contract and named Mrs Elizabeth Carter as the new county home economics supervisor.
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Frederick County
Middletown Middle School
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Hagerstown
Middletown
Elizabeth
Carter
Charles A. Price
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Supreme Court
William G. Linehan
Dorothy Handley
A. Doty Remsberg
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