Parole System Reform Faces Maryland House Vote
Frederick area debate over Maryland parole reform centers on House Joint Resolution 86 to study the system and curb the Parole Commission. Delegate Raymond Beck argues the system is too lenient and undermines justice, urging action ahead of the 1983 General Assembly while noting useful pre sentence investigation work and calls for retaining effective elements.
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Annapolis
del. Raymond E. Beck
Frederick Carroll
General Assembly
Parole Commission
Beck
House
Frederick County
Abscam probes highlight misconduct and coverups in Washington
Washington column details how Abscam operatives and Mel Weinberg allegedly rigged the FBI crime sting, bribery schemes, and testimonies under oath. Senators condemn the conduct, while the FBI faces scrutiny for integrity and forum shopping. Also covers junket bills, Taiwan trips, and educated tours funded by host groups.
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Washington
Abscam
Mel Weinberg
FBI
Justice Department
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Weinberg
Daniel Inouye
D-Hawaii
Orrin Hatch
David Pryor
D-Ark
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Capitol Hill
Larry Pressler
R- 5.D
Senate Ethics Committee
William Webster
Pressler
Webster
William Bryant
George Pratt
Sen. Cranston
Senate
Junket
Mervyn Dymally
Trinidad
Guyana
Barbados
Jamaica
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Taiwan
Charles Grassley
Iowa
Chinese National Association of Industry and Commerce
Taipei
Rank Murkowski
Alaska
Taiwanese Solar Energy Society
Sclons
Defense Intelligence
Ape
Kiev
Vietnam
Duncan Hunter
Rcalif
United Feature Syndicate
Readers urge Congress to back nuclear arms freeze
Readers urge their congressional delegation to support a three-nation mutual freeze on production of nuclear arms and delivery systems. The letter argues for verification, warns of six minutes to respond to a perceived launch, and stresses public pressure on lawmakers to act in defense of democracy.
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Congress
Europe
CIA
Soviet Union
Americas
U.S
Warsaw Pact
Cuba
Poland
Afghanistan
Central America
Maryland Reads Bill to Shield Elderly in Streets
A citizen urges lawmakers to back a bill protecting seniors from mugging and robbery, praising Senator Bonvegna and Senator Denis while asking Attorney General Sachs to reconsider and Maryland officials to support the measure. The letter cites a landmark 1963 case and calls for correcting a historic miscarriage of justice. Don B Finch, 1318 Apple Tree Court, Frederick.
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Maryland
Stephen H. Sachs
U. S
Joseph 5. Bonvegna
Congress
Sachs
U.S. Congress
U. S. Congress
Howard A. Denis
Joseph Bonvegna
Denis
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Don B
Finch
Apple Tree Court
Frederick
Arbor Day Memorial Planting in Frederick
Reading from the News-Post files, a tree planting was held under the Women's Auxiliary and American Legion to honor Arbor Day and the Washington Bicentennial. The ceremony, part of a joint observance across Mullinix parks, aimed to commemorate Maryland Day on a WBAL broadcast with Frederick as a featured city. Overcast skies and showers dampened Easter events as locals attended a fashion parade on Market Street and welcomed thousands of tourists.
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Washington
Frederick
Maryland
WBAL
Baltimore
Frederick Dattmore
Ranaplg
Soas
Mahoney backs Route 40 expansion over new Interstate
Twenty years ago on March 2, gubernatorial candidate George F. Mahoney spoke in Frederick County urging four–lane expansion of U S Route 40 between Frederick and Hagerstown rather than placing a new Interstate 70 elsewhere in the county. He also opposed the high dam at River Bend on the Potomac River. Debbie Thompson of Frederick won two events at the South Atlanta AAU Championship in Baltimore, clocking 7.1 seconds in the 60 yard dash and 27 seconds in the 220 yard dash to lead the Frederick Track and Field Club. A planetarium design and other drawings by Frank Loyd Twai giss Ghiswaren alycus medidacs were exhibited in New York. Wright visited Frederick County, saw Gordon Strong’s land, and commented on a Buckeystown stone house owned by A W Nicodemus.
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George F. Mahoney
Frederick
Hagerstown
Mahoney
Potomac River
River Bend
Debbie Thompson
Frederick Track and Field Club
South Atlanta
Baltimore
Fifth Regiment
Debbie
Sugarloaf Mountain
Frank Loyd
Twaigiss
Ghiswaren Alycus Medidacs
New York City
Wright
Frederick County
Gordon Strong
Mountain Park
Buckeystown
A.W. Nicodemus
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VFW
Singanore
Dick Hurch Frederick
America
U. S. Supreme Court
Stephen Sachs
Howard Denis
Shaw
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