DNA work continues amid cloned life and gene risk debates
Researchers at Fort Detrick's FCRC outline the Rowe Rowe Martin experiment using polyoma virus in E coli to study tumor risk from recombinant DNA. NIH plans a $2 million lab revamp as a major gene research hub while safety rules face ongoing public scrutiny and ethical questions.
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Fort Detrick
NIH
Congress
Frederick Cancer Research Center
FCRC
John &. Nutter
Martin
Rowe
Frederick
NIW
NIN
West Virginia PE surcharge hearings amid soaring Maryland bills
The Public Service Commission faces a hearing on April 19 to decide if the extra fuel cost pass-through is excessive while Maryland utilities weigh a longer WV rate hike. Officials warn Marylanders may shoulder part of multi state costs despite separate revenues. Residents in Poolesville report bills climbing to around 500 dollars and stress the need for clarity on PE’s power purchases and any long term payment plan.
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McCardell
West Virginia
Barnes
Poolesville
Nancy Fost
Blair Lee II
Public Service Commission
Kathy Dwyer
Wesmond
Dwyers
Westerly
Strange taste in Frederick city water explains natural spring effect
City engineers say the spring water phenomenon causes a medicinal taste and strong chlorine smell due to melting snow and decaying organic matter entering streams. Officials note the taste is a seasonal natural occurrence and not a health concern.
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Frederick City
Michael E. Pue Jr
Harvey Thompson
City Chemist's Department
Thompson
Pue
Vandals ruin Braddock youth camp facilities
Braddock Heights camp Camp Baker a 23 acre site near Ridge Road suffered extensive vandalism damaging two buildings the mess hall and a meeting hall Windows were smashed furniture overturned wiring ripped out and other items damaged Donations and volunteer work had rebuilt the camp two years earlier and officials seek community help to rebuild. Police noted damage occurred between March 9 and March 16.
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Braddock Heights
Camp Baker
Ridge Road
George Cashin
Cashin
Joseph Baker
New York City
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Frederick County
Boy Scout Troop 278
Braddock
Brownies
Explorers
Parsons Newman
James Gambrill
Walter Roney
Frances Randall
Panamanian Canal Treaty Supports and Opposition Move Forward
U S senators weigh canal transfer with Cranston urging eventual votes for treaty, Laxalt predicting opponents’ strength. Byrd calls his vote hardest in 20 years amid polls showing public disfavor, while Sarbanes and Mathias back neutrality. Linowitz and Bunker observe, House riders loom, Nelson narrowly casts the pivotal 67th vote.
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Alan Cranston
California
Paul Laxalt
R-Nev
Canal
Panama
Byrd
Senate
Paul S. Sarbanes
D-Md
Charles McC. Mathias
R-Md
U.S
Sol Linowitz
Ellsworth Bunker
House
Carter
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Nelson
ECDC urges county to reject rezoning plan near I-270
The Frederick County Economic and Community Development Commission unanimously backs denying a rezoning request by Dr. Gerald J. Schipper and Chevy Chase Land Development Co. for 49.59 acres east of Md 85 from Mobile Home Park to General Commercial. The panel cites a risk of a commercial strip amid industrial land and a state highway complex, preferring light industrial to curb traffic and align with the Comprehensive Plan’s employment reserve corridor.
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Frederick County Economic and Community Development Commission
Gerald J. Schipper
Chevy Chase Land Development Company
MD. 85
Dr. Schipper
Planning Commission
State Highway Administration
ECDC
Frank Bush
News-Post
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