Energy bill compromise hinges on natural gas
Senate energy negotiators hold round the clock talks on deregulation of natural gas as key to breaking Carter administration impasse. Jackson aims to secure nine votes from swing senators Bennett Johnston Ford Domenici Hatfield McClure to lift controls on new gas by 1984 or 1985 while preserving power to reimpose rules.
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Washington
Senate
Carter
Henry M Jackson
Senate Energy Committee
James RA Schlesinger
Jackson
Congress
House
House-Senate
Bennett Johnston
Dla
Wendell Ford
D-Ky
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Mark Hatfield
Rore
James McClure
Rerdaho Jackson
Johnston
Ford
Domenici
Changes along C&O Canal mark Americana history
The C&O Canal is presented as a living piece of Americana from its 1828 charter dreams of George Washington to post–Hurricane Agnes damage. Highlights include a crocodile of canal boat rides at Great Falls, ongoing aqueduct repairs, towpath safety work, and restoration plans for Cumberland and Williamsport segments. Local events include a Walkersville Toll House weatherproofing, a spring garage sale, an Authors Luncheon, and a Decorator's Showcase.
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Lee Strubble
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
National Park Service
Frederick County Landmarks Foundation
Rose Hill Manor
Ms. Strubble
George Washington
Georgetown
Great Falls
Harpers Ferry
Oldtown
John W. Wrench Jr
Natonal Park Service
Monocacy
Paw Paw
Allegany County
Wrench
Williamsport
Birch Hotz
R. F. Kline Inc
Walkersville Toll House
North Market Street
Holly Hills Country Club
Second Street
Court Street
City meeting actions and appointments on city agenda
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen meet at 7 30 pm on Thursday March with items including Planning Commission’s plumbing in B 3 District, Wayne Fox and Lee Kruperberg appointed to the Recreation Commission, reappointments to the Recreation Commission, denial of private lessons at city courts, in city bike ride for retarded citizens April 30, Veterans Day observance after Thanksgiving, plumbing board code changes on seal traps and separate toilet facilities, nonbudget requests for air compressor and updated maps, Historic District Commission reappointments and balloon lights for Family Festival Days, traffic signals on All Saints and South Market, Phase 1 Carroll Creek land appraisals, custodial bid for 102 104 South Market, partial utility acceptances in Hillcrest Orchards, and nonbudget request for Independent Hose Company.
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Thareday
Planning Commissis
Wayne Fox
Lee Kruperberg
Recreation Commission
Frederick County Associaton
Public Works Committee
Plumbing Board
Historic District Commission
Parks, Streets and Sanitation Committee
All Saints
South Market Streets
Carroll Creek
South Market Street
Hillcrest Orchards
Butcher makes housecalls in Tampa with rifle and knives
Traveling butcher David Barnett slaughters cattle, pigs, and sheep in yards and fields within a 30 mile radius, using a rifle and knives. He completes killing, dressing, and cooling in 30 minutes, charging 15 slaughter fee and 18 per 100 pounds, totaling under 70 cents per pound. A New York trip ad follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
David Barnett
Barnett
Hood College graduate school enrollment sets record
Hood College reports a spring semester enrollment of 495 at its graduate school, surpassing the previous year and despite three snow days. Fall enrollment stood at 483, with the program in its seventh year offering MA and MS degrees across many fields and serving working adults from Frederick, Montgomery, and Washington counties, plus Baltimore and beyond.
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Graduate School
Hood College
Marvin Farbstein
Hood
Frederick
Montgomery
Washington
Baltimore
Penna
Vania
Virginia
West Virginia
Carter administration seeks coal contract ratification
The Carter administration guides 166000 striking miners toward approving the tentative pact while staying officially neutral. Labor Secretary Marshall cites parts of the contract favorable to miners, including wage gains up to 37 percent and guaranteed health and pension benefits, as the union runs radio and TV ads.
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Washington
United Mine Worker
Ray Marshall
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
West Virginia
Massachusetts
Senate Human Resources Committee
Carter
Marshall
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
UMW
Maryland colleges face high dropout rates say state board
The Maryland Board for Higher Education reports public colleges spend substantial funds on students who leave before junior year. Drops include Coppin 12 percent, UM College Park 38 percent, Eastern Shore 58 percent, Bowie 56 percent, Frostburg 45 percent, Salisbury 50 percent, Towson 41 percent. national rate is 28.5 percent. The Howard County Office on Aging seeks piano donations for a lunch program and weaving materials via Stephanie Henkin at 730 7697.
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Linthicum
State Board For Higher Education
Maryland
Marylgod
State
Coppin State College
University of Maryland
College Park
Eastern Shore
Bowie State College
Frostburg State College
Salisbury State College
Towson State University
Howard County
Stephanie Henkin
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C&o
Patrick
D. Thurs
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
Frederick Coope
South
City Meeting
Magnum
Tim Grinbille
New York City
Howard County Department of Recreation and Parks
Woodward and Lothrop South
Columbia Mall
New York
Columbia
Glenelg United Methodist Church
Burnt Woods Road
Frederick, MD
Mercedes-Benz Specialist Auto Bahn, Inc
Carroll St
A.B.C.D.E
Major Century
Germany
Dick Wettrich
Meister Mechaniker
CTA
Wooko Price
Woolco
Amstream
Bose
Ieee
Hau
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