Preservation push for Fort Detrick book center
Historic Frederick backs Senator Mathias plan to build a Library of Congress book preservation center at Fort Detrick with an 11.5 million appropriation. The facility would protect up to 18 million books, create construction and ongoing jobs, and use a new acid-reduction preservation method to extend lifespans by centuries.
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Frederick
U.S
Charles McC. Mathias
Fort Detrick
News-Post
Mathias
Senate
Library of Congress
Fort Derrick
Washington, D.C
Detrick
Congress
Randy Dove
Dove
Washington
Empire TV Comedy Favors Anti-Business Propaganda
John P. Cregan argues the CBS half hour Empire depicts American business as greed driven and corrupt. He notes the show normalizes hostility to capitalism while promoting union sympathy and anti business themes funded by corporate advertising.
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CBS
Ficer
Empire
Empire, Inc
Kambia
Ben
Letters to the editor on bottle bill and litter slogans
A reader argues the bottle bill will raise prices and hurt small distributors while acknowledging job growth elsewhere. He cites costs for extra staff trucks and equipment, questions landfill savings, and proposes recycling and anti litter slogans. A second letter commends Potomac Edison for prompt tree trimming and thanks two servicemen for professionalism after addressing a complaint.
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Jim Gilford
Mr. Rourke
Maryland
Gilford
America
Thomas M. Geiser
Geiser Distributing Co. Inc
Volcker drives bold plan to calm world debt crisis
Washington columnist notes Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker takes charge of the debt crisis, pressures smaller banks to fund Third World loans, and defends IMF aid to Mexico. The piece warns of potential global consequences and recession risks while recounting relief efforts and policy debates.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Paul Volcker
Sir Galahad
Don Quixote
Volcker
U.S
International Monetary Fund
Fed
Mexico
Fidelity & Deposit to retain assets in Maryland Frederick merger
A supplemental decree allows Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland to retain mortgages and assets totaling 513,48 51 linked to the Washington Trust Company of Maryland Ellicott City and the Central Trust Company Frederick two months before the latter failed. A shift in NRA code enforcement methods was anticipated by Frederick's Local Compliance Board which has heard violations for six months and expects a new enforcement agency to be established soon.
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Circuit Court
Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland
Washington Trust Company of
Maryland
Ellicott City
Central Trust Company
Frederick
Elks Leader Dunn to Initiate 40 New Members in Frederick
Ronald J. Dunn of New York head of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will preside at the initiation of 40 new members into the Frederick Elks Lodge. Frederick Exalted Ruler C Lease Bussard notes it is the first time a grand exalted ruler attended a class initiation there. Dunn will also visit Elk Lodges in Prince Georges County and Washington DC. Approximately 375 people attended the Brunswick Fire Hall banquet, including Mayor James S. Cummings and county officials. Sonny Cannon arranged the event.
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Ronald J. Dunn
New York
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Frederick
Elks Lodge
C. Lease Bussard
Frederick Lodge
Frederick Dunn
Prince Georges County
Washington, D.C
Brunswick
Sonny” Cannon
James 5. Cummings
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Cori Fedyna Frederick
Jack Anderson
Reagan
House
Tip” O'Neill
D-Mass
Silvio Conte
R-Mass
Appropriations Committee
David Stockman
White House
Stockman
Exxon Corp
United Feature Syndicate
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