Old post office on East Patrick may be demolished
The old post office on East Patrick Street in Frederick faces possible demolition after three bid rounds failed to yield a purchaser. Photographs are being taken under an agreement with preservation groups, and a final decision awaits federal approval following bids halted by a bidder’s arrest for mail and wire fraud.
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Suzy Brett
East Patrick Street
U.S. Postal Service
Washington, D. C
Joe McDonald
The
Postal Service
Historic American Building Survey
City of
Frederick
David L. Warner
Historivns
Howard Ralph Albright
McDonald
Bolivia Army Seizes Power In Bloodless Coup In La Paz
Troops and tanks massed in La Paz as the army general command announced it had seized power in an apparently bloodless coup. Some regiments remained loyal to President Luis Garcia Meza while commanders met at the army HQ to seek consensus. The Tarataca regiment surrounded the presidential palace but Garcia Meza’s whereabouts were unclear. The largest Bolivian paper Presancia printed the army statement pledging security and order while garrisons backed the decision.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Army
Luis Garcia Meza
Humberto Cayoja
Tarataca
Garcia Mexa
Presancia
Bolvia
Army General Command
Shuttle launch date for Columbia mission looks good
CARE CANAVERAL Fla AP Space agency officials say the Sept 30 launch date for the second Columbia mission remains feasible despite concerns about shock waves from solid rocket boosters during ignition. Dr Hubert Gray notes the first flight produced a pressure pulse four times higher than expected at the shuttle’s aft end, prompting continued review.
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Care Canaveral
Fla
Space Agency
Hubert Gray
Space
Shuttle Projects
Kennedy Space Center
Gray
Iranian leader aide wounded in mosque bombing
Beir ut report says Hojatoleslam Ali Khamenei, an ally of Ayatollah Khomeini, was injured when a bomb hidden in a tape recorder exploded at Abuzar mosque during prayers. He was hospitalized and underwent an operation, with no details on severity given.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Ayatollah Rahollah Khomeini
Tehrap Radio
AbwZar
Khamenei
Amtrak clears site after 19 car derailment in Maryland
Crews labored through the night to clear a derailment that halted Amtrak service between Washington and Baltimore. No injuries were reported. The Conrail freight train, bound for the Potomac rail yard in Alexandria, derailed while transferring to Con-Tail tracks near Land over Maryland.
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Landover
Amtrak
Washington
Baltimore
Debbie Marcipiak
Conrail
Bethlehem
Potomac
Alexandria
Three Withdrawn From Atlanta Slayings Task Force
AP reports three investigators are being pulled from the Atlanta slayings probe after a suspect was arrested in one case. Fulton County Police Chief Clinton Chafin said two of his officers are reassigned to other murder cases within the county. DeKalb County also shifts one investigator to training while the other remains on the task force.
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Atlanta
Special Police Task Force
Fulton County
Clinton Chafin
Public Safety
Dick Hand
DeKalb County
Allanta
Church leader denounces Reagan policies at synod
Rochester New York AP Reverend Avery D Post of the United Church of Christ criticizes President Reagan on economy human rights military readiness abortion and food stamps. He attacks authoritarian pietists and says Congress displays intimidation in Washington as about 1500 delegates attend the General Synod hearings and sessions.
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Rochester. N.Y
Reagan
United Church of Christ
Sudh
Rev
Avery D. Post
Post
Congress
School board approves budget for Fraderick County FY 1982
Fraderick County Board of Education approved an adjusted FY 1982 budget totaling 51,633,908 with funding from the county 29,560,000 state 19,003,232 federal 2,764,877 and other sources 305,788. The package includes a contingency fund 558,100 and 498,738 for utilities fixed charges and some shortfalls. President A Doty Remsburg warned of inflation federal cuts and contract talks affecting future budgets and education quality while the board reinstated six teachers and approved several capital bids and purchases for schools including interior work at Gov. Thomas Johnson High and cafeteria supplies.
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Fraderick County
Board of Educaton
Board of Education
A. Doty Remsburg
Reagan budget victory seals cuts across Congress
Reagan won a dramatic budget battle in the House 217-211 after two days of clashes with Democratic leaders. The Senate backed a parallel measure, and a conference committee will resolve differences. The package totals about 38.2 billion in 1982 and 145 billion over three years, with the Senate proposing 39.6 billion next year. Reagan praised the victory as a major step toward a balanced budget by 1984, while opponents warned of shifting wealth from struggling families.
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Washington
Reagan
House
Jim Wright
Texas
Senate
House-Senate
California
Conrail
Clinch River
Robert H. Michel
Illinois
O'Neill
James R. Jones
D-Okls
House Budget Committee
Charles F. Dougherty
Pennsylvania
Claudine Schneider
Rhode Island
Heavan
Porter convicted again life plus 50 years
James Thomas Porter, twice convicted of murder, received a life sentence plus 50 years after being found guilty of killing Gulf Station attendant John Robert Curb during a 1978 robbery. The judge ordered sentences to run consecutively, rejecting mercy pleas and noting the need to protect society.
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Annapolis
James Thomas Porter
Anne Arundel
H. Chester Goudy Jr
Porter
Goudy
Court of Special Appeals
Maryland
Baltimore
William Taylor
John Robert Curb
Myersville
Gulf Station
Cul
Calb
Gulf Corporation
Aaron Hane
Cpl
Paul Gerstner
Lawrence Plant
Montgomery County
Silver Spring
William Daniel Porter
Florida
William Porter
James
Culle
Missionary Work Returns to Duty Promoted by Joy Pitlman
News Post staffer Joy Pitlman resumes reporting on missionary efforts while columnist David Lambro critiques the costs of sustaining a gun themed IRS agents unit. Local pastor honored by Bridgewater College is noted amid other brief items. Strike talks stall as Major League Baseball enters day 16 without talks planned.
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News-Post
Joy Pitlman
Fat
David Lambro
IRS
Wigennaldsi
Churce News
Bridgewater College
Clear and cool tonight with Ws lows and sunny weekend
Forecasters expect a clear and cool night with lows in the Ws and light variable winds. Sunday will be sunny and slightly warmer with highs in the low to mid 80s, followed by calm conditions into next week. The quote from Samuel Johnson notes memory as the art of attention.
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Hojatoteslam Ali Khamenei
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Nooe
Church
Jobs D. Kennedy
Jacob Brunner
West Second Street
West College Terrace
Richard J. Ashton
Frederick City
Kennnedy
Ashton
Kennedy
Washington Cone Hospital Istensive Care Unit
Jan Chapthan
Remsberg
T. Mead Felton
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
David Contractors Inc
Tingwusse High
TI High
Middletownigh
Brunswick High
Catoctin High
Hayward Road
Yost Electronics Inc
Walkersville High School
Noland Co
TJ High
Whiskey Ridge Electric Inc
Edon
Leon E. Panetta
Calif
Panetta
Thomas P O'Neill Jr
White House
Larry Speakes
Delbert L. Latta
Ohio
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