Potomac Edison Wins Nine Percent Rate Hike Approval
Maryland Public Service Commission approved a nine percent increase for Potomac Edison after rejecting a larger request. The decision includes bill credits for the difference from prior temporary rates and limits $11.9 million in extra annual revenues, while allowing a higher rate of return and citing public hearings across Frederick, Hagerstown, Oakland, and Cumberland.
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BALTIMORE
Maryland Public Service Commission
Potomac Edison
PSC
Robert L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Frederick
Hagerstown
Oakland
Cumberland
John M. McCardell
Donald Whipp
Sheriff proposes phased deputy plan to augment county police
Frederick County Sheriff Donald C. Barnes unveils a three phase approach to add 11 deputies to the existing four, aiming to supplement state police and municipal forces in rural areas without reducing any agency strength. The plan diverges from the Davon Company study recommending a county police force and focuses on taking over mundane duties like night checks and deterrence patrols.
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Frederick
Donald C. Barnes
Barnes
Davon Company
Davon
Brunswick
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Rainy Weekend Forecast With Freezing Nights
The region faces a wet weekend as a cold front brings showers Saturday through Monday. Temperatures run about 10 degrees below normal with lows near freezing in Frederick County and highs in the 40s. Banks open limited hours Saturday while government offices stay closed. Auto tag displays update due by midnight Monday. trucks must switch to new plates by April 30.
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Frederick County
Lambert to retire after 45 years with Frederick County court
Arthur H. Lambert is slated to relinquish the post of Chief Deputy Clerk of Circuit Court on April 1 after a 45 year tenure begun as a recording clerk in 1930. He has served under Clerk Charles Keller and predecessors Ellis Wachter and Eli Haugh.
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Frederick County
Arthur H. Lambert
Lambert
West 12th Street
Circuit Court
Ellis C. Wachter
Charles Keller
achter
Eli Haugh
Shoemaker dissents on Potomac Edison rate increase ruling
Public Service Commission member H Reese Shoemaker Jr of Frederick rejected the nine percent PE rate rise. He opposed using an average rate base for the 12 month period ending Sept 30 1974, arguing a terminal base better reflects earnings erosion from attrition and noting prior cases used the terminal base. He said economic conditions remain adverse and the average base harms future earnings.
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Public Service Commission
H. Reese Shoemaker Jr
Frederick
PSC
Potomac Edison
commission
Shoemaker
Snowstorm and quake hit Midwest Rockies in brief notices
A Midwest snowstorm and a Rocky Mountain earthquake are reported in brief items. Medicare hospitals face cited health and safety deficiencies as Senate panel considers CIA links in the JFK assassination. Weather updates mention cloudy skies with rain and warmer weekend showers.
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MEDICARE
SENATE
CIA
Rioting forces suspend airlift as Da Nang fears rise
Rioters in Da Nang forced the suspension of the American refugee airlift and shuttered the U S consulate while Saigon reported repulsed Viet tank moves on the city 25 miles south of its defense perimeter. Lam Dong province fell to the North Vietnamese as Cambodia saw anti government protests and renewed shelling at Phnom Penh. Air America planes evacuated hundreds as an American sealift prepared to begin.
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SAIGON
South Vietnam
Da Nang
U.S
Lam Dong
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
A. Francis
CIA
Air America
Air Vietnam
Ford weighs good and bad in tax cut bill
President Ford calls the tax cut bill a tough call after finding some good and some very bad aspects. He cites concerns over size, oil depletion repeal, and a potential 100 billion dollar 1976 deficit. If signed, 1974 tax rebates would start May 15 and withholding changes take effect May 1.
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Ford
WASHINGTON
White House
Treasury Department
Ron Nessen
Congress
James T. Lynn
Office of Management and Budget
Nessen
Frederick County budget seeks 2.25 million for roads and landfill
The Frederick County Roads Department requests 2,246,563 for fiscal 1976, a 170,000 rise, with County Engineer William Fout citing higher equipment costs. Landfill operations seek 267,615, up 70,000, for Reichs Ford Road site drainage and cover ground. The county weed program asks 12,573 with 7,573 funded locally, for Johnsongrass control on about 4,000 acres. Additional funding requests came from local groups including the Chamber of Commerce and Bicentennial Committee.
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Frederick County Roads Department
William Fout
Fout
Montevue Homesite
Reich's
Ford Road
Frederick County
Johnsongrass Committee
Michael Irons
the
Chamber of Commerce
county Bicentennial Committee
League of Women Voters
county Ambulance and Rescue Association
Civil Air
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Francis Reinberger
London
J. Rolfe Castleman
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Rockies
Roger Babson
St. John’s Episcopal Church
William Lukash
Secret Service
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