Commissioners weigh public works administrator plan in county
Frederick County leaders discussed creating a county coordinator tied to a public works board to oversee multiple agencies including Planning and Zoning and the Metropolitan Commission. The agenda briefing covered buying the J C Penney Building for social services, forming an interagency data processing board, bidding Winchester Hall expansion, and condemning two West Patrick Street properties.
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J. C. Penney
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Norman Todd
Department of Social Services
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Potomac
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Frederick County
Sterling Bollinger
Bollinger
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Metro Commission
Public Works Board
FCC Board Approves Budget and New Industrial Program
Frederick Community College trustees approved a $2.5 million operating budget with a $3,500 increase for board expenses and a higher president’s salary. They also authorized a September start for the Industrial Technology Electrical Power Option, plus seven policy updates and a data processing services agreement with the Board of Education.
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Board of Trustees
Lewis W. Stephens
Mary Condon Hodgson
Board of Education
FCC
Frances W. Ashbury
Stephens
A. Doty Remsburg
Close vote expected in Md death penalty
Maryland backers predict a tight Senate vote on a broad death penalty bill after the Judicial Proceedings Committee rejected a mandatory capital punishment measure. Sen. Thomas Miller notes 19 new senators. Amendments broaden coverage to mass murder and street crimes, with floor action planned next Wednesday.
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Thomas Miller
Prince Georges
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Judicial Proceedings Committee
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Sen
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Congress weighs ship nining bill amid broader finance clash
Az Arabs accuse Western banks as Congress debates a ship related measure in a wider fiscal fight. Weather outlook shows partly sunny and windy with highs in the 40s to 50s and colder nights. Shakespeare quote closes the snippet.
Consul Egan killed by Montoneros in Cordoba
In Cordoba the Montoneros killed 62 year old American consular agent John Patrick Egan after holding him 51 hours and issuing a deadline for four missing guerrillas to be alive. The incident follows other violence including police ambushes and a bombing, signaling intensified unrest in Argentina.
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U.S
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Perma
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John A. Swint
Robert Hill
United States
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Alfred Laun
Ford offers Congress energy compromise
President Ford signals possible delay of planned oil tariffs to allow work on a White House Congress energy plan. He may act Monday or Tuesday to back down on tariff increments while Democrats push recession relief and lower oil imports.
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Ron Nelsen
Senate
House
Bicentennial begins today across the nation
The official 22 month celebration of the American republic starts with no single historic trigger date. April 19 marks Lexington and Concord, July 4 is the nation's birthday, and hundreds of observances will unfold with pageantry and speeches. Federal support remains limited. Major observances are planned in Boston Philadelphia Washington and Miami.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Miami
Ford Ends Clemency Extensions for Vietnam Era Draftees
President Ford announces the final extension of the Vietnam era clemency program. About 123,000 deserters and draft evaders must register by March 31 to qualify.
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Ford
Charles E. Goodell
Clemency Board
Goodell
Canada
Justice Department
military
County eyes data processing unit with new board
A county plans a data processing unit and a governing board to coordinate direct and supervise a central bureau to run the new computer in Winchester Hall basement. The board would include the Board of Education Frederick Community College county auditors and the Board of Commissioners with a fifth expert member to be chosen later.
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Board 90 Education
Frederick Community College
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Winchester Hall
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Board of Education
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Board of Commissioners
Court halts Potomac Edison fuel charge cuts for Damascus residents
Judge Cahoon ordered Potomac Edison to keep electric service running for about 95 Country Village residents who refuse FRA payments while a court review proceeds. OCJ filed suit Feb 27 challenging FRA legality and seeking injunctions and rebates if charges are found improper. A hearing is set for March 6 with a response due March 3.
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Montgomery County
David L. Cahoon
Potomac Edison
Damascus
Cahoon
Country Village
FRA
Organization for Consumer Justice
Maryland
Maryland Public Service Commission
OCJ
Circuit Court
federa
PSC
Stepler Named Assistant State's Attorney for Frederick County
Mary Ann Stepler will assume the post as Assistant State's Attorney for Frederick County, succeeding Cleopatra Campbell. She is the second woman in the county’s history to hold the position and will handle mainly District Court prosecutions with some Circuit Court appeals. Stepler, a 1974 University of Baltimore Law School graduate, hails from Waynesboro, Pa., and previously practiced with her husband Howard Stepler. She has a journalism background from American University and is a National Institute for Trial Advocacy diplomat.
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Mary Ann Stepler
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Stepler
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University of Baltimore Law School
Howard Stepler
iine
Howard
tony
Waynesboro
American University
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