Maryland DOT Budget Sparks Questions Over Road Woes
The Maryland Department of Transportation plans to spend about 1.472 billion dollars in the coming fiscal year, funded mainly through transportation trust funds and highway user revenues. The piece critiques project timing, lane closures, and supervision, citing traffic backups on the Severn River bridge and Beltway work, and calls for policy changes to reduce public inconvenience.
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Maryland Department of Transportation
State Department of Education
DOT
Maryland
Department of Transportation
Transportation Trust Fund
TTF
Chesapeake Bay
State Highway Administration
Baltimore City
Frederick County
SHA
Frederick
Carroll
Howard
Woodrow Wilson
Potomac River
Capital Beltway
Severn River
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
MD. 50
Annapolis
Joe Curran
Bay Bridge
Montgomery County
MD. 450
MD. 4
Bowie
Gandhi visit alters US India ties and signals new era
Rajiv Gandhi’s four day U S trip yielded rare warmth with President Reagan and praise from CIA and White House officials. The talks softened tensions over Star Wars and Pakistan, with diplomats saying Gandhi is firmly in command and ready to cooperate as a trusted partner. The visit is seen as a turning point toward durable friendship despite ongoing differences.
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Washington
Rajiv Gandhi
United States
India
Indy Badhwar
Indira
Reagan
Gandhi
CIA
William Casey
Waram
U.S. Information Agency
Charles Z. Wick
Congress
National Press Club
Pakistan
Modia
U.S. Treasury
Jawaharlal Nehru
Krishna Menon
Rajiv
FBI
Bureau
Office of Professional Responsibility
Stewart Harris
OPR
FBI OPR audits flag conflicts and agent risk
A Justice Department audit led by Guy Zimmerman found instances of alleged drug pushing by a Washington FBI special agent before joining the bureau and noted a quarter of reviewed cases showed potential conflicts of interest when regional supervisors handled investigations of their own people. The OPR typically probes high ranking personnel and returns low level matters to regional offices. Zimmerman said corrective action has been taken. An FBI spokesman declined comment.
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FBI
OPR
Guy Zimmerman
Justice Department
Q R in Classrooms Sparks Faith and Fear in Parents
Phyllis Schlafly denounces Quieting Reflex as a covert in classroom experiments on children. She cites first grade cases of stress suppression, guided imagery trips, self hypnosis, and imaginary inner wise men. She links QR to Eastern mysticism and occult practices and calls for removal from public schools.
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Colorado
Q.R
Q.A
O.R
U.S
Pool attendance soars at Baker Park in summer heat
Reports from the News-Post record 332 swimmers at Baker Park Municipal Pool with forecasts to surpass 350 as temperatures reach the 90s. A four inch blue bug with heavy feelers was displayed at the News-Post office, found by Harvey Leatherman on his Myersville farm. The Frederick and Hagerstown DeMolay chapters planned their first summer dance at Braddock Heights with Gordon Clark and his orchestra, chaperoned by J Walker Carty, Alvin G Quinn, C Cyril Klein, and Guy K Motter.
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George C. Paxson
Baker Park Municipal
News-Post Office
Harvey Leatherman
Myersville
Frederick
Hagerstown
Order of DeMolay
Braddock Heights
Gordon Clark
Broadcasting Orchestra
J. Walker Carty
Alvin G. Quinn
C. Cyril Klein
Guy K. Motter
Ellsworth shop owners buy building for 70000 dollars
Twenty years ago Ellsworth operators McGehn and Fink purchased the North Market Street store from Eyler for 70000 dollars after buying the business six years earlier from Brandenburg. They had done extensive tempering. Cathy the chimpanzee starred at a Frederick Shopping Center show by trainer Robert Glover from Tampa. A police-ride tale noted Cathy’s prior arrest for 70 mph driving. A $70000 Olympic pool project was set for the VFW Club with a committee of local figures. The piece also lists travel and 4 H Club exchanges for youth heading to England, Scotland and beyond.
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North Market Street
Ellsworth E. McGehn
Carl C. Fink
John H. Eyler
J. Harry Brandenburg
Cathy
Frederick Shopping Center
Robert E. Glover
Tampa
Fla
Lite
Florida
VFW Country Clu
Robert J. Thomes
Tom Routzahn
Hilda Roelke
Jack Howard
Ed Andochick
Jack Molesworth
Eddie Thomas
Damascus residents praised for rescue effort after 1985 crash
Letters from Patricia A. Hughes of DVFD and Walter Baker commend Damascus community volunteers who aided four critically injured motorists at the Md 27 Bloom Court intersection on June 11, 1985. Residents provided extrication and CPR before emergency crews arrived, and callers argue for road improvements amid recent fatalities on old Md 27.
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Tam
Damascus
MD. 27
Bloom Court
House backs lie detectors and death penalty for espionage
Washington activity weighs polygraph use for handling sensitive materials and a peacetime espionage death sentence. Critics call measures futile or too harsh, while notes recall Hiss era contrasts and debate deterrence versus degradation.
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Washington
House of Representatives
The
Washington Post
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Frederick, Md
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News-Post
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Joseph Spear
Prudential Insurance Co
Nathan Jacobson
Linwood
N.J
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Soviet Union
Castro
United Feature Syndicate
Phyllis Schlafly
Copley News Service
Charles Stroebel
Hartford
Alabama
U5 Supreme Court
England
Wales
Barbara B. Laughlin
Mount Airy
Richard L. Stone
Namaville
Dwight C. Smith
Jefferson
Scotland
Patricia A. Hughes
Tralee Court
Walter Baker
Cleveland Drive
Rorkville
Ralph DE Toledano
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
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