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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1985
Page
1
A Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee advanced three drunken driving bills including a 48 hour jail or 10 days of community service for a second DWI within three years. Other measures would admit refusals to BAC testing as evidence and bar drinking by drivers. Some bills were killed or stalled.
A local weather forecast predicts sunshine but below freezing highs of 25 to 30 with a warming trend possible Wednesday. Gwen McEntire conducts an interview with Toddie Keyser-Garver, a resident expert on well drilling.
Frederick County's 1936 audit listed detailed expenditures including 86 coffins and graves. By fiscal 1985 the budget hit 70.8 million with 22.6 million from admissions and income taxes and 32.6 million in general property taxes. The 1936 report noted unpaid bills, education balances, and dog license tax gains, while salaries varied by race and schools numbered 66. The piece contrasts the modest 1936 numbers with 1985 funding levels and highlights archival audit detail.
In Washington AP reports Sen. Barry Goldwater joins President Reagan against large defense cuts. Weinberger proposes 8.7 billion in reductions within a 50 billion overall plan, aiming at a 277.3 billion Pentagon budget. Reagan and Goldwater press defense spending remains a priority amid bids to curb the federal deficit.
Soviet President Konstantin Chernenko, 73, reportedly in intensive care and could resign. London papers cite observers and a plan to make Mikhail Gorbachev general secretary, with unclear presidential role. Western diplomats dispute specifics, noting Chernenko’s illness and emphysema. Pravda carries foreword text.
NASA reported Discovery came home in excellent condition after a secret mission deploying a $300 million spy satellite. Only about a dozen heat shield tiles were damaged, with no major orbiter system issues. The mission, conducted by five military astronauts, ended with a near pad-landing three miles from the launch site.
A new United Way agency Frederick County Services for the Hearing Impaired will identify needs and provide interpreters. It maintains a list of about 25 qualified interpreters and aims to ensure hearing impaired residents have equal rights and access to services.
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