Appalachian Trail Bill Aims to Protect National Footpath
Maryland Congressman Byron pushes HR 8803 to expand federal protection for the Appalachian Trail 2000 mile route from Maine to Georgia. The measure increases land protection per mile, preserves advisory councils, and funds acquisition totaling up to 90 million over 1980 and 1981.
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Jimmy Carter
Goodloe E. Byron
Maryland
House of Representatives
Byron
Subcommittee On
National Parks and Insular Affairs
House Committee On Interior and Insular Affairs
Maine
Georgia
Benton Mackaye
Appalachian Trail Conference
Appalachian Mountains
Bear Mountain
Palisades Interstate Park
New York
Mt. Oglethorpe
Mt. Katahdin
Johnny
House Committee
Morris K. Udall
Utah
Frederick
Washington County
Maryland State Senate
Frederick County
Goodlock
United States
Hagerstown
Ita
Park Service
Charles Mee
Mathias
U.S. Senate
Advisory Council For
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Letters on Green Valley school plan stir local concern
Editor receives a long letter from Patricia J. Kuhns detailing worries over bused seventh graders to Linganore West Walkersville site, transit times, school capacity, PE space, intramurals, and public input. Additional letters praise Frederick County girls basketball success and critique social aid and capital punishment debates.
Washington Merry-go-round and Nuclear Tampering Revealed
Washington column details a secret National Security Council memo stating U S human rights policy did not shift Soviet bargaining and that Cold War talks would proceed despite advocacy. It notes Soviet reliance on arms control and trade while condemning a B 52 nuclear mechanism tampering at Robbins AFB by Catherine Cain. It also reports State Department concerns over former South Korean envoy Kim Dong Jo testifying about bribes to congressmen and Vienna Convention protections.
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Washington
Carter
State Department
Soviet Union
National Security Council
U.S
Lkely
Europe
White House
Kremlin
China
Cuba
Iran
Philippines
South Korea
Robbins Air Force Base
Defense
Harold Brown
Air Force
Catherine Cain
Kim Dong Jo
CIA
United States
Cyrus Vance
Cabinet
Kim
Vance
First Parent Teachers Meeting Opens in Frederick
The Frederick County Parent-Teachers Association to hold its first meeting at Church Street School with Mrs. Harry Parkhurst, president of the Maryland state PTA, delivering the keynote address. A rear cafe building on West All Saints Street suffered minor fire damage with unknown origin. The Frederick County Federation of Rural Women’s Clubs, 643 members, urged delegates to back clear party platform commitments at upcoming conventions. Hood College Athletic Association celebrates raising 1500 dollars to replace the old shack with a new cabin, aided by land donated by Dr. Rudolph Rau and his daughter Sara Rau.
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Frederick County
Parent-Teachers Association
Church Street
Harry Parkhurst
Maryland
Parent-Teachers Organization
the Athletic Association of
Hood College
Rudolph Rau
Frederick
Sara Rau
Frederick Stricken by Storm As Crews Work Through Snow
Twenty years after a crippling blizzard Frederick's utility crews battle waist-deep snow to restore power and phones to hundreds of homes. Mopping up at Lincoln School, upper grades and two elementary classes ready to return Monday barring unforeseen issues. Tinges of progress appear as low bids for East Frederick and Brunswick Elementary additions are opened for board review. Frederick High School hosts its second annual Science Fair with many parents in attendance.
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Linganore
Walkersville
Singapore
Green Valley
New Market
Grange Hall
Alte
Frederick
Lincoln School
Board of Education
East Frederick
Brunswick
Frederick High School
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House
New Hampshire
Gordon Anderson
Singanore
Dr. Anderson
Linganore High School
Liberty
Linganore West
New Market Elementary
Singanore West
Green Valley Area
Patricia J. Kuhns
Monrovia
FHS
Middletown
Middletown High School
Frederick Coun Ty
Statt
Prederick High
Larkin Z. Hobnke
Walter E
Pryor
Mt. Alry, Md
Lee
Blair Lee
Jack E. Blomquist
Frederick, Maryland
Anawee
Jack Anderson
Scrody
Lems
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