Ag Week events set at mall in Frederick County
Over 60 agricultural exhibits line Frederick Towne Mall for a week long Ag Week. Contests feature local politicians teachers farmers and FFA affiliates with a sheep shearing kickoff Tuesday at 7 30 p m by the Frederick County Sheepbreeders Association. Contests Wednesday through Friday involve fire ambulance ice cream log sawing and mini tractor driving with area FFA presidents and county ag testers as participants.
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Frederick
Maryland
Agriculture
Tom Kon Jr
Ronald Murphy
Ag Week
Mall
Frederick Towne
Frederick County
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Frederick County Sheepbreeders Association
Bol Prue
JC Penney
Central Alarm
Paula Toms
Richard Summers
Middletown
Charles Jones
Brunswick
Bob Arnold
Francine Long
Todd Levering
Vo Mark
Ronnie Blank Tinganare
Tacaui
Hood College hikes tuition amid inflation push for aid rise
Hood College President Dr Marsha Church announced higher tuition and room and board for 1982 63, but the board moved to expand its financial aid budget and add new aid programs. The plan includes loan options for students installments in payments and funds to support middle income families.
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Homewood bed conversion plan blocked by health agency
The Health Systems Agency of Western Maryland denies Homewood Retirement Center a certificate of need to convert 28 domiciliary beds to comprehensive care. The 7-6 vote sends the case to the Maryland Health Planning and Development Agency for final action, with concerns over access for poorer patients and the center’s wait list for care. James R. Stanton cites state law allowing minor bed changes without agency approval.
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Health Systems Agency of Western Maryland
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MAPDA
Frederick County
James R. Stanton
MADPA
Stanton
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East Street construction begins in Frederick progress on drainage
Construction on East Street in Frederick started Monday with work from Carroll Creek to East Ninth Street. R F Kline contractor, Bal Menon assistant city engineer, says the project will run about 10 months, funded equally by the city and State Railroad Administrative funds, totaling roughly 1.038 million dollars. Half the work focuses on storm drainage to ease flooding, with phase one replacing storm pipes and adding new structures, followed by phase two replacing existing lines to Ninth Street and the loop rail at Fifth Street serving customers including the Clorox Company.
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Carroll Creek
R. F. Kline
Bal Menon
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Menon
Ninth Street
Fifth Street
Clorox
Williams fears murders case is closed before exoneration
Atlanta AP Wayne Williams fears exoneration may be lost if most slayings of young blacks are closed. Mississippi lawyer Alvin Binder, who led Williams defense, said Williams wants the investigation to continue. A Superior Court jury found 23 year old Wayne Williams guilty of murder in the deaths of Nathaniel Cater and Jimmy Ray Payne.
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Wayne
Williams
Adapia
Alvin Binder
Mississippi
Binder
Superior Court
Free-Lake
Nathaniel Cater
Jimmy Ray Payne
Assembly tackles gas tax hike issue
ANNAPOLIS AP The General Assembly moves into the second half of the 1962 session as negotiations on a gas tax hike near completion. Lawmakers await final votes after months of debate and committee work.
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Annapolis
General Assembly
Weather and Tax Talks Tie Maryland Outlook
A weak cold front brings a few showers and flurries with clearing tonight across Western Maryland and the mountains. Temperatures rise to the 40s today and tomorrow, with clouding increasing Tuesday. In Annapolis, David Lesher reports leaders narrow a transportation package centered on a gasoline tax hike, trading 4 percent proposals for a two cent increase with a free year compromise debated by the Senate panel.
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Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
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Hagerstown
Westminster
Gaithersburg
Leesburg
David Lesher
House
Senate
Harry Hughes
Hughes
House of Delegates
Laurence Levitan
D Montgomery
Dole says Reagan may accept changes to tax cuts
Senate Finance chief Bob Dole said Reagan will likely accept some changes to the 4-year tax cut plan. He proposed indexing tax rates to inflation to raise about 18 billion dollars over 83 and 84, while Reagan defended standing by his program amid deficit worries.
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Reagan
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Congress
Dole
Senate Finance Committee
CBS
Hal Mus
GOP
Finance Committee
White House
Congressional Budget Office
Puerto Rican group claims Wall Street bombing responsibility
A Puerto Rican nationalist group claimed responsibility for four blasts that damaged the New York Stock Exchange and nearby buildings along Wall Street but caused no injuries. Police said the explosions, described as equal to three or four sticks of dynamite, did not disrupt trading. The FALN said it carried out the attacks in a five page communique found taped to a telephone booth on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
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New York
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Dole hints at temporary Social Security freeze this year
Washington Senator Robert Dole said Congress may temporarily freeze Social Security benefits in 1981 before the Reagan commission completes its work. He noted talks about changing Social Security features on a temporary basis, despite White House caution. Brezhnev greeted Polish leader Jaruzelski in Moscow, who sought aid to stabilize Poland after martial law and Solidarity suppression.
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Congress
Reagan
Robert Dole
Dole
National Commission On Social Security Reform
White House
Larry Speakes
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Poland
Jaruzelski
Communist Party
Solidarity
Styles Stuff and Washington Roundup Highlights
Three inch heels fall out of fashion says StyleStuff commentator Martin Stop Loose. Investigative columnist Jack Anderson reports the CIA monitors health of world leaders. Weather outlook from David Lesher predicts a dry week with possible drizzle. Westminster fire company honors members at annual banquet. Norine Lovett files highlights.
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Washington
Jack Anderson
CIA
Maryland
News-Post
David Lesher
Fire Company
Union Bridge Fire Company
Westminster
Norine Lovett
Inside The News Only a mediocre person is always at his best
A quoted aphorism from W Somerset Maugham appears, noting that only mediocrity remains at peak effort. The brief epigraph frames a commentary on ambition and consistency from the British novelist.
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