Coplay Cement workers face 48-cent pay cut under new plan
Coplay Cement leaders ended a year-long contract struggle by imposing a three year plan that cuts hourly wages by 48 cents for some laborers and eliminates one holiday plus overtime pay and benefits. Union president Bolyard said the agreement was not accepted by the union and that the pay cut took effect at 7 am while insurance and other benefits kick in August. Workers may accept the plan or strike. the company says the plant has operated without a contract for 13 months.
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Coplay Cement Company
William W. Bolyard
Anal
Corley
Bolyard
Boyard
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
Allied Workers Division
Buckeystown Pike
Frederick
Joseph Gaffney
Coplay
Mengele's family says body is Nazi
Josef Mengeles son says his Nazi war criminal father is dead and was likely the man buried six years ago near Sao Paulo Brazil. Family spokesman Herbert Bauermeister said Rolf Mengele will present evidence to West German prosecutors in Frankfurt and argues the remains are those of Josef Mengele.
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West Germany
Josef Mengele
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Rolf Mengele
Herbert Bauermeister
Auschwitz
Mengele
Bauermeister
Frankfurt
Freiburg
Guensburg
Romeu Tuma
Mongele
Forensic Teate
Picket Line Forms at Coplay Cement Quarry Buckeystown
About six men formed an informational picket at the Coplay Cement Co. near Buckeystown early Tuesday morning. The protest followed the company’s Monday implementation of a new contract, with the line set up in front of the Md. 85 quarry.
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Coplay Cement Co
Buckeystown
MD. 85
C. Kurt Holter
Jordanian Airliner Hijacked Lands In Sicily With Two Americans Aboard
A Jordanian Airliner hijacked in Beirut landed at Palermo Sicily after being refused entry to Tunis. The Boeing 727 carried at least 57 passengers including two Americans. Initial reports listed four and later six hijackers who demanded refueling before continuing to Tunis.
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Beirut
Sicily
Tunis
Mounib Toukan
Alia
Amman
Palermo
ANSA
Mickey Gurdus
Gurdus
Toukan
Discrepancies May Delay Frederick County School Budget OK
Frederick County Commissioners may delay approval of the Board of Education budget, citing an $81,000 discrepancy in payroll figures and questions about state aid inclusion. BoE president Clagett seeks documentation, while budget officers defend the figures amid ongoing budget revisions and prior raises.
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Frederick County
Board of Education
Frederick Community College
Boe
Harold K. Keller Jr
Galen R. Clagett
L. Berger
Clagett
Berger
Civiletti
Gsppxe Viales
Sterling EF. Bollinger
Bollinger
Boliinger
Frederick County Teachers Association
New Brunswick
Frederick approves two story Prospect Mall plan
Frederick planning commission on Monday signaled approval for a two story mall on Prospect Boulevard near Jefferson Street contingent on proper storm drainage and sewage. The 231,300 square foot complex on 14.5 acres behind the Howard Johnson's would feature a 540 by 200 foot footprint with specialty shops about 181,000 square feet and an elevated second floor eating area. Harris aims to start this summer with Merchant’s Mall opening next year, and a reconfigured Prospect Boulevard with one way entrances to handle anticipated traffic.
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Frederick
Prospect Boulevard
Jefferson Street
City Planning Commission
William 3.D. Harris
Howard Johnson's
State Highway Administration
Harris
Merchant’s Mall
Weather and future of agriculture cited by official
Cloudy humid conditions and a chance of rain persist into midweek with local details and a national weather map. A Southern States official predicts the information era will shape agriculture, while Betty Lester reports on stories about Jacques Cousteau in Washington and Buckminster Fuller warns that Earth must be treated as a shared spaceship with collective fate.
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Betty Lester
Jacques Cousteau
Washington, D.C
Earth
Buckminster Fuller
Two Die As Car Is Hit By School Bus In Damascus
Two people died and two were critically injured after a car collided with a small school bus at Md. 27 and Bloom Drive. Susan Rosa Gallardo, 19, died at the scene. another unidentified man also died. A female passenger and a man in the car were listed in critical condition. Bus driver Blanche Jeffers remained in stable condition. Investigators say the car was turning left onto Md. 27 when struck about 6:30 am. Md. 27 was closed for over two hours.
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Damascus
MD. 27
Bloom Drive
Susan Rosa Gallardo
Nicklesby Way
Shady Grove
Montgomery General Hospital
Blanche Jeffers
Montgomery General
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