Senate panel backs restoring federal death penalty
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13 to 5 to reestablish the federal death penalty for crimes including air hijacking and assassination attempts on a president. The move, backed by Sen. Strom Thurmond, signals likely Senate support in 1981, despite opposition from Democrats Kennedy Biden Metzenbaum and Leahy, and groups like the ACLU claiming unconstitutionality.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
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Reagan
Judiciary Panel
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American Civil Liberties Union
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Joseph Biden
Delaware
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
Patrick Leahy
Vermont
Charles McC. Mathiss
Maryland
Leahy
Thurmond
Supreme Co
Howell Heflin
D-Ald
Supreme Court
New Market residents plan court fight over truck stop OK
Frederick County zoning administrator ruling allowing a Six acre truck stop and restaurant near New Market was upheld by the zoning appeals board. Residents vow to appeal to state court, citing gaps in the ordinance and environmental concerns. The project by Cardon Oil near Md 75 and I 70 includes four 20,000 gallon diesel tanks and a 4 seat restaurant, with potential months of legal action ahead.
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New Market
Cardenal Company
Chrewit
Bill Cline
Oil Company
MD. 75
I-70
Richard R. Burgee
Frederick Lowndes
Burgee
Planning Commission
Zonnty Appeals Panel
Carden Ol
Cardon Oil
Arizons
Frederick County adopts 1982 budget with COLA and capital projects
Frederick County commissioners unanimously approved a 66.704 million dollar FY1982 budget, up 17.17 percent from FY81. Highlights include a 7.65 percent cost of living allowance for county employees, a training program for licensed practical nurses, a tax equity plan for 12 municipalities, and workmen’s compensation for volunteer firefighters. The capital budget strings in aviation building funds at Frederick Community College and Montevue planning, plus federal revenue sharing, highway materials spending, and 10 capital projects. A deferred compensation plan for employees was approved, with Hearst as potential consultant. Three new farms joined agricultural preservation, including Immerman near Buckeystown, Long near Thurmont, and Anthony near Clemonsville. Flag Day proclaimed for June 14 with Whittier reading Barbara Fritchie.
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Board of County Commissioners
Harold K. Keller Jr
Frederick Community College
Montevue
Long Farm
Thurmont
Anthony
Clemonsville
Walter N. Chitwood III
John Greenleaf Whittier
Barbara Fritchie
Inside The News Weather Report Preview
Partly cloudy and cool tonight with lows near 60. Mostly sunny and warm Thursday with highs around 60s. Light northwest winds tonight 10 to 20 knots. Chance of rain tonight about 20 percent, near zero Thursday. Napoleon quote notes the word impossible belongs to fools.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
County and humane society near fresh pact finalization
After a Tuesday meeting Frederick County officials and the Humane Society confirmed a new contract for the animal shelter workers is likely to be formalized next week. Commissioners plan to wait for the society’s 14 member board vote, and final action could occur around the 18th.
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Grobden
Nancy Lust
Lineham weighs possible resignation from Frederick County Board
Frederick County School Board member William G. Linehan said there is a possible resignation but not a probability. He may be transferred by APL to a La Palma California branch and would become senior vice president there if moved. Linehan, a former FBI agent, remains evaluating the situation and plans to attend the July board meeting.
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Frederick County
Linehan
APL
Columbia
la Palma
Calif
Los Angeles
Manseer
Phoeniy Tae
Tauban
Board of Education
Begin warns Israel will strike again if Arab nuclear plans threaten
Prime Minister Menachem Begin said Israel would repeat attacks on Iraq's nuclear program if threatened again, insisting no enemy may develop weapons of mass destruction against Israel. He noted the Baghdad reactor destruction, while a setback, does not end Arab nuclear ambitions. Analysts warned Arabs may pursue new reactors and longer-term bomb capabilities despite the raid.
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Iraq
Baghdad
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Ze'ev Schiff
Yehoshafat Harkavi
Latif Wassim Jassem
al Thawra
Death Party
Gulf News Agency
United States
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Dan
Begin
Tel Aviv
Reel
Maryland tightens rules after work release abuses
Maryland corrections officials issued stricter work release program rules amid allegations of serious abuses. Indictments in March tied inmates to robberies and murders while supposedly working or studying. Governor Hughes ordered an investigation. top corrections officials resigned.
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Baltimore
Maryland
William Clark
State Department of Public Safety and Corrections Services
Barry Hughes
Poland pledges labor reform amid Soviet threat
POLAND'S Communist Party chief STANISLAW KANIA told a Central Committee meeting that Poland would keep an independent labor movement and reformists within the party while Soviet concerns over anti-Soviet sentiment were said to be fully justified. Meanwhile a nationwide coal mine construction strike presses on with thousands walking off jobs, described by miners as a brother fighting brother conflict as talks with contractors stall.
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Communist Party
Stanislaw Kania
Kania
Communist Party Central Committee
Poland
Wmien Offera
Washington
14KO
Tom Toler
West Virginia
Ohi
Alabama
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Diverse Perspectives Highlight Nationwide Beginnings and Figures
Robert Reid probes how provincial selfishness sustains division while Steven Beckner argues that Japanese auto imports won’t help American consumers. Rita C Bobowski profiles Theodore von Karman from Wright Brothers to space flight. Jan Chapman interviews Joanne Gilden and her African Grey Tarzan. Ethel Loeb reports on local happenings. Louis Rukeyser notes Americans’ fondness for free things. John Cunniff interviews a housing industry leader.
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Damas Dian
Steven Beckner
Smithsonian
Rita C. Bobowski
Theodore von Karman
Wright Brothers
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Joanne Gilden
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Ethel Loeb
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Louis Rukeyser
John Cunniff
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