Safety concerns prompt resignations at Ski Liberty
Several Ski Liberty supervisors quit amid verbal harassment claims against Fairfield Parsort's general manager. Over a dozen workers, including lift operators, resigned February 21, with some returning. Pennsylvania's Department of Labor and Industry opened an operational safety inquiry, led by Elevator Division chief Harold Brandt, focusing on daily lift inspections and emergency readiness.
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Ski Liberty
Fairfield
Parsort
Pennsylvania
Department of Labor and Industry
Bill Bozack
Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
Harold Brandt
Composting toilet system pitched as wastewater alternative
John Hanson urged Frederick County Commissioners to consider a waterless composting system for his 1810 grist mill home. The Clivus Multrum setup uses a basement tank and chutes to a odorless, odor free toilet, storing waste with sawdust and other biodegradable materials. He cited low costs, reduced pollution, no need for treatment plants, and suitability where septic systems fail, noting state parks as major users and Maryland installations planned.
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John Hanson
Frederick County
Jefferson
Mopocacy
Hanson
Sweden
Massachusetts
Banson
U.S
Maryland
R.M. Thornton Company
Capital Heights
Community News Highlights Farm Aid Role
In Western Maryland Weather Nmapom details a cool period with light north winds. Bud Gruber takes a tough job aiding about 38 percent of county farmers, a needed service covered in a fall page on Page B-1.
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Maryland
Mmapom
Bud” Gruber
Maryland Senate backs repeal of Sunday blue laws
The Maryland Senate voted 33 to 12 to repeal Sunday blue laws statewide. Allegany and Wicomico counties opted for local referenda exemptions. Frederick’s senators split, with Derr for repeal and Smelser opposing. House committee to report on measures including Frederck County exemption.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Senate
Allegany
Wicomico
John Bambacus
Frederick
John W
Jack) Derr
Charles H. Smelser
Smelser
Baltimore
Houso
Anne Arundel
Baltimore City
House of Delegates
General Assembly
Frederck County
Robert C. Reid
Effort pressed for arms accord at Geneva talks
Negotiators from the United States and Soviet Union meeting in Geneva pressed for a quick arms control deal after Mikhail Gorbachev proposed immediate elimination of medium range missiles in Europe. Soviet delegates said no further details were available as talks extended beyond the planned end of this round.
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Geneva
Mikhail
Gorbachev
Europe
Alexander Monakhov
Lem Masterkov
Maynard Glitman
U.S
United States
Soviet Union
SDI
Yuri Nazarkin
Terry Schroeder
NATO
Sergei F. Akhromeyev
Montgomery official proposes 6.8 cent tax hike and 1.1 billion budget
Montgomery County Executive Sidney Kramer outlines a 1.1 billion operating budget including a 6.4 cent tax increase for fiscal 1988. The plan raises education funding to 515 million, impacts 600,000 residents, and seeks council approval by May 15. Local reactions cite burden concerns and calls to reserve windfall funds for property tax relief.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Sidney Kramer
Montgomery
Fieral
Kramer
Board of Education
Maryland
Damascus
Subsidized Frederick Housing Wait Extends Beyond Two Years
The Frederick Housing Authority halted new applications for one and two bedroom units due to high demand. With 25 vacancies among 456 apartments, 51 people seek one and two bedroom homes, while a waiting list remains. The agency will remodel John Hanson Apartments, planning roughly 32 openings after work, but current vacancies will not shorten the wait for those units. Residents pay about 30 percent of gross income, averaging $137 monthly.
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Frederick
Housing Authority
City of
Housing and Urban Development
Lu Ray Fous
Potts
John Hanson
Philip Ofiaick
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Chas Rokosny
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Crescces Wens
Unicef
Denny Kaye
Keen
Kaye
London
Ruth W. Ellis
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