Conserving electricity in a time of shortages and waste
A Frederick area advisory urges careful power use amid a looming electricity crunch. The piece cites a Washington Post forecast of severe shortages and stresses home actions such as turning off lights, lowering thermostats, and cleaning fixtures. It highlights community efforts by merchants and the Energy Awareness Committee to reduce consumption and lists practical tips to save energy, including appliance awareness and heating reductions.
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Potomac Edison
Theda Cole
Home Service
Washington Post
Maryland
Energy Awareness Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Thrifties
News-Post
Frederick Association
Frederick Towne
Frederick Shopping Center
Frederick Shoppers World
Prospect Plaza
Assessments in Frederick City to be reviewed by County Board
The Frederick City property assessments will be reviewed by the Board of County Commissioners regardless of protest filings. Three one act plays chosen from twelve Hood College submissions will be staged in Brodbeck Hall. Woodsbury Lutheran Church has surpassed its $1,152 quota and pledges total $1,325 for the $4,000,000 United Lutheran Church ministerial campaign. Walter C. LeGore chaired the campaign committee. A countywide rally of the Frederick County Christian Endeavor Union will be held at United Brethren Church with state officers in attendance.
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Frederick City
Board of County Commissioners
Athletic Association of Hood College
Brodbeck Hall
Woodsburg Lutheran Church
United Lutheran Church In America
Walter C. LeGore
Frederick County Christian Endeavor Union
United Brethren Church
County remodeling and health center move hoped for May
The article notes a major remodeling of Winchester Hall with a Frederick Health Department move hoped for in May. It also reports over 500 Frederick County teachers plus 50 consultants at the third annual Frederick County Teachers Conference at Frederick High School, a St. John's Cub Pack 274 father and son dinner, and attorney Edward D. Storm filing to run in the Sixth Congressional District Democratic primary in Annapolis.
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Winchester Hall
Frederick
Frederick County
Frederick High School
Frederick County Board of Education
T. John’s
St. John's School
Edward D. Storm
Annapolis
Congress
Sixth
NIDA probes raise questions of cronyism and waste
Federal investigators press two inquiries into National Institute on Drug Abuse dealings and contracts. House subcommittee and HEW probe alleged favoritism, misused funds, and outside consultants linked to NIDA contracts while officials face scrutiny over connections to Latin American narcotics figures and possible improper influence.
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Washington
National Institute On Drug Abuse
NIDA
House Subcommittee On Oversight and Investigation
John Moss
D-Callf
Valerie Strauss
Howie Kurtz
Robert DuPont
Lke
Rome
Geneva
Honolulu
South Africa
House
Moss
DuPont
Institute
Mary Lou Dogoloff
White House
Lee Dogoloff
Richard Katon
Drug Smuggling Networks Across Latin America Exposed
Jack Anderson reports a 200 member smuggling ring moving millions via Switzerland Panama and Florida. In Ecuador high ranking officials and judges were bought to aid cocaine traffic with Francisco Adum Adum named as major trafficker in Guayaquil. DEA files list other upper crust runners in Bolivia Colombia and Peru with names withheld. Lebanese figures increasingly tied to Latin American drug routes.
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NIDA
Macro Systems Inc
Frederick Harrison
Harrison
William Spillane
Paul Ryser
Civil Service Commission
Ryser
Molsea Torrijos
Panama
Omar Torrijos
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration
Congressional Committee On
State Department
Lester Wolff
D-N.y
Chile
Colombia
Wolff
Switzerland
Florida
Peru
Ecuador
DEA
Francisco Adum-Adum
Guayaquil
Adum-Adum
Bolivia
Latin America
Unitedates
Frostburg faculty urge state funding reform for higher education
Frostburg State College faculty press Acting Governor Blair Lee II, urging immediate relief and a workable funding formula amid budget strains. They cite understaffing, frozen libraries and maintenance, rising tuition, and calls for policy reforms to ensure efficient, effective education and avoid lower quality outcomes.
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Frostburg State College
Blair Lee II
Frostburg
Maryland
Presburg State College
Board of Trustees
Baltimore Law
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Fecal Planning
State Colleges
State Board For Higher Education
Department of Fiscal Services
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William Bingman
City Housing Venture
Sirnovacene
South Market Street
First
Howe Ing
South Market
B & Station
Lane
St. Baltimore
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