Group discussion on homeless plight in Frederick
Community volunteers discuss gaps in food, aid, and job training services for the homeless. They aim to create a clearinghouse for services, improve current programs, and plan housing and support for future needs while noting the strain on Heartly House and the importance of a case manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ms. Holden
Heartly House
Sue Shifflett
Social Services
Andrea Cleveland
Judy Rudolf
County Social Service Department
Inghouse
Frederick
Walkersville Council boosts burgess salary to 8000
Walkersville voters watched as the town council voted to raise the burgess annual pay from 3000 to 8000 effective June 1. Commissioner John L. Thompson Jr. had urged 12000, but the panel trimmed the amount citing concern over attracting candidates. Burgess Orley Bourland notes growth has made the job more time consuming and references a letter to the editor explaining plans for a more focused half time approach amid ongoing town expansion. Nominating convention set for March 23 to select burgess and two commissioners.
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Walkersville
John L. Thompson Jr
Thompson
Burgess Orley Bourland
Frederick News-Post
Burgess
Bourland
Deaf protests at Gallaudet over Zinser appointment escalate
Protesters vow continued action after Zinser, chancellor of UNC Greensboro, is named president of Gallaudet. Faculty vote demanded ousting board chair Jane Bassett Spilman and increasing deaf representation on the 20 member board as demonstrations resemble civil rights struggles while noting no violence occurred.
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National Association For the Deaf
Gary Olsen
Gallaudet
Abc-Tv
Zinser
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
Tim Barus
School
Spilman
Cargo plane crashes into Warren home killing couple
A twin engine Beechcraft departing Detroit City Airport dove erratically into a Warren, Michigan, residence, killing Norma and Harold Richardson, 29, and the pilot Thomas Bussard of Pontiac. Neighbors helped three unhurt children escape as flames engulfed the home. the plane carried auto axles en route to Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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Warren
Mich
Herbert Kauffman
Detroit
Detroit City
Orba Underwood
Fort Wayne
Ind
Kauffman
City Airport
Thomas Bussard
Pontiac
Telephone Crew Refuses Wire Fix Until Lion Leashed
INDIANAPOLIS AP A telephone repair crew balked at fixing a downed wire until the customer agreed to hold a lion. Donnie Carper an Indiana Bell supervisor from South Bend helped Indianapolis recover from an early March ice storm. The householder owned a year old heiress named Chasta who was leash bound so the crew could reattach the line.
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Indianapolis
Donnie Carper
Indiana Bell
South Bend
Carper
Hoiress
Chasta
MSD staff back deaf president at Gallaudet University
Students protest at Maryland School for the Deaf as staff express strong support for a deaf president at Gallaudet. MSD Superintendent David Denton says he expects both schools to eventually have a deaf leader, calling it a human rights issue while teachers note the need for advancement of deaf individuals into top roles.
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Maryland School For the Deaf
Gallaudet University
MSD
David Denton
Gallaudet
Dr. Denton
Jenny Sue Bourne
Bridgetta
Donna Wait
Gallandet
Paula Woodall
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Ron Bonkowski
Mr. Kauffman
Norma
Harold Richardson
Amocor
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