Population outgrowing police numbers in Frederick County
The Maryland Uniform Crime Report shows Frederick County with 1.6 police officers per 1,000 residents, down from 1.8 in 1983, while population rose 4.7 percent in 1994. Total sworn officers fluctuated, with 205 in 1980 and 164 in 1976, and funding proposals seek 3.5 new patrols annually amid staffing shortages in state and county police.
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Frederick County
Maryland
UCR
Maryland State Police
Frederick City
Robert C. Snyder
Madrid gunman kills anti-terror official in downtown attack
Basque separatist gunman fires over 30 rounds at the car of Fausto Escrigas Estrada 60 director general of defense policy in Madrid. He dies from wounds after hospital transport. Driver Francisco Maranon Garcia 57 is in critical condition. Police describe a deliberate ambush as the street was blocked and the official vehicle targeted.
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Madrid
Spain
Defense Ministry
Jose Marzo
Fausto Escrigas Estrada
Defense Policy
Escrigas Estrada
Francisco Maranon Garcia
Warm humid day with high 88 lows 66 data
Weather notice notes warm humid air with highs around 88 and lows near 66 for the day. Western Maryland forecast appears on page A-2 with a regional map. A human interest line mentions Family Warry and Sharon Moran taking houseparents roles at Boy's Ranch in Urbana.
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Maryland
Family Warry
Sharon Moran
Boy's Ranch
Urbana
Botha declines urgent meeting with Desmond Tutu in SA
Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu asked for an urgent meeting with President P W Botha over black unrest. Botha refused, offering to meet a Anglican delegation on Aug 13 with Archbishop Phillip Russell, saying he would not entertain a separate O meeting with Tutu. Russell’s delegation would arrive Aug 19. Tutu criticized the response as political games and said he would not join Russell's group.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Desmond Tutu
P.W. Botha
Botha
Tutu
Russell
Anglican Church
City crime rate drops in first half of 1985
Frederick City police report a 6.3 percent drop in total serious crimes in the first six months of 1985, from 1,420 in 1984 to 1,330. Homicide rose to one case, rapes fell 50 percent, robberies 20 percent down, and assaults, break ins, larceny theft, and motor vehicle theft all declined.
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Los Angeles
Dan Lundberg
Lundberg
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Frederick City
Richard J. Ashton
Ashton
B&E’s
Alderman Arlene Phillips Seeks Second Frederick Term
Alderman Arlene Phillips 43 a Democrat announced a bid for re election to a second term. She highlights four years of city projects without a property tax increase including a second parking garage North Market Street wiring West All Saints Street rehab and city properties sold to taxpaying entities. She will continue to represent Frederick’s needs and listens to problems for equitable solutions.
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Arlene Phillips
Frederick
Phillips
North Market Street
West All Saints Street
City Hall
Steresis
Parks, Streets and Sanitation Committee
Frederick County
Marketing director Gaydos joins The Frederick News-Post
Edward M. Gaydos named advertising director at The Frederick News-Post replacing Edward F. Mull who becomes marketing director. Gaydos brings eight years as advertising director in Knight Ridder papers and prior retail ad experience. He previously worked at The Wichita Eagle Beacon and The Niles Daily Times.
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Edward M. Gaydos
Frederick News-Post
George B. Delaplaine Jr
Edward F. Mull
Gaydos
News-Post
Knight-Ridder
Frederick
Wichita Eagle Beacon
Kansas
Youngstown State University
Ohio
Niles Daily Times
The
Beaver County Times
Pennsylvania
Daily Times
Niles
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