Banks Put Holds On Deposited Checks Across Nation
Guest column notes Oregon branch differences in funds availability and widespread bank holds on deposited checks. Cites a 1984 Fed study estimating holds on 5 percent of local checks and 20 percent of out of town checks, earning banks about 290 million annually while customers incur penalties totaling about 3.4 billion. Calls for Senate action to regulate holds.
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Robert Walters
Washington
Oregon
Massachusetts
American Bankers Association
Federal Reserve Board
Fed
Congress
House
Senate
Enterprise Assn
Frederick History Days and Old Courthouse Dedication Preview
Viewpoint recalls decades of Bell and History Days in Frederick as the Old Courthouse is to be dedicated as the New City Hall. The author teases a five hour colonial program on Sunday with Sharon Meachum and Pat Pearl guiding volunteers, costumes, games, demonstrations, and entertainments.
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Frederick City
Maryland School For the Deaf
New
City Hall
MSD
Sharon
Cochair
Pat Pearl
Pat
Ess
Chile
Bell and History Committee
Bell
Sharon Delight Meachum
Frontiers of space hold limitless promise and risk
Washington argues space exploration can transform the economy and science, with human spaceflight led by astronauts like Shepard and Aldrin, stressing civilian control and meaningful benefits while critics push for Earthly pork-barrel funding. Diplomatic Digest notes Hungary's drug surge, and a confidential file cites Nicaragua's 1985 fatalities. Min Editorial pokes at a Missouri Senate candidate's drug test results.
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United States
Earth
Alan Shepard
Edwin Aldrin
Thomas Stafford
Eugene Cernan
Space
Hungary
Humberto Ortega
David Andrew Brown
U.S. Senate
Missouri
Brown
Fire Department beauty show ends in fourth round knockout
June 6 Bruns wick event at Firemen's Hall featured Tony Farrie and Hussen Stipe in a sharp main fight won by Stipe with a flush right hand. Two other KOs occurred Eddie Derfinger over Eugene Britt in round two and Sambo Miller over WT Kidwell in round three. Rain relief followed droughts as Frederick County saw sinkholes from the new sanitary sewer ditches. Frederick High held senior prom with Joe Stephens Orchestra and planning team listed. Roy B Conkling, editor of the American Deaf Citizen, visited the News Post in Frederick with companions, sharing deafness background and touring the east.
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Brudiseck Volunteer Fire Department
Firemen’s Hall
Brunswick
Tony Farrie
Hagerstown
Hussen Stipe
Huo Li
Shipe
Kayo
Eddie Derfinger
Eugene Britt
Sambo Miller
WT. Kidwell
Roy B. Conkling
American Deaf Citizen
Versailles
Ohio
Post
Roy Jr
W.W. Duvall
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Washington
Maryland School For the Deaf
George H. Faupel
Maryland
Conkling
East
Farming ends at Montevue Home after crop season
June 6 2006 report notes long time Montevue Home farming ends as county commissioners deem operation non feasible 200 acres of land sold remaining beef cattle disposed to end dependence for meat. Hood College graduates 128 with seven local scholars and three honorary degrees. Local names include Shirley Devilbiss Thurmont Jan Bowers near Frederick Audrey Kronk Sylvia Dudash Martha Grace Donna Pitts Jo Anne Jemkins. Air Taxi Service Inc opens Frederick airport with David Young Middletown as president Hershel Gibbs Yellow Springs as VP plans four aircraft to fly freight or passengers anywhere in Americas.
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Montevue Home For
Lawrence A. Dorsey
Hood College
Shirley C. Devilbiss
Thurmont
Jan M. Bowers
Frederick
Audrey Kronk
Sylvia Dudash
Martha Grace
Donna Pitts
Jo Anne Jemkins
Frederick Air Taxi Service Inc
David H. Young
Middletown
Hershel F. Gibbs
Yellow Springs
North
South America
Gibbs
Faculty silent protest at Montgomery College commencement
About 80 faculty in white armbands attended the May 23 Montgomery College Rockville Campus graduation to protest a contract dispute unresolved since 1985. AAUP has bargained since 1984, with sympathy from Montgomery County officials, as fact sheets highlighted pay and priorities amid administration isolation. Dr. Richard Berendzen of American University delivered the address, praising educators and parents while noting higher education’s value and Christa McAuliffe. The demonstration was orderly and focused on the graduates.
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Montgomery College
Rockville
American Association of University Professors
AAUP
Montgomery County Council
Maryland
Board of Trustees
Richard Berendzen
American University
Berendzen
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