Board and teachers seek timely settlement on salaries and benefits
School officials and FCTA face a tight deadline to settle the salary contract before the July 1 budget start. Ballots from teachers by June 14 will determine whether to adopt a mediator’s 7 percent proposal and a time frame that favors experienced staff, while insurance and augmentation terms remain key sticking points.
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FCTA
Fredenck County
Haover
Patricia Custer
Board of Education
Edgar Larson
Anthony Gough
Gough
Patricia G. Mangiaficio
Sueé
Sue Rovin
Dolars
Daniel Gadra
Mmediator
MARC Commuters Strike Over Layoffs At Cumberland Yard
IBEW representatives say 45 CSX workers in Cumberland face indefinite layoff and job transfers as CSX cuts 471 full time positions. Walkouts spread to Philadelphia Pittsburgh Cincinnati Willard Fairmont and Grafton with pickets at B and O lines. CSX plans 50 new diesels and 53 rebuilds to replace 200 aging units by year end.
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Wengenroth
MARC
Brunswick
Washington, D.C
Cumberland
George Laitila
IBE
Maryland
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Willard
Ohio
Fairmont
Grafton
W.va
Baltimore & Ohio
IBEW
Laitila
CSX
Andrea Just
CSE
Baltimore
Bunny jailed in Porvoo prompts police joke custody
A white rabbit loitering in Porvoo Finland led police to detain the animal on an early Saturday walk. Officers fed it dandelion leaves while noting the suspected pet on the run remains in custody. Sgt Antero Pennanen said they had nowhere else to keep it and were merely doing their duty.
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Porvoo
Finland
Antero Pennanen
Pennanen
Frederick County Drug Task Force shines in war on drugs
The Narcotics Task Force reports 177 arrests after 209 investigations with $52,298 seized and 1 vehicle, including a 1988 BMW convertible. Federal 5 million funding will aid Frederick County efforts as partners from sheriff, city police, state police and state's attorney’s office push major drug rings.
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Carr
Frederick County
Frederick City
Sodesta Statets Attorney’s
Capt
Capt. Carr
Lawrence A. Dorsey
Robert Snyder
Snyder
New York
Washington
Charles
Prince George's
California
Texas
Drug Enforcement Agency
Maryland
Nine charged in Hagerstown drug raid at Masser's Motel
Police charged nine people from Hagerstown and Tyrone Campbell, 25, of New York, with possession of marijuana after a raid on Masser's Motel on U S 40 W. Delores Dotsen, 20, of John Hanson Apartments, was also charged with drug paraphernalia. The raid followed an October 1989 tip and is linked to a broader drug network, with custody drawn for two children present in the motel room.
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Hagerstown
Tyrone Campbell
New York
Ms. Proctor
State Police
Masser
U.S. 40
Delores Dotsen
John Hanson
NATO talks near Glasgow focus on Germany and future security
Leaders from 16 NATO nations meet in London early next month to discuss the alliance's future amid German unification and its security implications. Baker says Soviet attitude improved after Washington summit with Gorbachev and Bush as Warsaw Pact collapses advance. Hungary and Czechoslovakia push for Soviet troop removal. Moscow session offered no Western proposal agreement. Gorbachev favors neutrality or Warsaw Pact status for a unified Germany.
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NATO
London
Moscow
Germany
Gorbachev
NATO Jeeeratitey
Bush sees beginning of end of Cold War
President Bush said the U S and Soviet Union show improving ties but noted remaining differences as he hailed last week’s summit as the beginning of the end of the Cold War. He urged unity on a future German status and pledged NATO membership for a unified Germany. He urged Soviet dialogue with Lithuania and touted a five year grain pact and a potential trade deal linked to emigration laws.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Bush
United States
Soviet Union
Mikhail 5
Gorbachev
Germany
Midwest
Washington
Bermut Kohl
Baltic Republic
Mr. Bush
Nebraska
Senate
Hal Daub
MAD Dads
Mort Omaha
waltRes
Kohl
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
Historic District Commission weighs parking garage plan
The Historic District Commission did not decide on a parking garage at Thursdays meeting. The garage will also be reviewed by the Carroll Creek Commission and Frederick City Planning Commission. A Wheat First Securities representative requested replacing plate glass storefront windows with multi pane panels citing insulation and safety concerns while preserving a historic storefront from a 1496 Panamae Newer Stare building. officials urged alternative options and warned against removing the historic glass.
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Historic District Commission
Carroll Creek Commission
Frederick City
Commission
Wheat First Securities
W. Patrick BL. Wey
William Thompson
Callan
Mr. Callan
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