Nonprofit groups see slight impact from postal rate rise
Nonprofit groups and churches say the bulk mail rate increase from 7.4 to 8.7 cents will only modestly affect their operations. Local churches and organizations mail newsletters on a monthly to six week schedule, with larger congregations able to absorb the higher cost while smaller ones feel more impact. Congress mandates some reduced rates for qualifying bulk mail, subsidized by federal funding to bridge gaps with commercial rates.
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Reagan
Frederick
John Young Young
Young
Anne Weatherholt
Janet Witmer
Calvary United Methodist Church
All Saints Episcopal Church
Calvary
Order of Moose
Charles H. Fogle
Fogle
Owl
William Rose
Congress
Postal Service
Chase Library
Cosmonauts prepare to board permanent space lab Mir
Two cosmonauts docked with the Mir station and prepared to board what may become the first permanently manned orbital laboratory. The Soyuz T-15 mission launched from Baikonur two days earlier as officials note unclear stay lengths and unmanned gaps. Mir, meaning peace, seeks to host long term operations with future cargo and lab modules.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Baikonur Space Center
Soviet Central Asia
Leonid Kizim
Vladimir Solovev
Mir Space Station
Sash ' Endig Morsan
Kizim
Solovev
Mir
Salyut-7 Space Station
Oleg Atkov
Head Start may face budget cut next year
Head Start in Frederick County, started 20 years ago for low income families, may lose federal funding next year with a possible 1.4 percent cut this year and worst case 15 to 20 percent. Director Allen Sadler warns non fixed costs could be cut, but services must stay level. salary raises appear unlikely without new funding.
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Frederick County
Allen Sadler
Sadler
Judie King
Policy Council
Head Start
Ms. King
Weekend Warmth Sparks Spring Plans in Frederick
Weekend forecast brings clearing skies and mild highs from 50s to mid 50s. Frederick hosts a busy arts lineup with the 12th Piano Ensemble at Weinberg Center, guest artist Jatophe Waliges at Frederick Community College, and theater at the Maryland School for the Deaf and Montgomery College. Weather notes include 54 to 58 today, 50 to 55 Sunday, and cool nightly lows.
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News-Fest
David Lesher
Frederick
Frederick County Music Teachers Association
Weinberg Center
Frederick House of Music
Jatophar Waliges
Frederick Community College
The
Maryland
School For the Deaf Drama Club
Dorothy Macardle
Ely
Maryland School For the Deaf
Montgomery College
Rockville
Seldom Scene
Johnson Mountain Boys
Performing Arts Center
You can't sit on the lid of progress quote by Kaiser
Henry J. Kaiser warned against delaying innovation with a bold quip about progress. The remark frames a stance on timely action and risk, reflecting midcentury industrial mindset and Kaiser’s public speeches.
Hotline for missing children established
Maryland establishes a toll free 1 800 MDS KIDS hotline at the Maryland Center for Missing Children to handle sightings of missing youths. Operated 24 hours, the service feeds data to a state police computer, aids in locating runaways and abducted youths, and is intended to expand nationwide while noting most cases involve runaways or parental abductions.
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Pikesville
Maryland
Maryland Center For
George B. Brosan
Brosan
Brogan
Charles Skuhr
Icc
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