Redrawing Frederick County School Boundaries Draws Protests
The Frederick County Board of Education faces parent protests over a proposed boundary redraw affecting 24 county public schools. The plan aims to ease overcrowding amid growth, potentially starting this fall, with some changes lasting years. It argues new lines will pair classes by ability and move students to new schools as openings arise. Parents urged to present alternative plans. changes possible with input.
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St Patrick Day in Annapolis and beyond
Annapolis observes St Patrick’s Day with celebrations in Government House attended by 157 lawmakers including Gov. Schaefer. The event features Irish themed fare and proceeds aiding homeless women and children in Northern Ireland. A separate House environmental hearing considers a petition urging media condom advertising.
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Space research and space station funding under attack
The piece argues Congress should not halt space research or abandon plans for a space station, claiming space exploration drives 21st century technology and economy. It contrasts U S worries with Soviet, Japanese, and European ambitions, citing projected billions in future tech gains and jobs lost to low-wage rivals.
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Largest blast on H T Campbell contract near Myersville
About ten thousand cubic yards of rock dislodged in the largest single blast on the Towson firm’s highway project to Hagerstown. Five tons of dynamite used in a 97 000 cubic yard cut above Jeru salem Canada Hill two miles west of Myersville. Mass shot details include 24 holes about 46 feet deep, surface diameter 130 feet, base diameter 40 feet. Robert C Pampel, son of Frederick attorney P Frank Pampel, graduated from Fort Monmouth School of Meteorology as one of 20 nationwide students, the only Marylander. Born December 16 1908 on East Third Street, he lived with aunt and uncle in Emmitsburg and was a Mount St Marys 1931 graduate who planned weather service in Panama.
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Emmitsburg
Mount St. Mary’s College
Johns Hopkins University
Western Maryland College
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Multi Alarm Fire Hits Westminster Lumberyard
A major blaze in downtown Westminster damaged the city’s oldest lumberyard, Smith and Reifsnider Inc., with an estimated 200000 dollars in damage. State Fire Marshal assistant chief Lloyd Britt said arson is likely after ruling out other causes.
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Letter on morality and actions amid Nicaragua human rights debate
A reader argues against media doom and praises ordinary decency, while a summary of Mary Dutcher’s Nicaragua human rights investigation highlights violations by Contras and government forces. Dutcher urged mainstream Americans to seek a negotiated settlement and discussed her Hood College talk sponsored by Students for Social Responsibility. Michael Kennedy
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Witness For Peace
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Dutcher
Eden Pastora
Tony Avirgan
Martha Honey
John Hull
Avirgan
Honey
CIA
Hull
Nicaragua
Eugene Hasenfus
Mary Dutcher
Hood College
Mid-West
Frederick County
Baltimore
Hood
Students For Social Responsibility
Central
Time to acquire park land while still available
Frederick County parks advocate Jeanne Befano urges support for Gov. Schaefer's land purchase bills HB 250 SB 238. Citing a national survey, she notes high park use and calls for raising the open space cap and extending Program Open Space funding through 1990 to expand park land purchases and wetlands protection.
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Chesapeake Bay
George Littrell
Tom Hattery
Charles H. Smelser
James E
Doc” McClellan
Reforming Custody Laws Promises Visitation Improvements
The group Voices for Children's Rights reports progress on custody reform in Maryland. Advocates cite the recent Option Law passed in Annapolis and the push for House Bill 918, H.R. 1197, and Senate 277, aiming to reduce lengthy custody battles and promote joint physical and legal custody through visitation counselors in Prince George's County. Interested readers may contact Linda Thompson at Voices for Children's Rights, 6915 Glen Ridge Circle C2, Glen Burnie, MD 21061.
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