Carroll County Debates Regional Transit and Emission Ties
Rural Carroll County opposes joining the Baltimore regional governance and VEIP program. Critics, including Sen. Smelser and Rep. Matthews, urge ending participation while warning of rising costs and potential mass transit deficits totaling hundreds of millions over five years as state officials lag on a regional transit tax. The dispute blends political maneuvering with fiscal fears.
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Carsol
Big Cay
Baltimore
Ray Beck
Sedgate
Carroll County
RPC
Washington, DC
Caunet of Governments
COG
Howard
Richard C Matthews
Carroll
Duty Fellows
APC
Matthews
Washington
Court of Appeals
Dick Matthews
Maryland
Lowell K. Bridwell
Harry Hughes
Transit tax fears loom over Maryland politics in Annapolis
The piece argues a regional transit tax would shift costs to users, noting Maryland’s existing funding hides losses through state highway taxes. It cites former officials, warns Carroll County faces higher regional levies, and criticizes local leaders for long-term subsidies to Baltimore transit while urging County Commissioners to withdraw from regional planning to avoid future deficits.
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Maryland
Baltimore
Carroll County
Matthews
James J O'Donnell
Wod
Harry Hughes
Montgomery
Prince George's
Beck, Smelser
HPC
Baltimore Subway
Pentagon war forecast stirs debate over Iran Iraq clash
Secret Pentagon scenario outlines a hypothetical chain of events leading to a U S Soviet clash over the Persian Gulf. The memo stresses it is not a prediction but a scenario showing enemy capabilities and potential mobilization steps from Minus 65 to Plus 8 days, with U S countermeasures and international responses. It notes internal opposition to Reagan admin policy and details logistic moves, alerts, and escalating tensions across Iran, the Soviet Union, and NATO.
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Pentagon
Perse Gulf
United States
Persian Gulf
Ayatollah Khomein
Kuwait
Saudi Araba
Persian Gulf States
Iraq
Iran
Reagan
Robert McFarlane
Khomeini
Middle East
Donald Goldberg
Soviet Union
Aginst Khomeini
Tran
Transcaucasus
Caucasus
Hoon
Political calm as Frederick prepares for first city election
About 300 ministers and elders from Potomac Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States are expected at Hood College for the annual session, while political observers anticipate a heavy cast for Frederick's upcoming election day, the first city election in three years.
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Frederick
Varius
Potomac Synod of the Reformed Church In
United States
Hood College
Zonta Club Frederick Dinner Meeting at Key Hotel
The Zonta Club of Frederick held a regular business meeting and dinner in the Wedgwood room of the Francis Scott Key Hotel. President Mrs Lorene Bowlus opened the meeting with the Collect led by Mrs Ken Hersperger, and congratulations to new officers from Miss Veronica Catlett were read by Mrs Pauline Runkles.
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Zonta Club
Frederick
Wedgwood
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Lorene Bowlus
Ken Hersperger
Veronica Catlett
Pauline Runkles
Doorways To The Hill Tour Thanks Frederick County Community
Uf thenall of Ute Metal Heart Association of Frederick County expresses gratitude for the MHA second annual house tour held Sunday May 20 1984. They credit Ruth Nicholson Jim Pear John Bowersox Janet Sink Sue Mainhart Connie Stoke and many volunteers including the Frederick County Art Association Mount Olivet Cemetery and local residents for a successful event supporting mental health services.
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Uf Thenall
Ute Metal Heart Association
Frederick County
MHA
Ruth Nicholson
Cannon Hill
Jim Pear
John Bowersox
Potomac Valley Printing
Janet Sink
Sue Mainhart
Country Way
Connie Stoke
Maryland School For the Deaf
Hessian Barracks
Pearce
Kathy
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Harry Decker Why
Frederick
Janet
Wiliam Thatcher
Rose Hill Manor
Frederick County Art Association
Notalee Katsu
Marilyn Booze
Patsy Moore
Ashton
Ron
Kathy Pearcey
Jim
Nanci Bross
Stav Rose
Jack
Mary Berg
Charles
Fran Kadel
Brooke Elias
Andy Walker
Mike
Rose Sincevich
Carmen Schmiersahl
Pat Pearl
Bertha Nicholson
South Frederick
Fran Kadell
The
Mental Health Association
Inside the phonics debate Dr Chall book reshapes reading methods
Phyllis Schlafly frames the long running fight over phonics versus look say in reading instruction. The 1967 Chall study funded by Carnegie argued for phonics superiority, influencing textbooks and prompting renewed discussion in later updated editions through 1987.
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Rudolf Flesch
Johnny
Becagac i
Jeanne Chall
Carnegie Corp
New York
Chall
Phonies
Lonk Say
Thall
Reading Methods Debate Highlights Phonics Versus Look-Say
Chall argues the phonics advantage is strong but the controversy persists as a broader educational debate. She questions whether the dispute stems from methods or deeper goals and financial incentives tied to major reading textbook series.
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Chall
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