Emmitsburg Eyes Cable TV Expansion by 1986
Emmitsburg may obtain cable television by January 1, 1986 with 235 of 250 residents in favor. A committee solicited bids from seven firms, receiving four responses. American TeleSystems Corporation was recommended for a public meeting to discuss service, pricing, and franchise plans, possibly with a 3 percent commission if accepted. The town also reported progress on a sewage and environmental plan, stray dog concerns, and public pool pricing for the upcoming season.
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Emmitsburg
Sara Muller
Miller
Frederick Cablevision
Bitt
Maller
American Telesystems Corporation
ATSC
Irwin Fern
Fern
Orm
State Health Department
Mason-Dixon
U.S. 15
Gill
Environmental Protection Agency
Leo Hoyle
Joan Boyle
Ed Adelsberger
Mother Seton Center
Manhunt in NC as hungry escapee hunted by 20 officers
About 20 armed officers surrounded a white house in Oxford Granville County after Linwood Briley, one of four prisoners who escaped from Mecklenburg Correctional Center, entered a Snack Shack demanding food. The clerk described Briley as nervous yet unarmed and left on foot. Authorities identified him from mug shots and kept search teams in Warrenton and other areas as they chased the remaining three fugitives.
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Oxford
N.C
White House
Granville County
Linwood Briley
Russ Edmonston
State Department of Crime Control and Public Safety
Edmonston
Collin Richardson
Richardson
Henderson
Briley
Barbara Brewer
Warren County
Virginia-North Carolina Line
Mecklenburg
Virginia
Robert Pence
FBI
North Carolina
Warrenton
Derick Lynn Peterson
Earl Clanton Jr
Pence
James
Lem Tuggle Jr
Willie Leroy Jones
Rowan County
Portsmouth
Roanoke Rapids
Lake Gaston
Sharon Wiliams
Tuggle
Virginians worry over Md power plant siting near Point of Rocks
Virginia residents and Raritan group leaders in Loudoun and neighboring counties fear a large coal fired plant in Frederick County Maryland. They press Virginia agencies for environmental impact studies and urge officials to heed potential transboundary pollution and health effects while weighing siting near Point of Rocks. Meanwhile Washington coverage notes Shultz’s Nicaragua visit could affect US aid debates on rebels.
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Virginia
Maryland
Frederick County
Point of Rocks
Pont of Nuke
Williamsport
Lucketts
Raritan
Virginia Council On the Environment
Stan Sorrell
Sorrell
Potomac
Loudon County
Ernest Lempke
Lucketts Raritans
Raritan Club
Weather forecast shows showers Wednesday nationwide
The National Weather Service predicts showers for Wednesday across much of the country with warm conditions in most regions. An AP Laserphote Map accompanies the forecast, outlining expected rain areas and temperatures.
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National Weather Service
Mount Airy trims tax rate by three cents
Mount Airy reduced its tax rate to 63 cents per $100 of assessed value for next year, lowering the levy by three cents. The move is funded by higher state tax revenues and aims to generate about $136,300 for the budget, with total expected receipts of $492,620 and expenditures of $181,075 on capital projects including vehicle reserves and water tank studies. The town also adopted a water and sewer fund totaling $273,975 with major receipts from sewer and water charges and hook-up fees, offset by debt service and operating costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Robert Wilson
Wilson
Bloodmobile drive short of goal in Frederick County
Frederick County Red Cross Chapter nears end of fiscal year 1982 84 with blood collection short of its 7240 unit goal by more than 700 units. Three June visits are set at Frederick Moose Lodge Thurmont American Legion Home and Evangelical Lutheran Church. Donors urged new and existing to support the drive, with age and health requirements and 56 day interval between donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Red Cross
Frederick Moose Lodge
Thurmont American Legion
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Frederick
United Way
League to show film She's Nobody's Baby tonight
The League of Women Voters Status of Women Committee presents the film She's Nobody's Baby produced by MS Magazine and narrated by Marlo Thomas and Alan Alda. The 7:30 p.m. Thursday showing at Calvary Methodist Church second floor parlor includes a short discussion. Public, no charge, light refreshments.
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MS Magazine
Marlo Thomas
Alan Alda
League of Women Voters
Status of Women Committee
Calvary Methodist Church
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