Maryland panel calls for drastic cuts to red tape in government
A two year Maryland task force chaired by retired Judge Joseph Sherbow urges a sweeping reorganization to cut useless programs and trim costs. It proposes a new Cabinet level Department of Environmental Regulation, state funding for local election boards, higher standards for jails and emergency services, and disbanding rural road departments while shifting to state contracts. Revenue ideas include restructuring income and retail taxes and phasing out the state property tax.
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Mayor offers to lease 150 parking deck spaces
Mayor Ronald N. Young announced the city will lease about 150 spaces in the municipal parking deck under construction. The $2 million project is nearly on schedule and moves into a new phase next week as main structure work begins. A joint meeting will plan a park and shop arrangement to benefit merchants.
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City advances part of underground wiring bonds
City officials disclosed that Frederick has advanced the first two installments for the South Market Street underground wiring project under an agreement with Potomac Edison. Residents had sought an injunction to halt bond disbursement, challenging legality and charter authorization, while state officials and C&P Telephone defended the law. The dispute followed a Public Service Commission assessment fueling local protests and bids to abandon the plan.
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Compromise Seen on Energy Policy In Washington
President Ford and Congress move toward an energy policy compromise as oil price controls near expiration on August 31. House and Senate aims include a shorter extension or revised price limits while Ford warns against abrupt decontrol. Leaders aboard the Sequoia discuss possible agreements as the stalemate over energy policy persists.
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Olson Family Keeps CIA Suit Open Amid New Questions
A Rockefeller Commission member cautions against treating the report as final on CIA actions. A former colleague of Frank Olson provides new details about the LSD exposure that sparked a 22-year lawsuit, while the family seeks full disclosure of Olson’s death.
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Stafford bids farewell to era as space shuttle era dawns
Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford said the era of U.S. manned spaceflight is ending but predicted a new age with the space shuttle. He spoke at a news conference aboard the orbiting Apollo with Vance Brand and Donald Slayton, the day before their return from history making joint US Soviet linkup missions.
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Apollo 11 astronauts hail mission success and future spaceflight
In a 32 minute televised briefing the crew praised the flight as valuable and predicted more women would fly in space. They described strong US Soviet cooperation and said the Apollo program ran smoothly like riding a bicycle while reflecting on the era ending.
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